Show FOLLY OF USE NON Conservation is often thought of as synon with use nonuse Thus many conserve advocate locking u up vast tracts of timberland In preserves to be used for no other purpose than recreation Many such tracts have been set aside since they hold unique scenic attractions that have become in inthe inthe the nature of national shrines But in the zeal to conserve conservation purists and government ownership enthusiasts seek to tie up ever larger amounts of land on ona ona a use nonuse rather than a use multiple basis This is not conservation This is waste some thing like conserving a grain field by not plant big ing grain As time goes on timber ps be e come increaSingly like f farming there is only so much land and each acre must be made to produce to the maximum to keep up with the needs of an expanding population The larger timber companies are now working to achieve more than just constant levels of sustained yield output from forest lands They are de de- de developing ways to dramatically increase tree growth rates and raise wood production per acre One company in 1967 by air and hand planting an area that will result in the production of 57 million new trees that will be added to the millions of other new trees pro through natural seeding and sprouting This concern like others is working to de de- de develop super trees through seed orchards In Inthe the years to come it hopes to log on a sustain sustain- sustained ed yield ed-yield basis over land on which wood grow irig ing has ben been greatly stimulated beyond the natural output of nature At the same time this company in common with others opens its land across the nation to hunters hunter's fisher fisher- fishermen men picnickers and campers This is conser- conser conservation in the truest sense of the word multi pie pIc use not use nonuse |