Show WHY AMERICAN FOREST WEEK this week april 22 to 28 is being observed as ag american forest week mention jot 9 it prompts the question oti why such a week and the answer is to create in the minds of A mexicans me ricans A consciousness caf q the problem which our diminishing forests and woodlands presents until we are conscious that there is A problem we well 11 not seek or strive for or a solution but once the american public p becomes becom conscious that theder cletion and tha th wanton waste and destruction truc tion of our forest sand our timber supply present a graye grave economic problem then will it be ready and j eager to assist in protective biaas measures proof af 0 this is found tn in the growing sentiment throughout the nation tor for reforesting refo resting and in the decreasing number af pf of large fires fire j caused through cal carelessness releE in our I 1 forests foresti 5 localising localizing Loca lising the matter many of us who thought that as much as could be accomplished here would be tp create a sentiment tor for protecting our forests and that reforestation is a long wayen way in the future were shaken from that delusion a few days since by the announcement aano autio tha a shipment o small pines were coming jr in as an experiment now it requires no imagination to visualize the actual planting earch year ot Ahou thousands sands and thousands ot of trees and our tor I 1 ests thus anal atai ned raab er than be ing so rapidly depleted we are to think of our tor forests chiefly clit efly as a source ot of timber while that Is s one of their chief yal aal ues aes we are coming to realize that i they are equally important in the matter ot flood control or rather in flood prevention as protection to our watersheds aud and to the wild life which thein that they are Impo important Milt factors sn in the dietr distribution ot of our irrigation water over a lon ion ger period of the season and their value as recreational spots should not 6 be minimized while we may be able to develop substitutes tor for the materials or part of them which our forests produce well tind aind 4 i dittl cult to substitute tor fr than for the other things here mentioned and as a nation and as individuals it be hooves us to awake to their value and to the importance Import ame of protecting them why we observe american forest week |