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Show j Torest Sites for Summer " Homes fire Available ' Many vacationists who visit the national forests make the wish that they might have a summer home in the forest. Many are not aware that the wish might come true. The possibility pos-sibility is worth investigating. More than 16,000 families already have such summer homes, and in many lorests there is room for others who want what the forest service has to offer. The services recognizes summer sum-mer home opportunities as one of the "multiple uses" for the national iorests and provides sites for approved ap-proved buildings. This may surprise many who have motored through national forests for-ests without ever noticing a colony of summer homes. That, in fact, is one of the features of the policy on summer home sites. Permits for summer home building are not now issued for areas within sight of highways or on lake shores, along iishing streams, or near scenic attractions. at-tractions. Such areas are preserved for general use of the public which, of course has first priority. |