Show use of forests Is macreas increasing i i in J LL IL so na national reserves veS becoming recreation grounds for campers and summer residents MANY HOMES BEING BUILT income promises to be important source of revenue to the united states specially trained men needed in service I 1 washington that the use of the tale national forests for recreational purposes Is increasing rapidly and bids fair to rank third among the major services service performed by thel the national daboual Dat Oual forests mith only timber production and stream flow regulation taking precedence over it Is the statement made by col AV B greeley lead head of the forest service in liis his annual report many summer homes are being erected in tit the e national forests by pr private avate individuals indie and the use of forests for ollir forms of out of door recreation was wa greater during the past year than evier ever before the sur summer niner home blaness bus incas promises to become tin an important source of revenue col greeley points out on tile angeles foi forest est in southern california I 1 tor for example a total of 1323 1329 permits for summer residences and commercial resorts were lie says in ili effect at the close of the past fiscal year the revenue from froin this one item aillo amounted to approximately it is believed that within a few sears cars the revenues enu s obtained front from the various rec rent lonal settlements within the angeles forest mill pay the entire cost of protection and administration many western communities are recognizing zing the recreational resources of nearby national forests as one of their greatest assets a and privileges vile es col greeley says and 2nd tire are establishing c community om cumps amps under more or loss less 1 tor 0 o r mal organization no charge to public the picnic camps me are improved by the construction ot of fireplaces rustic tables and seats and are made available to tile public without any charge the vacation camps under municipal direction charge merely the expense of feeding and caring for the successive groups of city people who enjoy thel privileges the growth of tile the recreational re 1 I L s of tile the Dat national ional forests lq is so rapid that specially trained men are needed to direct and plan for the effective development of this ser service ilce col greeley says the protection or of wild mild life and the reco recognition anition of the lie national forests forest fl as natural breeding grounds of fish and garne game Is closely related to the deN development elop of the recreational resources to make more effect effective he the work of game protection in operation cooperation co with the state and local authorities and to secure better belter development of tile the fish and game reo resources s of the na national dional forests col greeley beli believes eNes that con grots grew should make inake proN provision ision for the establishment of nt game gaine sanctuaries within which wild mild life may find security these sanctuaries lie ho stays should be relatively limited in prea irea but should be established in considerable number elks suffer hardships S special attention is culled by col greeley to tile necessity of additional 1 protection for the harassed an and dee fuated herds of elk using tile the yellow stone Nati national ondi park and tile the surrounding forests forest 4 famine nil and cold last winter took an unusually heavy toll from their number driven out 0 of f th ala high country by starvation nil and purly curly snows tile the northern herd bierd suffered frow from hunters niong tile lie bound hound jr irv line jille a percentage loss equal to that of jf a defeated army many that escaped d the hu per abed from cold and starvation spring tile southern heri herd als alto 1 10 lost t hea heavily fly As asa a re result alt the total tola jur siller of dinini animals a Is in two herds is now low estimated by hie file best in the fort forest ser service ie to equal al half of their number five bearg ago go the addition tion to n tile hie nid gallatin Gali atin forests 0 tile the hinds till still it in government ownership and under N withdrawal ith along the yellowstone river north oc 0 gardiner Gard lnor is arged by ill he chief foi f 01 ester ter this land lie states is urgently needed its as winter range for the elk and its addition to tile tiie ils national alon forests M ill materially belleve the lie situation without Av working nil an 16 iglus jus tice to tile the local inhabitants whose lle live stock use ule tile the range if this action is not dot taken tile the outlook fur for the northern elk herd Is gloomy the prospects for the southern herd are ara more bright but additional purchase pur chasn of land for sur summer illner feeding ground ehsen essential tul |