Principles of Conservation in the Use of Wild Lands

Abstract This paper is a strong argument for public ownership and control of wild lands. However, to be effective, such control must be free from inter-bureau jealousies and questions of jurisdiction, which is possible only by adopting one territorial jurisdiction and head interested chiefly in the right use of land and in the conservation of its resources. Of the national forests as a unit of wild land, the author believes we should get back to the original concept of managing them for the production of commodities , timber and forage; uses , recreation and game; and services ,such as watershed protection, all of which are inherent in the land.