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primevalforestisagreatspongewhichabsorbsanddistillstherainwater。Andwhenitisdestroyedtheresultisapttobeanalternationoffloodanddrought。Forestfiresultimatelymakethelandadesert，andareadetrimenttoallthatportionoftheStatetributarytothestreamsthroughthewoodswheretheyoccur。
Everyeffortshouldbemadetominimizetheirdestructiveinfluence。Weneedtohaveoursystemofforestrygraduallydevelopedandconductedalongscientificprinciples。Whenthishasbeendoneitwillbepossibletoallowmarketablelumbertobecuteverywherewithoutdamagetotheforests——indeed，withpositiveadvantagetothem。Butuntillumberingisthusconducted，onstrictlyscientificprinciplesnolessthanuponprinciplesofthestrictesthonestytowardtheState，wecannotaffordtosufferitatallintheStateforests。Unrestrainedgreedmeanstheruinofthegreatwoodsandthedryingupofthesourcesoftherivers。
“UltimatelytheadministrationoftheStatelandsmustbesocentralizedastoenableusdefinitelytoplaceresponsibilityinrespecttoeverythingconcerningthem，andtodemandthehighestdegreeoftrainedintelligenceintheiruse。
“TheStateshouldnotpermitwithinitslimitsfactoriestomakebirdskinsorbirdfeathersintoarticlesofornamentorwearingapparel。Ordinarybirds，andespeciallysongbirds，shouldberigidlyprotected。Gamebirdsshouldneverbeshottoagreaterextentthanwilloffsetthenaturalrateofincrease……Careshouldbetakennottoencouragetheuseofcoldstorageorothermarketsystemswhichareabenefittonoonebutthewealthyepicurewhocanaffordtopayaheavypriceforluxuries。Thesesystemstendtothedestructionofthegame，whichwouldbearmostseverelyupontheverymenwhoserapacityhasbeenappealedtoinordertosecureitsextermination……”