STATE FORESTS

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXV, Issue 12296, 9 April 1937, Page 2

STATE FORESTS

ATTRACTION FOR TOUKLSTS'

After visiting forest, reserves and laboratories in many parts of United States and Canada, Mr ;• Grenning, director of forests i» Queensland, is impressed with Impossibilities of forest conservation »’> a means of absorbing large minda’i* of unemployed young men. Mr Circuiting is to make a short inspection of New Zealand forests before returning home. He said that one of toe few works carried out under >'• National Recovery Act in Amcno which had earned praise and 1 ’ criticism was that of the Cl’- 1 Conservation Corps, which last ) ■ • had been the means of givius ployment to about 250,000 men. Since then, he added, a sir number had been removed iron ranks of the unemployed, M’ from the parks and fore.st.s _-- greatly improved as a result, f officials had been able to years ahead of their programme, value of forests, especial!) <^, lv creation grounds haa keen. increased. About 80,000,0 0 had seen the parks and to * to year, and for these who d ®f' e e -, a d spend some time there t . he s^.‘ Ul1 ,p. built about 37 5 0 camping g In Canada it was estimated h Stale forests bad attracts il( as £ 10,000,000 in the , las " ’ 1(] lie the tourist trade, _ so U seen that llie national 1 itrsc»'“ more than paid their waj Gi eimhiK I Ur:— ' as forest, products oWi^ Successful results " eie i, e ahh’ ed, and it was hoped u jio"”’ supply people with all- ,-hcaP'' 1 much more quickly and At rate than in tin* past-