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responsibilities in the use of these public lands. In
talking to these people it becomes evident that they have
practically no understanding of the complicated
process by which a forest must be managed in order
that it remain productive of the necessities which
they demand. They all seem well versed in all the
material things their privileges, as citizens of this
country, guarantee them, but I doubt any of them
have ever been briefed on the necessity of accepting
their obligations and responsibilities in these matters, if
these privileges of enjoying the National Forests are
to remain guaranteed for the future. Among these people
who come to hunt are many intelligent and responsible
persons. With proper educational processes they could be
developed into a much more respectable group.
One wonders if the Forest Service is doing enough of the
right things in educating the Forest using public. There
seems to be a general disrespectful attitude among
forest service personal towards those who use the National
forests and with whom the forest service personal come in
contact with, and whom they must serve or at least
put up with. At times the thinking, or attitude, of the
forest people towards those who come to use the forests,
seems to reach a point where one wonders if they do not
feel that the public should be prohibited from using
these lands and that it be left up to the Forest Service
to manage and use forest lands. One also sees the
influence of economics well entrenched in forest
service use and planning. Ever busy to protect their
interests, economic users of the National Forest lands do
little to educate the general public in any phase of
forest usage except to point up the urgency of protecting
timber and showing the things they produce from the —