Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

Each State should now be preparing to accept such responsibility and to carry on the State park development for the benefit of its citizens.

Letter on Additional National and State Parks

05/25/1937

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The forests are the 'lungs' of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people.

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I accept the award of the Schlich Forestry Medal.

A forest is not solely so many thousand board feet of lumber to be logged when market conditions make it profitable.