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Identifier: annualreport131415190newy (find matches)
Title: Annual report
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: New York (State). Forest, Fish and Game Commission
Subjects: Forests and forestry Fisheries Game and game-birds
Publisher: (Albany, N.Y. : The Commission)
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defended by the Attorney-Generals department, pending twelveor fifteen years, several times tried, once in the United States SupremeCourt and finally decided against the State, in the Court of Appeals, on anew point not at first considered, is now pending in the Supreme Court ona new trial granted to the State as a matter of right on the application ofthe present Attorney-General. This is an important action involving thetitle to several thousand acres of land on the middle and lower Saranaclakes. Whether originally this case was properly handled and defendedor not, whether or not the plaintiff should have had a new trial when thecase came back from the United States Supreme Court, is not for us tosuggest. Now at least it is in good hands — that of the present ableAttornev-General — where it will be cared for and defended and the Statesinterests fully protected. Many other actions have been disposed of, all ofwhich will be set forth in the annual report of Mr. John K. Ward, chief
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FOREST, FISH AND GAME COMMISSIONER. 55 counsel for the department, in his report to the Commissioner, and publishedin the annual report. In every report, during the later years at least, attention has beencalled to the extraordinary importance of our forests. Every day thereis additional evidence that all persons appreciate more keenly the necessityof preserving the forest growth on all of the poor land in the State, especiallyat the source of streams on the steep slopes and mountain tops. Thestanding timber in the State, of value, is rapidly decreasing. The naturalgrowth is not more than one-fifth of the annual loss. It was entirelyproper and natural to clear the rich valley lands and make farms whereonce the forest stood. That was necessary to progress and prosperity.It was never right and never will be, to cut away all the trees from the thinpoor soil on the hillside, leaving it to erode and wash away, exposing therock and sand, creating a condition that renders such places forever

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