TOPICS FOR INVESTIGATION AND REPORT
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1. Interview an old resident with regard to the relative abundance of forests, cheap land, and wild game in your locality a half century ago.
2. Extent and utilization of forests in your state.
3. Draw up a comprehensive plan for the prevention of forest fires.
4. Extent of unused land in your state. What is being done to make this land more productive?
5. Classify the mineral deposits of your state. By whom are they controlled?
6. List the water-power sites in your locality. Draw up a plan for reforestation which would include constructive measures for the conservation of land and water power as well as forests.
7. If possible, visit a lumber camp or a mine, and observe the methods of work.
8. Outline a plan for a local conservation club, to be affiliated with the National Conservation Association.