I think it can not be disputed that the natural resources exist for and belong to the people; and I believe that the part of the work which falls to the women (and it is no small part) is to see to it that the children, who will be the men and women of the future, have their share of these resources uncontrolled by monopoly and unspoiled by waste.
What specific things can the women of the Nation do for conservation?
The Daughters of the American Revolution have begun admirably in the appointment of a Conservation Committee, and other organizations of women are following their example.

Few people realize what women have already done for conservation, and what they may do.

Some of the earliest effective forest work that was done in the United States, work which laid the lines that have been followed since, was that of the Pennsylvania Forestry Association, begun and carried through first of all by ladies in Philadelphia.

One of the bravest, most intelligent and most effective fights for forestry that I have known of was that of the women of Minnesota for the Minnesota National Forest.

It was a superb success, and we have that forest to-day.