It is called "the land of ten thousand lakes." One can travel in a canoe through this forest for a month at a time without passing over the same lake twice.

Other popular national forests are the Angeles in southern California, the Pike and Colorado in Colorado, and the Oregon and Wenatchee--the Pacific Northwest.

Visitors to these forests total more than 1,750,000 a year.
The western forests are also being used for winter sports.

They furnish excellent conditions for snow-shoe trips, skiing and sledding.

The people who have camps on government land use their places for week-end excursions during the snow season when the roads are passable.