sentences:  The act stated, "It is...the policy of the State to encourage economic management and scientific development of its woodlands to maintain, conserve, and improve soil resources of the State to the end that an adequate source of forest products be preserved for the people...".In the 1950s and 1960s more and more people began to visit Maryland's forests.The general public, as well as professional foresters, recognized the fact that forests were valuable for reasons other than simply supplying timber.