)Ter Soils Maeg. 
March 23, 193h 
Me   for Prof, Wehreln: 
Te attached paper "Conservation Ecnomics," 1,4veS 
the bacfor            an wer to your letter of March 7. 
I a3lo attach a 1diagn  of r   artimmlar finld. 
'piture of or     siconzis needs in order of present 
iora    !e i3 as follows: 
(1) Tie 1evele-nt of some vehicle whereby the 
-ublic can prevent the abus of private' 
larnd, and enouage uses vi'ich are In the 
tublic interest, 
(2) The renr7anization of rublic lands almia,1- 
tration so a! to get a better intfration 
of -ses. 
(3) Some solution of the marInal farm problem 
ioch will not ihift the po lation 
industry. 
A more conectural ne, in the event the public 
area gets zo l3,r-e that the priv'te ta-bae canrit support it, 
is to develop a systwr of allottIr  .ublie la-'de, in trust, to 
private users. 
Aldo Leopold 
AL/.h 
P'ncl.