23 JUNE 1950, Page 14

Parks and Preservation

The advertisement of the really excellent little pamphlet called National Parks and Access to the Countryside ends: " It (the Act) pro- vides also for the conservation of our native flora and fauna." So it does on paper ; but it is a general fear in several areas that access, encouraged by hostels, and conservation are hostile to one another. Farmers, too, have their fears. This all means that good wardens are essential to the scheme.