94 NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 
“ Whereas the headwaters of all important navigable streams to the west 
of the Mississippi River are now protected by national forests, while the Appa- 
lachian Mountains, which form the waterheads of many navigable streams of 
great importance, are entirely unprotected and are being damaged to a menacing 
extent by the wasteful cutting of the forest, unrestricted fires, and injudicious 
clearing; 
“ Resolved, That the council of the National Academy of Sciences heartily 
favors the extension of the national forest system to the Appalachian Mountains 
for their protection and permanent utilization. 
“ Resolved, That we urge upon Congress the passage at the present session of a 
bill to acquire in the southern Appalachian Mountains and the White Mountains 
such forest lands as are necessary to protect the navigable streams which have 
their sources therein and to make permanent the timber supply of the eastern 
part of the Unietd States.” °° 
The important results obtained through coéperative methods 
of research led the Academy in 1908 to appoint additional com- 
mittees for the promotion of such activities. One of these, the 
Committee on International Codperation in Research, was to 
serve as the adviser of the Academy in its relations with the 
International Association of Academies. Its duties were “ to 
keep in close touch with the work of the International Associa- 
tion of Academies, and to assist in securing suitable representa- 
tion of the Academy at the council and general meetings of the 
Association”; and also “to consider plans for codperation in 
research, and to recommend from time to time the initiation 
of such cooperative investigations as may warrant the support 
of the Academy.” In 1909, this committee submitted a very 
interesting report, which, as it briefly summarizes the activities 
of the Academy in this connection, seems to demand quotation 
in full. Itisas follows: ” 
“The committee on cooperation in research met in Boston on April 5. 
Reports of progress were received from the committees on solar research, on 
chemical research, on paleontologic correlation, and on brain research. 
“The International Union for Cooperation in Solar Research has held three 
meetings, a preliminary one at St. Louis, and largely attended meetings at Oxford 
and Paris. ‘The second volume of ‘Transactions has recently been published. 
Arrangements are now being made for the next meeting, which is to be held at 
"Rep. Nat. Acad. Sci. for 1908, p. 20. 
"Rep. Nat. Acad. Sci. for 1909, p. 13. 
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