RESOLUTIONS 



(Adopted at the Thirtieth Annual Meeting of the American Forestry Association.) 



ir^HEREAS the American Forestry Association stands distinctly for the 

 \^y agencies national, state, municipal, and private which are working for 

 conservation and perpetual renewal of our forests, and for those 

 agencies national, state, municipal, and private which are working for 

 that end; and in view of the subjects especially presented at this thirtieth 

 annual meeting of the Association, be it resolved: 



(1) That we call the attention of all friends of forestry to the necessity 

 for active and earnest work to secure the final passage, without alteration or 

 amendment, on February fifteenth next, the date set for a vote in the Senate, 

 of the White Mountain and Appalachian National Forest Bill, known as the 

 Weeks Bill. This nation can no longer afford to ignore the warnings afforded 

 by the results of the destruction of forests on the headwaters of streams where 

 depopulation has followed the devastation of the forests in so many of the 

 older countries of the world. 



(2) That it is of the utmost importance to stimulate interest in forestry 

 in the younger generation in every way possible; for example, by providing 

 lectures in our schools with the co-operation, wherever practicable, of state 

 forestry officers and associations, and by offering prizes for essays, or for tree 

 culture and plantings. 



(3) That this association urges the institutions of higher learning 

 throughout the country, our colleges and universities, to become centers for the 

 diffusion in and throughout their respective localities and spheres of influence, 

 of a knowledge of the vast importance of our forest problems to every citizen, 

 and their vital relation to the industrial and business development of our 

 country, and its commercial prosperity. 



This work does not require the organization of departments or schools of 

 forestry in such institutions. What is needed is some authoritative, intelli- 

 gent direction by local public lectures, by college extension work, or other- 

 wise, of the thought and attention of our people at large to this subject. 



The value and practicability of this has been demonstrated by the results 

 obtained during the past tn^o years at Lehigh University under an endowment 

 made especially to sustain such work at that university. 



(4) That this association earnestly appeals to men of means throughout 

 our country to support this educational movement for the benefit of the people 

 at large. Comparatively small endowments of money will bring about results 

 of the above character of great value and practical efficiency. 



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