THE ANNUAL MEETING 



ANNOUNCEMENT has been 

 made in the two preceding is- 

 sues of Conservation of the 

 28th annual meeting of the American 

 Forestry Association. This will be a 

 very important gathering of those inter- 

 ested in forestry. Great issues are pend- 

 ing. We are just beginning one of the 

 greatest educational movements of 

 American history — that of the bet- 

 ter use and conservation of our nat- 

 ural resources. The program of 

 the meeting, while not arranged in 

 all detail, is far enough completed 

 to warrant the statement that its 

 educational value will exceed that of any 

 other meeting ever held by the Associa- 

 tion, unless, indeed, it be the memorable 

 Forest Congress held in 1905. No per- 

 son interested in forestry as a National 

 question, and especially no one concern- 

 ed with the care and use of the forests, 

 can afford to miss this meeting. 



The sessions will be held in the Red 

 Room, on the ground floor, of the Wil- 

 lard Hotel, as for the past two years. 

 Sessions will be held at 10 a. m., 2 

 p. m., and 8 p. m., January 13, and 10 

 a. m. and 2 p. m., January 14. 



It is expected that the morning ses- 

 sion on January 13 will be opened with 

 an address by Hon. Jaiues Wilson, Sec- 

 retary of Agriculture, and President of 

 the Association. A condensed report 

 by the Board of Directors on the Asso- 

 ciation's work during the year, and also 

 the report of the Treasurer and the ap- 

 pointment of committees will follow. 

 This business, which in the past has 

 taken a large part of the morning ses- 

 sion, will be much curtailed. Another 

 address of great importance which it is 

 expected will be given at this session 

 will be by Mr. Gifford Pinchot on "The 

 Meaning of the Conservation Move- 

 ment." All readers of Conserv.\ttox 

 familiar with the work done by Sccrc- 



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tary Wilson in the advancement of agri- 

 culture in the United States in the past 

 twelve years, and with the work of Mr. 

 Pinchot during almost the same period 

 in developing a National system of 

 forestry, and more recently in the lead- 

 ership of the movement for the conser- 

 vation of natural resources. These two 

 addresses will set a high standard for 

 the meeting. Following them, in ac- 

 cordance with the past custom of the 

 Association, will occur a number of 

 brief addresses by prominent members 

 and visitors. 



The afternoon session will be devoted 

 to the subject of "Forest Fires and 

 Their Control." The first address will 

 be "Forest Wealth and Fire Losses." 

 Other addresses of this session will be 

 on "Problems Connected with the 

 Handling of Cut-over Lands," and 

 "Lumbermen's Fire Protective Asso- 

 ciations," such as have been orsfanized 

 and successfully maintained in some of 

 the Northern States during the past 

 year. 



One of the most important features 

 of this session will be a synopsis of leg- 

 islation and practical work necessary for 

 the control of forest fires. This synop- 

 sis will be presented by a commission 

 which has already been appointed, con- 

 sisting of the following men : Prof. H. 

 IL Chapman, of the Yale Forest School, 

 Mr. J. S. Whipple, Forest, Fish and 

 Game Commissioner of New York, Dr. 

 J. T. Rothrock, Pennsylvania Forest 

 Reservation Commission, Mr. Alfred 

 Gaskill, State Forester of New Jersey, 

 Dr. C A. Schenck, of Biltmore, N. C, 

 and Mr. W. T. Cox, of the Forest Ser- 

 vice. All of these men have had wide 

 experience in dealing in a practical way 

 with the fire ])roblem, and their report 

 will undoubtedly be the most mature 

 presentation of the subject up to the 

 present time. In all probability a 



