PRACTICAL EXTHUSIASTS WHO DID THE PLAXTIXG NEAR ALTOONA. PEXXSYLVAXIA 



A group of the planters — mostly Boy Scouts — who made such a good record in putting out the little trees on Kittanning Point, part of Altoona's watershed, 

 under the personal supervision of District Forester Ludwig, of the Pennsylvania Forest Service. 



ALTOONA'S WATERSHED FORESTED 



TROOPS are guarding the water supply reservoirs of 

 most of our cities to prevent poisoning of the water 

 by alien enemies. Fortimate is the city that has 

 taken the necessary measures to insure a pure, even flow 

 of water to the homes in its environs the year around, in 

 times of peace as well as war. The protection from denu- 

 dation of those lands adjacent to reservoirs or other sources 

 of supply is the essential thing. The ground cover must be 

 retained for its cleansing ability in removing impurities 

 from the water and for its absorptive powers, wliich equal- 

 ize the flow. Planting of trees on such lands is the only 

 satisfactory and permanent method of accomplishing the 

 desired end. 



Altoona, Pennsylvania, has adopted a broad policy in 

 this connection. In April and May of last year, 30,000 one- 

 and two-year-old seedlings were planted on Kittanning 

 Point, part of the watershed of the city's reservoirs, and 



an appropriation lias been made to carry on the work from 

 year to year. Twenty thousand seedlings started in 

 plantation last year wiU be set out this spring. White 

 Pine, European Larch, Scotch Pine, White Ash, and Pitch 

 Pine are being used and the first year's planting shows 

 that ninety to ninety-five per cent are thriving. 



The Blair County Game, Fish, and Forestry Associa- 

 tion was the first to realize the need of this work and to call 

 it to the attention of the city officials. The Commissioner 

 of Parks and Watersheds immediately cooperated with the 

 organization and the aid of the Boy Scouts in the section 

 was secured. Most of the actual work of planting was 

 done by the boys and they made a good record for them- 

 selves by setting out 18,000 trees in one seven-hour day. 

 The trees were furnished by the State of Pennsylvania 

 and the work was superintended by District Forester 

 Ludwig of the Pennsylvania Forest Service. 



HAWAII'S EFFECTIVE LAWS 



HAWAII has now had her 798,344 acres of forest pre- 

 serves imder the control of a Division of Forestry 

 for a year and the rules in force have worked out 

 very well. The law, passed in April, 1916, provides pen- 

 alties not to exceed five hundred dollars in amount for 

 violations of its provisions, which are based largely on the 

 regulations in force in the National Forests administered 

 by the United States Forest Service. 



The cutting, kiUing, removal, or injuring in any way 

 any tree, the grazing of any animals or the hunting of any 

 wild animals on forest land under the control of the Divi- 

 sion of Forestry, is prohibited except as authorized by per- 

 mit from the Superintendent of Forests. The wilful dis- 

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turbance or defacement of signs, survey monuments, or 

 marks of any kind, the destruction of property of any kind, 

 the leaving of refuse which will render the forest unsightly 

 or pollute the waters of the forest, and "squatting" on 

 government land or erecting any sort of construction ex- 

 cept as otherwise allowed by law arc all pimishable 

 by fine. 



More than 250,000 acres of the 798,344 under the con- 

 trol of the Forestry Division are privately owned. C. S. 

 Judd, Superintendent of Forestry for the Territory of 

 Hawaii, and five Forest Rangers appointed by him, make 

 up the organization which is effectually caring for the 

 Hawaiian forests. 



