American Forestry 



The Magazine of the American Forestry Association 



February 



CONTENTS 



1910 



COVER DESIGN— By Charles E. Cartwright. 



RESULT OF FOREST FIRES IN BATTLEMENT MESA RESERVE, COL- 

 ORADO Cover Illustration 



HENRY SOLON GRAVES, Forester Frontispiece 



THE APPALACHIAN FORESTS— By Hon. Curtis Guild, Jr 67 



FOREST PROBLEMS IN THE PHILIPPINES— By Barrington Moore, M.F 75 



FORESTRY BEGINNINGS IN VERMONT— By Austin F. Hawes 82 



A NEW CYPRESS FOR ARIZONA— By Geo. B. Sudworth . . . . ; 88 



THE TWENTY-NINTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN FORESTRY 

 ASSOCIATION 91 



GRAZING LEASES IN AUSTRALASIA— By A. C. Vetch loi 



CONFERENCE ON EDUCATION IN FORESTRY 104 



HENRY SOLON GRAVES, FORESTER UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE... 106 



ALBERT F. POTTER, Associate Forester 107 



THE CONNECTION BETWEEN FORESTS AND STREAMS— By John H. Finney.. 109 



A PERSONAL WORD— By Thomas Elmer Will iii 



EDITORIAL— 



Gifford Pinchot 113 



The New Forester 114 



The Men Behind the Movement 114 



Living on the Principal 116 



NEWS AND NOTES— 



President Roosevelt's Acknowledgments to Mr. 



Gifford Pinchot 120 



Mr. Pinchot's Public Statement 120 



Where Does He Stand ? 121 



The Beginning of a Fight 121 



Informing the Senate 122 



Turn on the Light 122 



The Irrepressible Conflict 122 



Pinchot Speeclies to be Compiled 12.S 



Pinchot Chosen President 1215 



Should Reclaim the Swamp Land 124 



No Forest Encroachments 124 



Water-right Guarantees 12-5 



On a Great Scale 125 



The Conservation Message 116 



The Appalachian Bill Once More IIS 



The First National Forests 118 



Conservation in New York 125 



Commissioner White on Forest-reserve Battle.. 126 



Sewage Disinfection 126 



Vanlslung Food Fish 126 



Conservation in Colorado 127 



The Telephone a Protector Against Forest Fires 127 



The Beginnings of Forestr.v in the United States 128 



Tardy Action to Prevent Forest Fires 12S 



The Use of Peat in Alaska 129 



Reforesting Burned-over Areas 129 



Big Timber Operation on Bad River, Indian 



Reservation 120 



Forestry and Unemployment 120 



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