FOREST NOTES 



Wherever trees in quantity are 

 needed for shade and ornament there 

 will be need of a trained arborist to 

 care for these trees. In our State and 

 National preserves, as w^ell as in many 

 of the large city park areas, and in 

 woodland areas, privately owned, men 

 are really needed with a training not 

 only in forestry, but also in landscape 

 engineering. Many cities are now em- 

 ploying trained city foresters. For ex- 

 ample, the city of Buffalo, N. Y., dur- 

 ing the last eight or ten years has em- 

 ployed a trained city forester. Last 

 year the city expended about $75,000 

 for city forestry work. Today Buffalo 

 is recognized as having the best tree 

 growth of any large city in the country. 

 The widespread interest in shade trees 

 which is being manifested seems to in- 

 dicate that in a very short time there 

 will be a great demand for men thor- 

 oughly trained in every phase of plant 

 growth. 



Upon the Secretary's recommenda- 

 tion, the President has also eliminated 

 from the Challis, Lemhi, Salmon and 

 Sawtooth National Forests in Idaho, 

 193,660 acres. These lands are largely 

 unsurveyed, high, grazing lands and are 

 in Blaine, Custer, Fremont, Je^virson, 

 and Lemhi Counties. About 176,100 

 acres are unentered and all of the lands 

 are withdrawn except 308.50 acres 

 which are in a power-site withdrawal. 



Upon the recommendation of Secre- 

 tary Lane, the President recently elimi- 

 nated from the Fishlake and Manti Na- 

 tional Forests in Utah 45,870 acres of 

 land. This land will be subect to set- 

 tlement only under the homestead laws 

 from and including 9 o'clock a. m., Oc- 

 tober 19, until and including Novem 

 ber 15, 1914, and thereafter will be 

 subject to entry and disposition under 

 any of the applicable public land laws. 

 The lands are largely unsurveyed and 

 are in Sanpete and Sevier Counties. 



With the increased attention that is 

 being given to all matters pertaining 

 to the right development of shade trees 

 and the improvement of areas for the 

 growth of these trees, there is a de- 

 mand for men thoroughly trained along 

 lines of arboriculture of city forestry. 

 To properly prepare young men for po- 

 sitions which are constantly opening 

 in this comparatively new field of work 

 is the object of a well developed four 

 years' course which the New Yori< 

 State College of Forestry is giving at 

 Syracuse University. 



Under a special Act of Congress two 

 years ago, the State Agricultural Col- 

 lege of Colorado was granted the privi- 

 lege of selecting certain tracts of forest 

 land lying either within the national 

 forests or the public domain for use 

 in carrying on the work of the course 

 in Forestry at this institution. This 

 land is selected in areas of not less than 

 forty nor more than one hundred and 

 sixty acres each and includes all condi- 

 tions from timber line to the plains. 



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