The cAmerican Forestnr c/lssociation 



Washington, D. C. 



ANDREW CAEKEGIE, New York. 



WILLIAM E. COLBY, C»Iiforni», 

 Secretary of The Sierra Club. 



COLEMAN duPONT, Delaware. 



DK. CHARLES W. ELIOT, Maiaachnietti, 

 President Emeritu Harvard UniTeraHy. 



DR. B. E. FERNOW, Canada. 



Dean of Forestry Dniveraity of Teraoto. 



HENRY S. GRAVES. District of Colombia, 

 Chief of the Forest Scrrice. 



EVERITT G. GRIGGS, Washingtoa. 



Prealdeat 

 CHARLES LATHROP PACK, Lakewood, IT. J. < 

 Vlce-Preildenti 



HON. DAVID HOUSTON. 



Secretary of Agriculture. 

 HON. FRANKLIN K. LANE, 



Secretary of the Interior. 

 HON. ASBURY F. LEVER, South Carolina, 



United States Representatire. 

 HON. THOMAS NELSON PAGE, 



Ambassador to Italy. 

 GIFFORD PINCHOT, Pennsylvania. 

 MRS. FRANCIS F. PRESTON. New Jersey. 

 FILIBERT ROTH, Michigan, 



Dean of Forestry, University of Michigan. 

 DR. J. T. ROTHROCK, PennsylvanU. 



MRS. JOHN D. SHERMAN. IllinoU, 



Chairman, Conservation Department, 



General Federation of Women's Qnbi. 

 HON. WM. H. TAFT, Connecticut. 



Ex-President United States. 

 JOSEPH N. TEAL, Oregon, 



Chairman Oregon Conservation Commission, 

 THEODORE N. VAIL, Vermont. 



President. Am. Tel. ft Tel. Co. 

 HON. JOHN W. WEEKS. Masaachusetts. 



United States Senator. 

 DR. R. S. WOODWARD. Washington, D. C, 



President Carnegie Institution. 



Treasotet 

 JOHH B. JEIfKS, Editor, Army and Ifavy Register, Wtahlnftoa, D. C. 



Executive Secntaiy 

 PERCIVAL SHELDON RIDSDALE, 1410 H. Street, K. W., Washington, D. C. 



Director* 



E. T. ALLEN, Oregos, 



Forester, Western For. and Conserv. Asai 



JOHN S. AMES, Massachusetts. 



HON. ROBERT P. BASS, New Hampshire. 

 Ex<iovernor of New Hampshire. 



WM. B. GREELEY, District of Colombia, 

 Assistant U. S. Forester. 



W. R. BROWN, New Hampshire, 



Fres., New Hamp. Forestry Conusission. 



HERMAN H. CHAPMAN, Connecticut, 

 Professor of Forestry, Yale Forest School. 



DR. HENRY S. DRINKER, Pennsylvania. 

 President Lehigh University. 



ALFRED GASKILL, Trenton, New Jersey, 

 State Forester 



JOHN E. JENKS, District of Colombia. 

 Editor. Army and Navy Register. 



CHESTER W. LYMAN, New York, 



Vice-Pres. International Paper Company. 



CHARLES LATHROP PACK, Now Jersey. 

 Frea. Natl War Garden Commission. 



CHARLES F. QUINCY, New York. 



ERNEST A. STERLING, New York, 

 Forest and Timber Engineer. 



J. B. WHITE, Missonri, 



£x-Fres., National CbnscrvatioB Congress. 



Declaration of Principles and Policy" 

 if Wg cAmerican Forestr}^ ^Association 



IT IS A VOLUNTARY organization for the inculcation and spread of a forest 

 policy on a scale adequate for our economic needs, and any person is eligible 

 for membership. ^ 



IT IS INDEPENDENT, has no official connection with any Federal or State 

 department or policy, and is devoted to a public service conducive to national 

 prosperity. 



IT ASSERTS THAT forestry means the propagation and care of forests for the 

 production of timber as a crop ; protection of watersheds ; utilization of non- 

 agricultural soil; use of forests for public recreation. 



IT DECLARES THAT FORESTRY is of immense importance to the people; 

 that the census of 1913 shows our forests annually supply over one and a 

 quarter billion dollars' worth of products; employ 735,000 people; pay 

 $367,000,000 in wages; cover 550,000,000 acres unsuited for agriculture; regu- 

 late the distribution of water; prevent erosion of lands; and are essential to 

 the beauty of the country and the health of the nation. 



IT RECOGNIZES THAT forestry is an industry limited by economic conditions; 

 that private owners should be aided and encouraged by investigations, demon- 

 strations, and educational work, since they cannot be expected to practice 

 forestry at i financial loss ; that Federal and State governments should imder- 

 take scieni...c forestry upon National and State forest reserves for the benefit 

 of the public. 



IT WILL DEVOTE its influence and educational facilities to the development of 

 public thought and knowledge along these practical lines. 



It Will Support Theae Policiet 



National and State Feretti under Fed- 

 eral and State Ownertbip, adminii- 

 tratton and management respectire- 

 ly; adequate appropriations for their 

 care and management; Federal co- 

 operation with tiie States, especially 

 in forest 6re protection. 



State Activity by acquirement of forest 

 lands ; organization for fire protec- 

 tion: encouragement of forest plant- 

 ing by communal and private owners, 

 Don-poHtical departmentally indepen- 

 dent forest organization, with liberal 

 appropriations for these purposes. 



Forest Fire Protection by Federal, 

 State and fire protective agencies, 

 and its encouragement and extension, 

 individually and by co-operation, 

 without adequate fixe protection all 

 other measures for forest crop pro- 

 duction will fail. 



Forest Planting by Federal and State 

 governments and long-lived corpora- 

 tions and acquirement of waste lands 

 for this purpose; and also planting by 

 private owners, where profitable, and 

 encouragement of natural, regenera- 

 tion. 



Forest Taxation fteforma removing un- 

 just burdens from owners of growing 

 timber. 



Closer Utilization In logging and man- 

 ufacturing without loss to owners; aid 

 the lumberman in achieving this. 



Cutting of Mature Timber where and 

 as the domestic market demands it, 

 except on areas maintained for park 

 or scenic purposes, and compensation 

 of forest owners for loss suffered 

 through protection of watersheds, or 

 on behalf of any public interest. 



Equal Protection to the lumber indus- 

 try and to public interests in legisla- 

 tion affecting private timberland op- 

 erations, recognizing that lumbering 

 is as legitimate and necessary as the 

 forests themselves. 



Qassification by experts of lands best 

 suited for farming and those beat 

 suited for forestry; and liberal na- 

 tional and State appropriattosa for 

 this work. 



