The o4merican Forestrjr cAssociation 



Washington, D. C. 



V^LtlAM K. COLBY, CilKsniia. 

 Sc«r<tsrr •{ Th< Sierra Clak. 



OOLEUAN duPONT, DcUwus 



DK. CHABLES W. KLIOT, UuatehaMtu, 



Prctideat Em«rita<, Ru-rard Uairinltr. 



D». B. E. FEENOW. Canada. 

 Dean o< YottHtj Emeritoa, TJalTcraitr «< 

 Toronto. 



HENKY S. GRAVES, District tl Cahnabia. 

 Oiicf of the Foreat Seryice. 



SVIKirr C GRIGGS, WaahiactM. 



PraMMaat 

 - CHAKLES LATHROP PACK. Ij'.r».W, 1«. J. 

 Tk^Ptaattaatf 



HON. DAVID HOUSTON, 

 Seerctarr af A(ric«ltur<. 

 HON. FRANKLIN IL LAN\, 



Secretarj of tka lat^rior. 

 HON. ASBURY P. LEVER, Soatk Caraliaa, 



Member Federal Land Board. 

 HON. THOMAS NELSON PAGE. 



Former United Statci Anbaatador ta Italy. 

 GIFPORD PINCHOT, PennaylTauia. 

 MRS. FRANCIS F. PRESTON, New Jaraty. 

 FILIBERT ROTH, Uickifan. 



Dean of Foreitrr, UniTeraity of Mietiifaa. 

 DR. J. T ROTHROCK, PeaaiyWaaia. 



TraiMtn 

 JOHN E. ;ENKS, Editor Army and NaT? 

 Ezacatl** Seentary 

 PERCIVAL SHELDON RIDSDALE, Ul« H St 



Dlrectot* 



MRS. JOHN D. SHERMAN, Illiaoia. • 

 O^airman Conaerratioa DepartmeRt. 

 General Fedeaation of Wamcn'a Cl^t. 



Hd>i. WM. H. TAPT. Cooneaticat, 

 Ex-President United Statca. 



.rOSEPH N. TEAL, Oreton, 

 Chairman Orefon Conaerratiaa CMmalialaa. 



THHODORE N. VAIL, Vermont, 

 President, Am. Tel. & Tel. Co. 



HON. JOHN W. WEEKS. MaMachoaeti. 



Former United States Senator. 



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

 President Carnefia Institution. 



vVashintton, D. C 



Waahinetnn, D. C 



E. .1. ALLE.N, - ., 



, Parrater, Western For. and Caaaerr. Aaaai. 

 JOHN S. AMES, Massachiuetta. 

 BON. ROBERT P. RASS, New Haaiiahire, 

 i Ka. Governor of New Hampshire. 

 W. R. BROWN. New Hampahira, 

 : Pres., New Hamp. Forestry Coawisaio*. 

 iTANDISH CHARD. New York. 

 HERMAN H. CHAPMAN, Cooaccticat, 

 Professor af Forestry, YaU Poraft Sahaol. 



DR. HENRY S. DRINKER, PenosriTania, 

 Pceaident, Lehigh . UaiTcraity. 



.M.FRED GASKILL, Trenton, New Jersey, 

 State Forester. 



WM. B. GREELEY. District •! Cola 

 Assistant V. S. Forester. 



sbia. 



JOHN E. JENKS, District of Colombia. 

 Editor, Army and Nary Recister. 



CHESTER W» LYMAN. New York. 

 Vice-Vces. International Paper Cakpany. 



CHARLES LATHROP PACK. New Jaraay, 

 President American Forestry Aaaociatiaa. 

 CHARLES F. QUINCY. Naw York. 



ERNEST A. STERLING. New York. 

 Forest and Timber Enfinaer. 



J. B. WHITE, Missouri, 

 Kx-Pres., National Consanratiaa Caafraaa. 



Declaration of Principlies and Polic}^ 

 sf W^ cy^mericari Forestry^ cAssociation 



IT IS A VOLUNTAST organixation (or the inculcation and spread of a forest 

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

 I for memberslvip. * 



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

 - department or policy, apd W;deToted to a public service rondurive to national 

 prosperity. 



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

 ' production of timber as a crop; protection of watershed; utilization of non- 

 agricultvral 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 OYer one and a 

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

 $367,000,000 in wages; corer 550,000,000 acres unsuited (or agriculture; regu- 

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

 the beauty of the coiintry and the health of; the nation. 



IT RECOGNIZES THAT forestry is an industry limited by economK: conditions, 

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

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

 forestry at a financial loss ; that Federal and State governments should under- 

 take scientific forestry upon, Rational and State forest reserves for the benefit 

 of the public ' ' 



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

 pnblic thought and knowledge along these practical lines. 



It Will Support TheM PoUciM 



National and State Forests andcr Fed- 

 eral and State Ownership, adminis- 

 tration and manafement respeetira- 

 ly; adequate appropriations for tbalr 

 care and manafement: Federal «•- 

 operation with the State, aspecially 

 m forest fire protection. 



*»»«« Aetirity by acqairemant af foraat 

 laada; organixatioo for fire protaw- 

 tion: enconratement af forest plaal- 

 ing by communal and private ownara. 

 non-politicaj departmentally indepaa- 

 dent forest organisation, with libera] 

 apprnpriatioBi for tkcss purposes. 



Forest Fire Proteetica by Federal 

 State and fire protective agenciaa. 

 and its encouragement and oxtensiaa 

 individually and by eo-operatlaw, 

 without adequate fire protectioa all 

 other measures for forest crop pro- 

 duction will fail. 



Forest Planting bv Federal and State 

 governments and long. lived corpora- 

 tions and acquirement of waste lands 

 for this purpose; and also planting 

 by private owners, where profitabls 

 and encoiiragrment of natural regen- 

 eration. 



Forest Taxation Reforms removing aa- 

 just burdens from owners af growiag 

 timber. 



Ooser Utilization in logging and man- 

 ufacturing without loss to owners; aU 

 the lumberman in achieving this. 



Cuttinc of Mature Timber where and 

 as the domestic market demands it. 

 except on areas maintained for park 

 or scenic purposes, and eompensatioa 

 of forest owners for loss suffered 

 through protection of watersheds, ar 

 on behalf of any pnblic interest. 



Equal Protection to the lumber indus- 

 try and to public interests in legisla- 

 tion affecting private timberland op- 

 erations, recogniring that lumbering 

 is as legitimate and necessary as tha 

 ^forests thewaelrcs." 



Classification by experts of lands best 

 suited for farming and those best 

 suited for forestry; and liberal Na- 

 tional and State appropriatiosa iar 

 this work. 



