The c^lmerican Foresliy" cAssociation 



Washington, D. C. 



WILLIAM E. COLBY, Califarnia, 

 Secretary of The Sierra Club. 



COLEMAN duPOXT. Delaware. 



DR. CHARLES W. ELIOT, Massachusetts, 

 President Emeritus, Harvard University. 



DR. B. E. FERNOW, Canada, 

 Dean of Forestry Emeritus, University of 

 Toronto. 



HENRY S. GRAVES, District of Columbia, 

 Chief of the Forest Service. 



EVERITT G. GRIGGS, Washington. 



Prtsident 



CHARLES LATHROP PACK, Laleewood, N. J. 



Vice-Piesidents 



HON. DAVID HOUSTON, 

 Secretary of Agriculture. 

 HON. FRANKLIN K. LANE. 



Secretary of the Interior. 

 HON. ASBURY F. LEVER, South Carolina, 



Member Federal Land Board. 

 HON. THOMAS NELSON PAGE, 



Former United Stales 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, Pennsylvania. 



MRS. JOHN D. SHERMAN, Illinois, 

 Oiairman Conservation Department. 

 General Federattcm of Women's Clubs. 



HON. WM. H. TAFT, Connecticut, 

 Ex-President United States. 



JOSEPH N. TEAL, Oregon, 

 Chairman Oregon Conservation Commission. 



THEODORE N. VAIL, Vermont, 

 President, Am. Tel. & Tel. Co. 



HON. JOHN W. WEEKS, Massachusetts, 

 Former United States Senator. 



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

 President Carnegie Institution. 



E. T. ALLEN, Oregon, 



Forester, Western For. and Conserv. Assn 

 JOHN S. AMES, Massachusetts. 

 HON. ROBERT P. BASS, New Hampshire 



Ex-Governor of New Hampshire. 

 STANDISH CHARD, New York. 

 WM. B. GREELEY, District of Columbia, 



Assistant U. S. Forester. 

 W. R. BROWN, New Hampshire, 



Pres., New Hamp. Forestry Commission. 



Treasurer 



JOHN E. JENKS. Editor Army and Navy K.gi.ster, Washington, D. C. 



Executive Secretary 



PERCIVAL SHELDON RIDSDALE, HIO H Street, N. W., Washington. D. C. 



Directors 



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 Columbia,. 

 Editor, Army and Navy Register. 



CHESTJ:R W. LYM.\Ni Nev. V.jrk, 

 ViceT*re3. International Paper Company. 



CHiVRLES L.\THROP PACK, New Jersey, 

 President American Forestry Association. 



CHARLES F. QUINCY, New York. 



ERNEST A. STERLING, New Y'ork. 

 Forest and Timber Engineer. 



J. B. WHITE, Missouri, 

 ExPres., National Conservation Congress. 



Declaration of Principles and Policy" 

 ^ ^ oAmerican Forestr}^ cAssociation 



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

 take scientific 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 

 of public thoiiGiht and knowledge along these practical lines. 



It Will Support These Policies 



National and State Forests under Fed- 

 eral and State Ownership, adminis- 

 tration and management respective- 

 ly; adequate appropriations for their 

 care and management ; Federal co- 

 operation with the State, especialty 

 in forest fire protection. 



State Activity by acquirement of forest 

 lands; organization for fire protec- 

 tion* encouragement of forest plant- 

 ing by communal and private owners, 

 non-political 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 fire 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 landg 

 for this purpose; and also planting 

 by private owners, where profitable 

 and encouragement of natural regen- 

 eration. 



Forest Taxation Reforms removing un* 

 ju^t burdens from owners of growing 

 timber. 



Closer Utilization in logging and man- 

 ufacturing without loss to owners; aid 

 the lumberman in achieving this. 



CuttiiiR of Mature Timber where and 

 as the domestic market demands it, 

 except on areas maintained for park 

 or sCeric purposes, and compensation 

 of forest owners for loss suffered 

 through protection of watersheds, or 

 oil behalf of any public interest. 



Hqual Protection to the lumber indus- 

 try and to public interests in legisla- 

 tion afVccttng private timbcrland op- 

 erations, recognizing that lumbering 

 is as legitimate and necessary as the 

 forests themselves. 



Classification by experts of lands best 

 suited for farming and those best 

 suited for forestry; and liberal Na- 

 tional and State appropriations for 

 this work. 



