THE TWENTY^EIGHTH ANNUAL 

 MEETING 



ANNOUNCEMENT was made in the November issue of Con- 

 servation of the Anti-Forest Fire Congress to be held in 

 Washington, D. C, January 13-14, 1909. This will be the 

 twenty-eighth annual meeting of the American Forestry Associa- 

 tion, and forms an important link in the series of meetings and 

 conferences to be held in Washington during the coining winter. 

 Announcement of a number of these meetings which are to be held 

 in December appear elsewhere in this issue. 



Following these important meetings, the Anti-Forest Fire Con- 

 gress of the American Forestry Association will be notable in many 

 respects. In the first place, it follows a season of disastrous loss 

 from fires in all parts of the country. The congress will be par- 

 ticipated in by representatives from all the states which are con- 

 cerned with forest fires— the losses sustained through them, and 

 their prevention. One of the most important sessions of the con- 

 gress will be that devoted to the prevention and control of forest 

 fires. 



The session which will be devoted to forest reservations will 

 be equally interesting. As the subject of conservation of natural 

 resources has been presented and discussed all over the country, 

 the public mind has turned strongly to the necessity for constant 

 improvement of the National Forests of the West, and to the need 

 for extending the National Forest System to the eastern mountains. 

 Nine out of ten persons, in discussing the conservation movement, 

 say that one of the first steps to be taken is the protection of the 

 Appalachian Mountain Range, north and south. 



The session on Forests and Waterways will also be of primary 

 importance. Never before has there been so keen an interest among 

 thinking people of all classes in the relation which exists between 

 mountain and forests and waterways. Indeed, one of the fore- 

 most discussions of the year, in engineering paper's, has been on 

 this question. 



The congress will also devote a session, or at least a pait of a 

 session, to the subject of Forest Education and Policy. The public 

 is anxiously awaiting each advance of information on the means 

 by which the resources of our country may be made to serve their 

 highest use to the Nation. All of these subjects, and others which 

 will doubtless be included, will make this meeting one of the most 

 important to be held in Washington during this winter. Many 

 popular organizations have already signified their intention to be 

 represented, and many prominent men will be present and speak. 



On account of the very important meetings coming early in 

 December, it is thought best not to issue a program in advance of 

 these meetings. 



