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and under the new scheme of adminis- 

 tration which distributes about one-half 

 of the force formerly located in Wash- 

 ington to branch offices in the West, 

 over seventy-five per cent, of the For- 

 est Service employees are located here. 

 Furthermore, as the great need for men 

 is in the field, the majority of new men 

 are sent to the West. 



With the West as the great field of 

 operation, is it not unfortunate that so 

 relatively few of the men who will find 

 their lifework here do not have the 



National Forest, and within a half- 

 hour's ride by rail from Colorado 

 Springs the Forest Service maintains 

 one of the largest forest nurseries of the 

 region. Through the courtesy of the 

 Forest Service the students of the 

 school of forestry are allowed to study 

 the work that is being carried on in 

 the National Forests, thus increasing 

 the opportunities for a thorough field 

 preparation and placing the student into 

 direct contact with the work for which 

 he is preparing himself. 



Lumbering at Manitou Park 



opportunity to use the forests of the 

 West as a laboratory. The conditions 

 of the country and of the profession 

 make the demand for a good school of 

 forestry in the West almost imperative. 

 In 1905, Gen. William J. Palmer 

 laid the foundation for such a school 

 at Colorado College by presenting the 

 college with a tract of 13,000 acres of 

 yellow pine forest near Colorado 

 Springs in the heart of the Rocky 

 Mountain Reserve Region. The tract 

 is known as Manitou Park. It is sur- 

 rounded on three sides by the Pike 



Manitou Park is under the direct 

 supervision of the School. Logging 

 and milling operations are now being 

 carried on with a small portable mill, 

 such as is common throughout the 

 mountain districts. All cutting is done 

 according to strictly scientific principles, 

 with the result that there is an abundant 

 young growth to cover the cut-over 

 areas. During the past year an experi- 

 ment station has been established in co- 

 operation with the Forest Service for 

 the purpose of studying the effect of 

 dififerent methods of treating mountain 



