MUNICIPAL FORESTRY 



By Xklson C. Drown 

 Photographs by II. P. Baker and the Writer 



GOXSERVATIOX has become im- 

 mensely popular in this country. 

 J<'rom the initial subject of for- 

 estry it lias been broadened out to 

 cover nearly every conceivable resource 

 — not only the forests, minerals, soils, 

 etc., but health, human energy, and al- 

 most everything else which we can asso- 

 ciate with the term conservation. Real 

 conservation is beginning to be prac- 

 tised with our forest resources. Not 

 only has the Government taken up the 

 practice of forestry on the timbered re- 

 gions of the public domain now called 

 National Forests in the West, but many 

 of our states, realizing the impending 



scarcity of the lumber and wood sup- 

 plies, have taken steps to set aside for- 

 est reserves. Lumber companies are 

 following these examples and are aban- 

 doning their short-sighted policy of 

 stripping timber without regard to the 

 future. It will not be a great while be- 

 fore our more progressive cities will 

 gradually take up the practice of for- 

 estry on extensive parks, reservoir wa- 

 tersheds and on nearby waste lands. 

 Already a number of cities have ap- 

 pointed city foresters to look after the 

 care of ornamental shade trees along 

 the streets and in the parks. Some of 

 these positions include the management 



IIUADQUARTERS OF THE SVRACITSK CITY FOREST. SHOWING A PORTION OF SKAN- 

 EATELES LAKE AND THE HICHWAV, BOTH OF WHICH WILL BE UTILIZED AS 

 MEANS OF TRANSPORTING THE PRODUCTS OF THE FOREST TO MARKET. 



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