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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



the New York State College of 

 Forestry. 



The resolutions adopted at the meet- 

 ing denounced the Canadian reciprocity 

 treaty, approved the Jones bill relating 

 to the taxation of forest lands, and 

 went on record as favoring the placing 

 of fire wardens under the civil service 

 laws. 



The first of the resolutions follows : 



Resolved, That the Empire State 

 Forest Products Association reafifirms 

 its desire to confer with the Camp Fire 

 Association, the Association for the 

 Protection of the Adirondacks, the 

 New York Board of Trade and Trans- 

 portation and any other association or 

 individuals for the purpose of harmon- 

 izing the several interests in the Adi- 

 rondacks ; and we hereby pledge our co- 

 operation in support of any reasonable 

 improvement in establishing rational 

 scientific forest management, with due 

 consideration to vested rights, to the 

 end that the forests in the State of New 

 York may be operated and maintained 

 for the greatest good to the greatest 

 number. 



The association, by resolution, com- 

 mends the Burd-Merritt amendment for 

 an adequate system of water storage in 

 the Adirondacks to regulate the flow of 

 streams. 



The following resolution was adopt- 

 ed on the State College of Forestry : 



Resolved, That we commend the effi- 

 cient educational work of the New 

 York State College of Forestry in 

 training professional foresters and 

 practical woodsmen in its Ranger 

 School, and the study which the col- 



lege is making of the wood-using in- 

 dustries of the State in co-operation 

 with the national forest service, to the 

 end that the proper use of our forest 

 lands will be more generally and better 

 known. It commends especially the 

 State-wide work which the college is 

 doing in taking forestry to the high 

 schools, granges and other organiza- 

 tions as well as its work along experi- 

 mental lines. 



Frank L. Moore was re-elected presi- 

 dent for a third term. F. J. Jones, of 

 Bufl:'alo, was chosen as vice-president, 

 and H. J. Cadwell was re-elected secre- 

 tary and treasurer. The following com- 

 mittees were named: 



Board of Directors — Rufus Sisson, 

 Potsdam, chairman ; G. H. P. Gould, 

 Lyon Falls ; Charles F. Moore, New 

 York ; Ferris Meigs, New York ; E. K. 

 Harroun, Watertown ; E. J. Jones, Buf- 

 falo ; Maurice Hoops, Glens Falls, 



Legislative — Ferris Meigs, New 

 York; George Ostrander, Glens Falls; 

 George C. Sherman, Watertown; 

 Charles Moore, New York; E. J. 

 Jones, Bufifalo; V. K. Kellofif, Water- 

 town; Charles Sisson, Potsdam, and 

 J. G. Hofifman. 



Transportation — John D. White, 

 Utica, chairman ; J. N. McDonald, 

 Utica ; Charles Grififin, New York ; 

 Fred Cleveland, Albany, and C. H. Tif- 

 fany, New York. 



Forestry — W. L. Sykes, Bufifalo, 

 chairman ; George A. McCoy, Tupper 

 Lake ; R. W. Higby, New York ; F. P. 

 Wilder, Watertown ; Isaac Kenwell and 

 Prof. Nelson C. Brown, Syracuse. 



A REPORT ON FOREST FIRE LOSSES 



Forest resources liaz'ing a I'alitation of more than $25,000,000 are lost ainiually through 

 fire, according to Fred G. Phunnier, geographer of the United States Forest Serznce. 

 Besides this great loss of timber, there has been, an average loss of seventy human lives d 

 year in the forest fires of the last half century. 



In a study which he has just completed, Mr. Plummer has drawn upon all the forest 

 fire statistics known to exist, and has worked out for the government a system of standard- 

 ized reports which will give to future generations data of the causes, extent and effects 

 of forest fires zvhich zvill be far more complete and accurate than the records zuhich have 

 been kept heretofore. Mr. Plummer makes a point of the fact that there are enormous 

 forest fire losses from the destruction of young tree growth, deterioration of the soil, 

 damage to zvafercourses, interruption of busi)iess and the depreciation of property which 

 are important, but wJiicli cannot be estimated accurately. 



