The cAmerican Forestr}^ cAssociation 



Washington, D. C. 



OFFICERS FOR 191 5 



President 



DR. HEXRY STl'RGIS DRINKER. Pn-sident. Lehiuh Cniversity, South Bethlehem. Pa. 



JOSHU.A. L. B.AILV. Pennsylvania 



THEODORE L. BRISTOL, Connecticut 



Ex-President Connecticut Forestrj' Association 



.\XDRE\V CARNEGIE. New York 



MRS. EMMONS CROCKER. Massachusetts 



DR. CHARLES W. ELIOT. Massachusetts 

 President Emeritus Har\-ard L'niversity 



DR. B. E. FERXOW. Canada 



Dean of Foresto". University of Toronto 



HOX. \V.\LTER L. FISHER, Chicago. III. 

 Ex- Secretary of the Interior 



Vice-Presidents 



IlEXRY S. GR.A\'ES. District of Columbia 



Chief of the Forest Service 

 EVERITT G. GRIGGS. Washington 

 HOX. D.^VID HOUSTON 



Secretary^ of .Agriculture 

 HOX. FR-AXKLIX K. LANE 



Secretary of the Interior 

 HON. ASBURY F. LE\-ER, South Carolina 



L'nited States Representative 

 HOX. THOMAS NELSOX P.A.GE 



Ambassador to Italy 

 HON. GEO. PARDEE. California 



Ex-Govemor of California 



GIFFORD PIXCHOT. Pennsylvania 



FILIBERT ROTH, Michigan 



Dean of Forestry, University of Michigan 



DR. J. T. ROTHROCK. Pennsylvania 



HON. WM. H. TAFT, Connecticut 

 Ex-President United States 



JOSEPH N. TEAL, Oregon 



Chairman Oregon Conservation Commission 



HON. JOHN WEEKS. Massachusetts 

 United States Senator 



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

 President, Carnegie Institution. 



Treasurer 



JOHN' E. JENKS, Editor, Army and Xav> 



Register. Washington, D. C. 



Executive Secretary 



p. S. RIDSDALE. 1410 II Street. X. W., Washington. D. C. 



E. T. ALLEX, Oregon 



Forester, U'estern For. and Conservation .-Vsso. 

 HOX. ROBERT P. BASS, Xew Hampshire 



Ex-Governor of Xew Hampshire 

 WM. B. GREELEY. District of Columbia 



-Assistant U. S. Forester 

 W. R. BROWX, New Hampshire 



Pres., New Hamp. Forestry Commission 

 HERM.AN H. CHAPM.AN. Connecticut 



Professor of Forestry, Yale Forest School 



Directors 



DR. HENRY S. DRINKER, Pennsylvania 



President, Lehigh Liniversity 

 ALFRED GASKILL 



State Forester, New Jersey 

 JOHN E. JEXKS. District of Columbia 



Editor, Army and Navy Register 

 CHESTER W. LYMAN. New York 



International Paper Company 

 CHARLES L.A.THROP P.ACK. New Jersey 



Pres. Fifth Xational Conservation Congress 



CHARLES F. QUINCY. New York 



J. E. RHODES, Illinois 



Secretar>' Southern Pine Association 



ERNEST A. STERLING. Pennsylvania 

 Forest and Timber Engineer 



JOHN L. WE.U'ER. District of Columbia 

 Real Estate Broker 



J. B. WHITE. Missouri 



Ex-President. National Conservation Congress 



Declaration of Principles and Polic)/" 

 of "^ cylmerican Forestr)^ cAssociation 



IT IS A VOLUNTARY organization for the inculcation and spread of a forest policy on 

 a scale adequate for our econoinic needs, and any person is elii^ible for membership. 



IT IS INDEPENDENT, has no official connection with any Federal or State depart- 

 imnt <ir imlicy. and is devoted to a public service conducive to national prosperity. 



IT ASSERTS THAT forestn,' means the propagation and care of forests for the produc- 

 tion of timber as a crop; protection of watersheds; 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 191.3 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; regulate the distribution of water; pre- 

 vent erosion of lands; and are essential to the beauty of the countr\^ and the health 

 of the nation. 



IT RECOGNIZES THAT forestry- is an industry limited by economic conditions; that 

 [iri\atc owners slinuld be aided and encouraged by investigations, demonstrations, 

 and educational work, since they cannot be expected to practice forestry at a 

 financial loss; that Federal and State governments should undertake scientific 

 f(jrestr\' upon national and State forest reserves for the benefit of the public. 



IT WILL DEVOTE its intluencc 



[nililir lh'iU':ht and kn-nvlcd^'' 



and educational facilities to the development of 

 al'Hig these practical iinc^. 



It Will Support These Policies 



l\>d<TaI Adiiiiiiivtration and Man- 

 agement of national forests; adetiuate 

 appropriations for their care and man- 

 aeement; Federal cooperation with the 

 States, especially in forest fire protec- 

 tion. 



State Activity by acquirement of forest 

 lands; organization for fire protection; 

 encouragement of forest planting by 

 communal and private owners; non- 

 political depart mentally independent 

 forest organization, with liberal appro- 

 priations for these purposes. 



Forest Fire Protection by Federal. 

 State and fire protective agencies, and 

 its encouragement and extension, in- 

 dividually and by cooperation; without 

 adequate fire protection all other 

 measures for forest crop production 

 will fail. 



Forest Planting by Federal and Stat- 

 governments and long-lived corpora- 

 tions and acquirement of waste lands 

 for tliis purpose; and also planting by 

 private owners, where profitable, and 

 encouragement of natural regeneration. 



Forest Taxation Reforms removing un- 

 just burdens from owners of growing 

 timber. 



Closer I'tilization in logging and man- 

 ufacturing without loss to owners; aid 

 to lumbermen in achieving this. 



Cutting of Mature Timber where and 

 as the domestic market demands it. ex- 

 cept on areas maintained for park or 

 scenic purposes, and compensation of 

 forest owners for loss suffered through 

 protection of watersheds, or on behalf 

 of any public interest. 



Equal Protection to the lumber in- 

 dustry and to public interests in legis- 

 lation atTecting private timberland 

 operations, recognizing that lumbering 

 is as legitimate and necessar>' as the 

 forests themselves. 



Classification by experts of lands best 

 suited for farming and those best suited 

 for forestr>-; and liberal national and 

 State appropriations for this work. 



