The o4merican Forestr}^ cylssociation 



Washington, D. C. 



OFFICERS FOR 1915 



President 



OR. IIEXRV STI'RCIS DRIXKER, President, Lehifih University. South Bethleliem. Pa. 



JOSHl'A L. B.MI.V. Pennsylvania 



THRODORIC I.. BRISTOL, ronnecticut 



Ivx-I'resident Connecticut Forestry Association 



AXDRliW CARXEGIE. New York 



MRS. EMMONS CROCKER. Massachusetts 



DR. CHARLES \V. ELIOT. Massachusetts 

 President Emeritus Harvard L'niversity 



DR. B. E. FERNOW. Canada 



Dean of Forestrj'. L'niversity of Toronto 



HON. WALTER L. FISHER. Chicago. III. 

 Ex-Secretary of the Interior 



Vice-Presidents 



HENRY S. GR.A\'ES. District of Columhia 



Chief of the Forest Service 

 EVERITT G. GRIGGS. Washington 

 HON. DAVID HOUSTON 



Secretar>' of Agriculture 

 HON. FR.ANKLIN K. LANE 



Secretarj' of the Interior 

 HON. ASBURY F. LEVER. South Carolina 



United States Representative 

 HON. THOMAS NELSON PAGE 



.Ambassador to Italy 

 HON. GEO. P.-\RDEE. California 



Ex-Governor of California 



GIFFORD PINCHOT, Pennsylvania 

 FILI BERT ROTH. Michigan 



Dean of Forestry-. L^niversity of Michigan 

 DR. J. T. ROTHROCK. Pennsylvania 



HON. WM. H. T.-\FT. 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. JEXKS, Editor. .Army and Navy Register. Washington. D. C. 



Executive Secretary 



p. S. RIDSD.-\LE. 1410 II Street, N. W.. Washincton. D. C. 



E. T. ALLEN. Oregon 



Forester. Western For. and Conservation .Asso. 

 HON. ROBERT P. BASS. New Hampshire 



Ex-Governor of New Hampshire 

 W.\I. B. GREELEY. District of Columbia 



-Assistant V. S. Forester 

 W. R. BROWN. New Hampshire 



Pres.. New Hamp. Forestry Commission 

 HERMAN H. CHAPMAN. Connecticut 



Professor of Forestry. Vale Forest School 



Directors 



DR. HENRY S. DRIXKER. Pennsylvania 



President. Lehigh University 

 •ALFRED GASKILL 



State Forester. New Jersey 

 JOHN E. JENKS. District of Columbia 



Editor. Army and Navy Register 

 CHESTER W. LYMAN. New York 



International Paper Company 

 CHARLES LATHROP PACK. New Jersey 



Pres. Fifth National Conservation Congress 



CHARLES F. QUINCY. New York 



J. E. RHODES, Illinois 



Secretary Southern Pine Association 



ERNEST .A. STERLING. Pennsylvania 

 Forest and Timber Engineer 



JOHN L. WEAVER. District of Columbia 

 Real Estate Broker 



J. B. WHITE. Missouri 



Ex-President, National Conservation Congress 



Declaration of Principles and Polic)^ 

 of '^o^merican Forestry" cylssociation 



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

 a srair a(lii|tkUr lor our economic needs, and any person is eligible for membership. 



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

 ment or policy, and is devoted to a pultlic service conducive to national prosperity. 



IT ASSERTS THAT forestry means the projiagation 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 1913 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; co\t.r 

 550,000,000 acres unsuited for agriculture; regulate the distribution of water; pn- 

 vcnt erosion of lands; and are essential to the beauty of the country and the heahh 

 of the nation. 



IT RECOGNIZES THAT forestry is an indu^tr\- limited by ecimomic conditions; that 

 ])rivate owners should be aided and encouragt-d by investigations, demonstrations, 

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

 financial loss; that Federal and State governments should undertake scientific 

 forestry tipou national and State forest reser\-es for the benefit of the public. 



IT WILL DEVOTE Its inlluence antl educational facilities to the de\'eloi)nu-iit of 

 public thought and knowledge along these jiractical lines. 



It Will Support These Policies 



Federal Administration and Man- 



atsement of national forests; adequate 

 apprupriations for tiieir care and man- 

 agement; Federal cooperation with the 

 States, especially in forest fire protec- 

 tion. 



State Activity by acquirement of forest 

 lands; ort^anization for fire protection; 

 encoura^^enient of forest planting by 

 comnumal and private owners; non- 

 political departmentally independent 

 forest organization, with liberal appro- 

 priations for tliese 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 State 

 governments and long-lived corpora- 

 tions and acQuirement of waste lands 

 for this purpose; and also planting by 

 private owners, where profitable, and 

 encouragement of natural regeneration. 



Forest Taxation Reforms removing un- 

 tust t)urdens from owners of growing 

 timber. 



Closer l->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 affecting private timberland 

 operations, recognizing that lumberint; 

 is as legitimate and necessary as the 

 forests themselves. 



Classification by experts of lands best 

 suited for farming and those best suited 

 for forestr>'; and liberal national and 

 Slate appropriations for this work. 



