The cAmerican Forestr}^ cAssociation 



Washington, D. C. 



JOSHUA L. BAILY. Pennsylvania 



ANDREW CARNEGIE, New York 



WILLIAM E. COLBY. California 

 Secretary The Sierra Club 



DR. CHARLES W. ELIOT. Massachusetts 

 President Emeritus Harvard University 



DR. B. E. FERNOW. Canada. 



Dean of Forestry. University of Toronto 



HENRY S. GRAVES, District of Columbia 

 Chief of the Forest Service 



EVERITT G. GRIGGS. Washington 



Presiiient 

 CHARLES LATHROP PACK, Lakewood, N. J. 



Vice-Presidents 



HON. DAVID HOUSTON 



Secretary of Agriculture 

 HON. FRANKLIN K. LANE 



Secretary of the Interior 



HON.ASBURY F. LEVER. South Carolina 

 United States Representative 



HON. THOMAS NELSON PAGE 



.Embassador to Italy 

 GIFFORD PINCHof, Pennsylvania 



FILIBERT ROTH. Michigan 



Dean of Forestry. University of Michigan 



DR. J. T. ROTHROCK, Pennsylvania 



MRS. JOHN D. SHERMAN. Illinois 

 Chairman Conservation Department 

 General Federation of Women's Clubs 



HON. WM. H.TAFT. Connecticnt 

 Ex-President United States 



JOSEPH N. TEAL, Oregon 



Chairman Oregon Conservation Commission 



THEODORfi \. VAIL 



President Ai .". & T. Co., New York 



HON. JOHN WEEKS, Massachusetts 

 United States Senator 



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

 President Carnegie Institution 



Treasurer 

 JOHN E. JENKS. Editor, Army and Navy Register, Washington. D. C. 



Executive Secretary 

 PERCIVAL S. RIDSDALE, 1410 H Street, N. W., Washington. D. C. 



E.T. ALLEN. Oregon 



Forester. Western For. and Conservation Asso, 



JOHN S. AMES, Massachusetts 



HON. ROBERT P. BASS. New Hampshire 

 Ex-Governor of New Hampshire 



WM. B. GREELEY. District of Columbia 

 Assistant U. S. Forester 



W. R. BROWN, New Hampshire 



Pres. New Hamp. Forestry Commission 



Directors 



HERMAN H. CHAPMAN. Connecticut 



Professor of Forestry. Yale Forest School 

 DR. HENRY S. DRINKER, 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. Illinois 

 Forest and Timber Engineer 



J. B. WHITE, Missouri 



Ex-President, National Conservation Congress 



Declaration of Principles and Policy" 

 gT l5/)e c/4.merican Forestr}^ ^Association 



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

 a scale adequate for 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 public service conducive to national prosperity. 



IT ASSERTS THAT forestry' means the propagation and care of forests for the pro- 

 duction of timber as a crop; protection of watersheds; utilization of non-agricul- 

 tural 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; 

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

 prevent erosion of lands; and are essential to the beauty of the country and the 

 health of the nation. 



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

 private owners should 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 

 forestry upon national and State forest reserves for the benefit of the public. 



IT WILL DEVOTE its influence and educational facilities to the development of 

 public thought and knowledge along these practical lines. 



II Will Snpport These Policies 



National and State Forests under Federal 

 and State Ownership, administration and 

 management respectively ; adequate ap- 

 propriations for their care and man- 

 agement ; Federal cooperation with 

 the States, especially in forest fire pro- 

 tection. 



Stale Activity by acquirement of forest 

 lands; organization for fire protection; 

 encouragement of forest planting by 

 communal and private owners, non- 

 political departmentolly 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, indi- 

 vidually 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 regenera- 

 tion. 



Forest Taxation Reforms removing un- 

 just burdens from owners of growing 

 timber. 



Closer Utilization in logging and manu- 

 facturing without loss to owners; aid 

 the 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 industry 

 and to public interests in legislation 

 affecting private timberland opera- 

 lions, recognizing that lumbering is 

 as legitimate and necessary as the 

 forests themselves. 



Classili cation by experts of lands best 

 suited for farming and those best 

 suited for forestry; and liberal national 

 and State appropriations for this work. 



