^(iS JOURNAL, UF rORESTRY 



New York Section of the Society of American Foresters 



The Section met on July 29 to 31, with 17 members and 11 guests, 

 at the Ranger School of the New York State College of Forestry, Dean 

 Baker and Director Craig acting as hosts and C. R. Pettis as chairman. 

 The main topic for discussion was suggested by a letter of President 

 Olmsted, namely, the national forestry program of Colonel Graves. 



Addresses were made by Hugh P. Baker, H. L. Churchill, B. "E. 

 Fernow, C. R. Pettis, E. F. McCarthy, A. B. Recknagel, R. S. Hosmer, 

 and B. A. Chandler. 



The following resolution was adopted unanimously : 



It is the opinion of the New York Section of the Society of American Foresters, 

 assembled at its summer meeting at Wanakena, N. Y., July 31, 1919, that from 

 the standpoint of improvement of silvicultural conditions in New York State, 

 especial consideration should be given to the following points in the formulation 

 of any State or national forest policy : 



1. The public is justified in requiring the private owner to leave his forest 

 lands in a reasonably productive condition after lumbering. 



2. As a first step in the maintenance of productivity of forest lands in New 

 York State, adequate fire protection is vital and should be brought about through 

 more efifective co-operation between private owners, the State, and the Federal 

 Government. 



3. Since it is a sound economic principle that all lands, whether agricultural 

 or forest, should be kept in productive condition, it is believed that forest lands 

 in New York now stocked with useful species can be kept reasonably productive, 

 at least for the present, by natural reproduction, provided adequate protection 

 from fire, fungi, insects, and the like be maintained. 



4. Inducement by the State and Federal Governments should be offered private 

 owners to encourage the reforestation of their idle lands. 



Moved : That the chair appoint a committee to consider what, if any, assistance 

 should be given by the State or Federal Governments to the private timberland 

 owners in maintaining the productivity of their lands, and that this committee 

 report at the next meeting of the Section. 



It was also moved : That the Secretary of the Section conmumicate to the 

 Secretary of the parent Society its feeling that the President of the Society 

 should not have expressed personal views in articles published over his official 

 title, which may be construed as representing views of the Society as a whole. 



