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F()Ki:sT Kxi'i:ki.mi:.\'t Stations 



Four bills were introtluced in Congress during December, 19"<30, 

 providing for the establishment and maintenance by the Forest Service 

 of Forest Experiment Stations. The maintenance of the station in 

 Colorado is the subject of bills (S. 467G) and (H. R. 14477) intro- 

 duced in the Senate and House of Representatives by Senator Phipps 

 and Mr. Timbcrlake, respectively. The bills carry an appropriation 

 of $30,000 for the year ending June 30, 1923. They were referred to 

 the Senate and House Committees on Appropriations. Their purpose 

 is provision for experiments to determine the most satisfactory meth- 

 ods for managing forests and forest lands in Colorado and neighbor- 

 ing States. 



The Fremont Rxpcriment Station near Colorado Springs was estab- 

 lished in 1900. It has never been adequately supported but in spite 

 of this handicap valuable results have been obtained. The passage of 

 these bills would provide for putting the work on a basis where a large 

 volume of valuable data could be turned out, just at the time wdien 

 tlie realization of the seriousness of the timber situation in the United 

 States makes the need for reliable information especially urgent. 



A third bill (S. 4G11) was introduced in the Senate by Senator 

 Ransdell of Louisiana providing for a forest experiment station in the 

 v^outhern States at a suitable place to be selected by the Secretary of 

 Agriculture. It carries an appropriation of $50,000 for expenditure 

 during the year ending June 30, 1922. It was referred to the Com- 

 mittee on Agriculture and Forestry. The purpose of the station as 

 stated in the bill is to determine the best methods for the conservative 

 management of southern pine and other forests and forest lands and 

 the production of timber, naval stores, and other forest products in 

 the Southern States. 



Last winter Senator Fletcher of Florida introduced a bill (S. 394G) 

 providing $50,000 for a forest experiment station on the Florida Na- 

 tional Forest. These two bills are an indication of a real interest in 

 and need of experimental work in forestry in two of the most impor- 

 tant southern timber States. 



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