COOPERATION IN FOREST PROTECTION ^ 



By R. S. KeivIvOGG 

 Chairman of National Forestry Program Committee 



The discussions of the past 30 years received added impetus when 

 Forester Graves in 1919 inaugurated a series of country-wide confer- 

 ences on the subjects of forest protection and reproduction. 



The first clear-cut and complete forestry program announced by a 

 trade organization was that of American Paper and Pulp Association 

 November 1-1, 1919, which declared that any proposed solution of the 

 problem of a permanent timber supply must be : 



(] ) Adequate and practicable to produce the needed results, 



(3) Just to all interests concerned, 



(3) Acceptable to the majority, 

 and made definite suggestions for legislation to accomplish these 

 purposes. 



This was followed by a second report of the American Paper and 

 Pulp Association on April 15, 1920, and a similar report was made 

 about the same time by the Western Forestry and Conservation As- 

 sociation. 



Interest by i)ractical men and l)usiness organizations rapidly grew 

 and on October lo, 1920. there was held a conference which resulted 

 in the formulation of the Snell bill and the organization of the National 

 Forestry Program Committee. 



The underlying principle of the Snell bill is to secure continuous 

 forest production upon all land chiefly valuable therefor through Fed- 

 eral leadership and cooperation with the States and timberland 

 owners — the same principle that has been applied for 60 years in the 

 development of the agricultural resources of the United States, and 

 more recently in the good roads program, vocational education and 

 many other projects of great importance. It is tried, tested, and 

 practicable. 



Since the announcement of the National Forestry Program, either 

 its basic principle of Federal leadership and cooperation or the com- 



1 Abstract of statement sulimitted to the Forestry Coinmittee of the Chamber 

 of Commerce of tlie United States, June 27, 1921. 



