200 JOURNAL OF FOKi:sTK>- 



Report of thf Committee on American Forest Research 



One of the first activities of the Committee on American Forest 

 Research was to secure recognition of forestry by the National Research 

 Council. The members of the committee individually and the com- 

 mittee as such did all in its power to accomplish this end, and it is 

 believed that the present recognition is in part due to these efforts. 

 This recognition consists in the appointment of the Forester of the 

 U. S. Forest Service to the Government Division of the Council, rep- 

 resentation of the Society of American Foresters on the Executive 

 Board of the Division of Biology and Agriculture, and in a Committee 

 on Forestry which functions under the direction of the Executive 

 Board. Forestry is thus assured a place in the first attempt to organize 

 research in the United States on a national basis. 



One of the activities proposed for the Committee on American 

 Forest Research of the Society at its initiation was the compilation 

 and publication of the research programs of all the agencies in the 

 United States and Canada engaged in forest research. Work along 

 this line, postponed during the war, was taken up immediately after the 

 signing of the armistice. Compilation of the first general program 

 was completed last fall and arrangements have been made for its 

 publication by the Research Council. The response to the request of 

 the committee for material was exceedingly gratifying, and in addition 

 to the Federal departments of the United States and Canada, included 

 about 40 States, Provinces, colleges, corporate organizations, and 

 individuals. It is believed that the material furnished will result in 

 a publication approximating 200 pages. In spite of the delays resulting 

 from the present printing situation, it is hoped to issue the report before 

 April 1. It is understood that the Research Council will distribute 

 the published program very widely not only in the United States but 

 also in Europe. It is hoped that the publication of the program will 

 be very helpful to all organizations and individuals engaged upon forest 

 research in showing what is under way, and that it will tend to 

 stimulate forest investigations and to prevent needless duplication. 



The Research Council has recently requested the various profes- 

 sional societies to form research committees which, among other 

 things, are to act in an advisory capacity along the line of their own 

 interest with the Research Council. The Societv of American For- 



