166 JOURNAL OF Forestry 



Of necessity it deals with the various phases discussed in this paper. 



(i) Human activities, the social and economic side. 



(2) National Forest administration, in which the author of the paper 

 includes much that is a part of forest regulation as indicated above. 

 Perusal of any standard outline of a forest working plan reveals the 

 inclusiveness of forest management. That one or another phase of 

 work, as indicated in the article, occupies the most prominent place on 

 a given forest is of no special significance in reference to the need or 

 the place of technically trained foresters. 



The premise, therefore, that forest management occupies in many 

 cases a subordinate position is without foundation. Possibly the writer 

 had in mind silvicultural operations only. 



Mr. Kneipp challenges the equipment of the average technically 

 trained forester for the work of forest management on National For- 

 ests. Compare this with any other profession, if you please. Is a 

 young, technically trained engineer just out of college conversant with 

 the economic and social aspect of the new field into which he goes ? Is 

 he a master of men and a trained administrator or manager of large 

 business interests? Any man entering the practice of his profession 

 must adapt himself to environing conditions, must develop those pow- 

 ers necessary for carrying large responsibilities, or remain in a sub- 

 ordinate position. 



The practice of forestry — that is, the management of the forest for 

 continuous production of timber and other products and the main- 

 tenance of forest influences — may not be fully realized on all National 

 Forests at the present. Its future depends on those men who, with an 

 adequate training in theory and practice, have the vision and the ability 

 to bring about that practice. Its realization cannot be secured by non- 

 technical men whose minds deal only with the handling of public prop- 

 erty as a business, considered outside or aside from forest management 

 in its fullest sense. 



The "one manifest weakness of the professional forester" is only the 

 weakness of mankind, after all — a doctrine easily promulgated by any 

 one who may sit in high places in the centers of civilization. 



In forestry or any other similar profession there may be those who 

 find no liking for isolation or for restrictions not found in previous 

 environment. Men in almost every profession change into other occupa- 

 tions for one reason or another. This may arise from wrong choice 

 at the outset, or that the man is not adapted or fails to adapt himself 

 to his work, uncongenial personal relationships or surroundings, fail- 

 ure of superior officers to utilize the man to advantage, or the actual 



