FOREST TERMINOLOGY 



REPORT OF COMMITTEE 



Three years ago the undersigned, then president of the Society of 

 American Foresters and of the Canadian Society of Forest Engineers, 

 inaugurated a committee to revise the terminology of the profession. 

 The committee, with small changes, was continued through the next 

 two administrations, and in the following pages is now making its final 

 report on three sections of its work. • 



The fourth section of the committee's work, namely, that on Utiliza- 

 tion and Protection, will be reported separately. It was considered 

 that the terms used in logging could advantageously be published by 

 themselves, these being terms which are merely recorded without con- 

 troversy. 



The terms of Protection were found to be in a process of growing, 

 which made it desirable to postpone their compilation, and as they could 

 also fitly be kept separate, this report deals only with forestry terms 

 proper by themselves. 



The composition of the committee is as follows : Subsection on Silvi- 

 culture, Silvics, and Forest Description — S. N. Spring, Chairman, 

 E. H. Frothingham, E. E. Carter, A. Gaskill, A. F. Hawes; Subsection 

 on Organization, Menstu-ation, and Management — ^A. B. Recknagel, 

 Chairman, W. B. Barrows, W. Drake, P. S. Lovejoy, D. T. Mason, 

 T. S. Woolsey, Jr.; Subsection on Utilization and Protection — R. C. 

 Bryant, Chairman, B. P. Kirkland, Dorr Skeels, T. S. Woolsey, Jr.; 

 Subsection on Valuation, Administration, and General Terms — E. A. 

 Ziegler, Chairman, H. H. Chapman, W. W. White, K. W. Woodward; 

 Collating Subsection — B. E. Fernow, Chairman, C. D. Howe, Clyde 

 Leavitt, W. N. Millar, Ellwood Wilson, J. H. White. 



This committee of twenty-five was divided, as will be seen, into 

 five sub-committees, four on as many groups of subjects and a collating 

 sub-committee, whose function was to make final revision, securing 

 amalgamation and bringing into concordance the findings of the various 

 sub-committ ees . 



The chairmen of the sub-committees, chosen from educational insti- 

 tutions, in which they teach the subjects assigned to their sub-com- 

 mittees, did the lion's share of the work, listing the terms falling under 

 their scrutiny and consulting the members of their committees and others, 



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