SOCIETY AFFAIRS 



In the last issue of the Journal attention was called to the coming 

 meeting of the Society of American Foresters at Pittsburgh, Pa., in 

 conjunction with the American Association for the Advancement of 

 Science. The date of this meeting has now been definitely set for De- 

 cember 31, 1917, and January i, 1918. On the first day, from 10 a. m. 

 until I, the Society will hold a joint session with the Ecological Society 

 of America. The program, so far as it has been at present completed, 

 is shown below : 



Forestry and the War— (20 minutes) Dr. B. E. Fernow 



The Economic Basis of Recreation Forests Prof. R. S. Hosmer 



Some Social Aspects of Forest Management Benton MacKaye 



Increasing the Consumption of Fuehvood as a National Economy. . .A. F. Hawes 

 Some Observations on the Starch and Fat Content of Trees. . .Dr. E. W. Sinnott 



A New Field for Forest Investigations R. Zon 



Methods of Increasing the Final Value of Mixed Second Growth Stands 



by Early Improvement Cuttings Prof. R. T. Fisher 



Some Ecological Notes on the Forests of Southeastern Iowa.. Dr. L. H. Pammel 



Prof. G. B. MacDonald 



The Organization and Purpose of the Forestry Committee of the National 



Research Council I. W. Bailey 



The Significance of Transpiration in Forestry C. G. Bates 



Aspen Reproduction in Relation to Forest Management F, S. Baker 



Jacobson's New Seed Germinator versus the Sand Method J. A. Larsen 



Height Growth as a Key to Site E. H. Frothingham 



Forestry and Agricultural Development in the South W. R. Mattoon 



Some Biologic and Economic Aspects of Chaparral E. N. Munns 



The Relation of the Forest Products Laboratory to Forestry O. M. Butler 



Climate and Plant Growth in the Wasatch Mountains of Central Utah— 



(20 minutes) Arthur W. Sampson 



The Role of Artificial Regeneration in the Re-enforcement of Hardwood 



Woodlots— (is minutes) Edmund Secrest 



Height Growth Behavior of Young Trees — (10 minutes) J. S. lUick 



A Practical Reforestation Policy — (15 minutes) George A. Retan 



The White Pine Blister Rust as a Factor in Forest Management— (15 



minutes) E. G. Cheyney 



Native Vegetation as a Criterion of Site C. F. Korstian 



Check Dams as a Means of Controlling Floods in Southern California 



E. N. Munns 



The headquarters of the Society will be at the William Penn Hotel 

 and of the Ecological Society at the Fort Pitt. The latter Society will 



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