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eluding a few buildings. It is noteworthy that nearly half of the 

 acreage burned over and half of the damage was caused by one 

 fire in a section where forest fires rarely occur and where there 

 were no forest wardens. What made this fire so destructive was 

 an extremely dry spring, and large areas of fallen pine timber 

 broken and blown down by a severe storm the year previous. In 

 the mountain counties, where there is the most danger from fires 

 and where most of the wardens are located, the loss in 1910 was 

 comparatively small. 



The Announcement of the Colorado School of Forestry of 

 Colorado College, issued in May, offers a four-year undergraduate 

 course, leading to the degree of Forest Engineer, and a two-year 

 graduate course, leading to the degree of Master of Forestry. 



The enrollment in the undergraduate course during the past 

 year has been thirty-six. The School is in charge of Prof. P. T. 

 Coolidge, as Director. Mr. E. I. Terry, a graduate of the Har- 

 vard School of Forestry, was appointed as an Instructor in 

 Forestry in January. Since his graduation, Mr. Terry has been 

 in the Forest Service on the National Forest. The Ranger 

 course which was given last year in co-operation with the Forest 

 Service, until the decision of the Attorney General made its dis- 

 continuance necessary, will probably be given in the fall by the 

 Faculty of the School alone. 



The Forestry Department of the University of Montana con- 

 templates organizing a summer cruise for foresters. The course as 

 planned would include visits to the best stands of western timber, 

 viewing the operations of the Forest Service on the National 

 Forests, such as nurseries and plantings, timber sales, patrols, fire- 

 fighting, reconnaissance, grazing, etc. It would also include visits 

 to some of the large private milling and logging operations. At 

 the various points visited appropriate lectures on dendrology, 

 silviculture and lumbering are to be given. As most of the time 

 will be spent in the woods, the cruise will serve to give men ex- 

 perience in camping, packing, riding, etc., and at the same time be 

 largely recreation. The number of persons admitted to the party 

 must necessarily be limited, probably to 25 or 30. It would be 

 organized largely for the accommodation of men in eastern 

 forestry schools who may desire to become acquainted with 



