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of forest insects and the need of protection from their ravages, 

 and the private owners of forests and the public are beginning to 

 take an active interest in the subject, especially in sections of 

 the country where any attention is given to forest conservation. 



In discussing the ser\'ices to be rendered in the future it was 

 concluded that the greatest present need is in the line of further 

 systematic and economic investigations of the more important in- 

 jurious and beneficial species and the orders, families, and genera 

 of insects which are represented by species of economic import- 

 ance, and that specialization by experts should be a primary fea- 

 ture in the policy of the Branch, as applied to systematic and 

 economic investigations and practical details in application. 



Following the discussion of the relations of the Branch of 

 Forest Insects to other branches of the public service and to pri- 

 vate interests, it was agreed that it is that of the scientific in- 

 vestigator and technical advisor on insect foes and friends of the 

 forest and on methods of preventing unnecessary waste of forest 

 resources. It was shown that a representative of the Branch 

 rendering assistance to another branch of the public service — 

 federal or state — or to private interests — organized or individual, 

 great or small — does so with the idea of rendering a public ser- 

 vice through the results of practical application by the beneficiary. 

 Therefore, no direct assistance should be required of such a repre- 

 sentative unless there is assurance from the beneficiary that there 

 will be an equivalent return in results which will further the 

 interests of the nation, the state, or a community of local interests. 



The present organization of the Branch of Forest Insects, with 

 Dr. Hopkins Chief of Branch, includes four field stations: Sta- 

 tion I at Missoula, Montana, for Montana, northern Idaho, 

 Wyoming, Colorado, and South Dakota, with Josef Brunner in 

 charge; Station 5, at Placerville, California, for California, 

 Nevada, Arizona, and New Mexico, with H. E. Burke in charge ; 

 Station 6, at Ashland, Oregon, for Oregon, Washington, Utah, 

 and southern Idaho, with W. D. Edmonston in charge; and Sta- 

 tion 8 at Falls Church, Virginia, for the eastern states, with S. A. 

 Rohwer in charge. These stations do not represent administra- 

 tive divisions but are centers for the investigation of local pro- 

 blems and for the conducting of instruction and control projects. 

 In addition to the force of three to five men at each station, there 

 is a staff of specialists at Washington engaged in the systematic 



