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age on November 3 of the amendment, the only one out of eleven 

 passed. Some two and a half million acres of State land are 

 involved, which will come under a management under forestry 

 principles, and place Minnesota in the front rank of progressive 

 States. 



The month of January saw a number of forestry meetings in 

 the United States and Canada. 



On January 11, the American Forestry ^Association was bold 

 enough to hold a meeting without attachment to any other body, 

 accomplishing a large program in one day, in which experts at- 

 tempted to give advice on what the Association could do in 

 various directions. 



In the afternoon of the same day the Society of American 

 Foresters held an executive meeting at the same place. A con- 

 siderable number of members, some twenty-five, participated in 

 a lively discussion started by the address of the president. Dr. 

 Fernow, on various propositions to increase the activities and im- 

 prove the value of membership. 



There were six propositions brought forward, namely: 1, 

 broadening the membership through classification of members 

 into juniors and seniors; 2, incorporation of the Society to assure 

 its members special standing in the community ; 3, amalgamation 

 of the Proceedings with the Forestry Quarterly ; 4, return to 

 the original membership dues of $5 ; 5, a paid permanent secre- 

 tary; 6, organization of sections with the privilege of accepting 

 members in the section which are not to be members of the 

 Society. 



All propositions were referred to the new incoming Executive 

 Committee for action. The amalgamation of the Quarterly with 

 the Proceedings was apparently not favored. 



The New York meeting was followed on the subsequent day 

 by a meeting of the Association of Eastern Foresters at New 

 Haven. 



On January 19 and 20, the Commission of Conservation, the 

 Canadian Forestry Association and the Canadian Society of 

 Forest Engineers held their meetings in Ottawa. 



The portions of the program of the Commission of Conserva- 

 tion interesting to foresters are reported in this issue. The 

 only resolution passed by the Forestry Association was in refer- 



