College of Forestry 



RELATION OF FISH AND OTHER WILD LIFE TO 

 FORESTRY 



" Forestry means not alone the growing of a crop of trees from the 

 soal for the production of wood, but it inckides as well the conservation 

 of water by the forest and the perpetuation of the animal life of the 

 forest where that is beneficial. Therefore, in all of its plans for inves- 

 tigative work in forestiy in the State, the College has considered not 

 only the value of the non-agricultural soils for the production of for- 

 ests but the life of the forests and the forest waters, and the use of the 

 forests and the forest waters in the most reasonable and effective way. 

 In considering the question of forestry in this broad, constructive way, 

 the College is not original but is merely using the same vision for the 

 future which has been used during the past century in such European 

 coimtries as Germany and France, who have made their forests so 

 important a part of their industrial and commercial development." 



HUGH P. BAKER, Dean, 

 The New York State College of Forestry. 



" Forests are more than trees. They are rather land areas on which 

 are associated various forms of plant and animal life. The forester 

 must deal with all. Wild life is as essentially and legitimately • an 

 object of his care as are water, wood, and forage. Forest administra- 

 tion should be planned with a view to realizing all possible benefits 

 from the land areas handled. It should take account of their indirect 

 value for recreation and health as well as their value for the produc- 

 tion of salable material; and of their value for the production of meat, 

 hides and furs of all kinds as well as for the production of wood and 

 the protection of water supplies." 



H. S. GRAVES, Chief Forester, 



United States Forest Service. 



