SERVICE NOTES FOR JULY. 



These notes contain instructions and necessary information to forest 

 officers, and will therefore be carefully read and kept on file for 

 reference. 



SERVICE ORDER 46. 



State Cooperation 



A number of the States have State foresters, State fire wardens, or 

 similar officials who are conducting forestry work in the various lines, 

 such as the administration of State forests, fire protection, investiga- 

 tions, the collection of statistics, and the like. It is to the mutual 

 advantage of the States and the Forest Service that each be informed 

 of the forest activities of the other. The purpose of this order is to 

 promote an interchange of information between the States and the 

 Service regarding such activities and thus more closely to cement 

 the relations between the two agencies. To effect this purpose the 

 Office of State Cooperation will act as a clearing house for all infor- 

 mation relating to the States. Therefore, the following instructions, 

 which will apply only to the States in District 7 and to Michigan, 

 Wisconsin, and Minnesota, are issued : 



(1) Branches and offices in charge of investigative projects, in- 

 cluding those concerning silviculture, products, fire protection, and 

 statistics, but excluding those concerning National Forest work, will 

 inform State foresters or other forestry officials in the region where 

 any considerable work is to be done of the character of each project 

 and the general plan for carrying it out, as soon as practicable after 

 the project has been formulated. The criticism and suggestions of 

 the State official should be invited. This should be done not only 

 as a matter of courtesy to him, but also to secure the benefits of his 

 knowledge and cooperation as far as possible. 



(2) Branches and offices will supply the Office of State Cooperation 

 with the same information, preferably by carbon copy of the letter to 

 the State officer. 



(3) All news items, bulletins, circulars, or other material intended 

 for publication which mention or directly concern State activities will 

 be referred by the Editor to the Office of State Cooperation for sug- 

 gestions. 



(4) The Office of State Cooperation will send to the State foresters 

 or similar officials a circular letter from time to time giving informa- 



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