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the part of the public, a special branch is charged with this contact 

 work. Through the press and other publications, information and 

 material for the schools, exhibits of various sorts and other mediums, 

 this cooperation is sought. A large collection of photographs illustra- 

 tive of the many phases of forestry work has been gathered and is 

 available. Maps, lantern slides, motion pictures, travelling exhibits 

 and special publications of the Service are included in the educational 

 equipment of the Service. 



OTHER GOVERNMENT FORESTRY ACTIVITIES 

 Interior Department 



Under this governmental department are the Office of Indian 

 Affairs and the National Park Service. Within the areas of the 

 Indian Reservations and the National Parks there are considerable 

 forest areas, administered by these two bureaus, and constituting a 

 forest reserve preserved with a view to the aesthetic value of the 

 wonderful natural areas that the government has set aside as 

 national playgrounds. 



Department of Agriculture 



Through the Office of Forest Pathology of the Bureau of Plant 

 Industry, investigation and experiment of high value to forestry work 

 is carried on. Studies are made of the activities of such pests as the 

 spruce bud worm and the white pine blister rust with a view to con- 

 trolling the enemies of the growing timber. The pathology office 

 concerns itself with the diseases of the trees while the Bureau of 

 Entomology studies the insects that attack the forests. Through this 

 work cooperation is effected with the Forest Service in carrying on 

 important protective work. 



THE NATIONAL FORESTS 



" From the hardwoods of the Southern Appalachians to the 

 spruces of the White Mountains in New England, from the pinon 

 and juniper stands where tree growth begins in the southern Rockies 

 of New Mexico to the pine and fir forests of the Canadian line in 

 Montana and Idaho, from the brush-covered foothills of the San 

 Jacinto and San Bernardino Mountains in southern California to the 



