52 FORESTRY ALMANAC 



FORESTRY ASSOCIATIONS 



Creation of public sentiment in support of constructive forestry 

 activity has been a question of leadership. The bringing about of 

 adequate governmental organization has been dependent upon this 

 leadership. In the progress to the point that the country has now 

 reached this work has been furthered by many leagues, associations 

 and societies of laymen in forestry actuated by an appreciation of the 

 vital need of conserving and rebuilding the timber assests of 

 the country. 



A number of the forestry associations formerly active are now 

 inactive or disbanded, having achieved or failed in their aims of build- 

 ing up a governmental organization in their states. Others have 

 merged with larger groups, the better to carry on their work of public 

 education and practical application. Still others have grown stronger 

 and are essential factors in the work yet to be done. 



THE AMERICAN TREE ASSOCIATION 



The American Tree Association is the recruiting agency of the 

 Tree Planting Army, which in April, 1924 had a total enlistment of 

 more than 80,000 members. Its fundamental aim is the carrying on of 

 educational work to put the " tree in forestry." It seeks, through the 

 stimulation of public interest in one tree or a few trees, to mobilize 

 activity in support of solution of the forestry problem. It is active, 

 therefore, in support of all constructive forestry legislation, of a 

 forest policy, of reforestation and forestry research and of all tree- 

 planting movements. 



Membership in the American Tree Association demands only one 

 qualification to have planted a tree. It involves no dues. There is, 

 of course, the implied agreement to care for the tree so planted and 

 to plant more trees to keep it company. The applicant for member- 

 ship sends in his or her name and address, the kind of tree planted, 

 where it was obtained and when and where it was planted and the 

 application is signed by a witness of the planting. The applicant is 

 then sent a certificate stating that " having, as a good citizen, planted 

 a tree," he or she is elected a member of the American Tree Associa- 

 tion and enrolled in the tree planting army. 



