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esque places in New York or elsewhere in the United States, and to 

 hold and improve them. It is the trustee of numerous funds to 

 further these objects, and has been the recipient of various bequests 

 transmitting to it property falling under the head of its objects. 



By reason of its fundamental aims, the Society has interested itself 

 in the conservation and preservation of natural resources and has been 

 active in support of forestry legislation. It is particularly interested 

 in the creation and maintenance of State Parks and State Forests, 

 and participates in various organizations formed to inaugurate and 

 further these movements. 



Edward Hagaman Hall is secretary of the Society and its offices 

 are in the Tribune Building at 154 Nassau Street, New York City. 



THE SOUTHERN FORESTRY CONGRESS 



The first southern Forestry Congress was called by Joseph Hyde 

 Pratt, then State Geologist of North Carolina, to meet in Asheville, 

 North Carolina, July n to 15, 1916. Besides the North Carolina 

 Geological and Economic Survey, which sponsored this meeting, the 

 North Carolina Forestry Association, the American Forestry Associa- 

 tion and the Society of American Foresters each took an active part 

 in bringing together those who were interested in the advancement of 

 Southern forestry. 



This meeting, recognizing the fact that the Southern States have 

 special forestry problems of great importance, and that the solution 

 of these problems can be furthered by discussions, such as have 

 marked this first congress, organized itself into a permanent though 

 somewhat loosely united body to be known as the Southern Forestry 

 Congress, with Joseph Hyde Pratt as its president. 



On account of the war the second congress was not called until 

 the fall of 1919. It met in New Orleans in January, 1920. Since 

 then the congress has met annually, in Atlanta, Georgia in 1921 ; Jack- 

 son, Mississippi, in 1922; Montgomery, Alabama, in 1923; and in 

 Savannah, Georgia, in 1924. The following have been presidents of 

 the congress : Henry E. Hardtner, Urania, Louisiana ; R. L. Hogue, 

 Jackson, Mississippi; W. D. Tyler, Dante, Virginia; Bonnell H. 

 Stone, Blairsville, Georgia. At the last meeting in 1924, J. S. Holmes, 

 State Forester of North Carolina, was elected president. 



