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The Association is now supporting a campaign for the establish- 

 ment of 200,000 acres of state-owned forests in Connecticut, for 

 the creation of town forests, for increased fire protection and for tax 

 reform with respect to forest lands. Cooperation between various 

 public agricultural and forestry agencies in working out a program for 

 assisting farmers in handling their woodlots is being fostered by the 

 Association. Increased instruction in forestry at the Connecticut 

 Agricultural College, more State parks, better care of highway shade 

 trees and publicly owned trails for hikers through woodland areas are 

 also advocated. 



At its 1924 annual meeting the Association announced the rais- 

 ing of more than $5000 for the purchase of a forest to be given to 

 the State. This fund is known as the People's Forest Fund and is 

 intended to meet the needs of public-spirited persons who wish con- 

 crete means of showing their interest in forestry. 



The officers of the Connecticut Forestry Association for the year 

 1924 are Alain C. White of Litchfield, president; Henry S. Graves, 

 provost of Yale University, vice-president; Col. T. S. Woolsey, Jr., 

 of New Haven, treasurer ; Philip L. Buttrick of New Haven, secre- 

 tary. The Association offices are at Sage Hall, 205 Prospect Street, 

 New Haven, Connecticut* 



FLORIDA FORESTRY ASSOCIATION 



Reflecting the growing public sentiment in Florida for a State 

 forest policy and effective forest laws, the Florida Forestry Associa- 

 tion was organized in March, 1923. The principal effort of the Associ- 

 ation is to educate the public in the need for protection of the forests 

 and to secure legislation. One of the first opportunities of the Asso- 

 ciation to be active was to present Florida's case before the United 

 States Senate Reforestation Committee. It also took part in the 

 Southern Forestry Congress. 



Members of the Association are speaking before legislative com- 

 mittees, women's clubs and in public schools. The movement has the 

 opposition of the cattle interests, whose policy of burning over 

 land for grazing has been expensive to Florida's forest resources. 

 The immediate aim in Florida is to secure the passage of a state forest 

 law, possibly along the lines of the new Alabama law. 

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