MARYLAND FORESTRY ASSOCIATION 73 



Editor, Lumber World Review, First Vice- President ; Professor 

 J. C. Blair, Professor of Horticulture, University of Illinois, Second 

 Vice-President ; Frederick Klapproth, Chicago, Treasurer ; Edwin F. 

 Dodge, 69 W. Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Secretary. 



IOWA CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION 



Having as its object the stimulation of conservation sentiment 

 throughout Iowa, the Iowa Conservation Association is the successor 

 of two similar organizations, the Iowa Park and Forestry Association 

 and the Iowa Forestry and Conservation Association, The Associa- 

 tion is particularly interested in the conservation of wild life, the 

 development of State Parks, and the preservation of the forests, lakes 

 and streams. With a membership of 800, it carries on educational 

 work to further these aims. There are no paid officers in the associa- 

 tion. Its present officers, elected at the 1924 annual meeting, are: 

 Thomas Huston MacBride, honorary president; Charles R. Keyes, 

 Mount Vernon, president; Arthur Goshorn, vice-president; G. B. 

 MacDonald, Ames, secretary ; Henry S. Conrad, Grinnel, treasurer. 



MARYLAND FORESTRY ASSOCIATION 



Having public service for forestry its prerequisite for membership, 

 the Maryland Forestry Association was organized in 1917 to bring 

 together in a working organization those interested in the various 

 branches of forestry and tree planting. Eligibility for membership 

 is obtained by having performed at least one of fourteen activities, 

 and whether he is a member, senior member or life member depends 

 upon the extent of this service. 



Members may qualify for having planted or seeded not less than 

 one quarter of an acre of land to forest trees ; for having reinforced 

 planting or seeding of five acres of forest land ; for having practised 

 forestry on not less than five acres ; for having constructed fire lanes, 

 contributed time or material to support organized forest protection, 

 rendered voluntary service in fighting fire or eradicated tree disease 

 or suppressed insect attack. A member may also qualify for having 

 planted shade trees along a public highway or in public grounds ; con- 

 tributed time or money to their care ; aided the laws protecting forest 

 or shade trees ; contributed to improvement of State forests ; published 



