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tions include 3000 acres. The Society has helped to secure appropria- 

 tions in the New Hampshire Legislature by which 30 other forest 

 reservations have been acquired by the State, together with an excel- 

 lent system of forest law for the State. 



The present officers of the Society are: Allen Hollis, president; 

 James J. Storrow, treasurer; John G. Winant, secretary; Philip W. 

 Ayres, forester. The members of the executive committee are : Robert 

 P. Bass, Allen Chamberlain, George E. Clement, George T. Cruft, 

 John R. McLane, Charles H. Porter, Rolland H. Spaulding, William 

 P. Wharton and Elbert Wheeler. The office of the Society is at 

 4 Joy Street, Boston. 



NEW YORK STATE FORESTRY ASSOCIATION 

 By J. R. Simmons, Secretary- Forester 



The New York State Forestry Association of today was organized 

 in 1913. It is, however, a lineal descendant of the first state forestry 

 association established at Utica, New York, in 1885, with Theodore 

 Roosevelt as presiding officer of the organization meeting. The 

 present officers are : 



Hon. Henry M. Sage, president; Col. Robert M. Thompson, presi- 

 dent emeritus; J. R. Simmons, Secretary-Forester. The executive 

 committee, composed of representatives of specific groups interested 

 in forestry, is : Franklin F. Moon, dean, New York State College of 

 Forestry; Herman S. Rosenbaum, New York; Barrington Moore, 

 New York Bird and Tree Club and American Ecological Society; 

 George N. Ostrander, Empire State Forest Products Association; 

 Professor R. S. Hosmer, New York State College of Agriculture at 

 Cornell ; Clifford Pettis, State Forester. The membership is 1600. 



The Association has supported the building of trails for fire 

 protection in the Adirondacks ; sponsored taxation laws to encourage 

 private enterprise ; campaigned for public education on forestry ; aided 

 legislation for fire prevention and acquisition of State and National 

 forests; advocated reforestation of idle city watershed land; main- 

 tained a service of advice and information on forestry subjects. 



The Association is now working to establish a municipal forest 

 system in New York; offering to undertake such work for any city 



