142 FORESTRY ALMANAC 



ORGANIZED FORESTRY IN STATES 



Forestry is an organized activity of government in only thirty- 

 four of the forty-eight states. In some cases it is not given the 

 distinction of a separate state department or even a division, but is 

 delegated to some nearly appropriate body. In North Carolina, for 

 example, the work falls to the Geological and Economic Survey, and 

 in West Virginia to the Chief Game Protector of the Game and 

 Fish Commission. 



The States in which forestry has some definite status are: Ala- 

 bama, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, 

 Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, 

 Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New 

 York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, 

 Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, 

 Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin. 



The states having no organization are: Delaware, Georgia, 

 Florida, Arkansas, South Carolina, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, 

 Nebraska, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada and Wyoming. In 

 Arkansas, Florida and Georgia there is an aroused public sentiment 

 for the creation of a forestry department and in all three states 

 legislative action is hoped for soon. South Carolina, Mississippi, 

 Missouri and Delaware are other states where a forestry department 

 is particularly needed. The remaining states do not possess forest 

 areas of great importance, or the bulk of these areas are in the hands 

 of the Forest Service, making the creation of a state forestry organiza- 

 tion less urgent. In several of the states not officially recognizing 

 forestry, there are forest fire laws, enforced to some extent. 



(The following tabulated information for the 48 states has been 

 obtained from and checked by the State Forestry officials in every 

 state having an organization, unless otherwise indicated. For the 

 unorganized states figures and information have been gathered from 

 the United States Forest Service and other sources, much of the data 

 necessarily being based on estimates.) 



