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Nurseries. Six state nurseries with 15,000,000 trees of all ages. Two million 

 four-year transplants. Sell only four-years. Million sold in 1923 returning 

 $9000. Nursery appropriation $20,000. 



Other Activities. Carrying forward acquisition of State Forests. Four hundred 

 thousand transplants set out on State Forests in 1923. Timber valued at 

 $10,000 removed in 1923. Educational work in blister control. Examina- 

 tion of private woodlands. Advice to farm woodlot owners. Forest survey 

 by counties. Suppression of gypsy moth appropriation, $135,000. 



MICHIGAN 



Department of Conservation. (Forestry Commission created in 1899 : 



Public Domain Commission, 1909; Present Commission, 1921.) 

 Marcus Schaaf, State Forester, Lansing, Michigan. 



Land Area of State. 36,370,779 acres. 



Original Forested Area. 35,200,000 acres. 



Present Forest Area. 18,000,000 acres, including immature timber. 



Idle or Unproductive Forest Land. 6,000,000 acres. 



Timber Stand. 45,000,000,000 board feet. 



State Forests. 105,000 acres; about 675,000 acres State-owned and controlled 

 land. 



National Forests within State. 180,000 acres. 



Other Publicly-owned Forest Area. None. 



Average Annual Forest Production. 800,000,000 board feet. 



Average Annual Consumption. 1,500,000,000 board feet. 



Last Annual Appropriation for Forestry. $75,000. 



Forest Fire Laws. Protection system under Director of Conservation and 

 chief fire warden. Deputy and assistant wardens in charge of preventing 

 and putting out fires in designated districts. Power to summon help. 

 Officers charged with enforcing regulations. Penalties for wilful, negligent 

 or careless setting of fires; for leaving fires unquenched; for defacing 

 warning placards. Spark arresters required on engines. Woodland territory 

 under law covers forest and brush land. 



Forest Taxation Laws. No special forest taxation laws except partial ex- 

 emptions for farmers' woodlots, but under such restrictions that it has 

 been little availed of. Yield tax bill passed at 1923 session of the Legislature 

 but vetoed by the Governor. 



Nurseries. One forest nursery at Higgins Lake Forest, Crawford County. 

 Covers 12 acres. Annual output between 3,500,000 and 4,000,000 trees. 

 Stock sold to public at cost but public consumption comprises only about 

 five per cent, of output, the bulk being used for state planting. 



Other Activities. Michigan has been reforesting at the rate of about 2000 

 acres of state land a year to a total of about 15,000 acres up to 1924. Land- 

 economic survey being carried on by the Conservation Commission. In- 

 tensive study. Establishment of the Lake States Forest Experiment Station 

 at St. Paul, Minnesota, by Federal Government promises aid for Michigan. 



