WISCONSIN 173 



WEST VIRGINIA 



State Game and Fish Commission. 



Forestry Official. A. B. Brooks, Chief Game Protector, Buckhan- 

 non, West Virginia. 



Land Area of State. 15,374,080 acres. 



Original Forested Area. 15,360,000 acres. 



Present Forest Area. 9,500,000 acres. 



Idle or Unproductive Forest Land. 1,000,000 acres. 



* Timber Stand. 47,600,000,000 board feet. 



State Forests. 10,700 acres. 



National Forests within State. 132,108 acres. 



Other Publicly-owned forest Land. None. 



Average Annual Lumber Production (1920). 697,600,000 board feet (cut). 



Average Annual Consumption. Unavailable. 



Last Annual Appropriation for Forestry. From Game and Fish Commission 

 funds. 



Forest Fire Laws. Commission given power to protect forests against fire. 

 May appoint local protectors to fight fires. Misdemeanor to leave fire 

 unextinguished or to set fire negligently or maliciously. Railroads must 

 remove inflammable material from rights of way at least twice a year and 

 provide spark arresters. 



Forest Taxation Laws. No special forest taxation laws. 



Nurseries. No state forest nurseries. Federal Government has nursery at 

 Gladwin growing stock for National Forest area In State. 



Other Activities. Increased interest in forest fire protection. Associations 

 of forest land owners who pay an annual assessment of one cent per acre 

 into common fund. 1,250,000 acres included in this plan. This amount is 

 duplicated by State from funds derived from 25 per cent, of hunters' license 

 fees. New steel lookout stations on mountain tops. State receives $10,500 

 from Government under Weeks Law. Publicity on protective work through 

 publications or lectures. 



WISCONSIN 



Conservation Commission. Forestry work started with fire laws in 



1895. 

 C. L. Harrington, Superintendent of Forests and Parks, Madison, 



Wisconsin. 



Land Area of State. 35,363,840 acres. 



Original Forested Area. 30,080,000 acres. 



Present Forest Area. 2,750,000 acres commercial forest land. 



* Forest Service estimate, 1915. 



