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timber thereon, in accordance with the provisions of the forest reserva- 

 tion law.' 



"5. The adoption of the recommendation of the said commissioner of 

 the general land office that the president of the United States be vested 

 with the authority to reserve tracts of government land for national park 

 purposes without approval or further action of .congress. 



-"Resolved, That the Iowa delegation in congess is hereby respectfully 

 requested to urge the enactment of laws embodying the recommendations 

 herein contained." Signed, 



L. H. Pammel, Ames. 



B. Shimek, Iowa City. 



M. F. Arey, Cedar Falls. 

 Iowa Academy of Sciences, Vol. IX, p. 17-8. 



APPROVAL OF CONSERVATION. 



Resolutions of the Academy of Sciences. 



By virtue of the fact that there is now a general movement for the 

 conservation of our natural resources, both by the national authorities 

 and more recently by the state, therefore be it 



Resolved, That the Iowa Academy of Sciences in session hereby reaf- 

 firm its indorsement of the general movement toward the conservation of 

 our forests, rivers, lakes and mineral resources by the national govern- 

 ment. 



Resolved, That the academy wishes further, to voice its approval of the 

 work already begun by our own state through its State Geological! Survey 

 and Conservation Board, and urge upon our state authorities the de- 

 sirability of confirming and extending the work already begun by these. 

 Iowa Academy of Sciences, Vol. XVII, p. 5. 



OBJECTS OF PARK AND FORESTRY ASSOCIATION. 



The objects of the Iowa Park and Forestry Association are to create 

 an interest in, and to encourage the establishment of parks ; the beautify- 

 ing of our cities; the better care of cemeteries; the planting of trees in 

 country homes for aesthetic purposes as well as for the supply o<f timber 

 for commerce; the proper utilization of our remaining timber4ands; and 

 to a&sist in the inauguration of rational methods of forest management 

 and thus help in the protection of our wild game and song birds; the 

 creation of one or more state parks in the vicinity of our lakes and 

 streams ; to encourag'e, state and national legislation for rational forest- 

 management, and for the creation of more forest reserves. Article II, 

 Iowa Park and Forestry Association, Fifth Annual Meeting, p. 1. 



