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operate with Trees for Tomorrow in 

 the training of teachers. Nine State 

 teachers' colleges in Wisconsin spon- 

 sor a 5 weeks' summer session at a 

 Forest Service camp that is operated 

 under permit by Trees for Tomorrow. 



The Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts of- 

 fer badges for efforts that include 

 knowledge of tree species and uses of 

 the various trees. They offer instruc- 

 tion in the planting of forest trees and 

 forest protection. 



The Southern Pulpwood Conserva- 

 tion Association, a private organization 

 supported by pulp and paper mills in 

 the Southern States, gives demonstra- 

 tions of good cutting practices and 

 distributes general instructions. 



The American Forest Products In- 

 dustries conducts general education on 

 forestry projects. It encourages several 

 programs Keep America Green, for 

 forest-fire prevention; Tree Farming, 

 for better timber management; and 

 More Trees, for encouraging greater 

 wood growth on small woodlands. 



Many railroads of the country have 

 added technical foresters to their staffs 

 and have prepared educational mate- 

 rials for the forest industries and the 

 owners of woodlands. 



Federal Reserve banks disseminate 

 materials on forestry among owners of 

 farm woodlands. 



The Forest Farmers Association rep- 

 resents a fairly large group of small 

 landowners in the Southern States and 



distributes general information on for- 

 est management to its members. 



The National Committee on Policies 

 in Conservation Education states in its 

 report published in 1948 that "not 

 enough attention has been paid to edu- 

 cation of teachers and school adminis- 

 trators in the importance and value of 

 using wisely our natural resources, the 

 assets upon which life depends. As a 

 consequence conservation education 

 has been sadly neglected in our public 

 schools." This might also be said about 

 the efforts that have been made in 

 adult education. 



The job is so big that the combined 

 efforts of all public and private educa- 

 tional agencies will be required to pro- 

 vide each citizen with a national 

 viewpoint and see to it that this genera- 

 tion and future generations have an 

 ample supply of the products from 

 the forests. 



There are many examples in the 

 various States where an excellent edu- 

 cational job in forest conservation is 

 being done on a community or State- 

 wide basis, but the programs so far 

 are sketchy and do not indicate that 

 there is a concerted drive being made 

 to reach all the citizenry. If the timber 

 and other natural resources are to be 

 conserved and protected, a much 

 greater effort will be required if the 

 average citizen is to become conscious 

 of the importance of doing something 

 about one of the biggest problems con- 

 fronting the United States today. 



JULIEN L. BOATMAN has been chief 

 of the Division of Subject Matter in 

 the Office of Extension, United States 

 Department of Agriculture, since 1939. 

 He has served on the Departmental 

 Farm Forestry Committee, Tennessee 

 Valley Correlating Committee, and 

 National Soil Survey Committee. Pre- 

 viously he was State coordinator and 

 regional agronomist with the Soil Con- 

 servation Service, and a member of the 

 State Corn-Hog Board of Review in 

 Iowa. In 1945-46, he was in charge 

 of the Agricultural School at Shriven- 

 ham American University, England. 



