through forest management, and by making this land productive we shall 

 be providing one of our greatest industries with its raw materials. In 

 addition it will also give us adequate water-shed protection and such other 

 advantages as are generally attributed to forest influences. That these 

 latter are important there is no longer a question of doubt in the minds 

 of thinking people. 



Nearly every state now has a State Forester. They are not all tech- 

 nically trained men, though they should be. Fifteen states now have state 

 forest reserves. Among those who stand in the lead, New York comes 

 first with 1,600,000 acres, and Pennsylvania second with 1,000,000 acres; 

 Wisconsin has 400,000; Michigan 230,000; South Dakota 75,000, and 

 Minnesota 43,000. Minnesota also voted on an initiative measure at the 

 last election concerning a material increase in her area of state forests. 



All that our state is doing along these lines at present is providing for 

 education in forestry at the State institutions and for a State Forester and 

 a limited fire patrol system. Washington is the greatest timber state in 

 the Union with the very best opporunities to remain so, and yet she is 

 doing far less than the majority of other timber states to protect and per- 

 petuate her interests in this matter. 



It is hoped that at the next session of the Legislature we may have a 

 fire law passed that will be at least as efficient as the best law now in 

 operation anywhere and that a non-political State Board of Forestry to be 

 composed of experts will be created to look after this great resource 

 of ours. 



INTERCOLLEGIATE ASSOCIATION OF FOREST CLUBS 



Object of Association 



In connection with the dedication exercises of the Forestry Building 

 of Cornell University last spring, delegates of most of the forest schools 

 of eastern United States met in a joint conference. At this meeting the 

 "Intercollegiate Association of Forestry Clubs" was formed. The object 

 of the Association shall be to "create interest in, and sentiment for 

 scientific forestry in all its branches, and to encourage good fellowship 

 among the students of the different forestry schools." 



Present Membership of the Association 



Cornell University Ithaca, New York 



Michigan Agricultural College East Lansing, Mich. 



University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Mich. 



Ohio State University Columbus, Ohio 



Pennsylvania State College State College, Penn. 



Mont Alto Academy Mont Alto, Penn. 



Yale Forest School New Haven, Conn. 



University of Washington Seattle, Wash. 



Clubs Represented in Office for Current Year 



President Cornell 



Vice-President One from each club 



Secretary and Treasurer University of Michigan 



Representative of University of Washington Forest Club. . .A. C. Anderson 



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