A NEW ERA 



THE North Woods is just entering on the second year 

 of its existence, and its future is limitless. The North 

 Woods is just in its infancy, but there are no bounds 

 to the stature it may attain. To aid this growth and attain 

 this future, we ask your aid, you who are readers of its 

 columns. 



The Forestry Association, handicapped for the last year, 

 by the removal of its president from the state, has just elected 

 a new set of officers and a new executive board. These men 

 are pledged to boost the association and its work, and the 

 North Woods, being merely the outward expression of the 

 ideals of the association, will surely benefit thereby. 



We have simply taken up, with the new officers of the asso- 

 ciation, the work where our predecessors dropped it, and we 

 desire to thank them for the splendid start they have given 

 us. We realize the enormity of the work before us, but we 

 also realize that the work that has been done has not been 

 in vain, and that forestry, thanks to the enthusiasm of the 

 few, occupies today a. higher plane in public thought than 

 ever before. 



Among those few enthusiasts to whom our special thanks 

 are due, are the members of the association the patrons 

 of this magazine. But we are not satisfied with the debt we 

 owe them. We would increase our indebtedness. So we 

 invite more members, more patrons. 



Come along, all ye who love the woods; for being lovers 

 of the forest, we know you have had experiences in the woods 

 which others would like to know, and you will find the mem- 

 bers of the association an attentive audience. The pages of 

 our magazine are open to you to air your trail and campfire 

 experiences, those fishing and hunting stories of the great 

 North woods you love to tell. 



And, as regards the association, itself, and its work. The 

 great idea of forest conservation is well started. We know 

 its policies are right, and to you who are not acquainted with 

 the work, become a member of the Minnesota Forestry Asso- 

 ciation and watch its progress through its magazine, The 

 North Woods. The Editor. 



