Objects. 



To promote Forestry in the State of Michigan. 



To assist in the proper care of State Forest lands. 



To care for the University Forest Reserves. 



To train young men to forestry work. 



To promote forestry, or the right use and improvement of our 

 woods and woodlands, the University is expected to co-operate with 

 the State Forest Commission in bringing the important subject of For- 

 estry before the people of our State through publication and addresses, 

 and also to assist owners of woodlands with advice and with personal 

 direction on the ground. 



At the present time the State of Michigan has over six million 

 acres of lands which have reverted for non-paymenf of taxes. A small 

 portion of these lands has already been set aside as forest, reserves, 

 and the friends of forestry are urging the immediate increase of these 

 reserves and the establishment of a permanent State forest, Though 

 but two years in operation, the work of the forest reserves is well un- 

 der way. A "forester" and two regular "forest rangers" watch over 

 the interests of the State and furnish to these wild lands the much 

 needed protection against fire and other injury. In addition, some im- 

 provements have been undertaken. Under the direction of the profes- 

 sor of forestry, who acts as "Warden" to these reserves, over 130,- 

 000 young trees were planted the springs of 1904 and 1905 on the de- 

 nuded "slash" lands, and a nursery has been established in which 

 over two millions of young trees are growing today. The policy of the 

 State as developed so far is to do two principal things: 



To give protection to these lands against fire and other injury and 

 thus enable whatever young growth exists, to grow into usefuf 

 material. 



To improve the lands by actually restocking them with tree 

 growth, re-establish a forest where fires have left a blackened waste 

 and have made a natural restocking impossible for a long time to come. 



The wisdom of this action has commended itself strongly to the 

 people all over the state, and even in the districts where the reserves 

 are located, the state's policy is meeting with hearty co-operation, so 

 that the continuance of this policy appears assured. 



In the training of men in the work of caring for our woods and of 

 improving the present conditions of our woods and woodlands, the 

 general conditions of our country and the consequent needs of the men 

 will form the principal guide in shaping the courses of study, as well 

 as in their presentation. 



