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become the centre of all private efforts to advance 

 the forestry movement. Twelve volumes of its 

 proceedings contain not only the history of prog- 

 ress in establishing a forest policy, but also much 

 other information of value on forestry subjects. It 

 now publishes a monthly journal, The Forester, 

 (since 1902 called Forestry and Irrigation}. It is 

 unaided by government, its efforts being entirely 

 borne by private means and the annual dues of its 

 membership, its officers doing gratuitous work. It 

 has been especially instrumental in bringing about 

 the establishment of the federal forest reservation 

 policy, which we will note further on in detail. 



Other local or state forestry associations were 

 formed more or less under the lead of the national 

 association, and exist now in Massachusetts, Con- 

 necticut, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, 

 New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Ohio, 

 Indiana, Minnesota, North Dakota, Colorado, Utah, 

 and Washington, while several other societies, like 

 the Sierra Club, the Water and Forest Association, 

 and the Mazamas of the ^Pacific coast, and state 

 horticultural societies in various states, make the 

 subject one to be discussed and to be fostered. 



The most active of these associations, publish- 

 ing also, since its formation in 1886, a bimonthly 

 journal, Forest Leaves, is the Pennsylvania State 

 Forestry Association, which has succeeded in 

 thoroughly committing its state to a proper fores': 

 policy, as far as official recognition is concerned. 



