MODERN FORESTRY 



out fires which cause, or may cause, injury 

 to forests or timber, and providing penalties 

 for violations of the several sections of the act. 

 Aside from this, practically nothing has been 

 done by legislation or by private enterprise 

 in this state. It must be borne in mind, how- 

 ever, that nearly one-fifth of the area of Ore- 

 gon is included within forest reservations, by 

 authority of the President acting under laws 

 of Congress. 



Some advance along the lines of protection 

 of forests in Ohio has been made, favorable 

 action toward which Governor Herrick recom- 

 mended in his first message, and will do so 

 again in his message to this legislature, 1905- 

 1906, asking them to form a bureau in connec- 

 tion with the Good Roads Commission. 



North Dakota is distinctly a prairie state, 

 but efforts have been made to encourage the 

 forestation of treeless areas. This work is 

 being done, in a measure, through the State 

 Agricultural College, which is encouraging the 

 planting of trees for shelter about farm homes, 

 and some progi-ess is being made. At the last 

 session of the legislature a tree bounty was 

 provided, of three dollars an acre, to every 



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