FOREST SCHOOLS OF THE UNITED STATES 



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Colorado School of Forestry 



By p. T. COOLIDGE, M. F. 



DiKECTOR OF FOBESTBY 



nOCATED in Colorado Springs, Colorado, at the doors of the western 

 national forest region, is the Colorado School of Forestry, a department 

 of Colorado College. The school was founded in 1905 through the gen- 

 erosity of General William J. Palmer and Dr. William A. Bell, who presented 

 to the college for a field laboratory in forestry a tract of timberland of 10,000 

 acres, known as Manitou Park. This tract is about twenty-five miles from 

 Colorado Springs, in the mountains north of Pike's Peak. The Colorado 

 Midland Railway, which runs about seven miles south of it renders it very 

 accessible. 



The park is about two-thirds timbered, principally with Western Yellow 

 Pine. The forest has a small admixture of Douglas Fir, and the other 

 important Rocky Mountain species such as Engelmann Spruce and Lodgepole 

 Pine grow on the Pike National Forest, which borders the park on three sides. 

 The forest at Manitou Park is largely mature or has been lightly culled by 

 early lumbermen. A working plan for the tract was prepared by students 

 in the spring of 1910 and this is being carried out by the following classes 

 with whatever modifications and additions seem desirable as the result of 

 more detailed study. Logging and sawmilling are carried on during most of 

 the year by contractors who purchase stumpage. The markings of trees to be 

 cut is done by the students and they are thus given opportunity to direct 

 conservative lumbering and to study logging and milling. The tract is 

 therefore being managed so that it is a valuable object lesson in practical 

 forestry. The summer courses in the School of Engineering of Colorado 

 College as well as in the School of Forestry are conducted at Manitou Park, the 

 students living in a group of cottages called Camp Colorado, located in the 

 pines. 



The courses offered by the Colorado School of Forestry are a four-year 

 undergraduate course leading to the degree of forest engineer and a two-year 

 graduate course leading to the degree of master of foresti'y. The first two 

 years of the undergraduate course are devoted to general academic studies: 

 Languages Mathematics and Science given in the Liberal Arts and Engineering 

 Departments of the college. The last two years are devoted to technical 

 forestry. The courses given in these two years aim to give complete training 

 to men who wish to become technical foresters. The undergraduate course 

 prepares for any branch of forestry, but on account of the scliool's proximity 

 to the national forests, it is particularly well suited to fit men for employment 

 by the Forest Service on these national forests. By frequent trips of inspec- 

 tion it is possible for students to obtain direct instruction in the work on the 

 national forests such as timber-cruising, timber sales, planting and nursery 

 work, grazing, special uses, and other phases of the work. 



The two years' graduate course is intended for students who wish to 



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