INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY CONFERENCE AND ANNUAL 

 MEETING OF THE ASSOCIATION 



INDICATIONS are that the Thirty-seventh Annual 

 Meeting of the American Forestry Association and the 



International Forestry Conference to be held at the 

 New Willard Hotel, Washington, D. C, January 18th 

 and 19th will be one of the best attended forestry gather- 

 ings ever held in this country. 



Governors of almost all the states, and officials of 

 affiliated and cooperating organizations have appointed 

 delegates to attend the conferences and many members 

 ofthe American Forestry Asso- 

 ciation have signified their 

 intention of being present. 



The conferences will be 

 busy ones. The subjects to 

 be discussed are of nation- 

 wide importance. Almost 



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THE PROGRAM 



JANUARY 18th, 10 a. m. 



Annual Meeting American Forestry Association. 



Address of the President Charles Lathrop Pack 



Report of the Secretary Percival S. Ridsdale 



Address " Economic Justice for 



Lumber and Forests "..E. A. Sterling. Director American 

 Forestry Association. 

 Election of Officers and General Business. 



JANUARY 18th, 8 p. m. 



Meetings : 

 Board of Directors of the American Forestry Association. 

 Committee for Suppression of Pine Blister Disease. 

 Society of American Foresters. 



= JANUARY 19th, 9.30 a. m. 



The White Pine Blister Disease. 



every state in the Union has | January isth, 2 



a direct interest in the pro- j 



ceedings, while the Associa- | 



tion has grown to such a size | 



that its deliberations and its 1 



actions are of great impor- | 



tance in public opinion. 



President Charles Lathrop | 

 Pack has emphasized the im- j 

 portance of the meeting in his | 

 statements regarding the pine 

 blister disease and the danger | 

 which it threatens and the | 

 members of the Association 

 are very much alive to the ne- | 

 cessity for prompt action in re- | 

 gard to efforts to stamp it out | 

 where it has appeared and to | 

 prevent it spreading to sec- | 

 tions adjoining thoseinfected. | 



Governor Whitman, of | 

 New York, at a conference | 

 of governors in Washington, | 

 D. C, in the latter part of | 

 December, called the atten- j 

 tion of the state executives to | 

 the conference planned by | 

 the American Forestry Asso- | 

 ciation, spoke of the need 1 

 of a vigorous fight against 



the pine blister and urged the executives to send state dele- 

 gations to take part in the discussion of ways and means 

 for stamping out the disease and enlisted the assistance of 

 the governors in the campaign being waged against it. 



This subject will be discussed by some of the leading 

 experts, men who have made a close study of the dis- 

 ease, and of the measures which should be taken to 

 prevent its spread. 

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The addresses on public playgrounds on the National 

 Forests, and public uses of the National Parks and the 

 conservation of game in the National Forests and National 

 Parks are all of unusual interest and will attract a large 

 number who are specially interested in these subjects while 

 the information which they give will be of particular service 

 to the members of the Association and to the general public. 

 A third subject affecting the whole nation is the dis- 

 cussion of the advisability of prohibiting the importation 



of all tree and plant stock 

 j from other continents, except 

 I such as is permitted to enter 

 I for special purposes by the 

 I Department of Agriculture. 

 1 Most of the tree and plant 

 I pests which have cost, and 

 I are costing, this country hun- 

 | dreds of millions of damage 



Recreational Uses of National Forests and National Parks. 



Address ' ' ^cit lotihI Pfirks ai ^^*i- 



tional Playgrounds" ..Stephen T. Mather, Assistant to | annually, were brought into 



the Secretary of the Interior. 

 Address " Recreational Uses of the 



National Forests" ....H. S. Graves, U.S. Forester. 

 Address " Conservation of Game 

 in National Forests and 



National Parks" E. W. Nelson, Chief, U. S. Dept. 



of Biology. 

 Film Story " National Forests At- 

 tractions " C. J. Blanchard 



Address " What is the White Pine 



Blister Disease?" . . . .Dr. Perley Spaulding 



I In New England W. P. Wharton 



Address "The Present J Hudson to Mississippi . .E. A. Sterling 



Situation " j Pacific Coast E. T. Allen 



I In Canada Clyde Leavitt 



Address " What Shall We Do 



About the Disease?" . .S. B. Detwiler, U. S. Forest 

 Pathologist. 

 Address "Shall We Plant White 



Pine ? " C R. Pettis, Supt. of Forests of 



N. Y. State. 

 Address "The Problem as a 



Whole " Dr. Haven Metcalf, Chief of the 



U. S. Office of Forest Pathology. 

 Discussions and Resolutions. 



I this country on imported 

 I stock. There is every likeli- 

 | hood that such pests will con- 

 | tinue to come into this country 

 I unless prevented by strin- 

 | gent quarantine regulations. 

 I The conference is to discuss 

 I the advisability of such reg- 

 | ulations. It is a debatable 

 I subject. Can imported stock 

 I be so cleansed that the danger 

 I of these pests is removed? 

 I Can examination of stock for 

 I importation be so regulated 

 1 that nothing suspected of 

 1 being dangerous shall be per- 

 | mitted to enter this country ? 

 I These are questions to be 

 I discussed. It is a big subject, 

 I an important subject. 



There will meet at the 

 I Forestry Conference the So- 



JANUARY 19th, 2 p. m. 



Stopping Importation of Tree and Plant Pests. 



Address " Losses Caused by Im- 

 ported Tree and Plant 



Pests " C. L. Marlatt, Chairman Federal 



Horticultural Board. 



Address "The Independence of 



American Nurseries ".. David T. Fairchild, Agricultural _ 



eign'lSanl^nffnfrodScUo": I cietyof American Foresters for 



Address-" The Necessity fora Fed- g the J r ammal busineS s session j 



ail Trees and Plants", j. ^sanders^ Economic zoologist | t ^ e Society of Eastern For- 



Discussions. j eSl ers ; and the Committee for 



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Blister Disease of North America which will have repre- 

 sentatives from each state where the infection has appeared 

 or is likely to appear. 



The meetings will be held on the tenth floor of the 

 New Willard Hotel, and delegates when they arrive will 

 be requested to register there early on the morning of 

 January 18. Detailed information may be had at the 

 offices of the Association, 1410 H Street, Washington, D.C. 



