ACTIVITIES OF THE AMERICAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION 



FOR MARCH, 1921 



Urged Governor William D. Stephens and legislature of California to pass bill appropriating $300,000 to save the Redwoods 



along the State Highway in Northern California. 



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Protested successfully against contemplated action by the legislature of Texas in combining the Forestry and. Agricultural 

 Departments under the Commission of Agriculture. 



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 Secured the endorsement of the Council of Jewish Women (Pittsburgh Section) for American Forestry magazine, the Council 

 passing resolutions urging its adoption in the public schools. 



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 Completed organization of women in Tennessee as State and County Committees to co-operate with the American Forestry 

 Association in securing State forestry legislation and forestry development. 



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 Aided Newark, New Jersey, Museum Association in securing information about trees and forests for use of children of that State. 



Urged the saving of the Sand Dunes of Indiana by individual donations and State appropriations amounting to two million 



dollars. 



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Received acknowledgments from Great Britain, France, and Belgium, of receipt by each of four million Douglas fir seed sent 

 by the American Forestry Association ta aid in reforesting war devastated areas. 



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 Urged the Maine legislature to appropriate funds for the establishment of Mount Katahdin State Park. 



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 Published numerous articles in favor of the Snell forestry bill in newspapers with a combined circulation of 27,000,000. 



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The Association asked every newspaper editor in the United States to protest to the Senate against the House cutting the 



forest fire co-operation item of the Agricultural Bill to $125,000. The Senate thereupon increased it to $625,000. The Association 



at once asked the editors to request the House to agree to the Senate's figures. The editor's responded. The House compromised, 



and the bill as finally passed carried art appropriation of $400,000, a gratifying increase of $275,000 over last year's appropriation. 



The Newspaper Enterprise Association was sent on request plans for a tree study campaign for its chain of newspapers 

 which reach six million readers. 



The Delineator Magazine was sent on a request a feature story with pictures on the Hall of Fame for trees with a history 

 of the movement 



The Dayton News has started in co-operation with the Association the national tree voting and tree study campaign in every 

 school in Montgomery County, Ohio. 



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The Nashville, Tennessee, Art Association has started a campaign for tree study in every school in Tennessee and is putting 

 the plan on with the Association's national tree voting plan. 



The Diamond Match Company used a page feature from the Association in its Diamond Bulletin. 



The American Association of Nurserymen promoted tree study in schools throughout the country with the Association's data. 



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 The Chamber of Commerce of Metuchen, New Jersey, put on a bird house building contest in co-operation with the Association. 



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The Methodist Sunday Schools of Mount Morris, New York, received from the Association plans for an educational campaign 

 in bird and tree values. 



The Associated Press carried five news stories from the educational section of the Association in a little less than six weeks. 

 These news articles varied in length from one-half to two-thirds of a column, and were printed by newspapers having 22,000,000 

 readers. 



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