AMERICAN FORESTRY 



School of Forestry 



UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO 



Four Year Course, with oppor- 

 tunity to specialize in General 

 Forestry, Logging Engineer- 

 ing and Forest Grazing. 



Forest Ranger Course, of high 

 school grade, covering two 

 years of five months each. 



Special Short Course, covering 

 twelve weeks designed for 

 those who cannot take the time 

 for the fuller courses. 



No tuition is charged for any 

 of the above courses, and other- 

 wise expenses are the lowest. 



Correspondence Course. A 



course in Lumber and Its 

 Uses is g^ven by correspon- 

 dence for which a nominal 

 charge is made. 



For Fmrlktr Particulars Addrtst 



Dean, School of Forestry 



University of Idaho 



Moscow, Idaho 



ANIMAL INGENUITY OF 

 TODAY 



Br C A. EALAND, H.A. The author-* 

 love of natore i* ihown on cTerjr page. 

 He deicribet the tkill, clever devicea, 

 and atratcfema of birda, reptilea, in- 

 aects, and other forms of animal life 

 how they order their lives, and protect 

 themaelvea. The world of nature is a 

 real wonderland, and Mr. Ealand the 

 best sort of a guide through it. Pro- 

 (nselr illustrated JUS 



FORESTRY TRAINING 

 In the Heart of the Rockies 



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The Colorado School of Forestry 



A Department of Colorado 



College 

 Colorado Springs, Colorado 



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Fear and 6vs-7ear undergraduate courses 

 and a two rear graduate course in techni- 

 eI fcrsitrv, leading to the degrees of 

 Bachelor of Science in Forestry and Mas- 

 ter of Forestry. 



Forestry teaching in spring and fall at 

 Maailoa Forest (a 7,000-acre forest belong- 

 ing t tb* School) and the winter term at 

 Colorado Springs. 



Write for announecmrat giTiBg (nil ia- 

 formatioo. 



NATIONAL PARK SERVICE FOR 1921 MONEY FOR NATIONAL FOREST 



In his annual report to the Secretary of 

 the Interior, .Mbert B. Fall, covering the 

 iQjf travel season to the national parks, 

 Stephen T. Mather, Director of the Nation- 

 al Park Service, places the national parks 

 at the head of those worth-while things 

 in our national life that make for better 

 citizens, since they provide healthful diver- 

 sion, recreation and enjoyment and oflFer 

 unequaled advantages in educational fields. 

 Travel to the national parks and monu- 

 ments under the jurisdiction of the National 

 Park Service has exceeded all preceding 

 records, amounting to the tremendous total 

 of 1,171,797 persons or 113,342 persons more 

 than visited these areas last year. Travel 

 has increased to this total in 6 years from 

 the 356,097 visitors recorded in 1916. 



Strange as it may seem it took the 

 World War to impress this country with 

 the realization of its great scenic treasures. 

 European ports were closed to pleasure 

 travel not only during the war days but 

 for a period after its cessation and when 

 our active share in the conflict was suc- 

 cessfully ended and the time had come for 

 relaxation, tired minds and bodies turned 

 to the national parks for recreation and 

 pleasure. At once park travel leaped to un- 

 precedented figures. The park tourist fa- 

 cilities were overwhelmed, but still the 

 crowds came. Returning to their homes 

 visitors spread the glories of the parks far 

 and wide, inspiring others with the de- 

 sire to also see these wonder places which 

 they had seen. 



The total area of the 9 parks is 10,859 

 square miles or 6,949,760 acres and the area 

 of the 24 national monuments is 1,815 

 square miles, or 1,161,600 acres, a property 

 valued at many tens of millions of dollars. 

 There is one national park in the Hawaiian 

 Islands and one in Alaska. Only one na- 

 tional park, the Lafayette, lies east of 

 the Mississippi. Two of the monuments are 

 located in .Maska while the others are lo- 

 cated in the United States proper west of 

 the Mississippi. 



The annual cost to the Nation for the 

 upkeep of these areas has been extremely 

 small ; this last year the total Congressional 

 appropriations amounted to $1,402,200. Of 

 this amount, however, $315,000 was for 

 new road projects. Revenues derived from 

 the operation of the parks amounted to 

 $396,928.27. 



FOREST RECREATION 



Forcibly presenting the fact that for- 

 est recreation is a genuine, universal for- 

 est utility, and that as such its recogni- 

 tion is becoming general, strong resolutions 

 were recently adopted by the .American As- 

 sociation of Park Superintendents in an- 

 nual convention at Detroit. 



ROADS 



"The signing by the President of the Fed- 

 eral Highway Act, appropriating $15,000,- 

 000 for forest roads and trails, makes avail- 

 able at once $758,913 for national forest 

 roads in Oregon, Washington and Alaska 

 and marks an important step toward the de- 

 velopment of the great resources of our 

 national forests", states Geo. H. Cecil, dis- 

 trict forester of the North Pacific District. 



The act appropriates $9,500,000 for for- 

 est roads of primary importance to the 

 States, counties, or communities within, 

 adjoining, or adjacent to the National For- 

 ests. Of this amount $2,500,000 is made 

 immediately available for apportionment 

 based on the area and value of the land 

 owned by the Government within the Na- 

 tional Forests. As heretofore the construc- 

 tion work will be done by the U. S. Bu 

 reau of Public Roads, in cooperation with 

 the Forest Service. This distribution by 

 States has been made by the Secretary of 

 -Agriculture. 



The appropriation for the construction of 

 maintenance of roads and trails of primary 

 importance for the development and pro- 

 tection of the National Forests is $5,500.- 

 000, of which $2,500,000 is immediately 

 available. The act prescribes no mathe- 

 inatical apportionment of this amount, but 

 states that it shall be according to the 

 relative needs of the various National 

 Forests. 



One new feature of the bill is that the 

 cooperation of Territories, States, and civil 

 subdivisions thereof is liberalized far more 

 than in previous acts, in the expenditure of 

 appropriations for National Forest roads. 

 The law, as heretofore permits the Secre- 

 tary of Agriculture to receive cooperation, 

 and Forest Service officials believe that 

 undoubtedly considerable amounts will be 

 oflfered, thereby augmenting forest road 

 construction. ' 



HEADING BEECH TREES LOW 



IF beech trees are headed low there will 

 be less opportunity for lovers and jack- 

 knife vandals to mutilate the bark with 

 crude art, the United States Department 

 of Agriculture suggests. Beeches and 

 birches suffer most by the aimless jack- 

 knife. If landowners realized that this 

 objection could be overcome easily by train- 

 ing the limbs low, the trees would be great- 

 er favorites. 



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 making your friend a member of the 

 Association. It costs only four dol- 

 lars a year. 



