Further Appropriations Needed 



THE National Forest Reservation Commission, 

 consisting of Secretary of War Garrison, Secre- 

 tary of Agriculture Houston, Secretary of the 

 Interior Lane, Senators Gallinger and J. W. Smith, and 

 Representatives Gordon Lee and Hawley, in its report to 

 Congress in December, recommends a further appropria- 

 tion of $10,000,000, for a period of five years, to continue 

 the purchase of forest reserves for the protection of the 

 headwaters of navigable streams in New England and 

 in the Southern Appalachian States. 



Secretary of Agriculture Houston, in his annual report, 

 makes the same kind of recommendation. 



In order to bring this matter to the attention of 

 Congress, the American Forestry Association and various 

 Boards of Trade, Chambers of Commerce, forestry and 

 conservation organizations, and other interested associa- 

 tions in the States concerned, appointed a committee con- 

 sisting of Dr. Henry S. Drinker, president of Lehigh 

 University and president of the American Forestry Asso- 

 ciation ; Percival S. Ridsdale, secretary of the American 

 Forestry Association and editor of American Forestry, 



and Philip W. Ayres, forester of the Society for the 

 Protection of New Hampshire Forests. 



This committee, shortly before the holidays, had con- 

 ferences with Secretary of Agriculture Houston. 

 Chairman Lever, of the Agricultural Committee; Repre- 

 sentatives Lee and Hawley, of the Forestry Reservation 

 Commission; Senator Weeks, Senator Hollis, and others 

 interested, and as a result has arranged for a hearing 

 before the Agricultural Committee in the latter part of 

 January. At this hearing there will be present representa- 

 tives of the New England and Southern Appalachian 

 States, and any others interested, in order to present to 

 the committee their arguments as to the necessity of 

 continuing the work of purchasing forest reserves, which 

 has been going on since 1910-11, and in the hope of 

 securing, from the committee, action which will result in 

 the further appropriation needed for the work. 



THE RECOMMENDATIONS 



The Forest Reservation Commission, in its report to 

 Congress, states in detail the work that has been done, 



