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IDAHO 



T G. MILLER, the dean of the School of 

 *'* Forestry, University of Idaho, in his 

 report to the State Land Board regarding 

 the recreational features of the State's lands 

 near Payette Lake, makes the following 

 statement : 



"The United States Forest Service has 

 forseen the need of playground features 

 and has modified the administration of Na- 

 tional Forests to meet it. In consequence, 

 the recreational use of these Forests has 

 grown with incredible rapidity and they 

 have in a very real sense now become na- 

 tional playgrounds." 



NEW JERSEY 



A SURVEY of the progress of Forestry 

 "^ in New Jersey, conducted by the 

 State Forester during the past winter 

 to determine the extent that woodland 

 owners have actively engaged in forestry 

 practice, has shown most gratifying re- 

 sults. Since the State of New Jersey owns 

 less than one per cent of the forests with- 

 in her borders, it has been the policy of 

 the State Forester to support and encour- 

 age the interest of private owners in the 

 practice of forestry, and in this way serve 

 the public interest. Many owners who have 

 taken advantage of this aid, have found 

 forest planting and woodland management 

 both practicable and profitable. 



The replies received to questionnaires 

 sent to all persons who have indicated an 

 interest in forestry in the past, show that 

 114 active co-operators, including 11 muni- 

 cipalities and public institutions, have prac- 

 ticed intensive forestry methods, including 

 fire protection, improvement cutting, close 

 utilization of products, etc., on approxi- 

 mately 10,000 acres of woodland, while 40,- 

 000 acres more under the same ownership 

 have been protected and improved to some 

 extent, and definite plans have been made 

 for more intensive management. The same 

 cooperators, together with 41 others, who 

 are at present inactive, are planning to ex- 

 tend forestry management to more than 

 12.000 acres of woodland that have re- 

 ceived no attention up to this time. 



Progress has also been made in forest 

 planting. While natural reproduction is 

 usually adequate and satisfactory in many 

 parts of the State, it is often necessary 

 to reestablish forest growth by planting 

 on land unwisely cleared and unfit for agri- 

 culture, or where all reproduction has been 

 destroyed by fire. More than l.fiOO acres 

 have been reproduced by persons co-oper- 

 ating with the State Forester, and nearly 

 900 acres more will be planted within a 

 short time. 



Believing that number of State Forests 

 are valuable as a public demonstration of 

 the methods and results of forestry prac- 

 tice, the State has acquired six State For- 

 ests with a total area of 16,591 acres of 

 woodland, managed by the State Forester. 

 Upon these lands, 50 acres of forest plan- 

 tations have been made, for the purpose of 

 experiment and demonstration. 



Altogether there are 80,000 acres within 

 the State, approximately 4 per cent of the 

 State's total woodland area, upon which 

 forestry practice is now established or def- 

 initely planned for in the immediate future. 

 The owners have been won over to the re- 

 alization of the importance and practica- 

 bility of forestry methods and are pledged 

 to its practice. 



The progress indicated in this survey is 

 encouraging when it is realized that this 

 work was commenced less than 15 years 

 ago, but the accomplishment seems insig- 

 nificant when we consider what yet re- 

 mains to be done. New Jersey has nearly 

 2,000,000 acres of woodland, most of which 

 is in a run-down condition, because of re- 

 peated forest fires, wasteful logging, neg- 

 lect of owners and abuse by the public. 

 Nearly three-quarters of this area is un- 

 fit for any profitable use other than grow- 

 ing timber. New Jersey's problem is to 

 return this vast area of semi-waste land to 

 productiveness, and this can be done only 

 by preventing and controlling forest fires 

 and by applying practicable forestry man- 

 agement to the woodlands. When protec- 

 tion and management become established, 

 the value of New Jersey's woodlands will 

 be increased from less than $6,000,000 to 

 over $200,000,000. Instead of furnishing 

 less than one-tenth of the lumber used 

 within the State, as at present, New Jer- 

 sey's woodlands are capable of supplying 

 a very great portion of the lumber and 

 wood consumed within her borders. It 

 is needless to point out the benefit to 

 land owners, producers and consumers that 

 will result. 



NEW MEXICO 

 "FOREST fire prevention held an equal 

 part with tree planting in the observ- 

 ance of arbor day in New Mexico on April 

 9, according to the arbor day proclama- 

 tion issued by, Governor O. A. Larrazolo. 

 In setting forth the need of tree-planting, 

 he pointed out the equal need of pro- 

 tecting forests from fires, and urged also 

 the planting of memorial trees and groves 

 in memory of New Mexico soldiers who 

 gave their lives in the war. In urging the 

 planting of trees on arbor day, Governor 

 Larrazolo asked school teachers, forest 

 rangers, and all others having knowledge 



