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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



FOREST SCHOOL NOTES 



UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA 

 A GENERAL study of fire damage to 

 "" forest land in California has been con- 

 ducted during the Jast six months under 

 the auspices of a committee representing 

 all of the forest interests of the state. 

 Professor Donald Bruce, the University 

 representative, reports that definite prog- 

 ress has been made towards a knowledge 

 of the fundamentals of the fire problem in 

 California as a result of trips taken by the 

 members of the committee to investigate 

 burned-over areas in the pine region. 



The committee at its first meeting went 

 unanimously on record in favor of keeping 

 all fires out of forests during the dry sea- 

 son and announced that its objective is the 

 formulation of a protective system that 

 will both prevent material loss to mature 

 timber and result in a minimum of damage 

 to the productive capacity of forest soil 

 at a minimum expense. Toward that end, 

 it proposes to analyze and weigh all exist- 

 ing evidence on the following points : 



Effect of fire on mature timber. 



Effect of fire on young timber and on 

 its rate of growth. 



The value of advance reproduction. 



The damage to timber by insects and the 

 effect of fire thereon. 



The cost of protective measures. 



Another co-operative project of great in- 

 terest is the one in connection with the 

 proposed Redwood Park. A committee 

 consisting of representatives from the For- 

 est Service, the State Board of Forestry 

 and the Forest School is to investigate and 

 report on the lands in the coast redwood 

 region most suitable for inclusion in a 

 national Redwood Park. The Save the 

 Redwoods League and the National Park 

 Service have requested that this examina- 

 tion be made in the near future. Professor 

 Woodbridge Metcalf is the Forest School 

 representative on this committee. 



COLORADO AGRICULTURAL COL- 

 LEGE, DEPARTMENT OF 

 FORESTRY 



'"PHE new ranger course in the Colorado 

 Agriculture College has been introduced 

 this fall with seven. students entering. The 

 course is of high school grade under the 

 administration of the preparatory depart- 

 ment of the college. 



The object is to fit men to be forest 

 rangers or as woods foremen. The stu- 

 dents may enter college and take the pro- 

 fessional forestry course, or agriculture, 

 upon completion of their three year pre- 



paratory course and one extra year of 

 preparation. But the majority of students 

 in the preparatory department come from 

 rural districts, take elementary courses 

 chiefly in agriculture, and return to the 

 farm at completion of the course. 



Those taking the ranger course will be 

 trained in agriculture as a major and in 

 forestry as a minor, since at present the 

 ranger usually graduates from forestry 

 into ranching after some years of service 

 on the National Forests. The preparation 

 for forestry work offered in the School of 

 Agriculture should yield fine results. The 

 facilities for this instruction in the Colo- 

 rado Agricultural College are excellent. 



NEW YORK STATE COLLEGE OF 

 FORESTRY AT SYRACUSE 



'"PHE United States Forest Service has 

 need for 2,500 forest rangers at once 

 and the United States Board of Vocational 

 Education has been asked to supply for this 

 service as many partially disabled soldiers 

 as are fitted for this rigorous out of door 

 work, particularly those who, having been 

 gassed, need out door air if they are to 

 regain their strength. 



The New York State College of Forestry 

 at Syracuse has been asked by the voca- 



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