The cAmerican Forestrjr cAssociation 



Washington, D. C. 



OFFICERS FOR 1915 



President 



DR. HENRY STURGIS DRINKER, President. Lehigh University. Soutli Bethlelicni. I'u. 



JOSHUA L. BAH-Y, Pennsylvania 



THEODORE U BRISTOL. Conmiliiiit 



Ex-President Connecticut Forestry Association 



ANDREW CARNEGIE, New Yorlj 



MRS. EMMONS CROCKER, Massachusetts 



DR. CHARLES W. ELIOT. Massachusetts 

 President Emeritus Harvard University 



DR. B. E. FERNOVV. Canada 



Dean of Forestry', University of Toronto 



HON. WALTER L. FISHER. Chicago. III. 

 Ex-Secretary of the Interior 



Vice-Presidents 



HENRY S. GR.\VES, District of Columbia 



Chief of the Forest Service 

 ICVERITT G. GRIGGS, Washington 

 HON. DAVID HOUSTON 



Secretary of Agriculture 

 HON. F-RANKLIN K. LANE 



Secretary of the Interior 

 HON. ASBURY F. LEVER, South Carolina 



United States Representative 

 HON. THOMAS NELSON PAGE , 



Ambassador to Italy 

 HON. GEO. PARDEE. California 



Ex-Governor of California 



GIFFORD PINCHOT. Pennsylvania 



FILIBERT ROTH, Michigan 



Dean of Forestry, University of Michigan 



DR. J. T. ROTHROCK, Pennsylvania 



HON. WM. H. TAFT. Connecticut 

 Ex-President United States 



JOSEPH N. TEAL, Oregon 



Chairman Oregon Conservation Commission 



HON. JOHN WEEKS. Massachusetts 



United States Senator 

 DR. ROBERT S. WOODWARD, Washington, D. C. 



President, Carnegie Institution. 



Treasurer 



JOHN E. JENKS. Editor. Army and Navy Register. Washington. D. C. 



Executive Secretary 



p. S. RIDSDALE. 1410 H Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. 



E. T. ALLEN. Oregon 



Forester. Western For. and Conservation Asso. 

 HON. ROBERT P. BASS. New Hampshire 



Ex-Governor of New Hampshire 

 WM. B. GREELEY. District of Columbia 



Assistant U. S. Forester 

 W. R. BROWN, New Hampshire 



Pres., New Hamp. F'orestry Commission 

 HERMAN II. CHAPMAN, Connecticut 



Professor of Forestry, Yale F'orest School 



Directors 



DR. HENRY S. DRINKER, Pennsylvania 



President, Lehigh University 

 ALFRED GASKILL 



State Forester, New Jersey 

 JOHN E. JENKS, District of Columbia 



Editor, Army and Navy Register 

 CHESTER W. LYMAN. New York 



International Paper Company 

 CHARLES LATHROP PACK, New Jersey 



Pres. Fifth National Conservation Congress 



CHARLES F. QUINCY, New York 



J. E. RHODES, Illinois 



Secretary Southern Pine Association 



ERNEST A. STERLING. Pennsylvania 

 Forest and Timber Engineer 



JOHN L. WEAVER. District of Columbia 



Real Estate Broker 

 J. B. WHITE, Missouri 



Ex-President, National Conservation Congress 



Declaration of Principles and Policy^ 

 of "^ c/lmerican Forestr)^ cAssociation 



IT IS A VOLUNTARY organization for the inculcation and spread of a forest policy on 

 a scale adequate for our economic needs, and any person is eligible for membership. 



IT IS INDEPENDENT, has no official connection with any Federal or State depart- 

 ment or policy, and is devoted to a public service conducive to national prosperity. 



IT ASSERTS THAT forestry means the propagation and care of forests for the produc- 

 tion of timber as a crop; protection of watersheds; utilization of non-agricultural 

 soil; use of forests for public recreation. 



IT DECLARES THAT FORESTRY is of immense importance to the people; that the 

 census of 19 13 shows our forests annually supply over one and a quarter billion 

 dollars' worth of products; employ 735,000 people; pay $367,000,000 in wages; cover 

 550,000,000 acres unsuited for agriculture; regulate the distribution of water; pre- 

 vent erosion of lands; and are essential to the beauty of the country and the health 

 of the nation. 



IT RECOGNIZES THAT forestry is an industry limited by economic conditions; that 

 private owners should be aided and encouraged by investigations, demonstrations, 

 and educational work, since they cannot be expected to practice forestry at a 

 financial loss; that Kederal and Stale governments should undertake scientific 

 forestry upon national and State forest reserves for the benefit of the public. 



IT WILL DEVOTE its influence and educational facilities to the development of 

 public thought and knowledge along these practical lines. 



It Will Support These Policies 



Federal Administration and Man- 

 agenient of national forests; adequate 

 appropriations for their care and man- 

 agement; Federal cooperation with the 

 States, especially In forest fire protec- 

 tion. 



State Activity by acquirement of forest 

 lands; organization for fire protection; 

 encouragement of forest planting by 

 communal and private owners; non- 

 political departmentally independent 

 forest organization, with liberal appro- 

 priations for these purposes. 



Forest Fire Protection by Federal. 

 State and fire protective agencies, and 

 its encouragement and extension, in- 

 dividually and by cooperation; without 

 adequate fire protection all other 

 measures for forest crop production 

 will fail. 



Forest Planting by Federal and State 

 governments and long-lived corpora- 

 tions and acquirement of waste lands 

 for this purpose; and also planting by 

 private owners, where profitable, and 

 encouragement of natural regeneration. 



Forest Taxation Reforms removing un- 

 just burdens from owners of growing 

 timber. 



Closer Utilization in logging and man- 

 ufacturing without loss to owners; aid 

 to lumbermen in achieving this. 



Cutting of Mature 'nml>er where and 

 as the domestic market demands it, ex- 

 cept on areas maintained for park or 

 scenic purposes, and compensation of 

 forest owners for loss suffered through 

 protection of watersheds, or on behalf 

 of any public interest. 



Kqual Protection to the lumber in- 

 dustry and to public interests in legis- 

 lation affecting private timberland 

 operations, recognizing that lumbering 

 is as legitimate and necessary as the 

 forests themselves. 



Classiflcatton by experts of lands best 

 suited for farming and those best suiterl 

 for forestry; and liberal national and 

 State appropriations for this work. 



