The cAmerican Forestr]^ cAssociation 



Washington, D. C. 



President 



DR. HENRY STUROIS DRINKER, President. Lehigh University, South Bethlehem, Pa, 



JOSHUA L. BAILY, Pennsylvania 



THEODORE L. BRISTOL, Connecticut 



Ex-President Connecticut Forestry Association 



ANDREW CARNEGIE, New York 



MRS. E.M.MONS CROCKER. .\Iassach.:setts 



DR. CHARLES W. ELIOT, Massachusetts 

 President Emeritus Harvard University 



DR. B. E. FERNOW. Canada 



Dean of Forestry. University of Toronto 



HON. WALTER L. FISHER. ChicaKo, III. 

 Ex-Secretary of the Interior 



Vice-Presidents 



HENRY S. GRAVES. District of Columbia 



Chief of the Forest Service 

 EVERITT G. GRIGGS, Washington 

 HON. DAVID HOUSTON 



Secretary of Agriculture 

 HON. FRANKLIN K. LANE 



Secretary of the Interior 

 HON. ASBURY F. LEVER. South Carolina 



United States Re resentative 

 HON. THO.MAS 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, 



P. 



Executive Secretary 



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



E.T.ALLEN. Oregon 



Forester. Western For. and Conservation Asso. 

 HO.N. ROBERT P. BASS. New Hampshire 



Ex-Governor of .New Hampshire 

 WM. B. GREELEY. District of Colombia 



Assistant U. . Forester 

 W. R. BROWN. New Hampshire 



Pres. New Hamp. Forestry Commission 

 HERMAN H. CHAPMAN. Connecticut 



Professor of Forestry, Yale Forest School 



Directors 



DR. HENRY S. DRI.NKER, Pennsylvania 



President, Lehigh University 

 ALFRED OASKILL 



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 Con,servalion Congress 



CHARLES F. QUINCY, New York 



J.E.RHODES. Illinois 



Secretary, Southern Pine Association 



ERNEST A. STERLING, Illinois 

 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 6/)e cAmerican Forestry" cylssociation 



n 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 Stale depart- 

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



IT ASSERTS THAT fores*, ry means the propagation and care of forests for the pro- 

 duction of timber as a crop; protection of watersheds; utilization of non-agricul- 

 tural Sin\; use of forests for public recreation. 



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

 census of 1913 shows our forests annually supply over one and a quarter billion 

 <lollars' 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; 

 prevent erosion of lands; and are essential to the beauty of the country and the 

 liealth 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 Federal ami State governments should undertake scientific 

 forestry uinm 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 Management 



of national forests; adequate appro- 

 priations for their care and manage- 

 ment; 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 an(' private owners; non- 

 pohtical departmentally independent 

 forest organization, with liberal appro- 

 priations for these purposes. 



Forest Fire Protection by Federal, State 

 and fire protect. ve agencies, and its 

 encouragement and extension, indi- 

 vidually and by cooperation; without 

 adequate fire protection all other 

 nie:isuri.s for forest crop production 

 wilt 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 manu- 

 facturing without loss to owners; aid 

 to lumbermen in achieving th.s. 



Cutting of Mature TImtier where and as 

 ihe do.nestic market demands it. ex- 

 cept on areas maintained for park or 

 scenic purposes, and compensation of 

 forest owners for loss suffered through 

 I)rotection of watersheds, or on behalf 

 of any public interest. 



Equal Protection to the lumber industry 

 and to publ.c interests in legislation 

 affecting j)rivate timberland opt ra- 

 tions, recognizing that lumbering is 

 as legitimate and necessary as the 

 forests themselves. 



Classllicalion by experts of lands best 

 suited for farming and those best suited 

 for forestry; and liberal national and 

 State appropriations for this work. 



