THE FOREST SERVICE EXHIBIT 



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convincingly shown by a four-foot Sitka spruce log from 

 the Tongass National Forest, Alaska, measuring sixty- 

 one inches in diameter, which stands in the Alaska ex- 

 hibit. The log was cut from a tree 180 feet tall, measur- 

 ing seven feet at the base. 



MODEL OF FIRE I.OOKOUT STATION 



A Forest Service exhibit which attracted much attention and into which 

 thousands of visitors to the Exposition climbed. 



Because of limited space, not all activities of the 

 Forest Service could be covered in the exhibit. Much of 

 the work not touched ujxjn in the display could be learned 

 about at the government motion-picture room in the Palace 

 of Liberal Arts, where 12,000 feet of film showing Forest 

 Service activities were projected; from the publications 

 displayed upon a table in the exhibit; and from the illus- 

 trated lectures on the National Forests and Forest Con- 

 servation given from cnce to thrice daily. 



The exhibits of the Forest Service and of the other 

 branches of the United States Department of Agricul- 

 ture were not entered into competition for awards. This 

 was in keeping with the precedent established at other 

 international expositions in which, as in this, the United 

 States was the host nation. 



STATE FORESTER AND MARYLAND TOWNS COOPER- 

 ATING TO IMPROVE PUBLIC SHADE TREES 



L] XDER date of September 8 the State Forester of 

 I Maryland addressed a letter to the public officials 

 of all incorporated towns in Maryland suggest- 

 ing a cooperative and systematic means of improving ex- 

 isting conditions in public shade trees. Briefly, this plan 

 provided for practical work to be devised and carried out 

 under the State Roadside Tree Act of 1914, and the 

 method of procedure set forth in the letter was the result 

 of several months of successful experience in the carry- 

 ing out of the duties delegated to the Board by the 

 present Act. 



Free of cost, the State Forester offered to take a tree 

 census in any town where application was made by the 

 proper officials, the census taking account of the trees, 

 their kinds and locations, and to be followed by a report 

 caterpillars of the brown-tail moth spin a web in the fall 

 with recommendations for such planting and general im- 

 provement as the census showed to be required. The pre- 

 liminary examination is succeeded by the performance 

 of the work advised in the report, all work being carried 

 out under the personal direction of a State Forest War- 

 den whose services are made available for such duties at 

 a reasonable per diem rate. 



That the possibilities of this offer have been appreci- 

 ated is attested by the fact that during the next three 

 weeks several towns and cities in the State took advantage 

 of this offer to secure expert aid; preliminary examina- 

 tions have in most cases been made, and the work to be 

 done will be pushed as rapidly as possible. 



INVITE A FRIEND 



American Forestkv magazine is now so well worth 

 having that each member of the Association is asked to 

 invite a friend to become a subscribing member. 



INCREASE OF TOURISTS IN THE NATIONAL PARKS 



REPORTS received by Secretary Lane from the 

 Superintendents of the various National Parks 

 in the West, administered by the Department of 

 the Interior, indicate that during the park season just 

 closed there has been a great increase in the number of 

 tourists visiting these great playgrounds. In Yellowstone 

 National Park in 1914 there were 20,250 visitors, and 

 this year two and one-half times as many 51,830. Yo- 

 semite National Park in California was visited this year 

 by over twice as many people as entered its gates last 

 year, 31,G42 names being recorded during the season 

 as against 15,145 last year. Again in Mt. Rainier Na- 

 tional Park there has been an increase in the number 

 of visitors of over 100 per cent 34,814 in 1915 as against 

 15,038 in 1914. 



Secretary Lane declared the policy inaugurated two 

 years ago of permitting automobiles to enter the parks 

 to be a success, and that it would be continued in the 

 future. In Yellowstone National Park automobiles were 

 admitted for the first time on August 1. They operated 

 under a very carefully worked-out schedule which has 

 proven to be very satisfactory. The Park was visited 

 this season by 958 cars, carrying 3,513 people, which 

 points to a much fuller enjoyment of the wonders of 

 Yellowstone National Park by motorists next year. 



