1899- 



AMERICAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION. 



289 



The Forester. 



a monthly magazine 



Devoted to Arboriculture and Forestry, the Care and Use of Forests 



and Forest Trees, and Related Subjects. 



the official organ of 



The American Forestry Association, 



President Hon. JAMES WILSON, 



Secretary of Agriculture. 



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JOHN KEIM STAUFFER, Editor. 



SPECIAL ANNOUNCEHENT. 



The annual meeting of the American Forestry 

 Association will be held on the second Wednes- 

 day in December, being the thirteenth day, in 

 the hall of the Cosmos Club, Washington, D.C. 



With the issuance of the present number The 

 Forester closes the fifth year of its continuous 

 publication. In its present form, with the 

 support of a steadily increasing number of 

 readers, the fact of its survival emphasizes the 

 energy and enthusiasm of the founder of the 

 paper, and his belief that the general adoption 

 of forestry throughout the United States is one 

 of the greatest safeguards which could be pro- 

 vided. In this connection it is interesting to re- 

 call a very unobtrusive comment in Baedecker, 

 but one which has much food for thought : 



"Of all the wooded districts of Germany, 

 none present as beautiful and varied landscapes 

 as the Black Forest ; the heights are covered 

 with fragrant Pine forests, while the valleys are 

 fertile and well cultivated. In this prosperous 

 district beggars are unknown." 



The establishment of a "National Southern 

 Park and Forest and Game Preserve " in West- 

 ern North Carolina is receiving much favorable 

 comment and support from the citizens of that 

 and adjoining States. The dissemination of the 



principles and ideas of forestry has brought 

 about so much greater interest in the preserva- 

 tion of the forests that what was but lately the 

 "fad " of the few, as it was sometimes termed, 

 has now commanded the attention of the great 

 body of the people. 



Public sentiment has been formed with the 

 gradual absorption of ideas on the practical 

 value of forest protection. The people of North 

 Carolina have come to understand that under 

 present conditions the mountain and valley 

 lands of the Southern Alleghenies will soon be 

 denuded of their forests unless adequate legis- 

 lation is obtained to regulate the cutting of 

 timber and to secure protection against forest 

 fires. 



The attention of the South has been attracted 

 to the strong efforts which will be made at the 

 coming session of Congress for the enactment 

 of laws to form a great National Park and Tim- 

 ber Reserve in Minnesota, Michigan is also 

 seeking State and National legislation to protect 

 what remains of the once magnificent forests of 

 that State. Pennsylvania is urging the acquisi- 

 tion of large tracts of unproductive mountain 

 land for forest reserves, and New York keeps in 

 the forefront of the forest movement. In the 

 closing month of the year there is much cause 

 for encouragement from the general public 

 awakening for forestry in the year of grace 1899. 



