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THE FORESTER. 



April, 



CURRENT COMMENT. 



Reforestration in Hawaii. 



Reforesting cut-over land or naturally 

 denuded areas is attracting considerable at- 

 tention all over the Union, but one of the 

 best examples of this class of work is to be 

 seen in the Hawaiian Islands, more par- 

 ticularly on the hills back of Honolulu. 

 The Island Legislature, previous to an- 

 nexation, appropriated a sum of -money for 

 the purpose of trying experiments, in re- 

 forestation. The latter were most suc- 

 cessful, and to-day, when approaching 

 Honolulu, the view embraces the hills, 

 formerly uncovered, now clothed in groves 

 of sturdy trees. This is or should be a 

 strong object lesson to the localities on the 

 Pacific Coast which are in need of forest 

 coverings. It can be, should be and will 

 be done if the general public will only en- 

 courage the proper amount of interest and 

 spirit. Pacific Coast Wood and Iron. 



for well-trained forestry experts in Cali- 

 fornia, and the planting of timber in stated 

 sections of the Sierras would have marked 

 effect on the rainfall and the amount of 



water for irrigation." 



Restraining Sheep Grazing. 



Secretary Hitchcock, of the interior de- 

 partment, recently issued an order cancel- 

 ing 68 permits that were granted sheepmen 

 to graze their flocks in the Mount Rainier 

 forest reserve, and hereafter all sheep will 

 be excluded from that reservation. This 

 is as it should be. If forests are to be pre- 

 served, the sheep industry must pass from 

 the hands of a few, who depend on public 

 lands for grazing, to the many small 

 dealers, who depend on their own lands 

 .and resources. It is not the sheep indus- 

 try that is threatened, but merely a change 

 in its management, from a few wealthy men 

 to the middle classes. Oregon Native Son. 



College Men and Forestry. 



Gifford Pinchot, Forester of the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, delivered a lecture 

 before the students of Harvard University, 

 in the Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, on 

 March 2d. The main points of the lec- 

 ture were those embodied in Mr. Pinchot's 

 lecture at Yale last spring on " Profession 

 of Forestry," as printed in the July FOR- 

 ESTER. The recent advance in forest 

 work and interest was also touched upon 

 forcibly. 



Utilizing Forest Reserves. 



The effort being made to give to the 

 University of California the care and con- 

 trol of the Lake Tahoe Forest Reserve in 

 that State, is thus commented upon by the 

 New York Tribune : 



" This will form the nucleus of the new 

 College of Forestry at Berkeley. In the 

 bill which is now before Congress the uni- 

 versity is permitted to dispose of timber 

 and water rights and lease pasturage lands, 

 and from these sources sufficient revenue 

 for maintaining a College of Forestry 

 ought to be derived. There is much work 



For State Instruction. 



The Wisconsin State Forestry Associa- 

 tion, an organization whose object is to 

 conserve the timber interests of the State, 

 has asked the State University to establish 

 a division of forestry, under the charge of 

 a special professor, where may be trained 

 men competent to care for timber with a 

 degree of knowledge equal to that re- 

 quired for the cultivation of any other 

 crop. The association sets forth the fact 

 that forests are being depleted far more 

 rapidly than they can be replenished by 

 nature, which is a lamentable fact. Liv- 

 ing Church, Chicago. 



Unanimous Public Opinion. 



Referring to the vandalism which would 

 fell the magnificent giants of the Yose- 

 mite, the Omaha World-Herald says : 



" This is exactly what it is a sacrilege. 

 In no city in the world can be found such 

 architecture as may be seen in the Sequoia 

 groves, and the destruction of a single tree 

 is equivalent to the demolition of the finest 

 temple." 



