The Forester 



Vol. VI No - 8 



TABLE OF CONTENTS 



AN AVENUE OF ROYAL PALMS Frontispiece 



THE SILVICULTURAL PROSPECTS OF THE ISLAND OF CUBA.. JOHN GlFFORD 177 

 FOREST LAW IN THE UNITED STATES. 6-8....TREADWELL CLEVELAND, JR. 183 



THE YALE FOREST SCHOOL BUILDING 186 



THE LAST REPORTS ON THE FOREST RESERVES 186 



EDITORIAL : 



Changes in the Forest Division. Reserves and the American Lumberman. 

 The Important Work of the Fire Warden. Preventable Fires and Their 

 Toleration. The New York Meeting and Press Comments. 191 



NEWS, NOTES AND COMMENT : 



News from New York. Lumbering, Drouth, and Diminished Production. 

 Additions to the Big Horn Reserve. Growing Poplar. Forests and Stream- 

 flow. The Coast Redwoods. A Lumberman's View. Arrests in Pennsyl- 

 vania. His Own Enemy. Not Single Trees but Forests. The Minnesota 

 Park and the Mississippi. Scarcity of White Oak. Forest Fires During July 193 



RECENT PUBLICATIONS 201 



THE PLATFORM OF THE FORESTER 



In order to assist its readers to grasp present problems the FORESTER indicates five directions in which 

 an effective advance is chiefly needed. 



1. The forest work of the United States Government which is now being carried on by the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, the General Land Office, and the Geological Survey, should be completely and formally 

 unified. The division of authority between the three offices involves great waste, and consolidation is 

 'lirectly and emphatically pointed to by the present voluntary co-operation'Jbetween them. 



2. A system of forest management under the administration of trained foresters should be introduced 

 into the national and state forest reserves and parks. 



3. Laws for the protection of the forests against fire and trespass should be adapted to the needs of 

 each region and supported by the provisions and appropriations necessary for their rigorous enforcement. 



4. Taxation of forest lands should be regulated so that it will encourage not forest destruction but 

 conservative forest management. 



6. The attention of owners of woodlands should be directed to forestry and to the possibilities of ap- 

 plying better methods of forest management. 



Persons asking themselves how they can best serve the cause of forestry will find suggested here lines 

 of work along which every effort will tell. No opportunity for doing good along these lines should be 

 neglected. 



