The Forester 



Vol. VI __ _ No. 12 



TABLE OF CONTENTS 



NORWAY PINE ON THE ISLAND IN CASS LAKE ..................... Frontispiece 



THE PROPOSED MINNESOTA NATIONAL PARK ........... JOHN S. COOPER 281 



THREE LETTERS TO THE NATIONAL IRRIGATION CONGRESS 



FKOM GOVERNOR ROOSEVELT ........................................................................ a8 9 



FROM SECRETARY WILSON ............................................................................. 2 9 



FROM GEN. MILES .......................................................................................... 



LUMBERING IN THE SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK ........... W. R. DUDLEY 293 



Stanford University 



NORWAY SPRUCE FOR PROFIT ON THE PLAINS ......... H. B. KEMPTON 295 



Division of Forestry 

 EDITORIAL: 



Forestry in America. Ninth Session of the Irrigation Congress. The 

 Work of the American Forestry Association and the Membership .............. 297 



NEWS, NOTES, AND COMMENT: 



Tree Planting in Indiana .................................................................. 296 



A Correction. Conference with Massachusetts Tree Wardens. A Society 

 of American Foresters. The Philippine Bureau of Forestry. From a 

 Maine Paper Company. Summer's Field Work of the Division of Forestry. 

 Denver Chamber of Commerce on Irrigation. The Results of Tree Plant- 

 ing in the Middle West. A Working Plan for the Black Hills Reserve ...... 299 



AMONG FOREIGN AND AMERICAN PERIODICALS.... ........................... 303 



RECENT PUBLICATIONS ....................................................................... 305 



THE PLATFORM OF THE FORESTER 



In order that the good will of its readers may become as effective as possible in aiding to solve our pres- 

 ent forest 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 conjointly, should be completely 

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

 consolidation is directly and emphatically pointed to by the present voluntary co-operation between them. 



'1. 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. 



>. 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 here find lines of work 

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

 neglected. 



