THE FORESTER. 



January, 



worked well, both in the protection of 

 trees along roadways and in the education 

 of public opinion in regard to the value 

 and proper care of trees. 



The different state forestry associations 

 throughout the country have on the whole 

 been very active during the last twelve 

 T , months ; notably so in 



ine Mate Massachusetts, Pennsyl- 



Forestry As- . Indiana and Cali- 



sociations. , tat u 



forma. In Massachu- 

 setts the State association has devoted much 

 time and effort to aiding the newly created 

 tree wardens in the performance of their 

 new duties. The Pennsylvania Association 

 has gone on with its educational work as 

 steadily and wisely as heretofore. In In- 

 diana the State association sent its secre- 

 tary, Mr. John P. Brown, through many 

 of the Western States to examine tree 

 plantations with especial reference to 

 Catalpa, and to the tree-planting under- 

 takings of railroads. In California the 

 State Forest and Water Society, the Los 

 Angeles County Forest and Water Asso- 

 ciation and other organizations have been 

 carrying on the campaign for irrigation 

 and forest preservation with such system, 

 enthusiasm and success that it is probable 

 that a thorough and careful legislative pro- 

 gram, which they will present to the State 

 legislature this winter, will be adopted. 



The American Forestry Association has 

 reason to be gratified at the successful ses- 

 sion of the National Irrigation Congress 



The Irrigation which ^ T as hel . d in g hi " 

 Congress. cago in November. Sev- 



eral orhcers and members 

 of this association played an important 

 part in the proceedings of the Congress, 

 and the interests of the two organizations 

 are as closely allied as the motto of the ses- 

 sion "Save the forests and store the 

 floods," would indicate. 



Canada's interest in forestry has always 

 been great and during the last year a not- 

 able proof of it has been the formation of 

 two forest Associations in 

 the Dominion. One of 

 these, the Canadian For- 

 estry Association already numbers nearly 

 two hundred members and is growing 

 rapidly. It has adopted as its official 



The Canadian 

 Association. 



organ a monthly magazine published in 

 Montreal. Rod and Gun in Canada. 



The International Congress of Silvi- 

 culture met in Paris in June. The Ameri- 

 can delegates to the Congress were Messrs. 

 Wm. A. Taylor, Wiener Weimberger and 

 Tarleton H. Bean. The Congress lasted 

 three days and was well attended. A 

 number of interesting and valuable papers 

 were read ; Resolutions were passed favor- 

 ing among other things: the publication of 

 statistics showing the extent of the forest 

 resources and of the consumption of wood 

 in each country ; the adoption of grazing 

 laws, and the study of grazing conditions 

 in each country; the establishment in each 

 country of an arbor day, such as that now 

 commonly observed in the United States; 

 the formation of an international under- 

 standing for the protection of existing for- 

 ests and the reforestation of waste lands. 



The American Forestry Association 

 held but one meeting this year; that in 

 New York on June 24th and 25th, when 

 . it met in affiliation with 



The American^ the American Association 

 Forestry Associ- for the Advancement of 



' Science. This meeting 



was well attended, and a number of very 

 interesting papers were read and discussed. 

 They were enumerated by title in the 

 Forester for July, and since then some of 

 them have appeared in the magazine. Sev- 

 eral resolutions were adopted. One of the 

 most encouraging features of the meeting 

 was the way in which its proceedings were 

 reported by the press, not only in New 

 York, but throughout the country even to 

 the Pacific coast. The tone of these re- 

 ports and of the editorial comments which 

 sometimes accompanied them, showed 

 not only that the Forestry Association is 

 widely recognized as an organization de- 

 serving public consideration and support, 

 but that the press in many States is decid- 

 edly more interested in forestry than it 

 used to be. 



In April the Forester passed into the 

 charge of Mr. Henry James 2d, under 

 whose control it has made the greatest 



progress of its history. 



Mr. Stauffer generously 

 continued to give his time to the magazine 



The Forester. 



