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AMERICAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION. 



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NEWS, NOTES, AND COMMENT. 



New York's The consolidation of the 



New Forest Forest, Fish and Game 



Commission. Commission and the For- 

 est Preserve Board of 

 New York State has been effected and a 

 new Forest, Fish and Game Commission 

 of three members has been appointed 

 in their place. The members of this 

 Commission are DeWitt C. Middleton, 

 of Watertown, Charles E. Babcock, 

 of Rochester, and Lieutenant-Governor 

 Timothy L. Woodruff. Mr. Woodruff 

 was on the Forest Preserve Board and 

 has been named as president of the new 

 Commission. Mr. Babcock was one of 

 the most valuable members of the Forest 

 Preserve Board. Neither he nor Mr. 

 Woodruff receive any salary and their 

 terms of office expire January 1, 1903. 

 Mr. Middleton is the salaried member of 

 the new Commission in whom its powers 

 and duties are centered, and holds office for 

 four years. The Commission is a strong 

 one and with it in control of New York's 

 forest work should be one by which much 

 is accomplished. 



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New Hamp- The Society for the Pro- 

 shire Forestry tection of New Hamp- 

 Association. shire Forests has drawn 



up a constitution, elected 

 its officers, and begun its work. Articles 2 

 and 3 of the Constitution read : 



" The object of this association is to 

 preserve the forests, protect the scenery, 

 and promote the establishment of good 

 roads in New Hampshire, and to cooper- 

 ate in other measures of public improve- 

 ment in the state." 



" Any resident or native of New Hamp- 

 shire, or any person having an interest 

 directly or indi recti y in the state is eligible 

 to membership." 



In order that the membership may be 

 large the annual dues have been fixed at 

 twenty- five cents, and there is to be no 

 initiation fee. Would-be members may 

 pay four years' dues at once by sending in 



one dollar. By sending twenty-five one 

 may become a life member. All contri- 

 butions should be sent to Mr. Joseph T. 

 Walker, Concord, New Hampshire, the 

 secretary of the Society. The other offi- 

 cers of the Society are : President, Ex- 

 governor Frank W. Rollins, Concord; 

 Treasurer, George T. Cruft, Bethlehem ; 

 Members of the Executive Committee, the 

 president, secretary, and treasurer, Albert 

 E. Pillsbury, of Boston, and Nahum J. 

 Bachelder, Andover ; County vice pres- 

 idents and vice-presidents at large. 



To do its very important work effectively 

 the society must be in a position to pay 

 large bills for printing, postage, the ex- 

 penses of meetings, traveling expenses, 

 etc., and it is to be hoped that all who are 

 in sympathy with its work will give twenty- 

 five cents, and that all who can will give 

 more. 



A New Members of the Colorado 



Forest Law Forestry Association have 



in Colorado. this year brought a bill 



into the state legisla- 

 ture which has passed the house and 

 senate without amendment and will soon 

 become law. The gist of a good part 

 of the bill is found in the first section 

 which provides that "No trees needed to 

 conserve the snows, ice or water of any 

 irrigation district shall be cut from any 

 part of the public domain, except as here- 

 inafter provided." The bill prescribes a 

 procedure for notifying county commis- 

 sioners, the State Board of Land Com- 

 missioners, and those living in the water- 

 shed from which trees are to be cut of the 

 intention of cutting them, in order that 

 there may be time and every opportunity 

 for protests to be made and examined. 

 This, too, is provided for. In addition to 

 this, the act requires citizens of the State 

 who wish to camp' in a forest district out- 

 side their own county to take out a per- 

 mit, and compels non-residents of a State 

 who wish to camp within the State to oh- 



