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AMERICAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION. 



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to the immense loss to themselves that has 

 resulted. California is making efforts to 

 repair the loss. Nevada is, to all intents 

 and purposes, dead and can do nothing. 

 Pennsylvania may well heed the lesson." 



Agitation of It is to be hoped that the 

 Forestry in legislature of New Jersey 



New Jersey. will enact, at its next 

 session, laws looking to 

 the preservation of its remaining forests, 

 and also to the reforestation of cut-over 

 and burned timber lands. The New York 

 Sun only a few days ago had the follow- 

 ing to say on this subject editorially : 



might be applied to the reduction of the 

 school tax. To the State Geological Sur- 

 vey is due the credit of the project. This 

 commission is composed of the Governor, 

 Col. Washington A. Roebling, ex-Senator 

 Henry S. Little, who has given $500,000 

 to Princeton University; ex-Senator Ed- 

 ward C. Stokes, who has always been an 

 advocate of strict economy in State affairs, 

 and Lebrius B. Ward, an authority on 

 water supply. The commission, in its 

 work of collecting information about the 

 forests of New Jersey and making a study 

 of ways and means, has had the assistance 

 of such experts as Mr. Gifford Pinchot, 

 Chief of the United States Division of 



A BURNT PINE FOREST, SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. THE FIRE, WHICH BURNT THE 



LEAVES FROM NEARLY ALL THE CROWNS, HAD PASSED LESS THAN 



TWENTY-FOUR HOURS BEFORE THE PICTURE WAS TAKEN. 



"It is said that in his next message to 

 the Legislature Gov. Voorhees of New 

 Jersey will recommend State ownership 

 of forests for the purpose of preserving 

 them and dealing in lumber. An income 

 of $500,000 a year could be derived from 

 the system, it is" estimated, and this amount 



Forestry; Prof. Arthur Hollick, of Co- 

 lumbia University, and Dr. John Gifford, 

 of Cornell. The last named made this 

 report on the State forests: 'In the hands 

 of private owners, under the circumstances 

 which at present exist, the future of a large 

 part of the forest land is not bright. A 



