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AMERICAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION. 



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The members present moved that the letter 

 be read and entered in the records ; which 

 was done. This letter contained an in- 

 teresting description of forest conditions 

 in Hawaii. The session then adjourned 

 until the afternoon. 



AFTERNOON SESSION. 



This session, which was the last of the 

 meeting, was devoted to hearing reports 

 of committees and the disposal of un- 

 finished business. The Committee on 

 Resolutions reported the following reso- 

 lutions, which were read and unanimously 

 adopted by the Association : 



Resolved, That we urge upon the Con- 

 gress of the United States and the Federal 

 authorities, the importance of setting 

 aside as forest reserves all considerable 

 bodies of public land whose character is 

 such that they are more valuable for foi"- 

 ests than for agricultural or other indus- 

 trial purposes, and further that steps be 



taken to afforest the vacant or waste pul. lie 

 lands of the prairie slates. 



Resolved, That it" the results of the in- 

 vestigation ordered by the Congress of 

 the United States demonstrate thai it is 

 advisable to set aside and d. \ for- 



est reserve purposes, any of the land 

 in the Leech Lake Indian Reservation, 

 the Winnibigoshish Indian Reservation, 

 or the "Mississippi" Chippewa Indian 

 Reservation, and the Cass Lake Indian 

 Reservation, known as pine lands, and 

 such other lands, it" any, as are unlit for 

 agriculture and are not required for Indian 

 allotments, then, and in that event, we 

 most respectfully petition the Congress of 

 the United States to take such action as may 

 be necessary to accomplish such results. 



A vote of thanks was tendered Mr. 

 Henry Michelsen, and the people and 

 press of Denver, for the many courtesies 

 shown the members of the Association. 

 The Association then adjourned sine die. 



OUTLOOK FOR FORESTRY IN THE PHILIPPINES. 



CAPTAIN GEORGE P. AHERN, 

 director of the Forestry Bureau at 

 Manila, who has been in the United 

 States for several months past studying 

 forest conditions, will leave for the Philip- 

 pines late in September to again take up 

 his duties there. 



Acting on the authority of the Taft 

 Philippine Commission Captain Ahern 

 while in the United States visited the forest 

 schools of Cornell, Yale and Baltimore 

 for conference with the professors, grad- 

 uates, and students of those institutions. 

 He was further authorized to employ three 

 additional inspectors and three foresters 

 for the bureau at Manila. 



The requirements of the Commission 

 were that inspectors should be graduates 

 of an accredited forest school, and that 

 the foresters should be graduates of an ap- 

 proved forest school and also have Held 

 experience. Candidates were also re- 

 quired to pass a civil service examination. 



Accordingly Captain Ahern arranged an 

 examination for the men who had applied 

 for positions in the Philippine forest ser- 

 vice. This examination was held in 

 Washington, September 9, the result be- 

 ing announced on another page of this 

 number. 



Captain Ahern before leaving tor the 

 Philippines gave The Forester the in- 

 terview that follows. The accompanying 

 illustrations were made from photos kindly 

 loaned by Captain Ahern. 



In speaking of the outlook for forestr) 

 in the Philippines, Captain Ahem said : 

 " I consider the Philippines the most in- 

 teresting field in the world for the practice 

 of scientific forestry. There are more than 

 50,000,000 acres of public woodland in the 

 archipelago. Up to date 665 species of lues 

 have been classified and it is the opinion 

 of botanists that a close examination will 

 bring the total up to fulls 1 .<)<.. In several 

 large districts of the southern islands <>t 



