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THE FORESTER. 



October, 



the Water supply for irrigation and other 

 purposes is directly dependent on the 

 forested areas within the reserves. Be- 

 sides the future timber supply must in a 

 great measure come from the same source ; 

 it is therefore of the utmost importance 

 that these reserves should receive the 

 wisest possible administration. 



Dr. B. E. Fernow, director of the New 

 York State College of Forestry, in a 

 recent statement published in Recreation, 

 sums up the situation in a convincing 



but already the Secretary of the Interior 

 has recognized that technical management 

 of these timber lands is necessary and has 

 called on the Bureau of Forestry to pre- 

 pare the necessary plans. As soon as such 

 plans are formulated, their execution 

 should also be left with the Bureau, for 

 technical supervision of the cutting of tim- 

 ber is as essential as technical plans, and 

 it is questionable whether the General Land 

 Office, which was instituted simply to dis- 

 pose of the public domain, could be so 



WASTEFUL METHODS OF LUMBERING IN BLACK HILLS FOREST RESERVE, SOUTH DAKOTA. 

 THE TECHNICAL MANAGEMENT OF THE RESERVES UNDER THE DIRECTION OF 

 TRAINED FORESTERS, SUCH WASTE COULD BE AVERTED. 



WITH 



manner. We quote Dr. Fernow's re- 

 marks on this point : 



" That finally the Federal Government 

 must institute a full-fledged management 

 of its 40 forest reserves, comprising over 

 46,000,000 acres, is self evident, and it is 

 only a question how soon and how this will 

 come about. At present the General Land 

 Office is still in charge of this property, 



organized as to furnish this technical su- 

 pervision and continuous management." 



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A Change of 

 Base. 



For the benefit of those 

 persons so fond of refer- 

 ring to our "inexhaust- 

 ible timber supply," we reprint the follow- 



ing from the Chicago Post , 



