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THE FORESTER. 



December, 



for the care, maintenance, and improve- 

 ment of the same. 



Sec. 3. That the sum of ten million dol- 

 lars, or as much thereof as may be re- 

 quired, is hereby appropriated for the pur- 

 chase of lands for a national park and for- 

 est reserve, as hereinbefore specified, said 

 reserve to be known as the "McKinley 

 National Park and Forest Reserve" ; and 

 said ten million dollars shall be available 

 until the expiration of the fiscal year nine- 

 teen hundred and ten and nineteen hundred 

 and eleven unless sooner expended. 



Foresters for 

 the Interior 

 Department. 



The Division of Forestry, 

 of the Interior Depart- 

 ment has been completely 

 reorganized. Final ac- 

 tion has just been taken by Secretary 

 Hitchcock, who has appointed four trained 

 foresters, to assist in handling the many 

 forest problems that are constantly coming 

 up in his department. The action of the 

 secretary means much to the West, as the 

 administration of the immense forest re- 

 serves of the country will hereafter be in 

 the hands of men especially trained for 

 the work. 



Not only has Secretary Hitchcock 

 brought to his aid trained foresters, but he 

 has prepared instructions to guide the 

 future management of the Division. The 

 move is expected to result in scientific 

 work for reforestation and the better care 

 of the reserves, which now include nearly 

 50,000,000 acres of land in different 

 states. 



Mr. Filibert Roth is to be the head of 

 the reorganized division. He was in the 

 Division of Forestry, of the Department 

 of Agriculture for many years. He is an 

 old buffalo hunter, cow puncher, sheep 

 raiser, and lumberman, and in addition has 

 had two years' experience as a professor in 

 the New York State College of Forestry. 

 The other appointees include Smith Riley 

 and William H. B. Kent as head rangers; 

 Edward T. Allen, of the State of Wash- 

 ington, forest inspector, and Henry J. 

 Tompkins, forest expert. Mr. Tompkins 

 is a graduate of Cornell, has had field ex- 

 perience, both as an assistant, and man in 

 charge of field forces. Allen, Riley and 

 Kent have had both technical and practical 

 experience. 



The secretary has also prepared rules 



covering the questions of grazing, and of 

 the business administration of the Division 

 of Forestry. He believes grazing permits 

 should be issued only for periods of five 

 years, and that preference should be given 

 residents in the vicinity of the reserves, as 

 against persons from a distance, or resi- 

 dents from other states. Local questions, 

 he holds, should be decided upon local 

 grounds, and in each case upon the merits 

 of the question involved. 



The sale of mature timber is to be en- 

 couraged, as well as the disposal of " dead 

 and down timber," which is a menace to 

 the forests. In the sales of timber market 

 prices will rule, and a list of salable tim- 

 ber is to be kept in the office of every tim- 

 ber supervisor. 



All applications for timber permits are to 

 be promptly disposed of in the future, as 

 delays in this direction in the past have 

 led to much criticism of the depart- 

 ment. 



It has been determined that after Jan- 

 uary 1, 1902, all timber killed by fire will 

 be charged for at the same rate as green 

 timber. This is designed to prevent the 

 burning of timber by lumbermen who 

 wish to secure permission to cut it under 

 the rules governing "dead and down" 

 timber. 





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Meeting of 

 Tennessee 

 Forest 

 Association. 



The first annual meeting 

 of the Tennessee Forest 

 Association was held in 

 the Chamber of Com- 

 merce, Nashville, No- 

 vember 12 and 13. The opening session 

 on November 12 was called to order at 

 9 : 00 A.M. by the President of the Asso- 

 ciation, Dr. B. J. Ramage. The address 

 of welcome was delivered by Mr. W. C. 

 Collier, President of the Chamber of Com- 

 merce, after which a series of interesting 

 papers were read. Col. J. B. Killibrew, 

 of Nashville, read an interesting paper on 

 the " Necessity of Preserving the Forests 

 of Tennessee and the Legislation Necessary 

 for that Purpose." Dr. C. A. Schenck, 

 Director of the Biltmore Estate, followed 

 with a paper on " Forestry as a Business." 

 The morning session closed with a paper 

 on " Some Native Trees for Parks and 

 Yards," by Dr. J. J. D. Hinds, of the 

 University of Nashville. 



The afternoon session was opened by 

 Mr. J. E. Goodwin, with a paper on 



