FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION. 



January, 



The object of the Association is to 

 create an interest in the preservation of 

 forests, encourage the estabhshment of 

 parks, to create an interest in the better 

 care of cemeteries, to encourage state 

 and national legislation for rational for- 

 est management and the creation of more 

 forest reserves. Since the announce- 

 ment of the formation of the organiza- 

 tion the secretary has received many 

 letters of encouragement from Iowa 

 people. 



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To Preserve 

 the Adiron- 

 dacks* 



In response to a letter 

 sent out by ex- Judge 

 Warren Higle}^ presi- 

 dent of the Adirondack 

 League Club, a meeting of men inter- 

 ested in the preservation of the Adiron- 

 dack forests was held at the offices of 

 the Board of Trade and Transportation, 

 in New York, December 12th. 



Among those present were lyieuten- 

 ant Governor Timothy L,. Woodruff, 

 ex-Judge Warren Higley, Edward H. 

 Litchfield, Henry S. Harper, Harry V. 

 Radford, James W. McNaughton, W. H. 

 Boardman, Colonel W. F. Fox, State 

 Superintendent of Forests, and Colonel 

 A. G. Mills. 



Mr. Higley appointed a committee of 

 five, who are to devise means for mak- 



ing permanent an organization to be 

 devoted to the object of preserving the 

 Adirondacks, and report at a meeting' 

 to be held at the rooms of the Board of 

 Trade and Transportation some time in 

 January. 



Massachusetts The fourth annual meet- 

 Forestry ing of the Massachu- 

 Association. setts Forestry Associa- 

 tion was held the first 

 week in December, in the rooms of the 

 Appalachian Mountain Club, Tremont 

 Building, Boston. A review of the 

 work during the past year was given by 

 Secretary J. Woodward Manning, who 

 told of the successful efforts of the for- 

 est committee in preventing the de- 

 spoliation of the Blue Hill reservation 

 b}^ a trolley company. The committee 

 presented a substitute route and the 

 other one was given up. 



The report also commented on the pro- 

 posed amendments to the tree-warden 

 law and the movement to secure more 

 money to preserve Grey lock Mountain. 

 It was announced that the association 

 has secured permanent headquarters in 

 room 1 1 18, Tremont Building. The 

 following officers w^ere elected : 



President, Henry P. Walcott of Cam- 

 bridge ; vice-presidents, John E. Rus- 



YOUNG TREES KII,I.ED BY WINTER KI^OODING, ADIRONDACKS, NEW YORK 



