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FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION. 



January, 



TWENTIETH 



ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN 

 FORESTRY ASSOCIATION. 



I. Minutes of the Meeting and 

 Resolutions* 



THE American Forestry Association 

 held its twentieth annual meeting 

 in the ball-room of the New Willard 

 Hotel, at Washington, D. C, December 

 II, 1901. 



The President of the Association, 

 Hon. James Wilson, Secretary of Agri- 

 culture, was in the chair during part of 

 the opening session, and the First Vice- 

 President, Dr. B. E. Fernow, conducted 

 the remainder of this session. The at- 

 tendance was large, and the business 

 transacted included the election of offi- 

 cers, the report of the Board of Direct- 

 ors, and the Treasurer's report. A 

 pleasant innovation was the formal 

 luncheon given by the resident members 

 to the visiting members, at which about 

 .sixty persons, including a number of 

 ladies, were present. 



Morning Se.ssion. 



The morning session was called to 

 order at 10.30 a. m. by President Wil- 

 son, who made a short address, in which 

 he called attention to the great strides 

 forestry has made during the year. 



Mr. Gifford Pinchot then read the re- 

 port of the Board of Directors (see page 

 29), which was approved and accepted. 



While the reading was in progress, 

 Secretary Wilson called Dr. Fernow to 

 the chair. 



The chair announced the following 

 committees : Committee on Resolutions, 

 Hon. E. A. Bowers, Dr. B. E. Fernow, 

 Prof. Henry S. Graves, Mr. F. V. Co- 

 ville: Committee on Nominations, Col. 

 William Fox, Mr. George P. Whittle- 

 sey, Mr. Otto J. J. Luebkert; Auditing 

 Committee, Mr. E. C. Barnard, Mr. 

 George B. Sudworth. 



The report of the Treasurer was then 

 read and accepted. (See page 34. ) 



The chair then called on some of the 

 visiting members for a few remarks, 



responses being made by Dr. C. A. 

 Schenck, Director of the Biltmore Forest 

 School, and Mr. Elihu Stewart, Forest 

 Inspector of Canada. 



The morning session then adjourned 

 to attend the luncheon given in the ad- 

 joining banquet-room to visiting mem- 

 bers and to guests of honor. Secretary 

 Wilson presided, and after the luncheon 

 addresses were made by Prof. Henry S. 

 Graves, Director of the Yale Forest 

 School ; Dr. B. E. Fernow, Director of 

 the New York State College of Forestrj^ 

 and Dr. W J McGee, Chief of the Bu- 

 reau of Ethnology. 



Afternoon Session. 



At the conclusion of the lunch, the 

 afternoon session was called to order by 

 Dr. F'ernow. 



Mr. George B. Sudworth for the Au- 

 diting Committee, reported that the ac- 

 counts of the Treasurer had been ex- 

 amined and found correct. Mr. Edward 

 A. Bowers, for the Committee on Re,so- 

 lutions, submitted the following : 



1. Resolved, That the Association re- 

 news its recommendation, urged at its last 

 two annual meetings, that all branches 

 of the Federal Government now in 

 charge of any work relating to the pub- 

 lic timber lands and the forest adminis- 

 tration of the United States be united in 

 and under the Bureau of P'orestry, De- 

 partment of Agriculture. 



2 . Resolved, That we express our com- 

 mendation of the important step taken 

 b}' the State of California toward the 

 establishment of a Redwood forest park 

 by the purchase of the Big Ba.sin, Santa 

 Cruz Mountains, and we urge the ex- 

 tension of the .state's interest in the per- 

 manent preservation of a representative 

 area of these magnificent forests. 



3. Whereas the States of North 

 Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Ala- 

 bama, Georgia, and Tennessee have 

 shown their great interest in the estab- 

 lishment of a National Park in the 



