GIFFORD PINCHOT, 



FORESTER, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



GIFFORD PINCHOT, the chief executive officer of the Government dealing directly with 

 the forests of the United States, has recently made a trip of inspection in the Philippine 

 Islands, and is now on his way back to Washington. 

 The great and rapidly increasing popular interest in the subject of forestry has resulted in 

 the Bureau under his charge expanding to a notable degree, and has thrown upon Mr. Pinchot 

 extraordinary responsibilities and conflicting duties. His presence is needed and urgently 

 asked at widely scattered points, not only across this continent, but even in Alaska, the Hawaiian 

 Islands, and the Philippines. There is everywhere a demand for information and advice 

 regarding the best way in which the forests maybe utilized ; questions coming not merely from 

 owners of great estates, but also from farmers having small woodlots, which serve them as one 

 source of livelihood. It has not been an easy task to build up not merely the science of forestry 

 in the United States, but at the same time educate and develop men competent to carry on the 

 work, and the successful outcome has been largely dependent upon the enthusiasm and vigor 

 at all times displayed by the Forester. 



Mr. Pinchot was born at Sim.sbury, Conn., August ii, 1S65, and was graduated from Yale 

 University in 1889. His early interest in forestry led him to visit France, Germany, Switzer- 

 land, and Austria, where he studied in the forest schools of those countries. He began the first 

 systematic forest work in the United States at Biltmore, N. C, in 1892. Later he was appointed 



