FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



February 



Forest 



Reserve 



Personals. 



Inspector Charltou has 

 returned to Washington 

 after a trip of inspection 

 through the federal for- 

 est reserves. He will resume his work 

 in the field soon. 



John H. Ruff, who has been connected 

 with the Yellowstone Reserve in Wyo- 

 mino- for the past few years, has ten- 

 dered his resignation to the Department 

 of the Interior. 



Ranger R. S. Baldwin, of the eastern 

 division of the Santa Barbara Forest 

 Reserve, stopped a few days in Washing- 

 ton recently, while on his way to New 

 Haven, Conn., where he will take a 

 course in forestry at the Yale Forest 



School. 



Forest Supervisor R. S. Lambert, ot 

 the western division of the Washington 

 Reserve, has tendered his resignation. 

 Morris P. Watson has been promoted 

 from ranger to supervisor, and has been 

 placed in charge of the Santa Rita and 

 Santa Catalina Reserves, in Arizona. 



Forest Supervisor W. H. Pearce, of 

 the Shoshone division of theYellowstone 

 Reserve, in Wyoming, has returned from 

 Europe and resumed his duties. 



Ranger Louis F. Kneipp, of the Pres- 

 cott Reserve, Arizona, has been given 

 temporary charge of the Pecos River 

 Reserve, in New Mexico. 



The Pine Mountain and Zaca Lake 

 and the Santa Ynez Forest Reserves, in 

 California, have been consolidated, in- 

 cluding a portion of the intervening 

 territory near their western limits. The 

 resulting reserve will be known as the 

 Santa Barbara Forest Reserve. Forest 

 Supervisor W. M. Slosson will have 

 charge of the eastern division and For- 

 est Supervisor B. F. Crawshaw of the 

 western division of the new reserve. 



Forest Supervisor Henry Michelsen, 

 of the Pike's Peak group of reserves, 

 Colorado, has returned to duty after a 

 long leave of absence on account of ill 

 health. 



The Crow Creek Forest Reserve, in 

 Wyoming, has been turned over to the 

 War Department as a military reserva- 

 tion. 



Mr. E. A. Sherman has been ap- 

 pointed Forest Supervisor of the Bitter 

 Root, Montana, Forest Reserve. 



The Lewis and Clarke and the Flat- 



head Reserves, in Montana, have been 

 consolidated under the name of the 

 former. The small strip of territory 

 between the two is included in the new 

 reserve. Supervisor F. N. Hayneswill 

 have charge of the northern division 

 and Supervisor Gus. Moser of the 

 southern. 



Forest Supervisor Percy H. Farley, 

 who formerly had charge of the eastern 

 division of the Washington Reserve, 

 died December 8, 1903. Superintend- 

 ent Scheller has taken temporary charge 



of his work. 



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Canadian The fifth annual meeting 

 Forestry of the Canadian Forestry 



Association Association will be held 

 to Meet. in Toronto, Ontario, on 



Thursday and Friday, the 

 loth and nth of March, 1904, and all 

 persons interested in the preservation of 

 the forests are invited to be present. 



Papers on very important subjects in 

 forestry will be read and discussed, and 

 on the evening of the icth a banquet 

 will be held at the King Edward VII 

 Hotel, which will afford opportunity 

 for the closer acquaintance of those who 

 attend the convention. 



Yale Forest The work of the Forest 

 School. School is proceeding reg- 



ularly at New Haven, in 

 Marsh Hall, which was recently burned 

 and refitted throughout. The fire in- 

 terrupted the school routine for only 

 one week, and the reconstruction of the 

 building has'allowed of greater conven- 

 ience of arrangement than was for- 

 merly possible. 



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There are at present a 

 Philippine number of vacancies in 

 Bureau Needs the different grades of 

 Foresters. the Bureau of Forestry 



in the Philippines, and 

 good men are needed for this impor- 

 tant work. 



Examinations for these places will be 

 held in different parts of the United 

 States about March i, July i, and No 

 vember i. 



The salaries of foresters, assistant 

 foresters, inspectors, and assistant in- 



