. . . THE . . . 



American Forestry Association 



President HON. JAMES WILSON, 



SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE. 



The American Forestry Association was organized in 

 1882, and incorporated in January, 1897. It now has nearly 

 three thousand members, residents of every State in the 

 Union, Canada, and foreign countries. It has at all times 

 been active in promoting measures tending toward the proper 

 utilization of the forests and their protection from destruc- 

 tion by fires and wasteful use. 

 The objects of this Association are to promote : 



1. A business-like and conservative use and treatment 



of the forest resources of this country ; 



2. The advancement of legislation tending to this end, 



both in the States and the Congress of the United 

 States, the inauguration of forest administration 

 by the Federal Government and by the States ; 

 and the extension of sound forestry by all proper 

 methods ; 



3. The diffusion of knowledge regarding the conserva- 



tion, management, and renewal of forests, the 

 proper utilization of their products, methods of 

 reforestation of waste lands, and the planting 

 of trees. 



The Association desires and needs as members all who 

 are interested in promoting the objects for which it is organ- 

 ized all who realize the importance of using the natural 

 resources of the country in such a manner as not to exhaust 

 them, or to work ruin to other interests. In particular it 

 appeals to owners of wood-lands, to lumbermen and forest- 

 ers, as well as to engineers, professional, and business men 

 who have to do with wood and its manifold uses, and to 

 persons concerned in the conservation of water supplies for 

 irrigation or other purposes. 



The American Forestry Association holds annual and 

 special meetings at different places in the country for the 

 discussion and exchange of ideas, and to stimulate interest in 

 its objects. Forestry and Irrigation, the magazine of author- 

 ity in its special field, is the official organ of the Association, 

 and is sent free to every member monthly. Its list of con- 

 tributors includes practically all persons prominent in forest 

 work in the United States, making it alone worth the cost of 

 annual membership in the Association. 



The annual dues are, for regular members, $2.00, for 

 sustaining members, $25.00 ; life membership is $100, with 

 no further dues. Any person contributing $1,000 to the 

 funds of the Association shall be a Patron. 



H. M. SUTER, Secretai'i/. 

 Address : P. O. Box 356, Washington, D. C. 



