CALIFORNIA'S FOREST POLICY 



BY 



E. T. ALLEN 



State Fortster 



T 



HE immense area and diversity of 

 the California forests and the 

 large industries dependent upon them ; 

 the indispensability of irrigation, and 

 therefore of forest protection, to ag- 

 riculture ; and the prevalence of forest 

 fires and destructive lumbering meth- 

 ods, combine to make forest preser- 

 vation in California not only of vital 

 importance, but a problem of unusual 

 difficulty. In a territory so large, and 

 with such variations of altitude and 



climate, conditions differ perplexingly, 

 and many important interests are hard 

 to reconcile. 



The necessity of some action has 

 long been recognized. Forestry agi- 

 tation began with the settlement of 

 the state, and over 20 years ago a 

 Board of Forestry was created by the 

 legislature, with fairly adequate pro- 

 vision for its work. Some valuable 

 results ensued, but question of the 

 thorough utility of the organization 



MR. EDWARD T. ALLEN 

 State Forester of California 



