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Vol. XII. 



DECEMBER, 1906. 



No. 12 



ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN FORESTRY 



ASSOCIATION 



"~T HE Annual Meeting of the Ameri- 

 A can Forestry Association will be 

 held at Washington, D. C, on Jan- 

 uary 8 and 9, 1907. On Tuesday even- 

 ing, January 8, a reception will be held 

 at the residence of Mr. Gifford Pin- 

 chot, the Forester, and on Wednesday, 

 January 9, at 10 a. m., the public meet- 

 ings will begin at the New Willard 

 Hotel. 



On arriving in Washington, mem- 

 bers are requested to register at room 

 108, Atlantic Building, 928-30 F street, 

 northwest the offices of the Forest 

 Service. Programs and invitations 

 to the reception will be issued at the 

 time and place of registration. 



Further information will be found 

 in the following letter to members 

 sent out by the Secretary. 

 'To the Members of the American For- 

 estry Association : 



In its entire history, no period has 

 'equaled, in prosperity and usefulness 

 for the Association, the twelve months 

 ending November 30, last. 



There have been added 2,503 an- 

 nual members, 47 sustaining and 63 

 life, a total of 2,613. 



As shown by the Treasurer's books. 



there were, on the date named, 5,378 



members on the rolls of the Association. 



But at no date in the history of 

 America have conditions so demanded 

 such an association as to-day. The 

 need for forest preservation and ex- 

 tension, long existing, has become im- 

 perative. Extravagant consumption, 

 reckless waste, and failure to provide 

 for continuing of our forests require 

 our most active efforts if a crisis is to 

 be averted. 



With this situation the Association 

 should resolutely grapple ; so serious, 

 however, is the problem, and so great 

 are the difficulties that, to do so ef- 

 fectively, its organization must be im- 

 proved and its membership and funds 

 substantially increased. 



A momentous task now confronts 

 this organization ; it is the enactment 

 into law of the Appalachian-White 

 Mountain bill. 



This measure has unanimously 

 passed the Senate of the United 

 States ; it has been recommended by 

 the House Committee on Agriculture 

 without a dissenting vote ; it has been 

 approved in advance by the President, 

 and a majority of the House are under- 

 stood to favor it ; yet it may not be 

 permitted to come to a vote. 



The American Forestry Association 

 is absolutely committed to this meas- 



