AMERICAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION RESOLUTIONS 



"T the annual meeting of the American Forestry Association in January 

 the following important resolutions were presented and adopted and 

 copies of them were sent to each United States Senator and Congress- 

 man and to the Governors of all the States and Territories : 



RESOLUTION NO. 1 



Whereas, the Weeks Act provides an appropriation of $200,000, available until exhausted, 

 to enable the United States Government to co-operate with states in protecting from fire the 

 forested watersheds of navigable streams, and 



Whereas, the experience of the past fire season has demonstrated the effectiveness of 

 such co-operation in reducing the damage caused by forest fires, 



Be it Resolved, That the American Forestry Association urges upon Congress the con- 

 tinuation of appropriations to be available annually for this purpose, and 



Be it Resolved, That a copy of this resolution be sent to the members of the Senate and 



the House of Representatives. 



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RESOLUTION NO. 2 



Whereas, an equitable system of forest taxation is one of the essential fundamentals 

 for the practice of private forestry and as little progress is being made in providing a tax 

 basis which will not put a premium on the cutting of timber, be it 



Resolved, That the American Forestry Association recommends action by the executives 

 and legislatures of all forested states towards the enactment of legislation which will encour- 

 age timber production both by the long time management of existing forests and the plant- 

 ing of new forests, and we recommend to this end that the taxation of forest lands be placed 

 as fast as possible under state control, and be it 



Resolved, That copies of these resolutions be sent to the governors of all states con- 

 cerned. 



RESOLUTION NO. 3 



Whereas, a virulent fungus disease known as the Chestnut Tree Blight has already in- 

 fected a large portion of the region wherein the wild chestnut tree is a native, and threatens 

 the destruction of this valuable timber tree throughout its range in the United States ; and 



Whereas, the great body of wild chestnut in the New England States, in New York, 

 New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Maryland has been reached by this infection, and vigorous 

 efforts are required to prevent its further spread into the states of Delaware, Virginia, West 

 Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, North Carolina, South Carolina, Kentucky, Georgia, 

 Tennessee, and Alabama ; and 



Whereas, the states not yet reached by the infection are justly entitled to every possible 

 help and protection which Congress and the states themselves may be able to employ in sav- 

 ing their chestnut timber from attack ; therefore, be it 



Resolved, That the American Forestry Association pledges its support in arousing the 

 public to combat this disease. 



Resolved, further, That the American Forestry Association strongly urges the mem- 

 bers of Congress to support a bill now pending before that body appropriating $80,000.00 

 for the use of the United States Department of Agriculture, to be used in a thorough study 

 and investigation of this tree disease, with the view of devising ways and means to combat 

 its further spread, and to subject it to possible control, and urges the executives and legis- 

 latures of the states named above to take measures to check the spread of the disease. 



Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be sent to each member of the Senate and 

 House of Representatives in the Congress of the United States, and to the governors of the 

 states concerned. 



RESOLUTION NO. 4 



Whereas, there are now over 14,000,000 acres of private timberland in co-operative 

 fire protective associations, and 



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