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“The opportunities for forestry work, I believe, are the best 
in this state of any east of the Rockies. A great quantity of 
timber is still uncut, and its utilization is a field in which the 
forester may help. At present only a small area of land is 
under the exclusive management of this department. The dis- 
posal of three and one-half millions of acres of state school 
_ lands is provided for in the state constitution, but since a great 
deal of this land is suitable only for growing timber, the consti- 
tution will eventually be changed so that the forest land can be 
handled as such. Aside from this there are millions of acres 
of privately owned land which must in time come back to the 
state and will be used for the growth of timber. We are gath- 
ering data to show the character and extent of all such non- 
agricultural lands and when we have gathered sufficient data 
the matter will be in shape for legislation. We have estimated 
the amount of non-agricultural land in the state which should 
be kept growing timber continuously, at about fifteen million 
acres. To acquire such an amount of land and put it under 
forest management looks like some job for the foresters.” 
He is a member of the Roman Catholic church. He is a 
member of the Conservation Association, the American Associa- 
tion for the Advancement of Science and the Knights of 
Columbus. 
Wilford B. Willey 
Saint Maries, Idaho 
Wilford Bennett Willey was born March 21, 1883, in Nunda, N. Y., the 
son of Wilford E. Willey and Clara Adelaide (Bennett) Willey. He is 
of Scotch-Irish ancestry on his father’s side and on his mother’s of 
English descent. He has a brother, Floyd Arthur Willey, B.M. Ithaca 
Conservatory of Music. 
He was prepared at the Ithaca High School, Ithaca, N. Y., and in 1907 
graduated from Cornell University with the degree of B.A. 
He was married June 16, 1912, in Kooskia, Idaho, to Miss Rhoda 
Margaret Fenn of Kooskia, daughter of Major Frank Alfred Fenn and 
Florence A. Fenn. 
Willey is forest assistant in the United States Forest Service 
with headquarters at Saint Maries, Idaho. He has held this 
position since July 1, 1908. 
He is a member of the Episcopal church. 
