VIRGINIA'S STATE FORESTER 



THE first State Forester of Vir- 

 ginia, just appointed, is Chapin 

 Jones, who since August, 1912, 

 has been assistant State Forester 

 of Maryland. Mr. Jones' selection is 

 announced by Dr. Alderman, head of 

 the University of Virginia at Charlottes- 



Chapin Jones. 



the first state forester of virginia, recently 

 appointed. he will be stationed at the uni- 

 versity of virginia at charlottesville, va. 



ville, Va., which will be the head- 

 quarters of the State Forester. The 

 appointment was made and the work 

 will be started as a result of the State 

 Forestry law passed by the Assembly 

 early in 1914, the American Forestry 

 Association being largely instrumental 

 in securing the passage of this law by 

 giving its aid to Senator R. S. Black- 

 burn Smith, the author of the bill. 



Forester Jones, who is admirably 

 fitted for the position, will begin his 

 work at once. He has had experience 



in every branch of State Forestry 

 work, has specialized in fire protection 

 and recently has been devoting himself 

 to publicity work and lecturing. 



Mr. Jones was born September 26, 

 1885, at Des Moines, Iowa, being a 

 son of Dr. Richard Jones, formerly 

 Professor of English at Vanderbilt 

 University, and other institutions, and 

 now at Tufts College. 



He graduated at Vanderbilt Univer- 

 sity, with A. B. Degree, in June, 1904, 

 and then took two years post-graduate 

 work at Vanderbilt, the second year 

 being a "Fellow" in Biology, assisting 

 in Laboratory, etc., and teaching one 

 class. He graduated from Yale Forest 

 School in June, 1909, with degree of 

 Master of Forestry, having taken the 

 regular post-graduate course. He 

 worked in forestry during vacations for 

 the State Forester of Connecticut and 

 the Forest Service. He was a Forest 

 Assistant in the Forest Service from 

 July, 1909, to July, 1910, being stationed 

 in Montana and Idaho, and specializing 

 in cruising and mapping. He was a 

 Forest Assistant in the Forestry De- 

 partment of the Pennsylvania Railroad 

 Company from July, 1910, to January, 

 1911, specializing in reforestation. He 

 secured a furlough and travelled in the 

 interests of his father in Florida and in 

 Canada, and managed his father's 

 fruit farm in Massachusetts from 

 January, 1911, to April, 1912. He went 

 back into forestry work in New Hamp- 

 shire, as Field Assistant to the State 

 Forester, April, 1912, to July 31, 1912, 

 specializing in fire prevention methods 

 and August 1, 1912, became Assistant 

 State Forester of Maryland. He is a 

 member of the Society of American 

 Foresters, the Eastern Forester's Asso- 

 ciation and the American Forestry 

 Association. 



Small Timber Sales Increase. 



Increasing use of the National Forests by local farmers and settlers to supply their needs for 

 timber is shown in the fact that small timber sales on the forests numbered 8,298 in 1914, against 

 6,182 the previous year. 



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