THE AMERICAN FORESTRY ASSOCIA- 

 TION 

 President, HON. JAMES WILSON 



Secretary of Agriculture 



The American Forestry Association was organized 

 in 1882, and incorporated in January, 1897. It now has 

 nearly three thousand members, residents of every 

 State in the Union, Canada, and foreign countries. 

 It has at all times been active in promoting measures 

 tending toward the proper utilization of the forests 

 and their protection from destruction by fires and 

 wasteful use. 



The objects of this Association are to promote: 



1. A business-like and conservative use and treat- 

 ment of the forest resources of this country ; 



2. The advancement of legislation tending to this 

 end, both in the States and the Congress of the 

 United States, the inauguration of forest admin- 

 istration by the Federal Government and by the 

 States ; and the extension of sound forestry by all 

 proper methods ; 



3. The diffusion of knowledge regarding the conser- 

 vation, management, and renewal of forests, the 

 proper utilization of their products, methods of 

 reforestation of waste lands, and the planting of 

 trees. 



The Association desires and needs as members all 

 who are interested in promoting the objects for which 

 it is organized all who realize the importance of us- 

 ing the national resources of the country in such a man- 



