450 Proceedings of the 



Resolved, That this Congress recommends the in- 

 crease of opportunities for general forest education 

 in schools and colleges, and for professional training 

 in post-graduate schools; and approves the movement 

 to extend and systematize industrial education in the 

 interest of a more general distribution of the popula- 

 tion on the land. 



Resolved, That the Congress of the United States 

 be asked to appropriate adequate sums for the promo- 

 tion of forest education and forest experiment work in 

 the agricultural colleges and experiment stations of 

 the United States; Provided, however, such appropri- 

 ations be made directly to state forestry departments, 

 bureaus, or commissions, v^^here existing, to be used 

 in their respective states as may seem best for forestry 

 educational purposes. 



Resolved, That this Congress approves and reaf- 

 firms the resolutions of various scientific and commer- 

 cial bodies during the past few years in favor of the es- 

 tablishment of national forest reserves in the South- 

 ern Appalachian Mountains and in the White Moun- 

 tains of New Hampshire, and that we earnestly urge 

 the immediate passage of bills for these purposes which 

 are now pending in both houses of Congress. 



Resolved, That we protest against the attempt to re- 

 duce the area of the Minnesota National Forest Re- 

 serve and against any step which would enhance the 

 difficulty of the perpetuation of the forests upon it. 



Resolved, That we heartily endorse the movement 

 for the purchase of the Calaveras Grove of Big Trees 

 by the National Government and earnestly recom- 

 mend the prompt enactment of legislation to that end ; 

 and, further, we recommend the reconveying by the 

 State of California to the National Government of the 

 Yosemite Park in order that this may be adequately 



