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lowed after that time. As early as 1892, the American Educational 

 Association recommended the universal observance of Arbor Day, 

 and at the present time there are only a very few states where the 

 day is not recognized. On April 15, 1907, President Roosevelt called 

 upon the school children of the United States to give one day each 

 year to tree-planting exercises. The movement has even spread to 

 foreign countries.^" 



It should perhaps be noted that in recent years many of the states 

 have given increasing attention to fire protection. After the destruc- 

 tive fires in the Northeast in 1908, Maine increased her annual appro- 

 priation for fire protection to nearly $70,000; New Hampshire to 

 $20,000; Massachusetts set aside $25,000; Connecticut $5000; 

 New York $75,000; Pennsylvania $25,000; and Maryland $5000. 

 Likewise, after the terrible forest fires of 1910, in the Lake states and 

 in the Pacific Northwest, Wisconsin raised her appropriation to 

 $35,000; Minnesota appropriated $75,000; Washington $38,000; 

 and Oregon $25,000." In 1907, the first Lake States Forestry Con- 

 ference, composed of representatives from Michigan, Minnesota, and 

 Wisconsin, was held at Saginaw, Michigan; and in December, 1910, 

 after the disastrous fires of the summer of that year, the Lake States 

 Forest Fire Conference met at St. Paul, Minnesota.^* In 1911, the 

 Boy Scouts organized in Michigan for protection against forest 

 fires. 



EDUCATION IN FORESTRY 



Some provision for technical education in forestry was made long 

 before opportunity for its application had arisen, and indeed before 

 any professional foresters could be found in this country to do the 

 teaching. The new subject attracted the attention of educational 

 institutions, and the desire to assist in a popular movement led to 

 its introduction, at least by name, into their curricula. In 1897, 

 twenty institutions, land grant colleges, offered some instruction in 

 forestry. 



^2 Proceedings, Am. Forestry Assoc., 1891-92-93, 12: Arbor and Bird Day 

 Annual, Indiana, 1907, 15: Forestry and Irrigation, May, 1907, 223, 247, 265; Apr., 

 1908, 201. 



i^ American Forestry, Nov., 1913, 721. 



1* Oflicial Report of the Conference, published by the American Lumberman, 

 Chicago, 1911. 



