FORESTRY IN COLORADO 7 



STATE; CONSERVATION COMMISSION APPOINTED. In 1908, 

 during the administration of President Roosevelt, Governor Buchtel 

 was directed to appoint a commission on the conservation of natural 

 resources in Colorado. The forestry problem constituted one of the 

 most important matters considered by this body. 



A NEW FOREST LAW. Through the efforts of the Colorado 

 Conservation Commission and the officers of The State Forestry 

 Association, a bill creating the office of State Forester was passed 

 by the last general assembly, 1910-11 of this state. This act in full 

 reads as follows : 



1. BOARD OF AGRICULTURE BE BOARD OF FORESTRY AP- 

 POINT STATE FORESTER. That the State Board of Agriculture shall 

 have, and hereby is vested with authority, in addition to and in 

 connection with its duties heretofore provided, as a State Board of 

 Forestry, and the said The State Board of Agriculture is hereby 

 given authority to appoint an officer to be known as the State For- 

 ester. The incumbent in said office to be the professor or instructor 

 of forestry at The State Agricultural College, said State Forester 

 to hold office at the will of the State Board of Agriculture and ex- 

 cept as hereinafter provided, to be under the control of The State 

 Board of Agriculture. The State Board of Agriculture is further 

 hereby authorized to furnish the necessary office, furniture, office 

 supplies, stamps and postage, and office and field equipment, and 

 such necessary assistance as may be required for the proper conduct 

 of the office of the State Forester. (Laws 1911, page 419, Sec. i). 



2. SALARY OF STATE FORESTER. The State Forester shall 

 reeceive a reasonable salary, to be fixed by The Stale Board of 

 Agriculture, not to exceed $2,500 per year, which sum shall include 

 his salary as professor or instructor of Forestry at the State Agri- 

 cultural College, and shall be paid out of the money hereby appro- 

 priated. (Laws 1911, page 420, Sec. 2,) 



3. STATE FORESTER GENERAL DUTIES. It shall be the 

 duty of the State Forester to direct the management of State Forest 

 Reserves, if any; to collect and publish all data relative to the for- 

 ests and other timber growing in the State, to co-operate, so far as 

 is practical, with the Department of Forestry of the United States 

 Government ; to promulgate and publish rules for the prevention of 

 forest fires and to cause the same to be posted in the forests upon 

 State lands ; to study the best conditions for preserving and growing 

 of trees and forests. (Laws 1911, page 420, Sec. 3.) 



4. STATE FORESTER CO-OPERATE WITH LAND COMMISSION- 

 ERS. The State Forester shall co-operate with the State Board of 



