RELATION OF FISH AND OTHER WILD LIFE TO 

 FORESTRY 



" Forestry means not alone the growing of a crop of trees from the 

 soil for the production of wood, but it includes as well the conservation 

 of water by the forest and the perpetuation of the animal life of the 

 forest where it is beneficial. Therefore, in all of its plans for investi- 

 gative work in forestry in the State, the College has considered not only 

 the value of the non-agricultural soils for the production of forests but 

 the life of the forests and the forest waters and the use of the forests 

 and the forest waters in the most reasonable and effective way. In con- 

 sidering the question of forestry in this broad, constructive way, the 

 College is 'not original but is merely using the same vision for the future 

 which has been used during the past century in such European countries 

 as Germany and France, who have made their forests so important a 

 part of their industrial and commercial development." 



HUGH P. BAKER, Dean, 



The New York State College of Forestry. 



" Forests are more than trees. They are rather land areas on which 

 are associated various forms of plant and animal life. The forester 

 must deal with all. Wild life is as essentially and legitimately an 

 object of his care as are water, wood, and forage. Forest administra- 

 tion should be planned with a view to realizing all possible benefits from 

 the land areas handled. It should take account of their indirect value 

 for recreation and health as well as their value for the production of 

 salable material; and of their value for the production of meat, hides 

 and furs of all kinds as well as for the production of wood and the 

 protection of water supplies." 



H. S. GRAVES, Chief Forester, 



U. S. Forest Service. 



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