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Untorrfittg nf Main? 



MAINE 



AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION 



ORONO, MAINE. 



CHAS. D. WOODS, Director 



STATE DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY 



AUGUSTA, MAINE 



EDGAR E. RING, Commissioner. 



SUGGESTIONS FOR WOODLOT OWNERS IN MAINE 



by 



John M. Briscoe, Professor of Forestry, 



University of Maine. 



Over eight years ago, Mr. Gifford Pinchot called the attention 

 of the people to the necessity of protection and management of 

 the then existing forest areas in the following words : 



"The true way to save the forests is not to plant new ones, but 

 to protect and rightly use those which are standing now. The 

 extension of the forest to regions which are without it is a most 

 important task, but it must no be confounded with the conser- 

 vative use of the forests now standing. For such use there is no 

 substitute whatever." 



That this sound and simple advice has been accepted by the 

 American people is evidenced by the tremendous strides that the 

 forestry movement has taken in this country during the past dec- 

 ade. The demand for more detailed information is steadily in- 

 creasing, and has, up to the present time, been supplied chiefly 

 through the Forest Service. Much of this information applicable 

 to any particular region is scattered through numerous bul- 

 letins and circulars which have been issued from time to time, 

 and some of these are no longer available for general distribu- 

 tion, or are out of print. 



