KEPOBT OF THE FOKESTEK. 7 



extend the National Forests; the creation of new Forests and addi- 

 tions to existing Forests in the States of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, 

 Montana, or Colorado forbidden, except by special act of Congress, 

 and (p. 1281) appropriation of $25^000 for investigation, survey, and 

 report.upon the proposed Appalachian and White Mountain National 

 Forests. 



Other acts of Congress included: An appropriation of $100,000 

 to continue surveys of National Forests (act of March 4, 1907, 34 

 Stat., 1336) ; certain townships within the Black Hills National For- 

 est brought within the Forest homestead act of June 11, 1906 (act of 

 February 8, 1907, 34 Stat., 883) ; lands within the San Juan National 

 Forest granted to the city of Durango, Colo., for water-supply pur- 

 poses (act of May 1, 1907, 34 Stat., 1053) ; certain lands within the 

 Medicine Bow National Forest granted to Boulder, Colo., for water- 

 supply purposes (act of March 2, 1907, 34 Stat., 1223) ; United States 

 allowed to appeal directly to the Supreme Court in criminal cases 

 decided against the Government on demurrer to indictment, arrest of 

 jud^nent, on special plea in bar (act of March 4, 1907, 34 Stat., 

 1246). 



WOBK FOR THE ENSUING YEAE. 



In the protection of the Forests from trespass through legal advice 

 and action, the oversight of contracts and forms, the giving of advice 

 to officers of the Service in all matters of law, and the response to re- 

 quests for assistance or information concerning forest legislation, the 

 law officer will continue to carry out the lines of work of the past 

 year. Steps will be taken, in cooperation vt^ith the Department of 

 Justice, to secure the fullest measure of protection for members of the 

 Service in the performance of their duties and for permittees in the 

 exercise of their privileges. National Forest officers will be in- 

 structed in their legal powers and duties through conferences at su- 

 pervisors' and rangers' meetings, and on occasion a representative of 

 the law officer will visit and advise members of the protective force 

 needing aid or support' in their official work. 



INFORMATION. 



This line of work, organized as a part of the Office of the Forester 

 in May, is an outgrowth of work formerly carried in the Office of 

 Publication and Education. Its purpose is to advise the Forester as 

 to the general policy of the Service in matters of publication, to 

 gather from the originating offices and furnish on demand informa- 

 tion concerning the work of the Service and forestry in general, and 

 to prepare for unofficial use matter of educational value which the 

 Service may properly and effectively bring to the attention of the pub- 

 lic through other channels than its regular publications. 



One of the purposes for which the Forest Service exists is to 

 educate the public as to the importance of conserving our forest re- 

 sources and the best methods of handling woodlands and utilizing 

 forest products. This can often be acomplished by being prepared to 

 furnish the information in the form in which and at the time when 

 the means of greatest publicity demand it. To depend solely on offi- 

 cial publications, written without regard to the special requirements 

 of this kind of work, would often miss the opportunity. For certain 



