CHAPTER XIV 



FOREST PROTECTION 



General Considerations. — It has been indicated (see page 

 6) that one part of silviculture deals with protection of the 

 forest against various injurious agencies. These agencies are 

 so numerous and many are so destructive that the production 

 of profitable tree crops is impossible unless adequate protec- 

 tion be afforded. 



It is necessary that the silviculturist be continually on the 

 watch for evidence of the presence and activity of injurious 

 agencies. The character of the damage caused by and the 

 appearance and characteristics of the injurious agencies likely 

 to be operating in a given forest must be understood. Each 

 locality will have problems of protection peculiar to itself but 

 the same broad types of enemies are of general occurrence. 



A most systematic presentation of the agencies against 

 which forest protection must be effected is that contained in 

 Schlich's ^ Manual of Forestry, Vol. IV, which is an English 

 adaptation of Der Forstschutz by Hess.^ 



The main headings and subdivisions from Schlich's Manual 

 of Forestry, Vol. IV, are herewith given to indicate the scope of 

 forest protection. 



Forest Protection^ 

 Part I. Protection of forests against man. 

 Forest boundaries. 

 Protection of forests against irregularities 



in utilizing forest produce. 

 Protection of the forest against offences. 

 Protection against forest rights. 

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