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of course, backing this movement, and with Forest Leaves con- 

 stantly improving in character and regularity of issue does much to 

 popularize its aims. 



la New Jersey, the State Forestry Association and the South Jersey 

 Woodmen's Association have been organized, and a law passed charging 

 the State Geological Survey to investigate the forest conditions of the 

 State and to make recommendations for legislative action. The more 

 local Southern Association, organized by our fellow-member, Mr. J. 

 Gifford, proposes to unite the woodland owners and those interested in 

 protection of the woodlands of that section of the State generally for 

 the practical purposes of securing such protection. The association 

 will also publish a monthly journal. 



In the West the terrible forest fires, which raged more fiercely this 

 summer and have cost more lives than for many years past, have 

 roused public attention to the necessity of measures to prevent recur- 

 rences of this scourge; the Wisconsin and the Minnesota State Forestry 

 Associations, in conjunction with the Chamber of Commerce of St. 

 Paul and others interested, are trying to pass forest-fire legislation in 

 the respective States. 



It is hoped that the interests of the lumbermen will presently appear 

 to them to lie in a more conservative policy than they have hitherto 

 practiced. 



A movement to establish a forestry school, as provided by the con- 

 stitution of North Dakota, is reported from that State. 



The forest commission of Colorado is still in abeyance, but with 

 the change to Republican rule it is expected a revival may be effected. 



A forestry association was organized in Utah early in the year. 



In California, the management of the forestry stations, established 

 by the first State Forest Commission, has fallen into the competent 

 hands of the University of California, and the signs are hopeful of a 

 successful revival in the organization of the forestry interests of that 

 State. 



Finally, it may be of interest to state that plans for an extension of 

 educational facilities are in progress. It is proposed to introduce 

 presently into Congress legislative measures providing for obligatory 

 forestry courses at the agricultural colleges, as well as courses of lec- 

 tures at West Point, a post-graduate course at the Department of 

 Agriculture, and scholarships for forestry students to be sent abroad. 



It is hoped that this brief synopsis of the activity everywhere on 

 behalf of forestry interests will stimulate the members of the associa- 

 tion to further efforts and to such active support of its executive com- 



