Report 



of the 



Forest, Fish and Game Commissioner 



for the Y^ar ijol 



Albany, X. Y., January 20, 1905. 



To the Honorable, the Leenslatare: 



THE Tenth Annual Report of the Forest, Fish and Game Commissioner, 

 which is herewith submitted, follows the lines laid down in the 

 preceding report. As before, the facts presented in connection with 

 each department of the Commission's work are so arranged as to show the 

 taxpayer the actual production for the money expended. It is extremely 

 satisfactory to be able to say again to your honorable body that advances 

 have been made along all the lines of our activity. 



The great work of replanting the denuded places in the Forest Preserve 

 has gone on continuously since our last report, and so successful has this 

 work been that it has called forth general approval among experts as well 

 as laymen. Through the efforts of the commissioner an interest has been 

 awakened among some of the largest forest land holders in the State in this 

 very desirable work of tree planting. Railroads, whose business agents 

 have watched with interest the success attending the raising of hardwoods 

 in the Catskill nursery, have sought information on this subject with a view 

 to planting trees on their oven lands for the purpose of producing tie timber. 

 The lumber and pulp wood men also have become interested in this project, 

 and it is a matter of satisfaction to be able to state that one of the largest 

 firms doing business in the Adirondack region has advised the commissioner 



