Report of ^aperinfendenf of Forests 

 for tf)e ^ear 1906 



Hox. J. S. Whipple, Forest, Fish and Game Commissioner: 



SIR. — The forest law of this State requires, in section 232, that the 

 Superintendent of Forests "shall report annually to the Commission, 

 showing the annual timber product of the Adirondack and Catskill 

 forests and, also, the extent of the forest fires and losses therefrom "; and 

 " shall make such other reports from time to time as may be required by the 

 Commission, or may be necessary for its information." 



Pursuant to this requirement I respectfully submit in the following 

 pages a report of the work done by the Forest Department of your Com- 

 mission during the year 1906. The duties devolving on this Department 

 are varied and numerous, including, among the more important ones, the 

 prevention of forest fires, the suppression of trespasses and timber cutting 

 on the State Preserves, the surveying of woodland tracts to settle questions 

 of disputed boundaries, the litigation of land titles where the ownership of 

 the State is questioned, the prosecution of all trespasses, whether inten- 

 tionally committed or otherwise, the reforesting of the waste or denuded 

 lands of the public domain, the maintenance of nurseries for the propaga- 

 tion of forest tree seedlings, the preparation of publications giving informa- 

 tion on the subject of forestry, the examination and appraisal of forest 

 lands offered for sale to the State, and all other business incidental to the 

 care and custody of the vast landed estate constituting the Forest Preserve 

 of Xew York. 



reforesting 



In my previous reports I have each year described briefly the work 

 done in connection with our efforts to reforest the denuded lands in the 

 Forest Preserve. This work has attracted the favorable notice of many 



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