FORESTRY. 



It takes 30 years to grow a tree and 30 minutes to cut it down and destroy it. 



SUMMER FIELD WORK, U. S. BUREAU OF 

 FORESTRY. 



The past summer was the most active 

 season in the federal forest service since 

 the organization of the Bureau of Forestry. 

 Organized parties of trained foresters did 

 practical forestry work and conducted for- 

 estry investigations in 32 States and Terri- 

 tories. Practically every available man in 

 the service was sent into the field, so that 

 the bureau offices in Washington were de- 

 serted by all but the chiefs of the various 

 sections and their clerical force. 



California was the seat of the greatest 

 activity, on account of the large amount 

 of work the Bureau is doing in co-opera- 

 tion with the State. The State appropri- 

 ated $15,000 for 2 years at the last session 

 of the Legislature for an investigation of 

 the forest conditions of the State and for a 

 careful forest map. Thirty professional 

 foresters, besides numerous forestry stu- 

 dents and lay assistants, were employed in 

 the California work alone. 



Particular mention should be made of 

 the work of the section of Forest Reserve 

 Boundaries. The men in this section are 

 cruising the present unreserved public 

 lands which are forested to ascertain 

 what lands should be permanently reserved 

 from entry and held as forest reserves. 

 They are working chiefly in Montana, 

 Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, 

 Arizona, Washington, Oregon and Cali- 

 fornia. The men work either alone or in 

 pairs and frequently cover as much as 4 

 million acres in a season. The work is 

 done on horseback in a countrv where the 

 roads are frequently mere spotted lines or 

 scars on the rocks, and is the most severe 

 and dangerous work in any branch of the 

 government service. 



Following is a brief statement of the 

 kind of work, the locality and the men 

 employed in the field service of the Bureau 

 the past summer : 



ALABAMA. 



Working plan for tract of Emmet O'Neal 

 in Northern Alabama, in cooperation with 

 the owner — H. W. Chittenden. 



ALASKA. 



Examination of lands for forest re- 

 serves, and additions to existing forest re- 

 serves — W. A. Langille, Nome, Alaska. 



ARKANSAS. 



Experiments in seasoning red and other 

 inferior oaks — M. C. Jensen, Black Rock, 

 Ark. ; assistant, Manasseh Smith, Jr. 



CALIFORNIA. 



Study of forest problems in cooperation 

 with the State — W, C. Hodge, Jr. ; head- 



quarters, Occidental Hotel, San Francisco, 

 Cal. ; assistants, W. F. Hubbard, E. H. 

 Hareford; P. D. Kelleter, C. G. Smith, A. 

 R. Powers, and A. E. Cohoon. 



Study of sugar pine and Western yellow 

 pine— A. W. Cooper ; assistants, W J 

 Wade, R. H. Allen, W. L. Porterfield, G J. 

 Traugott, B. J. Teasdale, E. R. Secrest, and 

 G. H, Cecil. 



Study of tanbark oak of Pacific coast- 

 Professor. W. L. Jepson; permanent ad- 

 dress, Berkeley, Cal. 



Special studies of California trees, 4 

 leaf pine, Torrey pine, Bishop pine— Pro- 

 fessor W. R. Dudley; permanent address, 

 Stanford University, Cal. 



Study of native and exotic acacias — Pro- 

 fessor A. V. Stubenrauch ; permanent ad- 

 dress, Berkeley, Cal. 



Cooperative planting plan for Griffith 

 Park— G. B. Lull, Hollenbeck Hotel, Los 

 Angeles, Cal.; assistants, H. O. Stabler, C. 

 H. Sellers, and T. C. Zschokke. 



Work on the Government nursery, San 

 Gabriel Forest Reserve— T. P. Lukens, 

 Pasadena, Cal. ; assistants, A. T. Searle and 

 W. F. Sherfesee. 



Study of chaparral, Santa Barbara For- 

 est Reserve and Southern Sierras— L. C. 

 Miller, Hollenbeck Hotel, Los Angeles, 

 Cal. ; assistant, W. R. Mattoon. 



Study of forest reproduction, Southern 

 Sierras— J. D. Guthrie, Santa Barbara, Cal. ; 

 assistant, S. J. Flintham. 



Study of forest fires and methods of 

 prevention, Northern California, in coope- 

 ration with the State— E. A. Sterling, Occi- 

 dental Hotel, San Francisco, Cal. 



Timber tests on red fir and Western 

 hemlock in cooperation with the University 

 of California— Professor L. E. Hunt, 

 Berkeley, Cal.; assistant, Rolf Thelen. 



COLORADO. 



Establishment of forest nurseries, Pike's 

 Peak Forest Reserve— Clyde Leavitt, Rose- 

 mont, Cal.; assistant, T. J. Taylor. 



CONNECTICUT. 



Timber tests, with special reference to 

 the influence of moisture on strength of 

 Southern pines, in cooperation with Yale 

 University— Professor J. W. Tourney and 

 H. D. Tiemann, Yale Forest School, New 

 Haven, Conn. ; assistant, Cornelius Barry. 



DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 



Timber tests, with special reference to 

 rates of growth of Southern pines — H. S. 

 Betts ; assistant, Prevost Hubbard. 



Study of germination of pine seeds, in 

 cooperation with Seed Laboratory at Wash- 

 ington, D. C, and on Dismal River Re- 

 serve — J. C. Blumer, 

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