FORESTRY CLUBS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE 
By Marie F. HEISLEY 
Assistant in Educational Cooperation, Forest Service 
CONTENTS 
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Study of forest products____........____- 10 GCE ITOT set eee Ee. 2 ae 17 
Study of woods and wood structure__-___- 11 | Some books and other publications suitable 
Game protection and propagation -_-______ 13 TOE: HISE OL AOTESULY: CLUDS: 2 2 Ss ee 17 
RE CTCALIO Roses er a a 13 State wee puides=! 25 = a ee 17 
NOBRCSE ROCCE aii een Cs 5 14 Some general publications______________- 18 
Pupuecancaiion=-+ — e 14>] SOONERS OL IMOLIMAWON: | = en 19 
Calendar of club activities____.______._._____- 15 State forestry departments______________ 19 
BEET cy Ae ee ep Ii aD a ae es ee es 15 State extension foresters________________- 19 
gOS TR a ee eS Se eee en ee ED 15 Some Government bureaus______________ 20 
zs ED" & Cl § nee tpn Ente ee Nala aR eae Sele 16 Some private organizations______________ 20 
A. ORGANIZATION 
I. SOME ORGANIZATIONS ALREADY FORMED 
The forestry-club movement has extended to most parts of the 
country, and a large number of boys and girls are already enrolled. 
Such organizations as the 4-H Clubs, the schools, Boy Scouts, Girl 
Scouts, Girl Reserves, Camp Fire Girls, and De Molay are doing 
excellent work in tree planting and other activities. 
EXAMPLES OF 4-H FORESTRY CLUB ACTIVITIES 
The 4-H forestry clubs are perhaps the most important of the 
young people’s forestry organizations. They, like all other 4-H 
activities, are sponsored by the extension services of the various 
State Agricultural Colleges cooperating with the United States 
Department of Agriculture. Their object is not necessarily to make 
foresters of their members but to equip them with the ability to 
appreciate the forest, to know how to handle the woodland on the 
farms on which they live, and to participate in reforestation and 
fire-prevention work. Membership in these clubs is open to both 
sexes, and in 1927 some 3,000 boys and girls enrolled in the 4—H 
forestry clubs of this country, about two-thirds of them completing 
the year’s work. 
1. Wisconsin.—In Wisconsin 4—H forestry work is done by clubs 
known as “Junior Forest Rangers.’”’ The organization of these 
clubs is under the direction of the State club leader and the county 
extension agents, and the material for study is prepared by the 
Wisconsin State extension forester. The activities of the various 
clubs are directed by the local club leaders. 
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