Board of Forestry, a State 
Forester, and other personnel 
to be supported by a State 
license tax on forest 
industries. The bill was not 
passed by the 1922 general 
assembly. 
The Georgia Forestry 
Association was reorganized 
and began the fight that led 
to the Forestry Administrative 
Act of 1925. Burley M. 
Lufburrow, the second 
graduate of the University of 
Georgia’s School of Forestry, 
was appointed State Forester 
in September 1925. His start 
was not encouraging: he 
was informed that the State 
had already spent the 
earmarked funds and he 
would have no money until 
1926. The members of the 
board then signed a personal 
note for $1,000 to get things 
started. There was also no 
State office space, so 
Lufburrow set up in space 
donated by the Atlanta 
Chamber of Commerce. 
The Georgia Forestry 
Association continued to 
fight for the agency whenever 
it had to go before the 
legislature for money or 
other actions. Its fire program 
got under way quickly; timber 
protective organizations 
were soon formed in the 
southern part of the State 
and were very successful. 
Owners did all the work, 
furnished labor, fought fires, 
etc., and shared the costs 
50—50 with the State. By 
1933, these organizations 
were protecting 7 million 
acres from fire (Lufburrow 
1952 unpubl., Pikl 1966). 
Oklahoma 
The year 1925 also marked 
the establishment of a State 
Forestry Commission in 
Oklahoma. House bill 184 
established a five-person 
Oklahoma Forest 
Commission consisting of 
the president of the State 
Board of Agriculture, the 
president of the Oklahoma 
Agricultural and Mechanical 
College, and three other 
persons appointed by the 
Governor, one of whom was 
to be chosen from a list 
provided by the State 
Federation of Women’s 
Clubs. The commission was 
charged with instituting *.. . 
an educational program for 
the conservation of the 
forests, woodlots, and 
growing trees of the State of 
Oklahoma. . ." and with other 
activities relating to forestry. 
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