organizations. The State 
Federation of Women’s 
Clubs was recognized for 
its conservation efforts 
(Southern Forestry 
Congress 1916). 
World War | distracted the 
interests of forestry and 
conservation groups, and it 
was not until 1920 that the 
second Southern Forestry 
Congress took place, in 
New Orleans. Again the 
congress was well attended, 
and the scope of the agenda 
broadened. Resolutions 
were adopted on a wide 
range of items. The 
Mississippi Legislature was 
in session, and one 
resolution requested them 
to establish a State forestry 
department. Other 
resolutions included 
recommendations for State 
legislation to prevent forest 
denudation; seed trees for 
restocking; separation of 
land and timber values for 
purposes of taxation; 
applying severance tax to 
timber; continuation of 
purchases under the Weeks 
law; and establishment of 
Federal forest experiment 
stations (Southern Forestry 
Congress 1920). 
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The third Southern Forestry 
Congress was held in 
Atlanta in July 1921. This 
and subsequent 
congresses —there were 
12—passed similar 
resolutions addressing 
issues of the day and 
intended to be used by 
forestry interests in the 
promotion of their efforts at 
State and Federal levels. In 
Atlanta the scope 
broadened further to include 
a resolution in support of a 
southern school of forestry 
to educate the needed 
foresters, a request for a 
Federal appropriation for 
demonstration work in farm 
forestry, and a call for public 
regulation to keep 
timberland productive (that 
is to forbid destructive 
logging and subsequent 
fires) (Southern Forestry 
Congress 1921). 
The 12th Southern Forestry 
Congress was held in 
Nashville, TN, in 1930. 
Officers were elected, and 
Hot Springs, AR, was picked 
for the 13th congress in 
1931. It was never held, 
apparently a victim of the 
Depression, and no 
subsequent congresses 
were held. Meetings have 
been held in recent years 
