STATE OF MAINE 
Forest Protection and Conservation in Maine.—1919. 
FOREWORD 
Forest Policies. 
r~gN the present widespread 
4 discussion of forestry 
matters we are hearing a 
great deal and reading a 
great deal about “Forest Pol- 
icies,” the avowed object of 
these proposed policies being 
to make at least a beginning 
in the solution of our forest 
problems by bringing about a 
more economical use of our 
present stand of merchantable 
timber, by furnishing for our 
forest lands a greater meas- 
ure of protection from fire 
and insects and disease and 
by establishing on our cut- 
over lands, on our burned 
areas and on our waste and 
. barren tracts, through dili- 
gent care of the young growth and by planting, a crop of young 
trees for future harvesting, to the end that we may have con- 
tinued employment for our woodsmen and a future supply of raw 
material for our wood-using industries. 
Beyond a doubt it is necessary and imperative that timberland 
owners, the manufacturers of wood products and the general pub- 
lic in our State of Maine begin to consider more seriously the 
future of our renowned Maine Woods. It is a fact not to be dis- 
puted that we are cutting off our forests to-day much faster than 
they are being reproduced, and we have been doing this for years. 
