CHAPTER VIL 



FORESTRY IN THE STATES. 



The brief discussioiis below outline the forestry policies and 

 the progress in forestry in 20 states, including most of those 

 which have been for the longest time prominently and success- 

 fully connected with this work. It will be observed that, while 

 there is considerable apparent diversity of method employed 

 by the different states, there is, nevertheless, great uniformity 

 of aim and purpose. All are waging war on fires as the most 

 destructive enemy of forests ; all are working for greater econ- 

 omy in the cutting and utilization of timber trees ; all are carry- 

 ing on an educational campaign through the circulation of lit- 

 erature and through public instruction; and nearly all are 

 seeking to become, or have already become, the owners of non- 

 agricultural lands within their borders to be managed as state 

 forest reservations. Some states, such as West Virginia and 

 Tennessee, have practically the whole problem of the future 

 care of their forests before them; others, such as Pennsylvania 

 and New York, have long ago solved the problem for themselves 

 by establishing a system of forestry on a broad basis and by the 

 acquisition of immense areas of forest land to be held and used 

 for the pepetual good of all the citizens of the commonwealths. 



Other states besides the twenty which deserve special men- 

 tion for their activity in forestry work are Massachusetts, Min- 

 nesota, and Oregon. The states of Rhode Island, Tennessee, 

 Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana, Virginia, and Montana have 

 also taken steps, either through some state organization or in co- 

 operation with the Grovernment Forest Service, to preserve their 

 forests. 



A list of states classified according to the official bodies 

 directing their forestry work, and a list of state forest officers 

 are included at the end of this chapter. 



