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Maryland prepared for this report by Mr. F. W. Besley, State 

 Forester : 



1900-1905— Study of forest conditions by the State Geo- 

 logical Survey in co-operation with the federal 

 Division of Forestry. Conditions in seven counties 

 studied and reports published by State Geological 

 Survey for five of these, viz., Alleghany, Garrett, 

 Cecil, Calvert and St. Mary's. Publication of a 

 forest map of Worcester County. 



1906 — An Act of the Assembly creating a State Board of 

 Forestry and enacting forest laws. F. W. Besley 

 appointed State Forester. 



1907 — A forest survey of the state begun by the State 

 Board of Forestry. Four tracts of woodland com- 

 prising 1957 acres given to the state for Forest Be- 

 serves. Publication of first report by Board of 

 Forestry. 



1908 — Appointment of a State Conservation Commission. 



1909 — Second report of the State Board of Forestry pub- 

 lished. Publication of a report of the Maryland 

 Conservation Commission, including a chapter on 

 Forest Reserves. Creation of a State Conservation 

 Bureau. 



MICHIGAN. 



The question of forestry began to be agitated in Michigan 

 about 25 years ago by the State Horticultural Society. Fruit 

 growers in the southern part of the state became alarmed on 

 account of the ill effects to their industry produced by the re- 

 moval of the foirest and began to work with special reference 

 to windbreaks and the preservation of a reasonable amount of 

 forest land in the interest of conditions that would promote 

 horticulture. 



The first definite action along forestry lines was the crea- 

 tion of the Forestry Commission in 1899. Two of the three 

 members which composed the Commission were appointed by 

 the Governor and the third was the Commissioner of the state 

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