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1898 — Organization of the North Carolina Forestry Asso- 

 ciation. 



1900 — A study begun in cooperation with the Bureau of 

 Forestry and the United States Geological Survey 

 looking to the possible establishment of a national 

 park, or forest reserve, in that region. 



1905 — Publication by the United States G-eological Survey 

 of Professional Paper No. 37, "The Southern Ap- 

 palachian Forests." This report, in part, was based 

 on cooperative investigations made in North Caro- 

 lina. 



1905 — Publication of the biennial report of the State Geo- 

 logist which embodied the result of several year's 

 cooperative study of the comparative value of the 

 swamp lands of the eastern part of the state for for- 

 ests and for agriculture. 



1905 — Creation by the State Legislature of the North Car- 

 olina Geological and Economic Survey and appoint- 

 ment of Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt as State Geologist. 

 The objects of the Survey, as stated in the Act creat- 

 ing" it, include, ' ' examination of the mineral, forest, 

 fish and other natural resources of the state." The 

 paragraph relating to the forests states that *'an ex- 

 amination and classification of the soils, the forests, 

 and other physical features of the state shall be made, 

 with special bearing upon the occupation of the peo- 

 ple." 



1907 — An agreement made between the State Board of Edu- 

 cation and the Survey whereby the Forestry Division 

 was to investigate the boundaries and general condi- 

 tion of swamp lands belonging to the Board. 



1908— A report by Mr. J. F. Bond of the United States For- 

 est Service, on the suitability for reforestation of the 

 North Carolina Banks, included in the State Geolog- 

 ist's biennial report. 



1908 — ^Appointment of W. W. Ashe as Forester of the 

 North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey. 

 Educational work, which was begun many years 



