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FORESTRY IN THE STATES. 



cent years ; and the number of young men and women 

 who enroll for this work is increasing with every 

 term. 



Organization of the West Virginia Forestry Association. 

 On January 24, 1908, 45 persons, representing 23 

 counties of the state, met in the Y. M. C. A. room 

 of the West Virginia University in response to a call 

 issued by Pomona Grange No. 2, and elected Prof, 

 T. C. Atkeson, Dean of the Agricultural College as 

 permanent chairman, and Prof. A. W. Nolan as per- 

 manent secretary of the Association. 



Publication of a Report on Forestry issued as a quarterly 

 report of the State Board of Agriculture, June 30 

 1908. 



1909 — Enactment by the Legislature of a Forest, Game and 

 Fish I^w and appointment by the Governor of J. A. 

 Viquesney as Forest, Game and Fish Warden. 

 The appointment of the chief deputies and a large 

 number of deputies has been made and the law has 

 been in full operation for over a year. 



Appropriation by the Legislature of $5,000 (Chap. 84, Sec 

 51, Acts of 1909) for the preparation and publica- 

 tion of the present report on forest conditions in 

 West Virginia. 



WISCONSIN. 



The state of Wisconsin has forest reserve lands in 9 counties 

 aggregating over 250,000 acres. 



For the purpose of directing the management and protec- 

 tion of the vast forests held by the state, and those held by cor- 

 porations and by individuals, there has been created in Wiscon- 

 sin by legislative enactment a State Board of Forestry, "con- 

 sisting of the president of the state university, the director of 

 the state geological survey, the dean of the state agricultural de- 

 partment, the attorney general, and one other member appointed 

 by the governor." 



Among the important prescribed duties of the Board are 

 the appointment of a state forester; the acceptance on behalf of 



