IV 
INTRODUCTORY NOTE . 
of Wisconsin made by the Division of Forestry, the result of a, 
canvass in which your Survey co-operated financially and other¬ 
wise. 
I take occasion at the same time to express the hope that the 
showing herein made regarding the conditions of one of the most 
important resources of your state, will in this very jubilee year 
of semi-centennial existence of the state, lead to a serious consid¬ 
eration and inauguration of a more conservative policy touching 
your forest resources. 
The interests of agriculture, as well as of many other industries- 
in your state, demand timely attention to this problem. 
Respectfully, 
James Wilson, 
Secretary. 
In giving this report to the public the Geological and Natural 
History Survey echoes the hope of the Secretary of Agriculture * 
that the material here presented will aid in the formulation of' 
rational forestry legislation, and so will help to develop and re¬ 
store the great forest resources of the State of Wisconsin. 
