THE AMERICAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION 
1214 SIXTEENTH STREET N. W. 
WASHINGTON. D. C. 
 
PRESIDENT 
CHARLES LATHROP PACK 
TREASURER 
ROBERT V. FLEMING 
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY 
PERCIVAL SHELDON RIDSODALE 
FORESTER 
OVID M. BUTLER 
VICE-PRESIDENTS 
HON. M. L. ALEXANDER, LOUISIANA 
CHAIRMAN CONSERVATION COMMISSION 
HENRY C. CAMPBELL, WISCONSIN 
EDITOR, MILWAUKEE JOURNAL 
FRED C. KNAPP, OREGON 
PRESIDENT, PENINSULA LUMBER CO. 
EVERETT G. GRIGGS, WASHINGTON 
PRESIDENT, NT. PAUL & TACOMA LBR. CO. 
MRS. WARREN G. HARDING, OHIO 
DR. JOHN GRIER HISSEN, NEW JERSEY 
PRESIDENT, PRINCETON UNIVERSITY 
JESSE M. OVERTON, TENNESSEE 
PRESIDENT, TENNESSEE FORESTRY ASRO. 
THOMAS H. OWEN, OKLAHOMA 
PRESIDENT, OKLAHOMA FORESTRY ARSO. 
DR. JOSEPH HYDE PRATT, NORTH CAROLINA 
DIRECTOR, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 
M, S. PRATT, CALIFORNIA 
STATE FORESTER 
DR. J. T. ROTHROCK, PENNSYLVANIA 
EX-MEMBER FORESTRY COMMISSION 
PROF. FILIBERT ROTH, MICHIGAN 
DEAN OF FORESTRY, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN 
HARVEY N. SHEPARD, MASSACHUSETTS 
PRESIDENT, MASSACHUSETTS FORESTRY ASSO. 
HON. S. N. SNELL, NEW YORK 
CONGRESSMAN 
BONNELL H. STONE, GEORGIA 
 
HERMANN VON SUHRENK, MISSOURI 
PRESIDENT, MISSOURI FORESTRY ASSO. 
LOU D. SWEET, COLORADO 
PRESIDENT, COLORADO FORESTRY ASSO. 
HON. JOHN W. WEEKS, MASSACHUSETTS 
SECRETARY OF WAR 
DIRECTORS 
ELBERT H. BAKER, OHIO 
AMERICAN NEWSPAPER PURLISHERS ASSO. 
ELBERT F. BALDWIN, NEW JERSEY 
EDITOR, THE OUTLOOK 
ROBERT P. BASS, NEW HAMPSHIRE 
EX-GOVERNOR, NEW HAMPSHIRE 
F, W. SESLEY, MARYLAND 
STATE FORESTER OF MARYLAND 
NELSON C, BROWN, NEW YRK 
PROFESSOR OF FORESTRY, SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY 
STANDISH CHARD , CONNECTICUT 
LAWYER 
DR. HENRYS. DRINRER, PENNSYLVANIA 
PRESIDENT, PENNSYLVANIA FORESTRY ASSO. 
HENRYS. GRAVES, CONNECTIcUr 
EX-UNITED STATES FORESTER 
WILLIAM S. GREELEY, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
UNITED STATES FORESTER 
JOHN HAYS HAMMOND, MASSACHUSETTS 
MINING ENGINEER 
CHESTER W. LYMAN, NEW YORK 
VICE-PRESIDENT, INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO. 
ADDISON R. PRATT, NEW YORK 
LAWYER 
CHARLES F. QUINCY, NEW YORK 
PRESIDENT, THE Q & C COMPANY 
GEORGE W. SISSON, JR., NEW YORK 
AMERICAN PULP & PAPER ASSOCIATION 
ERNEST A. STERLING, NEW YORK 
 
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