# Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor/1910

REPORT
OF THE
OREGON
CONSERVATION COMMISSION
TO THE
Governor
November
1910
"Oregon is rich in countless resources. Upon them depend the wealth and growth of her people.
"The fullest use of all these resources, now and always, is what every citizen wants, or ought to want.
"Anything else means arrested development, depressed prosperity, harder conditions of life for all.
"And, to reduce theory to practice, we must lose no time in knowing what we have and in protecting it from destruction and waste. To be sincere we must accomplish. Let who will be critical, but let Oregon be constructive."
REPORT
OF THE
OREGON CONSERVATION COMMISSION
TO THE
Governor
November 1910
Salem, Oregon Willis S. Duniway, State Printer 1910
Letter of Transmittal 4 Introduction 5 Conservation and the State—
LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.
Portland, Oregon, November 15, 1910.
To His Excellency, F. W. Benson, Governor of Oregon:
Sir: In accordance with section 4 of chapter 81, Laws of 1909, which provides that 'The Commission shall prepare and deliver to the Governor, on or before November 30th of each year, a full report of its work, investigations and expenditures, setting forth the condition of the natural resources of the State, together with such recommendations for legislation as may be deemed advisable, or other means of protecting or promoting the development and use of the same, your Commission respectfully submits the accompanying report and recommends that it be published aa provided by law.
Respectfully, J. N. TEAL, Chairman. ​THIRD ANNUAL REPORT of the
Oregon Conservation Commission to the GOVERNOR
INTRODUCTION.
In submitting the following report the Oregon Conservation Commission calls attention to its duties as prescribed by Jaw; ‘the setting forth of the condition of the natural resources of the State, together with such recommendations for legislation as may be deemed advisable, or other means of protecting or promoting the development and use of the same.”
The term "conservation" as applied by the legislature in naming the Commission so charged, clearly carried the most practical meaning. It would have been almost equally appropriate to call it a "development" commission. The object was to constitute an official agency to act in behalf of the State and its people in formulating a definite policy for the fullest and most permanent use by the people of Oregon’s natural resources. Such a policy requires that these resources shall be developed and not wasted, just as it requires that the greatest number shall profit therefrom.
Therefore, whatever significance may be ascribed to the term in other connections, in this Commission’s authorized state capacity it is applied to the development, use, protection and perpetuation of Oregon’s resources, for the highest benefit of Oregon’s people, now and always.
Oregon's need and duty in this respect is urgent, clear-cut, and not to be confused by other issues. It is for honest and thorough information of what we have and what we are doing with it, and for doing as much better as we can, individually and as a State.
In still more definite terms, this means collecting and diseminating reliable State data concerning our lands, waters, minerals, forests, fisheries, etc.; providing better State protection of destructible community wealth like forests and fisheries, Improving our land and water transportation facilities, and ​Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/184 ​Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/185 ​Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/186 ​Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/187 ​Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/188 ​Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/189 ​Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/190 ​Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/191 ​Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/192 ​Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/193 ​Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/194 ​Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/195 ​Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/196 ​Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/197 ​Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/198 ​Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/199 ​Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/200 ​Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/201 ​Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/202 ​Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/203 ​Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/204 ​Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/205 ​Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/206 ​Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/207 ​Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/208 ​Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/209 ​Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/210 ​Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/211 ​Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/212 ​Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/213 ​Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/214 ​Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/215 ​Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/216 ​Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/217 ​Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/218 ​Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/219 ​Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/220 ​Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/221 ​Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/222 ​Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/223 ​Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/224 ​Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/225 ​Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/226 ​Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/227 ​Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/228 ​Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/229 ​Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/230 ​Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/231 ​Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/232 ​Page:Report of the Oregon Conservation Commission to the Governor (1908 - 1914).djvu/233