The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-07-21
OFFICIALLY CHANGE NAME
BUREAU OF FORESTRY is TO BE
CALLED FOREST SERVICE.
NAME CHANGED BY CONGRESS
Scope OF the Bureau is Enlarged, its
Purpose Being 20 Control the Re.
serves for Use That win Make Their
Benefits Permanent.
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From July the bureau OF forestry
Is to be ofhcially known as the forest
service. The change was made by con
rrcss last winter, when II provided Tor
the government work In forestry dur
ing the coming year, and signali2cd an
important advance in the scope Of that
work The actual control and admin.
i~ratiou of the national forest re-.
serves formerly under tho charge of
the land Cfice of the department of
the interior, is now In the hands OF
the forest service, the only branch of
the public service possessed Of the
scientific and technical knowledge nee
essary for the onliEhtCnod care and
use of the forests. This means that
the reserves are to be made to yield
TO the people OF the country the larg'
est benefits which intelligent manage
ment can get out OF them. Use, not
reservation from use Is the essential
purpose for which they exist-but use
under such conditions as shall make
their benefits permanent.
Control OF the reserves was turned
over to the bureau OF forestry last Feb
ruary. and the necessary reorganiza-
tion is now well advanced, In taking
up it's new work, however, the forest
service will not abandon any part of
the old field OF the bureau. Its broad
purpose will continue to be the further
ance by every possible means Of the
movement to introduce practical for
estry everywhere. II will do It's ut
most to assist this movement among
private owners and In the several
states, not only by scientific investiga.
tions but by advice and cooperation
In the actual work of applying for
estry This is imperatively demanded
II the general welfare is not to suffer
profoundly In the future from short
age OF timber supply. The forest ser.
vice will continue the studies Of for.
est products, of methods OF making
timber more durable, OF tree planting,
and OF all subjects which can promote
wiser and more profitable use OF our
second greatest resource-for in the
value of their total contribution to our
needs there can be no doubt that forest
products stand next to those of agri-
culture. --' 49,
The field OF the bureau OF forestry
has expanded remarkably in the past
few years. The first government rec
ognition OF forestry was in 1876, when
congress made an appropriation for a
skilled man to prosecute n study of
forest conditions, needs, and uses, and
make n report to congress- This office
was continued until the division OF
forestry was created July |, 1886.
Then from a mere office of information
the division stepped suddenly into the
field of actual operations, demonstrate
ing Ivy example how forestry could be
made to pay and thus furnishing the
one argument needed to convert pri-
vate owners from sCepticsm as to the
practicableness of theory to the ac-
ceptance of proved fact. When this
was accomplished a new epoch in the
history of American forestry opened.
Since that time no single step forward
has been so important as that which
the use of the new name, forest SER
vice, now marks. This the people of
the country, and particularly the peo-
pie of the west, where the reserves
are, will come to realize as they grasp
the fact that, scientifically and eff
ciently administered, the reserves will
soon reach their highest efficiency "a
contributors to the wealth and perma-
nent development of the regions
which they lie.