Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Sixth Annual Report of the State Forester: Progress of Forestry in Vermont
While the practice of forestry is still far behind the general interest in the subject, the increased demands upon the Forestry Department for inspection of woodlands, for general advice, and for nursery stock, and the growing interest in State ownership of large tracts, all characterize an encouraging condition.
In a few sections of the State, however, destructive lumbering is progressing on a scale hitherto unknown, and unless prompt steps are taken, considerable areas of Ver mont will be turned from productive forests to worthless barrens. The reactionary policy of these large concerns, which pay no heed to the future, force one of two alterna tives upon the people. Either the State must assert its right to regulate the cutting of these mountain forests, or it must embark more extensively upon the policy of State ownership. Neither can be adopted without increased appropriations, and at present the policy of purchase seems the better, although possibly the slower method.
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