The Advance Movement In Michigan Forestry

Author : Michigan Forestry Commission
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ISBN 13 : 9781332234462
Total Pages : 46 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (344 download)

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Download or read book The Advance Movement in Michigan Forestry (Classic Reprint) written by Michigan Forestry Commission and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Advance Movement in Michigan Forestry For some years the friends of the forestry movement in Michigan have had in mind the organization of a body of people who should utilize the Association in the interests of reforestation in Michigan along the same lines of work which have been accomplished in the State by the Horticultural Society and which have resulted in developing such a tremendous commercial and amateur interest in horticultural progress. The work of the State Horticultural Society had led up to this by inserting forestry subjects into its programs from time to time, and even giving up whole sessions of its conventions to forests and forest management. It remained for Mr. Thornton A. Green, of Ontonagon, Michigan, to actually initiate the movement which led to the formation of the Michigan Forestry Association, on the 29th and 30th of September, 1905. Mr. Green, through correspondence, acting as provisional secretary, had canvassed the State for membership and secured something over 300 members upon which the society should found its structural work. The first thought was to hold the initial meeting at Mackinac Island, so as to be convenient to both Peninsulas. It subsequently developed, however, that so large a portion of the membership was in and about Grand Rapids, and the season of the year at a time when it might be difficult to secure a large attendance from outside the immediate locality in which the meeting should be held, that Mr. Green and his associates decided it was best to launch the organization at Grand Rapids, Michigan. Mr. Chas. W. Garfield made local arrangements for holding the day part of the meeting in Park Congregational Church; and upon invitation of the Grand Rapids Board of Library Commissioners, the evening session was held in Ryerson Library. Prof. Filibert Roth, of Ann Arbor arranged the details of the provisional program, and it was printed and sent out over the State. A literary bureau was opened at Grand Rapids previous to the meeting, and circulars and letters were sent out in large numbers, the Grand Rapids newspapers taking hearty interest in the undertaking and devoting a good deal of space in their columns to the work of advertising the convention. The Michigan Tradesman which has a large circulation in the State, published for several weeks previous to the Convention articles upon the subjects which would naturally come before the Convention, which were prepared by Prof. Roth and Mr. Garfield. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.