Excerpt from Report of the State Forester for the Period July 12, 1905, to November 30, 1906: Being the First Public Report of the Office, Established by the Act of March 18, 1905 (Chapter 264, Statutes 1905), For the Preservation of California Forests In this report it is proposed to treat in a practical way of the decline of the forests of California and their increasing importance to the industrial life Of the State. The attitude Of the State toward them will be defined and the experiences gained under the laws enacted to preserve them will be recorded. Particular emphasis will be placed on the limitations and defects of the laws, in the hope that those interested In the permanent welfare of the industries dependent on forest preser vation will unite to secure more effective forestry legislation. 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.