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The Society of American Foresters (SAF) is a professional organization representing the forestry industry in the United States. Its mission statement declares that it seeks to "advance the science, education, and practice of forestry; to enhance the competency of its members; to establish professional excellence; and, to use the knowledge ...
The Journal of Forestry is the primary scholarly journal of the Society of American Foresters. It aims to advance the forestry profession by keeping professional foresters informed about developments and ideas related to the practice of forestry. The journal publishes editorials and technical content related to the management of forests and ...
The Foresters Friendly Society is a British friendly society which was formed in 1834 as the Ancient Order of Foresters. [1] As of 31 December 2016, the society had approximately 75,000 members. [2] Its head office is located in Southampton, England.
In 1955 he was awarded the Yale Medal. He was also honored posthumously with the naming of the William B. Greeley Memorial Laboratory. Greeley also served the Society of American Foresters (SAF) in various capacities, including president (1915) and member of its governing council (1944-1949). He was elected an SAF Fellow in 1918, and in 1946 ...
History. In 1876, Congress created the office of Special Agent in the Department of Agriculture to assess the state of the forests in the United States. Franklin B. Hough was appointed the head of the office. In 1881, the office was expanded into the newly formed Division of Forestry. The Forest Reserve Act of 1891 authorized withdrawing land ...
Annually, the Society of American Foresters gives its Carl Alwin Schenck Award for outstanding performance in forestry education. [21] In 2015, the Forest History Society funded an Emmy Award-winning documentary about Schenck, America's First Forest: Carl Schenck and the Asheville Experiment. [16]
Barrington Moore (1883-1966) was an American forester and forestry researcher. [1] He served as the fourth president of the Ecological Society of America and as the first editor-in-chief of its journal, Ecology. Moore chaired the Society of American Foresters ' (SAF) Committee on Forest Policy, served as editor-in-chief of its Journal of ...
Sudworth discovered many new species and varieties of North American trees. Sudworth was a founder of the Society of American Foresters, and was also a member of the Washington Academy of Sciences, the Biological and Botanical Societies of Washington, and an honorary member of the Finnish forestry association, Finska Forstsamfundet.