Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1910-05-15 | Page 36 | Pinchot Working for Conservation

PINCHOT WORKING I IFOR FOR GONSER CONSERVATION V A lION J Former Forester Is Head of the National Commission in I Washington Special to The Washington May 14 A national J clearing house tor br the conservation movement Is now established in this cit elt It is the National Conservation I association with headquarters In the C building Gifford Pinchot is Its president There have been so many conservation organizations that the th average citizen has become con confused confused confused fused as ag to what each one was doing Tl TJ Tie e situation has been simplified by bythe byth bythe the th merging of all these bodies nto Into one large national organization This I is the Conservation association The association Is not only rapidly enrolling an Individual membership throughout the country but Is acting as a clearing house for the various state conservation commissions state j I conservation associations and the great I number of conservation committees which organizations of national Indus Industries tries have appointed I One of ot the most important depart departments departments departments ments of the association a Is the one de devoted devoted devoted voted to giving free Information con concerning concerning concerning the conservation movement to those who request it The men who are Immediately directing the National Cois nation association are men who have been in personal touch with the different divisions of conservation In Information Information formation concerning the subjects of f conservation can be furnished direct by bv the association from the vast amount of material collected during the Inventory of resources made by the National Conservation commission Report of Commission I The report of the commission con contains contains official statements by the fore foremost foremost I most government experts in their re respective lines linos of work It embraces three large volumes but through op opposition oppositIon oppositIon position of enemies of conservation conger atlon In Congress Its un publication was limited to toan toan toan an edition which gave ave two copies to senators and representatives and a few tew re othes othe to libraries I Conservation covers such a wide widefield field fied that it touches almost every ever phase of the daily In Ily life lire of the citizen The range of subjects covered In the report of the commission embraces not only forests waters lands and min minerals minI mm I but the more human topics of I II national health human efficiency nc I preservation of game and many other I j I topics i If requests for Information can caD not be handled by b the association those I asking arking 1 for the information will be told promptly prompt where and how bow It If may ma be ob obtained lined tJ Ined Under this plan the association tion expects not only on to keep In close touch with all the conservation or organizations throughout the country but to aid the conservation movement by b giving Information concerning what conservation means and what the Con Conservation Conservation association Is standing for forto forto forto to all who request it Membership In the association for which a fee of two dollars Is required not only carries with it the right to this Information but also to the regu regular regular regular lar bulletins wh the association Issues and concerning conservation conserva meair r s In Congress