Reports of the Forest Park Reservation Commission of New Jersey: Eighth annual report: For the year ending October 31st 1912

In publishing its eighth annual report, the Forest Commission records with much satisfaction a very material improvement in the condition of the forests of the State and an increasing interest in forestry and arboriculture. Much of the interest is undoubtedly a part of the nation-wide extension of the conservation idea: it apparently is true, however, that the Commission's efforts have made forest property more secure and more valuable than it was, that the shade trees in cities and towns are better cared for. The matters that have engaged the Commission's attention are presented in some detail in the reports of the State Forester and State Firewarden which are printed herewith