Foreword
Over the years there has been a small but important amount of research in forest genetics in the Lake States, and recently there has been a growing awareness of the importance of tree improvement in this region. For these reasons it appeared that a meeting of people active or interested in forest genetics might be worth while. So after consultation with a number of foresters and geneticists in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan, we decided to sponsor a Lake States Forest Genetics Conference at Eagle River, Wisconsin, on March 31 and April 1, 1953.