Forest Commissioner, A. D. Nutting called the meeting to oder at 9:45 A.M. and lead the discussion of the budworm situation in northern Maine in 1948, the prospects for 1949, and action to be taken. In attendance were: A. D. Nutting, Maine Forest Service, R. C. Brown, U.S. Bureau of Entomology, New Haven, Conn. M. Westveld, Northeastern Forest Exp. Sta., T. F, McLintock, Northeastern Forest Service, R. I. Ashman, University of Maine, C. O. Dirks, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, Henry Shephard, Eastern Pulp Wood Co., F.W. Pearson, Jr., Eastern Pulp Wood Co., George W. Abel, St. Regis Paper Co., Phillip P. Clement, Prentiss & Carlisle, Co., Inc., O.Lee Abbott, Garfield Land Co., G. M. Blaisdell, International Paper Co., William Hilton, Great Northern Paper Co., Norman L. Baker, Marcalus Mfg. Co. Inc., F. M. Crocker, St. Regis Paper Co., Bucksport, E. W. Spaulding, Dead River Co.