In Chii Village, school forests were established in 1902 as a basic property of the school, but the movement of the integration of the forests to be owned by communities was promoted through many discussions from the end of the Meiji period.
知井村では1902年に学校基本財産として学校林が設定されていたが、明治末期から部落有林の統一に向けた動きが多くの議論を重ねながら進められていった。