FOREST COMMISSIONERS REPORT. 



COOPERATIVE WORK WITH NEW HAMPSHIRE 



AND CANADA 



New Hampshire. 



Early in the season of 1916, a plan of cooperation was 

 decided upon between E. C. Hirst, State Forester of New 

 Hampshire and this Department. 



There are three lookouts on the Androscoggin watershed that 

 overlook New Hampshire, viz : Aziscoos, West Kennebago and 

 Speckle Mts. Similarly on the New Hampshire side over- 

 looking Maine Territory are Dew, Magalloway, Signal and 

 Black Mt. stations. 



The watchmen of both States were furnished with a list 

 showing the watchmen and border wardens of the other State, 

 their residence, telephone connection and other necessary in- 

 formation and instructed that in case of a discovery of fire 

 over the border that the nearest warden should be notified 

 immediately. 



This plan served to bring closer relations between the field 

 forces of the two States and excellent results were obtained. 



in addition to this, two patrolmen were employed jointly by 

 Maine and New Hampshire for patrol service in the valley of 

 the Little Magalloway River and in the valley of Big, Meadow 

 and Hammond Brooks, upper Oxford County, which territory 

 includes lands on either side of the Maine-New Hampshire 

 border. 



Canada. 



At the beginning of each season, a very dangerous condition 

 exist> by reason of the clearing of lands by settlers on the 

 border between Maine and Quebec. 



In 1916, the Chief Warden on the Maine side had patrolmen 

 on the ground early that no fires might get across the line. 

 The Department of Lands and Forests of Quebec was ap- 

 proached with a plan of cooperation whereby the three lookout 

 stations that overlook Canadian territory (Depot, Rocky and 

 Hardwood Mts. ) might be connected by telephone to reach 



