1058 journal of forestry 



An Unusual Log Jam in Norway 



A letter addressed to the members of an association of forest owners 

 in Norway by the director of the association, who has charge of the 

 floating of logs in the river Glommen, sets forth the reasons for 

 shortage of raw material for the woods industries depending upon 

 their supply from this district. The situation is unprecedented in the 

 long history of logging in the Glommen River district and has been 

 given much publicity in the press. 



The unusually large number of logs cut this year, a late spring and 

 a rapid thaw caused a quantity of timber estimated at 5,400,000 logs 

 to be inextricably piled to an enormous height at Bingfoss lock. The 

 logs have to be picked out one by one and it is not expected that this 

 work can be accomplished in less than two years, even though 130 men 

 work day and night, where the association has been accustomed to 

 employ but 20 or 30 men. And in spite of every effort to control it, 

 more timber still floats down the river to increase the pile. This dead- 

 lock not only withholds from operators the timber ordered this spring, 

 but precludes cutting in the woods this winter. 



Canada's Forests and the War 



The vital importance of Canada's forest resources in the prosecution 

 of the war is becoming constantly more apparent. One example of 

 this is the recent development in the airplane situation. Many experts 

 hold that the best prospect for definitely and overwhelmingly main- 

 taining the supremacy of the Allies is in connection with the war in 

 the air. This involves the manufacture of many thousands of air- 

 l^lanes, toward which the most intense efforts of the Allies are being 

 directed. The most suitable species of wood for this purpose is Sitka 

 or silver spruce, of which great quantities are to be found on the 

 Pacific coast of North America. Canada's share of this timber is large, 

 although by no means over large, and is considered so important in 

 the prosecution of the war that its export, except under license, has 

 recently been prohibited by the government to all destinations abroad 

 other than the United Kingdom, British possessions, and protectorates. 



The Imperial Munitions Board has definitely taken in hand the 

 organization of airplane manufacture and steps are being taken to in- 

 crease the production of airplane spruce beyond all limits previously 

 thought possible. The survey of forest resources of British Columbia, 



