NEWS AND NOTES. 



The Forestry Branch of the Dominion of Canada has lately 

 began to follow the methods of the U. S. Forest Service in send- 

 ing out press bulletins. From these we cull the following facts of 

 interest : 



The survey work of the Riding Mountain Reserve has been 

 completed by the Dominion Forestry Branch but there is still 

 necessary a program of improvement work which will cover four 

 or five years. To protect the timber from fire the trails must be 

 extended so that every part of the Reserve may be reached quickly 

 by the rangers and fire fighters; fire guards must be kept cleared 

 every year, the rangers must be located permanently on the 

 Reserves at suitable ranger stations where cabins, stables and cor- 

 rals will be built by the Forestry Branch, and every ranger station 

 must be connected with headquarters by telephone, so that news 

 of a fire and a call for assistance may be sent quickly. 



In outlining a policy calling for the protection and improvement 

 of the Forest Reserves, the Canadian Forestry Branch is follow- 

 ing the example of the most progressive countries in the world. 

 Fortunately it is not necessary for Canada to depend upon experi- 

 ments for experience in forest administration. The United States 

 Forest Service, employing over 2,000 trained men and spending 

 about $5,000,000 yearly, has during the past few years developed 

 in the National Forests of the United States an almost perfect (?) 

 system of fire protection, reforestation and timber administration. 

 It is the intention of the Forestry Branch to benefit largely by the 

 experience of the United States ; a proof of this is that one of the 

 officers of the headquarter's staff together with Mr. Albert Mc- 

 Leod, Chief Forest Ranger in charge of the Riding Mountains 

 Reserve, will spend a portion of October studying the methods of 

 administration and protection developed in the Superior National 

 Forest in Minnesota. 



Sixty per cent, of the hardwood used in Canada was imported 

 from the United States in 1910. The United States, although 

 with a much larger supply of hardwood on hand, is also seeing 



