DKPAKTMXMT OF THE INTERIOR, 

 FORESTRY BRANCH, 



OTTAWA, April 16, 1912. 



SIR, I beg to submit herewith a report on ' Forest Conditions in the Kocky 

 Mountain Forest Reserve.' The information contained in the report was gathered 

 by investigations made during the summer of 1911 on the Crowsnest and Bow River 

 lorests. The results incident to logging as carried on according to prevailing methods 

 are discussed, and general recommendations as to the silvicultural treatment of the 

 various types of forest are given. Observations made during a month's visit to 

 United States national forests in Montana are embodied in a discussion of methods 

 in use there, both general silvicultural methods and methods of practical regulation 

 of operations. 



The report has been written with a view to setting forth specific information 

 that would be of use to technical foresters and others who will be engaged in the 

 planning and carrying out of the management of timber cutting operations, particu- 

 larly on the Rocky Mountains Forest Reserve, but also on other forests. 



Your obedient servant, 



T. W. D WIGHT, 



Forest Assistant 

 R. H. CAMPBELL, Esq., 



Director of Forestry, 



Ottawa, Ont. 



