DIVISION OP REFORESTATION 



The Division of Reforestation furnished a total of 

 25,519,3^3 units of nursery stock for all purposes during the 

 year. This is over a million more than in any previous year. 

 A small trial nursery was established in Widdifield township 

 near North Bay and seed was sown for the production of 150,000 

 trees. As the demands for nursery stock are still in excess 

 of supply, total nursery stock production targets were main- 

 tained at 30 million units annually. 



The number of requests received from private landowners 

 for advice in planning and carrying out reforestation and wood- 

 lot management work continued to increase. Every effort poss- 

 ible was made to meet these requests although there was not 

 sufficient staff to meet the requirements fully. 



Municipalities and conservation authorities continued 

 to acquire lands to be leased to the Minister of Lands and 

 Forests for reforestation and management under the provisions 

 of Section 2 of The Forestry Act, 1952. Counties increased 

 their holdings of such lands during the year by 3, 124*23 acres 

 to a total of 39,423.59 acres; townships, by 100 acres to 

 1,599*24 acres; and conservation authorities, by 3,042 acres 

 to 19,665.75 acres. 



Trees planted on Crown lands totalled 6,316,432; on 

 county forests, 3,220,50B; on township forests, 304,950; and 

 on conservation authority forests, 1,039,250. Private land- 

 owners were furnished with 14,599,040 trees for planting on 

 their lands. 



