With the Forest Engineers* 



(Contributed by the Canadian Society of Forest Engineers.) 



FORESTRY BRANCH STAFF. 



Elsewhere in this issue is given an out- 

 line of the work being undertaken by the 

 Forestry Branch of the Department of the 

 Interior. The men on whom rests the re- 

 sponsibility for carrying out this work are 

 mostly forest engineers who have received 

 technical training in the various forest 

 schools. The positions assigned to these 

 men, both old and new appointees, with 

 the forest school and year of graduation 

 of the new men, are given hereunder: — 



Head Office (Ottawa). 



t)irector of Forestry — R. H. Campbell. 



Assistant Director — T. W. Dwight. 



In charge of Statistics — R. G. Lewis. 



In charge of Surveys — H. Claughton 

 Wallin. 



In charge of Woodlots — B. R. Morton. 



In charge of Information — G. E. Both- 

 well (Tor., '13). 



In charge of Library and Publications 

 — ^F. W. H. Jacombe. 



Forest Reserve Administration. 



B. C. Inspection District, Headquarters, 

 Kaniloops, B.C. 



District Inspector — D. R. Cameron. 

 Assistant Inspector — W. L. Scandrett. 

 Forest Assistants — A. C. Parlow (Tor- 

 onto, '13) and K. G. Wallensteen. 



Alberta Inspection istrict. Headquarters, 

 Calgary, Alta. 



District Inspector — W. N. Millar, 



Supervisor Crowsnest Forest — R. M. 

 Brown. 



Supervisor Bow River Forest — F. G. Ed- 

 gar. 



Supervisor Brazeau Forest — L. C. Tilt. 



Supervisor Cypress Hills Reserve — ^F. 

 McVickar. 



Forest Assistants — S. H. Clark (Toronto, 

 '13), J. P. Alexander (Tor., '13), C. H. 

 Nye (Biltmore, '13), E. C. Bleecker (Har- 

 vard, '13). 



Saskatchewan Inspection District, Head- 

 quarters, Prince Albert, Sask. 



District Inspector — G. A. Gutches. 



Forest Assistants — E. H. Roberts (for- 

 merly with the Laurentide Co.), L. Steven- 

 son (O.A.C.), R. L. Shives (U.N.B., '13). 



Manitoba Inspection District, Headquar- 

 ters, Winnipeg, Man. 



District Inspector — F. K. Herchmer. 



Forest Assistants — J. R. Dickson, C. 

 Musante (Biltmore, '12), F. S. Newman 

 (Tor., '13), F. D. Brown (from D. & H. 

 R. R. forest department), G. Tunstell 

 (Tor., '13). 



Inspection of Fire Ranging. 



Inspector — E, H. Finlayson, headquar- 

 ters, Ottawa. 



The appointment of seven permanent 

 Chief Fire Rangers has recently been se- 

 cured, and this will put the work on a 

 much more permanent basis than hereto- 

 fore. 



Division of Tree Planting. 



Chief — N. M. Ross, headquarters, Indian 

 Head, Sask. 



Assistant — S. S. Sadler. 



A considerable number of men will be 

 employed temporarily in connection with 

 all these departments of the work. 



RETURNS TO CANADA. 



Many old friends in the Forestry Branch 

 and elsewhere in Canada will welcome the 

 return to this country of G. A. Gutches, 

 who has recently been appointed District 

 Inspector of Forest Reserves for Saskat- 

 chewan. Mr. Gutches returns to the Can- 

 adian service after several years spent as 

 Inspector in the Forest Service of the U. 

 S. Indian Department, where he has had 

 charge of the forests belonging to that 

 department in six of the southwestern 

 states of the Union. After such training, 

 great things are expected of him in his 

 new capacity. 



WHAT THE ASSOCIATION STANDS 

 FOR. 



Mr. R. H. Campbell, Dominion Director 

 of Forestry, was present at the inaugural 

 meeting of the Canadian Pulp and Paper 

 Association in Toronto recently, an<l be- 

 sides dealing with the work in his own 

 Branch, spoke by request on the objects 

 of the Canadian Forestry Association, of 

 which he was for eight years Secretary. 

 In this part of his address he said that 

 two of the things for which the Associa- 

 tion stood were: First, the protection of 



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