Forest Fires of May and June, ign 



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near Hruitifnl, Minn., when the buu»e uml 

 stable of u HPttler were destroyed. 



The laHt week of April Maw aome fierce 

 flreH in MaHHix-huNettH and New York 

 atateH. By April 27, S./SOO acre* were re- 

 ported to have been burned over in the 

 neiffliborhood of North Adamx, MaHH., 

 though there waH little danger ocraHioned 

 to Hetth'MM'ntH. A <lay or two later a 

 forest fre in the ('atHkill niountainfl, in 

 New Vor'- state, Hnid to have been caUHed 

 by a Hpark from a locomotive, threatened 

 Lake Mohonk, the Hcene of the peai-e eon- 

 ferences, and the villa}<e of Lloyd, in the 

 Shawangunk mountaina, waa threatened bv 

 fire. 



In the first week of May, also, a large 

 number of minor forest fires were report- 

 ed throughout New England. Two lives 

 are reported to have been lost. 



About May 7tli northwestern Minnesota 

 reported a large number of fires. The 

 neighborhoods of Duluth, Virginia and 

 Ilil)bing were especially visited. Northern 

 Wisconsin was similarly affected. 



In Michigan, about the same time, fires 

 were reported from Tloughtrn, Ontonatyon, 

 Keweenawa and Baraga counties, but no 

 serious damage to forests was occasioned. 

 West of Calumet, on Lake Superior, fires 

 were also reported in timbered country. 



The most serious damaire seems to have 

 been done in West Virginia. Despatches 

 of May liith reported that fires had al- 

 ready caused a loss of $1,000,000 and 

 were still burning. The fires extemled 

 through the mountains for a distance of 

 two hundred miles. One man dropjied 

 dead while fighting fire, and another was 

 burned to death while (iglitlMir fire whic'i 

 spread from a brush fire tluit he himself 

 had started- 



Forest Produrta uf ('Niicila, 

 R. MacMillan and <}. A. 



FORESTRY BRANCH PUBLICATIONS. 



The following is a list of the publica- 

 tions of the Forestry Branch of the T>e- 

 partment of the Interior, which are either 

 now ready for distribution or will shortly 

 be published: 



Annual Reports: Sunerintendent of Fores- 

 try — 1{»04 and following years. 

 Bulletin 1. Tree-TManting on' the Prairies — 



X. >[. Ross. 

 Bulletin 2. Planting and Care of a For- 

 est of Evergreens — A. Knechtel. 

 Bulletin 3. Dominion Forest Reserves — 



A. Knechtel. 

 Bulletin 4. Poorest Products of Canada 



(up to 1J)0.S)— A. TI. n. Ross. 

 Bulletin 5. Forest Conditions in Crows- 

 nest Valley. Alberta— TF. R. MacMillan. 

 Bulletin fi. Ridinar Mountain Forest Re- 



serv«' — .T. R. Dickson. 

 Bulletin 7. Forest Fires in Canada, 1908 

 — H. R. MacMillan. 



Bulletin H. 



HM»«— H. 



(fUtehea. 

 Bulletin i*. Forest Fires in Canada. lOOtf 

 — H. R. MacMillan and O. A. Cutcbes. 

 Bulletin 10. The Farmer's Plantation — A. 



Mitchell. 



Bulletin 11. Forest Produrta of Canada, 

 1)M>9; Lumber, Hquare Timber, I^th and 

 Shingles— H. H. MacMillan. 



Bulletin 12. Forest Pro<luctM of Canada, 

 HKn>: I>ulpwood— H. R. MacMillan. 



Bulletin 13. Forest Products of Canada, 

 liHii): Cross-ties Purchased— H. R. Mac 

 Millan. 



Bulletin 14. Forest PrcMlucts of Canada, 

 1SM>9: Poles— H. R. MacMillan. 



Bulletin 15. Forest Pro<luets of Canada, 

 IPOSi— H. R. MacMillan. 



Bulletin 16. Forest Fires and Railw-ivs — 

 R. II. Campbell. 



Bulletin 17. Report on Timber Conditions 

 along the Proposed Route of the Hud- 

 son Bay Railway (with map; — .!. K. 

 Dickson, (a) 



Bulletin 18. The Rocky Mountain Forest 

 Reserve (with map) — O. H. Edgecoml»e 

 and P. Z. Caverhill. (a) 



Bulletin 19. Forest Products of Canada, 

 1909: Cooperage and Boxes — H. R. Mac- 

 Millan. 



Bulletin 20. Forest Products of Canada, 

 1909: Tanbark and Tanning Extract 

 Used— II. R. MacMillan. (a) 



Successful Tree Planters, (Pamphlet). 



Irrigation Bulletin No. 1: Irrigation in 

 Saskatchewan and Alberta — E. F. Drake 

 and .1. S. Tempest. 



Hejiort of the Progress of Stream Mea- 

 surements for 1909 — P. M. Sander. 



The following maps may also be ob- 

 tained on application: 



The Riding Mountain Forest Reserve. 

 Scale, one mile to an inch. 



'The Pines* Forest Reserve. Scale, one 

 mile to an inch. 



Map showing Irrigation Lands and Irri- 

 gation Schemes in Alberta and Sask- 

 atchewan. Scale, 3 miles to an inch. 



Map showing Distribution of Trees by the 

 Forestry Branch in Manitoba,. Alberta 

 and Saskatchewan. Scale, 12^ miles 

 to the inch. 



Map showing Forest Regions of Canada. 

 Scale, .lo miles to the inch. 

 The reports of the second (1908") and 



fourth (1910) conventions of the Western 



Canada Irrigation Association may al.so 



be secured from the Branch. 



Any of these reports or maps will b« 



sent gratis on application to the Director 



of Forestry, Department of the Interior, 



Ottawa. 



(a) Will be published shortly. 



