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2. The organization of the ranger staff. 

 The proper location of the ranger headquarters 

 and the providing of one or two assistants on 

 each district was a great help in the handling of 

 the fires. The greatest credit is due to all 

 concerned for the manner in which the work 

 was handled. 



3. The equipment purchased. The rather 

 complete equipment which has been supplied to 

 the reserve was one of the main factors in hold- 

 ing the fires in check. The tools on each dis- 

 trict were found to be entirely adequate for all 

 demands and all of our crews were easily, com- 

 pletely and quickly outfitted. The motor 

 velocipede which has been in use for four or 

 five years and maintamed m good repair proved 

 indispensable, and particular mention should be 

 nnade of the service rendered by the 



gasoline pumping engine received last fall. 

 This pumping unit proved to be invalu- 

 able and in one case saved the situation, 

 when there was danger of both Hawkes mill and 

 the village of Hudson Bay Junction burning. 



"Finally, I have no doubt whatever but that 

 the worst of fire seasons can be successfully 

 handled on this reserve provided that the tem- 

 porary patrol staff is greatly increased and the 

 improvement programme is carried on from year 

 to year as in the past. In a season such as this 

 at least three extra patrolmen should be placed 

 on each ranger district and used on improve- 

 ment work, when the fire season is over. I be- 

 lieve that the fire situation would be better and 

 much more cheaply handled by this means. 

 I.e., by prevention, and better satisfaction ob- 

 tained all around." 



Tile portable teleijhune in opi.Tation. One of lli 



;reatesl aiils in fore.'^i prutecUon. 



'RECREATIONAL FORESTRY" 



Syracuse, N.Y. — A radical innovation in 

 vocational education was announced recently by 

 the New York State College of Forestry at Syra- 

 cuese, when plans were made public for the in- 

 auguration of the first course ever given in Am- 

 erica in recreational forestry. Students will be 

 given technical training in the proper use of the 

 nation's forests for camping, touring, hunting, 

 fishing, and general recreational development. 

 No such training has ever before been given. 



but scientific use of the forests as playgrounds 

 has come to be a demand, and New York will 

 be the first state to offer such a course. 



This announcement was made upon the re- 

 turn to Syracuse of Prof. Henry R. Francis, 

 after he had completed a 10,000 mile tour of 

 the forests of the great western states, studying 

 the problems of recreational forestry, as a basis 

 for formulating a course of instruction. On 

 this tour he travelled 8,000 miles by rail, 1 ,200 

 miles by auto, and 650 miles on horseback or 

 foot. 



