Canadian Forestry Magazine, October, ip20. 



475 



It has been a habit for years past to 

 think and speak of our timber resources 

 as being unHmited, with the result that 

 we have been mining instead of crop- 

 ping it, as is done for instance, in Swe- 

 den, where every available stick of tim- 

 ber is utilized. The unhmited supply 

 idea has depleted Wisconsin forests ; has 

 left ver}^ little timber in Michigan, ana 

 is rapidly depleting the stands in the 

 Southern States. It is estimated that the 

 original stand of 650 billion feet in the 

 Southern States has been reduced to 139 

 billion feet. 



There is no occasion for hysteria, but 

 we. in British Columbia, must look facts 

 calmly in the face and lay our plans ac- 



coidingly. We must, after careful sur- 

 v.^y, decide on the best methods of tim- 

 ber conservation. 



i^.Iuch is being said these days of re- 

 forestation and extensive experiments 

 along this line are being made by some 

 of the large pulp and paper companies in 

 Eastern Canada. Experts are not agreed 

 that the hope for the future lies entirely 

 in reforesting. They seem inclined to 

 the belief that it will prove rather as an 

 assistance to the forest to reproduce 

 naturally. In other words, that natural 

 reproduction of the species native to each 

 locality is the goal to be aimed at, but 

 that, where necessary, nature should be 

 helped out by artificial means. 



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