Canadian Forestry Magazine, November, ig2o 



519 



How the United Kingdom will restore the forests destroyed during the war. 

 Douglas Fir in the Crown Forest of Dean 



riHiiii riy Clyde Leavitt 

 A thriving plantation of 



Forest Research in Canada 



By Clyde Leavitt 

 Chief Forester of the Commission of Conservation 



At the Imperial Forestry Conference, 

 lield (luring the past summer at London, 

 England, great stress was laid upon the 

 urgent necessity for a comprehensive 

 scheme of forest research, to serve as a 

 basis for the intelligent handling of the 

 forest with a view to its perpetuation by 

 wise use.. It is generally recognized 1)\ 

 those who are familiar with conditions, 

 ihal lack of intcUiucnl direction in tlic 



methods of forest exploitation results 

 usually in the deterioration of the f|uality 

 and quantity of the succeeding forest, if, 

 indeed, the forest is not entirely de- 

 stroyed and the land rendered whollv 

 unproductive as a result of the treat- 

 ment given it. 



The effects of rejieated forest fires in 

 bringing about forest devastation are 

 now iiuitc gciH-ralb recognized, and ob- 



l?oards will make a li.mse, and a little .iltinlioii to idanlinv; will ni.ikt- it a limnt 



