314 

 CANADIAN DEPARTMENT 



ELLWOOD WILSON, SECRETARY, 



CANADIAN SOCIETY OF 



FOREST ENGINEERS 



The better protection of forests from 

 fire is making rapid progress in Canada, 

 and this country promises soon to out- 

 distance its ally to the south. The 

 Province of Manitoba has just passed a 

 very complete act covering the whole 

 subject of forest and prairie fires and 

 putting into effect the permit system. 

 The Canadian Forestry Association has 

 been active and instrumental in the pas- 

 sage of this legislation and the Province 

 is to be congratulated on coming into the 

 ranks of those who wish to see rational 

 and efficient protection and use of one 

 of the most important of our natural re- 

 sources. The time is coming when the 

 people will not permit the destruction or 

 wanton waste of property which should 

 be conserved for our lifetime and for 

 our children. When once it is realized 

 that all forest and mineral wealth and 

 also the fertility of agricultural soil is 

 really the property of the nation and 

 therefore of every voter, no office holders 

 will be tolerated who do not administer 

 such property for the common good. 



The enforcement of the new Manitoba 

 act will be carried out by Mr. Mulloy, 

 who is proceeding to organize his fire 

 wardens and rangers for the summer's 

 work. He will cooperate with the Do- 

 minion Government fire rangers working 

 on the reserves. 



Mr. Robson Black, Secretary of the 

 Canadian Forestry Association, is on a 

 trip through the West in the interest of 

 more general diffusion of knowledge 

 about our forest resources and of better 

 fire protection. He will call on all Gov- 

 ernment officials interested in such work 

 and will lecture before Boards-of-Trade, 

 Canadian Clubs and other public bodies. 



The St. Maurice Forest Protective 

 Association is trying to arrange for a 

 test of an aeroplane for locating forest 

 fires, and if this proves successful it 

 hopes to introduce the aeroplane as a 

 part of its mechanical equipment. There 

 seems no reason to doubt that such a 

 patrol would be much cheaper and more 

 effective than the present ranger system, 

 and if it should prove possible to land 

 near a fire and extinguish it without 

 calling for additional labor, the cost 

 of fire protection would be very mate- 

 rially decreased. 



A meeting was held recently in Mon- 

 treal for the formation of a Montreal sec- 

 tion of the Imperial Aero League and the 

 question of the employment of these 

 machines in commercial work of all 

 kinds was discussed. Many aviators will 

 be free after the war and they could be 

 employed in carrying fast mail in forest 

 fire protection and many other services. 



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the Crown lands of the Province of New 

 Brunswick has now progressed to an ex- 

 tent where many interesting and instruc- 

 tive conclusions may be drawn from the 

 results already accomplished. To date 

 the field parties have surveyed and ex- 



' amined 550,000 acres. Of this the map- 

 ping and compiling of 371,000 acres has 

 been completed. 



A letter received from one of the Staff 

 Sergeants of the Canadian Forestry 

 Corps says, "All the forestry battalions 

 have been fused into a Corps, and in addi- 

 tion constant reinforcements are being 

 drafted into it from the medically unfit 

 of the infantry. The Corps is at present 

 about five thousand strong, of whom 

 1500 are operating in France, and in- 

 creasing every day. There are about 

 twenty camps in England and Scotland. 



! One Branch at Headquarters is called 

 the Forestry Branch and this handles the 

 technical forestry work and also all lum- 

 ber returns. Captain Weir, a graduate 

 of Ontario Agricultural College, McGill 

 and Cornell, is in charge, and Sergeant 

 Bricker, a student from Toronto Forest 

 School, is his Assistant. Men in the 

 field were given the title of Forestry 

 Representatives and handled several 



! camps each, sending in general forestry 

 reports embracing silvical studies, soil 



I studies, growth studies, etc., as well as 

 reports on progress, accompanied by 

 maps. Several Toronto men were on 

 this work. Our rank was the high and 

 lofty one of full private except Parker, 

 who was a sergeant before this work 

 was started. He has recently gone to 

 France where he will be associated with 

 the lumbering end of the work, I believe. 

 At present we are planning some new 



work at the instigation of the British 

 Forestry authorities. A party is to be 

 sent out to visit all our camps making 

 volume and increment tables. We are 

 going to use the forms which were used 

 at Toronto University for stem analysis 

 and volume tables. This is going to be 

 very valuable experience for us and our 

 time spent as soldiers will not be wasted. 

 Since the British authorities think that 

 this is necessary, we can assume we are 

 ' doing our bit.' There is a very serious 

 shortage of timber, accentuated by the 

 submarine blockade and all production 

 work is being speeded up. The forestry 

 exponents are using their influence to see 

 that the government takes up the ques- 

 tion of reforestation as soon as possible, 

 some even advocating that this be com- 

 menced before the end of the war." 



In Prince Edward County, Ontario, 

 where the removal of the forest exposed 

 a sandy soil, this has drifted and people 

 picnicking in the woods at the edge of 

 this desert amuse themselves by tobog- 

 ganing down the sandy slopes. 



A new idea in fire warning signs is 

 being used in British Columbia and Que- 

 bec. Sign posts are put up on the trails 

 and carrys giving the distances with the 

 warning " Put Your Camp Fire Out." 



The Canadian Society of Civil Engi- 

 neers at a recent meeting put themselves 

 on record as heartily in favor of proper 

 forest protection and conservation. 



The mobilization of all the resources 

 of the country for the better carrying on 

 of the war has given added impetus to 

 the forestry propaganda and the National 

 Committee on Scientific Research will 

 include forestry research work on its 

 program. 



