NEWS AND NOTES 



Canadian Forestry Association Meeting 



The executive committee of the Canadian 

 Forestry Association extends a cordial invi- 

 tation to the officers and members 

 of the American Forestry Associa- 

 tion to attend and take part in a special 

 meeting of this association to be held at 

 Regina, Sask, Canada, on September 3 and 

 4 next. The British Association meets in 

 Winnipeg just prior to this, so that cheap 

 railway rates will prevail. Those attending 

 the Seattle Exhibition may return east 

 through Canada, in which event they will 

 be able to stop off for a day at Regina with- 

 out added cost. For further information they 

 may write to James Lawler, Esq., Secretary, 

 II Queen's Park, Toronto, Ont. 



To Protect New Hampshire Forests from Fires 



State Forester and State Fire Warden E. C. 

 Hirst has sent the following circular letter 

 to the selectmen of the state calling attention 

 to the law for the preservation and protec- 

 tion of forests, and asking their coop- 

 eration in the selection of fire wardens. 



"In the act of the New Hampshire legis- 

 lature of May i, 1909, entitled, An Act to 

 Improve the State System of Forest Pro- 

 tection,' it is provided that the selectmen 

 of all towns and the mayors of all cities, 

 and other citizens, shall recommend to the 

 state forester the names of such persons 

 as may in their estimation be fit to fill the 

 offices of forest fire wardens in the respect- 

 ive towns and cities. The state forester 

 may then choose from the names recom- 

 mended one competent person in any town 

 or city, or group of towns, at which time 

 the term of office of forest fire warden pre- 

 viously appointed for that town or city, or 

 for any group of towns shall cease, and the 

 new appointee shall serve, the state for- 

 ester having the power at any time to 

 remove the forest fire warden from office. 



"The duties of the forest fire warden 

 under the new law are as follows : He shall, 

 when directed by the state forester, patrol 

 the woods, warning campers, hunters, etc., 

 about extinguishing fires. He shall post 

 fire notices along roads, streams, camp sites 

 and other public places. He shall extin- 

 guish all brush and forest fires occurring 

 in his town, and may call such assistance 

 as is necessary. He shall have the power 

 of arrest without warrant, and will be 

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required to make a report at regular inter 

 vals to the state forester. 



"The expenses incurred in fire fighting, 

 etc., are to be shared between the town or 

 city and the state. The fire wardens' bill 

 will be audited by the selectmen or mayor, 

 paid by the town or city, after which the 

 state reimburses the town or city for one- 

 half the amount. The remuneration is to 

 be fixed by the forestry commission and 

 the state forester, and I shall be pleased 

 to have you quote me the wages paid for 

 ordinary labor in your community; also 

 what, in your judgment, would be a fair 

 amount per day to pay the local fire warden 

 for his work and for fire fighters. 



"In complance with this law, will you 

 kindly name several persons whom you 

 think well qualified and willing to assume 

 the duties of forest fire warden in your 

 town. Manchester (N. H.) Mirror. 



A State Forester 



Vermont has set an example which most 

 the Other states in the Union would do 

 well to follow. After some years devoted 

 to a discussion of the problem in connection 

 with the ravages of the lumber companies 

 and pulp mills, after seeing her streams 

 diminish to mere rivulets or disappear alto- 

 gether, the Green Mountain state has 

 engaged a trained forester to devote his 

 attention to the forest areas and to the task 

 of arousing the farmers to the necessity or 

 advantage of the conservation of natural 

 resources. The man engaged for this pur- 

 pose is a graduate of the Yale Forestry 

 School, and he has had experience in the 

 Government service as state forester of 

 Connecticut. One of his doctrines is that 

 instead of selling the growth of his wood or 

 timber lot just once, the farmer ought to be 

 able to market a lumber crop once in every 

 thirty years, if he takes care that it is prop- 

 erly planted and protected. There has been 

 a state nursery in which voung trees are 

 grown, and whose products are offered to 

 prospective purchasers at cost. About 

 100,000 young trees, principally white pine, 

 have already been sold out of this nursery 

 for planting by farmers and lumbermen. If 

 an official like this state forester can do 

 something toward restoring the streams to 

 their former volume, or even maintain them 

 as at present, he will earn his salary and 

 more. Biddcford (Me.) Journal. 



