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Prospectors sometimes burn the forests in order to expose the 

 underlying rock. Carelessness with camp fires has been the 

 cause of some fires and the Indians are accused of setting fire to 

 round up game and to improve the feeding ground for the deer. 



There are still numbers of deer and some bear in these moun- 

 tains, and in places there are beaver, which at the end of the 

 closed season in 1910, will stand considerable exploitation. One 

 of the finest trout lakes in British Columbia is in the Long Lake 

 Reserve and many of the small lakes and streams in the district 

 abound in Dolly Varden and Rainbow trout, attracting anglers 

 from all parts of the world. 



The area under reserves in this region should be considerably 

 increased in order that the watersheds may be adequately pro- 

 tected, and then with a sufficiently large force of rangers to guard 

 these reserves, they will be of inestimable value to the surround- 

 ing district. 



FOREST RESERVES AND PUBLIC HEALTH. 



With industrial development and its accompaniment of 

 crowded cities and strenuous business applications, the need of 

 mankind to return to the great out-of-doors for rest and health 

 is increasing. Never before were the forests more appreciated 

 for the invigorating life they afford than at present. Not many 

 years ago people who would spend their holidays camping out in 

 the wilderness would have been ridiculed. Now, however, 

 thousands seek the sylvan solitudes in the summer, enduring 

 many discomforts and often privations in order to get back as 

 near as possible to the natural life. The forest reserves which 

 are being established throughout Canada, will preserve for future 

 generations these recreation grounds. In the fight against 

 tuberculosis, the establishment of isolated sanitaria where the 

 patients can enjoy an out-door life, is one of the chief means of 

 combat. It would seem that the forest reserves, situated as they 

 are away from settlement, should provide ideal sites for these 

 sanitaria and that the Government should offer every encourage- 

 ment for the use of the reserves for this purpose. 



