Canudiaii Forcstrij Journal, Januarij, 1918 



1185 



Wood cutting operations on the Peace River near Fitzgerald. The wood Is for steamboat use. 



Series of French Lectures for the East 



A series of about twenty public 

 meetings is being organized by the 

 Canadian Forestry Association for 

 the French-speaking communities of 

 New Brunswick. By the vahied co- 

 operation of the Dominion Forestry 

 Branth, the services of Mr. J. A. 

 Doucet have been made available for 

 this purpose. The reception of the 

 plan b\- the parish priests and the 

 leaders of the various "Societes de 

 TAssomption Mutuelle" has proved 

 most hearty, so that large audiences 

 are anticipated. Mr. Doucet is well 

 fitted to undertake such an enter- 

 prise. He has handled much im- 

 portant field work for the Dominion 

 Forestry Branch, is a native of New 

 Brunswick and rated as an effective 

 speaker. His lecture series will deal 

 with forest protection and other as- 

 pects of the forestry question and will 

 doubtless do a sterling service in ac- 

 cjuainting the French-speaking citiz- 

 ens of the necessity for conservation 

 policies in the management of New 



Brunswick's timber lands. The 



meetings ought to produce a better 

 understanding of the problems which 

 the administration is endeavoring to 

 solve. Each lecture will be enter- 

 tainingly illustrated by stereopticon 

 and lanfern slides. 



ONTARIO'S OPPORTUNITY 



Ontario's forests have a greater 

 value, present and potential, than 

 they ever had before. National need 

 has been spurred by the happenings 

 of war. There are increasing de- 

 mands for fuel, for pulpwood, and for 

 timber of all kinds. These demands 

 will outlast the war. They will pro- 

 bably be most insistent during the 

 post-bellum reconstruction period, 

 when the Dominion sets about the 

 rehabilitation of homemaking, the 

 revival of colonization, the develop- 

 ment of new industrial enterprise, and 

 particularly the expansion of shipping. 



