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Canadian Forcstrij Journal, Februarij, 1918 



The Association's most hearty 

 thanks are due to these special con- 

 tributors, who have so generously 

 recognized the national benefits ac- 

 cruing from our work. 



Membership Growth 2000 

 In a year filled with so many ex- 

 citing events within and without the 

 Dominion, the Association's mem- 

 bership could be promoted only with 

 some difTiculty. Prospective mem- 

 bers were canvassed systematically 

 by letters and literature, many of our 

 old members aiding us from time to 

 time by personal canvass, so that 

 when the year came to a close we had 

 added a total of 2,000 new members. 

 This is about double the additions 

 of 1916, and brings the total mem- 

 bership to 6,200 representing an in- 

 crease of one hundred per cent, in 

 two and a half years. It is note- 

 worthy, too, that the revenues of the 

 Association have also doubled in the 

 same period. 



Wider Effort Needed 

 At no period has a widespread edu- 

 cational effort been so vitally neces- 

 sary in the interests of the nation nor 

 has the public mind been so re- 

 ceptive. No work pays higher divi- 

 dends than the spread oi information 

 regarding the natural resources, their 

 maintenance, and utilization. During 

 the past year we have opened many 

 new fields and it is important that 

 succersful educative methods should 

 be developed in all parts of the 

 Dominion so that citizens in remote 

 distiicts, as well as in organized 

 communities, should be brought into 

 contact with conservation ideas. Be- 

 cause of the urgent call for extended 

 service and the adaptability of the 

 Forestry Association for such a mis- 

 sion the Directors feel that the 

 Association will have in 1918 the 

 most liberal co-operation possible on 

 the part of Governments, woodpus- 

 ing industries and patriotic citizens 

 in providing means sufficient for the 

 task. 



The Annual Meeting at Montreal 



Lt.-Col. J. S Dennis Elected President; J. S. Gillies, 

 Vice-President. Large Gain In Membership. 



The Annual Meeting of the Cana- 

 dian Forestry Association was held at 

 the Windsor Hotel, Montreal, on 

 Wednesday, Februaiy 6th and Thurs- 

 day morning, February 7th. 



The meetings this year were fea- 

 tured by a Wood Fuel Symposium 

 in which the crisis in Canada's cord 

 wood supply was thoroughly dis- 

 cussed from the point ot view of the 

 Canadian forester, the wood fuel 

 merchant, the railway transportation 

 expert, the owner of woodlots, etc. 

 The United States Forest Service 

 very kindly permitted the attendance 

 of Mr. A. F. Ilawes, of Washington, 

 D.C., who has had charge of much of 

 the organization by which the United 

 States Government co-operating with 

 many of the States has succeeded in 

 getting near a solution of the wood 

 fuel problem. Mr. Ilawes' address 



was of a remarkably practical char- 

 acter, filled with suggestions cal- 

 culated to assist Canadian municipal- 

 ities facing the same situation. 

 Directors Present Report 

 The meeting of the Directors of the 

 Association, held on Wednesday 

 morning, February 6th, was attended 

 by a good representation of Directors 

 and members. The president, Hon. 

 Sydney Fisher, was unable to be 

 present, as he had been undergoing 

 dental treatment of a serious nature, 

 and addressed a letter to the meeting 

 referring to the excellent progress 

 of the Association during 1917, and 

 expressing hearty wishes that the 

 present year should prove most pros- 

 perous and useful. In Mr. Fisher's 

 absence, Mr. Wm. Power, former 

 President of the Association, acted 

 as chairman. The nominating com- 

 mittee presented a report, which was 



