With the Forest Engineers. 



Annual Meeting C.S.F.E. 



Tlir annual iiicrtiiif? of tlic Cana- 

 dian Sofit'ty of Foi-fst Kn«;inft'rs was 

 iR'ld in Ottiiwa on Thursday (.'Vcnin^'. 

 Fel)i-uary 8, at ciKid o'l-lock. 



Tlu' Pn'sidcnt, Dr. H. Iv Fcrnow. 

 occupied the chair, and thrrc wt-rt' 

 also present tlu- following: active nieni- 

 bers: Dr. J. F. Clark, of Vancouver. 

 B C. ; N. M. Koss, of Indian Head. 

 Sa.sk.: A. II. D. Ross and Dr. C. D. 

 Howe, of the Cinversity of Toronto 

 Faculty of Forestry; E. J. Zavitz. of 

 the Ontario A'^ricultural Collejje, 

 Guelpli. Ont.; Hllwood \Vilson. of 

 Grand Mt-re, P.^. : L. M. l^lli«. "f 'l"' 

 C.P.K. Forestrv Dept.. and U. H. 

 Caniphell, 11. K. MacMillan and F. W, 

 II. Jaconihe, of Ottawa. Ont. 



After some discussion re},'ardin^' llie 

 fniaiices of the society, it was resolv- 

 ed that as.sociate niemhers. as well as 

 the active inend)ers, should receive the 

 Forcsti-y (^)uarterly as return for a 

 portion of the Mlelld)el-slnp fees. 



On motion Mr. II. K. .MacMillan 

 was ai)poinled auditor for the cur- 

 rent year. 



A discus.sion was introduced i»y Mr. 

 AVil.snii as to the feasil.ility of stun- 

 dardi/iuK niappinj; and I'.stimates of 

 cost. The value of an interchanj;e ..I 

 ideas amon«: the mend»ei-s on this and 

 other suhjecls was pointed out. Many 

 of them were doin^' private w«)rk, and 

 the l.enetit of any progress on their 

 j.art in rej;ard 1<» methods in the ah- 

 sence of any puhlication was IohI. 

 The sult.ieet was especially suited t«> 

 the present staj,'.- of developm.>nt of 

 forestry in Canada heeanse tl" n ;i 

 jority of forest. rs in the Doi 

 were iloini; nmi)pinj; mid estiuiatnuJ 

 work almost «'.\elusively 



Oil motion a (ommili" 

 pointed to invest i^rale the | 

 of standardizing the maps 

 lines suggested. 



Mr. Wilnon wan appointed t" 

 veHtigate the praetieahility of the 

 formation of an international Koricty 

 of foresters. 



'{'he meeting then adjourned. 



Notes on Rocky Mountain Reserve. 



The plans under eiiUHidiTatinn for 

 the managemttit of the \i ' • ^1oun• 



tain ftirest reserve nt- , .the 



division of the whole renon-p into 

 four districts, viz.: (1) from the In- 

 ternational l)oundnry north to the 

 lliirh Kiver district; (2) from the 

 High Kiver <listriet north to the 

 headwaters of the H.d I)«'r or 



therealututs; (:i) from t: ^t- 



name«l point to the Athaha ml 



(4) all north of thiK to the northern 

 houndarv of the r 



Each of these d, .. «-i'' hnve a 

 supervisor, a teehnieal ;> '»*» 



a start* of rang.'rs. The 

 will prohahly he I 

 from which th- ' 

 Cypress Hills 

 others that may. and m 

 ity, will he est ' ' ' d til ' 

 w ill he admini 



Trails will he put throuRh t^ 



pOH.Hihle Hpeetl and ti 

 lahlishetl. IJoii 



ran gel-?* will 



niimhor of important | 



rangi-rs nn: 



A COllMih 



forest ern V 

 out the oriram 

 dition t 

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at the late 



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