Forest Preservation 



Any one who would be guilty of this is unfit for citizenship 

 in a free country. 



Each reserve is under the charge of a supervisor. He 

 does the business connected with its administration and 

 lays out the work to be done. 

 Under him, on the larger reserves 

 at least, is a forest assistant who 

 is the technical adviser to the 

 supervisor. He is a trained for- 

 ester, a graduate of some school 

 of forestry, and looks after all 

 work which requires that special 

 training. The reserve is divided 

 into a number of districts, each 

 under a permanent forest ranger. 

 This official is required to live in 

 his district, in a house provided 

 for him, and to patrol it regularly 

 to protect it from fire or trespass, 

 as well as to do much necessary 

 work. So far as actually doing 

 things is concerned, the forest 

 ranger is the most important 

 official on the reserve. He must 



be able to manage a canoe in the water or carry it across 

 a portage. He also cuts roads, builds telephone lines, 

 cabins and lookout stations, fights fire, estimates stand- 

 ing timber and measures it when cut. In short, he is a 

 man of all work, and should be strong, experienced, skil- 



Courtexy' Forestry Branch, 

 Interior Dcpt. 



FIG. 10. A Lookout 

 Tower on a Dominion Forest 

 Reserve. 



