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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



Mr. R. H. Campbell, Director of the Do- 

 minion Forestry Branch, is taking another 

 step in line with his progressive and creative 

 policy for forestry work in Canada. He 

 proposes, in order to bring together the 

 organizations that are interested in forest 

 research in Canada, and to systematize and 

 develop it, to form in connection with the 

 Dominion Forestry Branch, an Advisory 

 Committee, which would include most of the 

 leading men directly interested in forest 

 research. The work of the Committee will be 

 to suggest problems for investigation and 

 methods of carrying out such projects: to pass 

 upon all projects of scientific investigation 

 planned and to revise for publication the 

 results of such investigations. It is not 

 proposed that any remuneration should be 

 given for services on the Advisory Committee, 

 nor that 'the Committee should meet as a whole 

 at any time, but they should be consulted 

 by correspondence. There may be a small 

 executive committee of the Advisory Com- 

 mittee which will consider plans and proposed 

 projects more in detail and have them put 

 into proper form for transmission to the various 

 authorities to whom the investigation would 

 be suggested. As soon as it can be arranged a 

 special officer of the Forestry Branch will take 

 charge of the arranging and recording of the 

 investigations that may be undertaken. The 

 following have been invited to become members : 



Dr. B. E. Fernow, Dean, University of 

 Toronto Forestry School; to represent forest 

 management and silvicultural aspect of forest 

 research. 



Clyde Leavitt, Forester; to represent Con- 

 servation Commission and forest protection 

 researches. 



W. N. Millar, Assistant Professor of Forestry 

 University of Toronto Forest School; to 

 represent Forest mensuration and engineering 

 aspects of forest research. 



R. B. Miller, Dean, University of New 

 Brunswick Forest School; to represent Mari- 

 time Provinces. 



Ellwood Wilson, Forester Laurentide Com- 

 pany; to represent Quebec private timber 

 owners. 



G. C. Piche, Forester Province of Quebec; 

 to represent Quebec Provincial Government. 



E. J. Zavitz, Forester, Province of Ontario; 

 to represent Ontario Provincial Government. 



H. R. MacMillan, Forester, British Colum- 

 bia; to represent British Columbia Provincial 

 Government. 



L. M. Ellis, Forester, Canadian Pacific Rail- 

 way; to represent Canadian Railwavs. 



Dr. Judson F. Clark, Clark & Lyford, Con- 

 sulting Foresters; to represent Private Fores- 

 ters, both east and west. 



F. W. Broderick, Professor Horticulture and 

 Forestry, Manitoba Agricultural College; to 

 represent farm forestry in prairie provinces. 



J. H. White, Instructor, University of 

 Toronto Forest School; to represent techno- 

 logical and botanical aspects of forest research. 



Dr. C. D. Howe, Associate Professor, 

 University of Toronto Forest School; to repre- 

 sent silvical aspects of forest research. 



BRITISH COLUMBIA NOTES 



Cooperation in fire protection along the 

 International Boundary is being arranged 

 between the U. S. Forest Service and the British 

 Columbia Forest Branch. The plan includes 

 on the United States side the Washington, 

 Okanogan, and Colville Forests in District 

 6; the Kaniksu, Pend d'Oreille, Kootenai, 

 and Blackfeet Forests in District 1; and in 

 British Columbia the Vancouver, Vernon, 

 Nelson and Cranbrook Forest Districts. 



In the educational campaign for fire pre- 

 vention this year the distribution of pocket 

 whetstones to woodsmen of all kinds, and of 

 sets of lantern slides to moving picture theatres 

 will be continued. Their use last year was 

 much appreciated and gave excellent results. 

 About 20,000 of the whetstones and several 

 hundred slides will be distributed. The 

 whetstones bear an attractive inscription 

 requesting care with fire in the woods. The 

 design is copyrighted by the Western Forestry 

 and Conservation Association, through whose 

 courtesy its use is allowed. 



Transportation in this part of the Province 

 is practically all by water, and the work of 

 protection and administration requires the 

 use of a good many launches, large and small, 

 by the Forest Branch. The launch depot is 

 fitted up with ways, machine shop, storage 

 sheds, etc., for looking after the launches, and 

 its establishment will greatly facilitate Govern- 

 ment work. 



Some of the largest and best bodies of timber 

 in British Columbia are situated around 

 Cowichan Lake on Vancouver Island. A 

 telephone line to facilitate fire protection will 

 be built there in the near future by the timber 

 holders and the Forest Branch in cooperation. 



A Ranger Station and launch depot is 

 being built at Thurston Bay on Sonora Island. 

 This is one of the many islands lying between 

 Vancouver Island and the mainland, and is 

 about the centre of the region where most of 

 the logging on the coast has so far been done. 



During the winter a number of the District 

 Foresters have given special instruction and 

 practice in cruising, surveying and scaling to 

 their rangers. Such Ranger Schools, as they 

 are called, are held in the field, camps being 

 established in a locality offering opportunities 

 for instruction in all the various lines of work. 



The chance to improve their qualifications 

 for forest work given by these "Ranger 

 Schools" has been appreciated by the Rangers 

 and other officers attending them. A number 

 of Forest Guards were, on their urgent request, 

 allowed to attend. 



These Ranger Schools will hereafter be held 

 every winter in each Forest District. 



