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Canadian Forestry Journal, March, 1917 



NOTICES TO LOCATE 

 RANGERS 



By B. M. W. 



Great strides are being made in the 

 advancement of forest protection 

 methods and standards. The move 

 by the Ontario Government in the 

 appointment of an expert to handle 

 a reorganized protection service, the 

 enactment of laws relative to settlers' 

 fires and the burning of slash, the en- 

 forcement of regulations now on the 

 statute books, and the success of the 

 cooperative associations on the Lower 

 Ottawa and the St. Maurice water- 

 sheds indicate the growth of appre- 

 ciation of forest protection. 



It is patent that if small fires were 

 attacked when they were small there 

 would be no big fires. 



Rarely, if ever, is an organized 

 attempt made to fight fire until the 

 government ranger arrives. This 

 may occur in 24 hours, possibly with- 

 in a week. In the meantime the fire 

 gets good headway and the expense 

 necessary to extinguish it rolls up. 

 The sooner the ranger is notified the 

 sooner will he arrive. 



Forest guards are not permanent, 

 changes in the personnel of the staff 

 are made from year to year. Usually 

 it is very difficult to ascertain who the 

 ranger is and where his headquarters 

 are. The most needed improvement 

 of the present is the placing of notices 

 before the public showing name and 

 location of ranger with a request to 

 phone him in case of fire. The fol- 

 lowing notice printed in French and 

 English and posted in Railway Sta- 

 tions, meeting halls, Post Offices and 

 near churches and summer camps will 

 justify the expense. No other print- 

 ing should be on these notices. 



New Forest Fire Laws 

 G. M. Romans, State Forester of 

 California, is preparing a forest fire 

 law which he will present to the in- 

 coming legislators. Strange as it 

 may appear, California has prac- 

 tically no forest fire regulation in 

 common with those of Oregon, Wash- 

 ington and Idaho. 



HANDBOOK OF TREES OF THE 

 NORTHERN STATES AND CANADA 



By Romeyn B. Hough. 



Is photo-descriptive of the leaves, fruits, barks, 

 branchlets, etc , and shows them all with the 

 vividness of reality. Natural sizes ingeniously 

 indicated. Distributions shown by maps. Wood 

 structures by photo-micrographs. 



"With it one wholly unfamiliar with botany can 

 easily identify the trees." — Melvil Dewey, Pres. 

 Library Institute. 



"The most ideal Handbook I have seen." — 

 C. Hart Merriam. 



"The most valuable guide to the subjects ever 

 written."- — Springfield Republican. 



AMERICAN WOODS 



By Romeyn B. Hough. 



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 tains 897 specimens of 325 species. Of such ex- 

 ceptional value that its author has been awarded 

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