CANADIAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION 29 



TECHNICAL WORK. 



The Department of Crown Lands, realizing the importance of technical 

 training, sent two of their best forest engineers to Yale to make a study of 

 the technical side of forestry. Since their appointment as Forest Engineers 

 in the Department of Crown Lands, new measures have been inaugurated 

 for the classification of lands, the proper protection of the forests, the pre- 

 vention of excessive cutting, the reproduction of the forest by seeding or by 

 planting, and a recommendation for the establishment of a fund for the 

 following purposes : 



1. The reforestation of abandoned farm lands. 



2. The restoration of forest lands that have been ruined by reckless 

 cutting or by fire. 



3. The planting up of bare or sand lands where there are no trees, and 

 the establishment of vegetation on rock lands. 



4. The creation of forest reserves on a large scale. 



5. The introduction and acclimatization of new species of woods. 



SUGGESTIONS. 



1. In my opinion if we are to take proper care of our forests, fish and 

 game we should have a commission of competent men, free from any politi- 

 cal ties, and having the direction of the sales, the cutting and everything else 

 belonging to the exploitation of the forest. Such a commission should be 

 under the control of the Government and be responsible to the people. 



2. To this commission might be attached a technical staff that would be 

 charged with the task of exploring the forests, preparing maps, and possibly 

 also the management of the forests. The work has already begun in a small 

 way. but we wish to know the exact regions that are suitable for the growth 

 of the woods, and those that are suitable for colonization purposes. It is 

 important that this question should be settled in an independent and busi- 

 ness-like fashion. 



THE EDUCATION OF THE PEOPLE. 



Another very important question is to educate the people as to the 

 value of the forests, and the importance it is to them to protect and preserve 

 them. We have already agricultural colleges and lecturers, and it seems 

 to me that it would be an easy matter for these lecturers, in their talks, to 

 give to the public some elementary ideas on sylviculture and the care of 

 woodlands. 



