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cmsly. Hope seems to lie in the creation of forest reserves, and the policy of 

 setting aside land to be used as forest reserves is now pretty well established 

 by the Dominion Government. 



The Dominion Forest Reserves are intended to preserve and produce a 

 perpetual supply of timber for the people of the prairie, the homesteaders' 

 needs being considered of first importance. They are not intended to furnish 

 wood for the lumber trade. Hence the policy of the Department is favorable 

 to small mills rather than to large ones which need large tracts of forest and 

 manufacture lumber beyond the needs of the settlers. To furnish wood is 

 primarily the purpose of ParJiament in the creation of the reserves. To be 

 sure, our legislators are not unmindful of other blessings of the forest. They 

 are well aware that forests feed springs, prevent floods, hinder erosion, 

 shelter from storms, give health and recreation, protect game and fish, and 

 give the country aesthetic features. However, the Dominion Forest Reserve 

 policy has for its motto. "Seek ye first the production of wood and its right 

 use and all these other things will be added unto it." 



LOCATION AND AREA. 



The Dominion Forest Reserves all lie in the northwestern provinces. 

 They are twenty-six in number, including the parks whose timber is managed 

 in precisely the same way as that of the timber reserves proper. The num- 

 ber twenty-six does not include the eastern slope of the Rockies, however, 

 although it also is under management similar to that of the forest reserves. 



Manitoba has six reserves, namely : 



Riding Mountain Reserve, containing 1,535 sq. miles. 



Duck Mountain Reserve, containing 1,251 



Porcupine No. 1 Reserve, containing 322 



Lake Manitoba West Reserve, containing 248 



Spruce Woods Reserve, containing .' 110 



Turtle Mountain Reserve, containing 



Total 3,575i" 



Saskatchewan has four, namely : 



Porcupine No. 2 Reserve, containing 360 sq. miles. 



Moose Mountain Reserve, containing 163 " 



The Pines Reserve, containing 145 " 



Beaver Hills Reserve, containing 72 " " 



Total , 740 



Alberta has six, namely : 



Jasper Park Reserve, containing 5,000 sq. miles. 



Rocky Mountain Park Reserve, containing 4,500 



Cooking Lake Reserve, containing 114 



Kootenay Lakes, containing 54 



'Cypress Hills, containing 18 



Elk Island, containing 16 



Total 9,702 



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