Dominion Forestry Branch. 



Recent Changes in anel Aelditions to the Personnel. 



There are in all sixteen survey parties 

 in the field this year: 



Mr. E. B. Prow.l, assisted by Mr. H. A. 

 Porteous, will be in charge of the Eastern 

 Manitoba survev. Mr. D. German, assist- 

 ed by Mr. R. M. Watt and Mr. J. L. Ket- 

 chum, will conduct a survey in connection 

 M'ith the Duck Mountain Forest Reserve. 

 In Saskatchewan, Mr. A. Y. Gilbert, as- 

 sisted by Mr. D. Greig, has been placed in 

 charge of the Saskatchewan Survey No. 

 1. Mr. G. S. Smith has been transferred 

 from head office to take charge of the 

 Saskatchewan Survey Xo. 2. He will be 

 assisted by Mr. G. M. Dallyn. Mr. K. 

 Vavasour, assisted by Mr. H. M. Hughson, 

 has been placed in charge of Saskatche- 

 wan Survey No. 3. The Cold Lake Survey 

 party has been placed in charge of Mr. T. 

 F. Ranee, assisted by Mr. F. J. McGibbon, 

 and the Pelican Mountain Survey is be- 

 ing conducted by Mr. A. B. Connell, as- 

 sisted by Mr. H. A. Parker. 



Five survey parties have been organized 

 in connection with the Alberta Inspection 

 District. Mr. T. H. G. Clunn, assisted by 

 Mr. R. D. McDonald, is to take charge of 

 the traverse party operating in connection 

 with the Clearwater Forest Reserve. A 

 timber berth survey party is to be oper- 

 ated bv Mr. A. Gorman, assisted by Mr. 

 J. B. Hipwell. 



In connection with the British Columbia 

 Inspection District, two survey parties 

 will likely operate, — one, the British Co- 

 lumbia Reserves Survey party, under Mr. A. 

 M. Thurston, assisted by Mr. J. F. L. 

 Hughes, — the other, the British Columbia 

 Reconnaissance, under Mr. C. R. Mills, as- 

 sisted by Mr. R. A. R. Campbell. Besides 

 these, a special survey will be conducted in 

 connection with the Saskatchewan Forest 

 Reserves, under Mr. L. Stevenson, assisted 

 by Mr. J. Kay. 



Mr. G. E. Bothwell, forest assistant, was 

 transferred from head office to assist in 

 the administration of the Athabaska 

 Forest Reserve. Mr. F. D. Brown, forest as- 

 sistant, has been transferred from the Bra- 

 zeau Forest Reserve to assist in the ad- 

 ministration of the Clearwater Forest Re- 

 serve. Mr. S. H. Clark, who has been 

 acting forest supervisor of the Athabaska 

 Forest Reserve, has been transferred to the 

 supervisorship of the Brazeau Forest Re- 

 serve. 



The fire ranging in Manitoba and Saskat- 

 chewan has been reorganized, placing the 

 administration in the hands of the district 

 inspectors, Mr. F. K. Herehmer and Mr. 



G. A. Gutches, respectively, leaving the in- 

 spection of the fire ranging in Alberta in 

 the hands of Inspector E. H. Finlayson, 

 whose headquarters will be at Calgary. 



Mr. A. G. Mclntyre resigned from his 

 position as superintendent of the forest 

 products laboratories in connection with 

 McGill University on the 1st April. His 

 place was taken by Mr. J. S. Bates. 



Mr. F. McVickar resigned from his posi- 

 tion as forest assistant in connection with 

 the Bow River Forest Reserve, Alberta, on 

 the 30th April. Mr. O. M. Savre, forest 

 assistant, was transferred from the Atha- 

 baska Forest Reserve to the Brazeau Forest 

 Reserve on the. 1st April. Mr. D. W. Lusk, 

 forest assistant, left Ottawa on the 4th 

 May to take up his duties in connection 

 with the British Columlna Forest Reserves. 

 Mr. James McLean has been appointed sup- 

 erintendent of the forest nursery station at 

 Sutherland, Sask., to take the place of Mr. 

 W. B. Guitou, who has been transferred to 

 the position of inspector of tree planting 

 in connection with the forest nursery station 

 at Indian Head. Mr. R. C. Miller of WTiite 

 Horse, Yukon Territory, has been appointed 

 district fire inspector to take the place of 

 Mr. Percy Reid, who has been transferred 

 to Ottawa in connection with the Immigra- 

 tion Branch. 



Mr. W. J. Boyd, who had charge of the 

 fire ranging in Southern Manitoba last sea- 

 son, has undertaken a survey and inspection 

 trip by canoe from Athabaska Landing 

 through the northern part of Alberta into 

 the Mackenzie and Yukon Districts. Mr. 

 Boyd is accompanied by Mr. E. S. Davison 

 of Toronto School of Forestry, and in the 

 course of his trip will j-eport on the rein- 

 deer and wood buffalo propositions together 

 with the forest conditions of that country. 



Mr. G. T. Robb has been appointed chief 

 fire ranger of the Prince Albert Fire Rang- 

 ing District, to take the place of Mr. A. 

 Williscraft, who has been appointed to the 

 position of forest ranger in charge of the 

 Nisbet Forest Reserve. 



Mr. J. A. DQueet, who was in charge of 

 the Peace River survey last year, will obtain 

 statistics in wood industries, etc., in Que- 

 bec. 



HALIFAX, SEPT. 1-4. 



Don't forget the Convention date. 

 Write the Secretary that you will be 

 there. 



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