Hon. W. ./. Roche 



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HON. W. J. ROCHE MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR. 

 All federal forests in Canada come under the Department of the Interior. Hon. Dr. 

 Roche takes a keen personal interest in forestry work. He recently accepted 

 the office of Director in the Canadian Forestry Association. 



Over H.ilOO.OOO forest tree seed- 

 liiiiTs liave been planted on more than 

 4.000 aere.s. 



The foi'ests are now being used as 

 sanatoria. 



Campers, hunters and fishermen 

 are invitrd uj)on State land. 



State Forests ati'ord employment 

 where work is scarce. 



Cities and towns are supplied with 

 pure water from these ])rotected 

 forests. 



The flow antl ])urity of streams 

 which head within them are regulat- 

 ed and eonsei-ved. 



l^y recent enactments the Depart- 

 ment of Forestry is permitted to en- 

 ter into co-operative agreements 

 Avith local forest fii-e associations, 

 and also to designate certain of the 

 foresters in the state service to be 

 known as District Foresters, who 

 shall aid farm and woodlot owners 

 in the management of their wood- 

 lots, report on fire protection, and 

 take general charge of the forest 

 work in tlie district. 



STUDYING EUROPEAN FORESTS 



Mr. R. II. Campbell, Dominion 

 Director of Forestry, Department of 

 the Interior, Ottawa, is at present on 

 a trij) to Eui'ope, where he is inspect- 

 ing forestry methods. 



Lookout Towers. 



At a cost of only .$.10 the Dominion 

 Forestry Branch recently croi-tcii u look- 

 out tower fifty feet hi^h, overlookint,' two 

 liunilred square miles of woodland. Similar 

 towers are beiiif; built on all the Dominion 

 forest reserves in the West i?i order that 

 fires may be seen and extinfi;uished before 

 thov have time to spread beyond control. 



Forest fires in the ITnited States have 

 caused an average annual loss of 70 human 

 lives and the destruction of 25 million 

 dollars worth of timber. 



Juniper from the Indian reservations of 

 New Mexico and Arizona may prove an 

 excellent source of material for lead pen- 

 cils. Manufacturers are searching the 

 world for pencil woods. 



