British Columbia Furc.stry Publicity 



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Does Anybody Care? 



Mauy care, l)Ut not all. Last year tli.> 

 different governments in Canada spent 

 considerably over one million ilollars in 

 forest protection and a.lministration, 

 chiefly in lire jtrotectioii. Liimheriii},' ami 

 railway coni|'aiiies an.l private in.Uvidiials 

 si>ent half a million more. This iucludod 

 trail and telejdione line building and the 

 introduction of oil-burning locomotives on 

 some railways. 



How Can I Help? 



One of the most efficient methods is by 

 joining the Canadian Forestry Association. 

 This is the national organization which has 

 for its objeit the awakening of the public 

 to the need and value of forest protection. 

 In numbers there is strength, and those 

 who believe in forest conservation have, 

 by banding together, done much more in 

 getting governments, corporations and pri- 

 vate individuals to adopt better methods 

 than they ever could have done by sepa- 

 rate effort. The work of the Association, 

 which is constantly growing, has been en- 

 dorsed by leading j.ublic men. Joining the 

 Association will keep you informed of 

 what is being done and show you how 

 you can help. The membership fee is the 

 nominal one of One Dollar j)er year, and 

 this entitles members to receive, without 

 further charge, the Canadian Forestrii Jour- 

 nal (monthly) the report of the addres.'-es, 

 papers and discussions at the Annual Con- 

 vention, and other pul)lications issued 

 from time to time. If you are already a 

 member you can assist by sending in the 

 names of those who mav be interested. 



Timely Reminders. 



The British Columbia Forest Branch is 

 not only en.kavouring to i)revent and fight 

 forest fires but it has entered upon the work 

 of educating the public to help in fire pre- 

 vention. The Branch has distributed a pic- 

 ture, a copy of a painting entitled 'Putting 

 Out the Camp Fire.' These pictures are 

 being distributed chiefly among school 

 children of the Province, but also to coun- 

 try hotels and banks, sawmills and logging 

 camps, post offices, stopping jdaces, stores, 

 government buildings, steamships, etc. 



The Branch has also issued a pocket whet- 

 stone bearing on the back the following: — 

 WHEN YOr AKI-: IX THE WOODS 

 Keep Your Axe and Knife Sharp 

 and 

 BE CAREFUL 

 Xot to Start 

 FOREST FIRES. 



Presented hi/ the Forest Branch Dcpt. of 

 Lands, Victoria, B.C. 



The pocket whetstones' wore distributed 

 among men of the woods of all kin.ls, as 

 loggers, hunters, fishermen, surveyors, pros- 

 pectors, .wettlers, rural mail carriers, and 

 cruisers. 



Samples of the material were ^ont also 

 t^o iie\\vpj,per e.litors and to clergymen. 

 Altt.gether over .-.->,000 of the various' post- 

 ers, pictures, whetstones, and circular letters 

 were distributed throughout the j>rovince. 

 In most cases explamitory letters acconi- 

 I)ani.'d the articles to the snn.lry re<-ipients. 



It is conlidently expected that the char- 

 acter of the material and the method of its 

 <lis],osal will impress in a forcible manner 

 on the public the importance of care with 

 fire in the woods. 



Bears Worse Than Mice. 



Mr. David Gillies, of Carleton Place, the 

 well known lumberman, received an amus- 

 ing letter from one of his old fire rangers 

 on the Upper Petawawa a short time ago. 

 For peoi>le who are afraid of bears, it af- 

 fords an interesting insiglit into the con- 

 tempt entertained for these 'varmints' by 

 the real backwoodsman. The ranger writes 

 to Mr. Gillies as follows: — 



'Pears are a little troblesome this month. 

 They have broken into the hut at Catfish 

 several times during my absence, and have 

 eaten my provisions and upset everything. 

 I had the window nailed uji witli inch 

 boards and five-inch spikes, and they tore 

 that oft" anil got in again. They come at 

 night, too, and waken me up. 1 "struck one 

 in the face one night as he was trying to 

 climb in the window, and I scared "another 

 away when he started to pull down the 

 barricade. The park men told nu^ I should 

 get a heavy revolver. I am not afraid of 

 bears, but they are more troublesome than 

 the mice and squirrels.' — Rod and Gun. 



Minnesota State Forests. 



Xe.xt Xovendjer the electors of Minnesota 

 will vote on an amendment to the constitu- 

 tion. The .state has fifteen million a.-res of 

 land unsold, ami under present laws this 

 must be sold for agricultural jiurposes. The 

 object of the amendment is to have such 

 of these lands as are unfit for farming 

 turned into a state forest and managed on 

 modern forestry lines. The Minnesota For- 

 estry Association has inaugurated a cam- 

 paign in favor of the amendment. It is 

 stated that most of these lands are absolute 

 forest lands, and if attempts are made to 

 farm them they will become desert like 

 much of the land that has already been 

 stripped of timber in the state. 



