Dominion Forestry Branch Work. 



117 



10; cabins 15; roads built, 103 miles; trails 

 vuew), 175 miles; trails (old) cleared out, 

 11)1; bridges built, 10; fire guards tdeared, 

 •)(j miles; plowed, lUl mik'M; telephone lines 

 erected, 100 miles. 



TiMKEK SrKVEYS. 



The exploration of publii- lands to ileter- 

 mine those which are non-agricultural and 

 therefore fit to be included in forest re- 

 serves was continued l»y seven parties. This 

 covered all the provinces from Manitoba 

 westward, and special attention was given 

 to the survey in advance of j-ettiemcnt in 

 the Peace River country. 



HON. W. J. ROCHE, 

 Minister of the Interior. 



Fire Ranging. 



Outside of the forest reserves in the 

 Prairie Provinces the fire ranging was plac- 

 ed in charge of one inspector. In British 

 Columbia it was under the charge of the 

 district inspector. There were 12 fire rang- 

 ing districts, covering the following terri- 

 tory: Southern ami Northern Manitoba, The 

 Pas. East and West Prince Albert, Battle- 

 ford, Edmonton, Great Slave Lake, Mac- 

 kenzie, Revelstoke, Salmon Arm ami the 

 British Columbia Coast. On these there 

 were a total of 202 rangers in the season 

 in addition to the force on the forest re- 

 serves already enumerated. 



Fire patrol along railways was carried on 

 by the Forestry Branch in conjunction with 



the iJominoin Board of Railway Commis- 

 sioners, the railways furnishing patrols and 

 till- Hram h the iiisi>ectors. 



Fires. 



Tiic lire record for the season was very 

 satsftictory, only one imjiortaiit Jin- occur- 

 ring. This was near (Jolden, B.C.. the 

 result of a spark from a logging engine. 



Wood Bison. ' 



The j)atrol of the country in which the 

 wooil bison are located \vas contiinied_ and 

 nuudiers of the bison were seen. It is esti- 

 mated that they number between 2<M.) and 

 3(10. Practically the last remaining herd of 

 bi^citi or bufl'alo, living in a wild state, is 

 this herd, which is located near Fort Smith 

 on the Slave river, and between Lake Atha- 

 basca and Great Slave lake. These are a 

 variety of the i)rairie buffalo which have 

 adajited themselves to life in a tiiid.)ered 

 country. 



Copies of this Report may be had free 

 on application to the Director of Forestry, 

 Ottawa. 



THE SOLITARY WOODMAN. 



All day long he wanders wide 

 With the gray moss for his guide. 



Anil his lonely axe-stroke startles 

 The expectant forest side. 



Towanl the quiet close of day, 

 Back to camp he takes his way. 

 And about his sol>er footsteps 

 I'nafraid the s(|uirrels i)lay. 



On his roof the red leaf falls, 

 At his door the l)luejay calls. 



And he hears the woodmice hurry 

 Up and down his rough log walls. 



Hears the laughter of the loon 

 Thrill the dying afternoon, — 



Hears the calling of the moose 

 1^ ho to the earlv morn. 



^'"b-irles G. D. Roberts. 



KEEP PEGGING AWAY. 



A Toronto mend)er writes: I sympathize 

 with you in the uphill work which you 

 must iind in attracting attention to a mat- 

 ter which is naturally overshadowed by 

 the catastroj)he in Europe, but the work 

 done by the Association in connection with 

 forestry is more appreciated than you, 

 jirobably, are aware. 



Approximately 750 ai n-^ xu the Oregon 

 national forest were planted with young 

 trees this spring. 



