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Canadian Forestry Journal, June, 1915 



the timber to market conveniently 

 and easily. Hence they are usually 

 placed in the valleys. The Act by 

 which the Dominion Parks were es- 

 tablished requires that they shall be 

 maintained and made use of as plea- 

 -sure grounds and the management of 

 the forest must constantly keep this 

 requirement in view. Roads through 

 such a forest, therefore, should not 

 be logging roads, except incidentally, 

 but should be such as to give beau- 

 tiful views, and hence should usually 

 be located at higher elevations than 

 the roads in commercial forests. 



SAWMILLS DEBARRED. 



In the commercial forests sawmills 

 are numerous, but with every added 

 sawmill is added fire danger, and this 

 menace is too great to be permitted 

 freely in a Dominion Park, where the 

 great natural beauties once destroyed 

 may not be restored in a thousand 

 years. In a commercial forest wher- 

 ever there is any considerable area of 

 mature timber, a sawmill should be 

 there putting it into lunilier. Not so 



in a park, where it is desirable tliait 

 large areas of mature woods should 

 be retained. 



It does not follow, however, that no 

 timber should be taken from the Do- 

 minion parks, and as a matter of fact 

 considerable quantities are removed 

 yearly. Trees die from natural 

 causes and fires occur which kill them. 

 The dead timber is unsightly and is 

 a menace to the parks. It should be 

 placed upon the market at a price 

 to encourage its removal. 



It is necessary in a Dominion park 

 to remove also some green timber. 

 Where the forest grows in crowded 

 condition, the removal of some trees 

 benefits those remaining as they then 

 get more food and more light and im- 

 prove in growth, in form and in foli- 

 age. Green timber should not be 

 taen, however, with a view to satisfy 

 a market, but solely to improve the 

 park, and the trees taken should be 

 previously marked by a park official 

 who can appreciate the importance of 

 each tree for park purposes. 



A Warden's Cabin in Rocky Mountain Park. 



[Photo by A. Knechtel. 

 The Warden is directly responsible for fire protection. 



