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area of 1,662.900 acres. This report 

 shows that the original forest cover 

 on the lower watersheds had an area 

 of over 1,000,000 acres. This was 

 made up of 75% white pine and the 

 other 25% of pure hardwood. 

 Wasteful lumbering, followed by re- 

 peated fires, has resulted in the des- 

 truction of 75% of the pine and 

 hardwoods, together with complete- 

 ly destroying the forest cover on 

 10% of the original area. Unless 

 stringent cutting regulations are en- 

 forced the further destruction of 

 forest cover on the headwaters of 

 these watersheds, it will be impos- 

 sible to hold the w^ater in check, and 

 floods such as have been experienced 

 in the Mississippi V^alley will be the 

 result. 



The Province of British Columbia 

 has entered upon a most thorough- 

 going scheme of forest management 

 and control with a competent board 

 of directors and experts in every 

 department. The board has secured 

 the co-operation and sympathy of 

 the people of the province, and the 

 ultimate success of their up-to-date 

 progressive policy is assurred. With 



only 10% of the irrigable fruit lands 

 of the province under management, 

 it is well for the province to see that 

 the necessary steps are taken to per- 

 petuate and control the water supply 

 so necessary for its welfare and pros- 

 perity. 



That the practice of sane forestry 

 in our great watershed regions will 

 safeguard the water interests of irri- 

 gation, and at the same time produce 

 the maximum economic revenue in 

 wood products, is proven beyond 

 ■ doubt. 



In order to conserve the water re- 

 sources so as to insure a normal de- 

 velopment of our industries and 

 provide for their future growth, it is 

 essential to secure the immediate 

 enactment and active enforcement of 

 such legislation as will protect these 

 resources from the ravages of fire 

 and other destructive agencies; to 

 acquire such lands as are necessary 

 for the adequate protection of the 

 forest cover of catchment areas, and 

 put into operation such other bene- 

 ficial factors as will assist in the pre- 

 servation and maintenance of the 

 water supply. 



'' The Boy Scout's Forest-Bool^ 



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Under this title, the Canadian Forestry Association will issue shortly 

 15,000 copies of a 20-page booklet designed especially for the use of Boy 

 Scouts. Through the kind co-operation of the Honorary Secretary of the 

 Boy Scout Movement, Mr. Gerald H. Brown, of Ottawa, a very careful 

 distribution will be made by sending packets of the books to the various 

 local masters with instructions to place one in the hands of each Scout. 



The booklet should be an attractive publication as it will contain ten 

 pages of half-tone illustrations and about ten pages of reading matter. The 

 army of Boy Scouts of 1915 will be the bosses of the country a few years 

 hence. It is highly important that the attractive truths of forest conserva- 

 tion should reach them at their present stage. 



As an added incentive to study the "'Forest Book" carefully, the Asso- 

 ciation will offer substantial cash prizes for essays to be written upon a set 

 of questions. Full details of the essay competition and prizes will appear 

 in each copy of the booklet. 



