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Canadian Forestry Journal, May, igi6. 



Published in collaboration with the Canadian Society of Forest Engineers. 



Messrs. D. A. Alacdonald and C. 

 H. Morse, of the Dominion Forest 

 Service, have been elected Associate 

 Members of the Canadian Sc^cietv of 

 Forest Engineers. 



Mr. E. H. Roberts, Acting Inspec- 

 tor for Saskatchewan, of the Dom- 

 inion Forest Service, reports that 

 the fire season is beginning later 

 than last year and the outlook is 

 more favorable due to considerable 

 rain and snow flurries every few 

 days. A new patrol boat has been 

 placed on the Saskatchewan River 

 between Prince Albert and Cumber- 

 land House. The sub-chief fire-ran- 

 ger in the Montreal Lake country 

 is trymg out an "Aerothrust" en- 

 gine attached to his canoe from 

 which he expects big things. One 

 forest survey in charge of Student- 

 Assistant G. A. Mullov. assisted by 

 A. W. McCallum, leit Prince Albert 

 to examine the territory north of the 

 Fort a la Corne Forest Reserve 

 about the first of May. and will be 

 followed by another party about 

 June first. A reconnaissance party 

 will spend the summer in the in- 

 terior of the Porcupine Forest Re- 

 serve. Three new eighty foot steel 

 look-out towers are being erected to 

 supplement the nine already up and 

 extensive telephone construction 

 work is being undertaken on the 

 various reserves. 



A plantation of some fifteen thou- 

 sand white and Norway spruce, 

 Scotch pine, European Larch, lodge- 

 pole pine and jack pine has been 



established on the Pines Forest Re- 

 serve from stock grown in the Re- 

 serve nursery. ■ Small experimental 

 plantations of a few acres are being 

 set t)Ut in the Elbow, Dundurn and 

 Manito Reserves from stock grown 

 at the Indian Head Nursery Station 

 and under the supervision of one of 

 their staff. 



Mr. J. C. Blumer, of the Conser- 

 vation Commission completed a 

 very interesting winter trip with 

 dogs and Indian Guides through the 

 northern part of the Province dur- 

 ing the month of March. He passed 

 by way of Montreal Lake, Lac la 

 Ronge, He a la Crosse and Big 

 River. 



Interesting developments are tak- 

 ing place in the Beaver Lake gold 

 fields, numerous prospectors are go- 

 ing into the country this spring and 

 also into the country to the north- 

 east. It is reported that consider- 

 able eastern capital is coming in and 

 much work will be done this season. 



Mr. (i. A. Gutches paid a short 

 visit to Prince All)ert last month 

 and expects to return again in the 

 summer or fall. 



Coast Lumbermen Give Freely 



At a meeting of the Mountain 

 Lumber Manufacturers' Association 

 recently held at Calgary, Alta., it 

 was decided that all members of the 

 association should contribute 50 per 

 cent, of their net profits to the Fed- 

 eral Government for patriotic pur- 

 poses. Another resolution that was- 



