Canadian Forestry Journal, June, igi6. 



601 



The Ottawa Citizen recently 

 had the following to say regarding 

 Ontario's system of forest protec- 

 tion. 



"The Ontario forest protection 

 system has been practically un- 

 changed in design for twenty or 

 thirty years. Progressive steps ta- 

 ken by British Columbia's forest 

 service and by the Quebec depart- 

 ment of forests have not influenced 

 Ontario thus far to supplant a 

 scheme which experience has proved 

 both extravagant and inefficient. 

 Recentlv the boards of trade of On- 

 tario have taken up the question of 

 reorganizing the protective system 

 and have addressed emphatic sug- 

 gestions to the Minister of Lands 

 and Forests. 



''The contention of forest conser- 

 vationists is that Ontario's neglect 

 of annual forest fire losses will ulti- 

 mately force nearly two thousand 

 wood-using industries of the prov- 

 ince into serious difficulties; will 

 raise the price of wood products to 

 the consummer; will badly damage 

 the flow of important streams ; in- 

 jure the fertility of agricultural 

 land, and turn thousands of acres in- 

 to irretrievable barrens. Indeed, 

 these results are already being reap- 

 ed bj Ontario to an extent which 

 few citizens would credit. That the 

 past history of forest management 

 has been one of neglect and bad 

 judgment is the view of these ex- 

 perts. 



"Ontario appears to have enough 

 rangers employed, about 500, to give 

 reasonably good service in fire pa- 

 trol. The chief weakness is the ab- 

 sence of real supervision and in- 

 spection. Experience in forest pro- 

 tection has proved that unskilled, 

 uninstructed rangers are of small 

 use in guarding expanses of valu- 

 able forest from fire. No branch of 

 employment demands more energy 

 and strict attention to duty. There 

 may be to-day many excellent men 

 in Ontario's forest service, but it is 

 grossly unfair to the worthy men 

 and unwise to the other kind to 



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