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Canadian Forestry Journal, December, i^i6 



A Ranger School in Operation 



Training Men By Short Courses for Fire Protection, 



Tree Planting, Estate Management, 



An Example for Canada 



That the best results from the em- 

 ployment of forest rangers cannot be 

 reached until the political patronage 

 system of appointment is eliminated 

 has long been recognized. There is a 

 further necessity in any effective, and 

 hence economical, plan of forest guard- 

 ing: the training of the rangers. In 

 the European systems, courses are pro- 

 vided for those who, without intending 

 to qualify as forest engineers, desire 

 proficiency in the secondary duties of 

 the forest service. The idea has been 

 adapted in America in the Ranger 

 School, with amplifications to meet spe- 

 cial conditions. In the following ar- 

 ticle, prepared at the request of the Ca- 

 nadian Forestry Journal, Mr. S. D. 

 Smith, Director of the State Ranger 

 School at Wanakena, New York, dis- 

 cusses the work of the institution. With 



the improvements taking place in the 

 various provincial and federal forest 

 services of Canada, a Ranger School 

 established in Ontario, Quebec, New 

 Brunswick, British Columbia, and at a 

 point to serve the prairie provinces, 

 would seem a sterling undertaking on 

 the part of the governments respon- 

 sible for protective work. 



Objects of the School. 



The primary object of the State 

 Ranger School, maintained by the New 

 York State College of Forestry, is to 

 give young men thorough practical 

 training which will enable them to take 

 up work in Forestry and its associated 

 callings such as managers of private 

 forests, forest guards or rangers, and 

 specialists in planting and growing 

 young trees. This is not inclusive of 



THE RANGER SCHOOL GROUNDS FROM THE OSWEGATCHIE RIVER. 



