. Canadian forestry journal. Forests and forestry -- Canada Periodicals. Scientfic Study Necessary to Surmount Forestry Problems and Keep the Areas Permanently Under Wood Timber is, and always will be, one of the of which, young timber is growing up after pre- main assets of this province. The commercial vious destruct:on of the crop by fire and logging, prosperity of our cities and towns and villages In the moist region of the Coast, we have depends very seriously upon forest mdustries, some of the fastest growing timber m the world, while in country districts, development is helped a
. Canadian forestry journal. Forests and forestry -- Canada Periodicals. Scientfic Study Necessary to Surmount Forestry Problems and Keep the Areas Permanently Under Wood Timber is, and always will be, one of the of which, young timber is growing up after pre- main assets of this province. The commercial vious destruct:on of the crop by fire and logging, prosperity of our cities and towns and villages In the moist region of the Coast, we have depends very seriously upon forest mdustries, some of the fastest growing timber m the world, while in country districts, development is helped a fact established by actual investigation which forward by money which the latter derives from has shown, in places, an annual increase of the marketing of minor forest products. Re- Douglas fir, amounting to 1,000 board feet per sponsibility is upon the Government of 'he Pro- acre. Generally speaking, our knowledge of fince to safeguard the future of forest indus rate of growth throughout the province, is very tries as well as to assist in their present day de- velopment. FIRE PREVENTION. In an ordinary year, more than a thousand organized logging operators cut into the present stand of timber. There is each summer inevit- able destruction by lire. Insects make heavy in- roads in some localitites. The question that must never be lost sight of is this, what is hap- pening in the aggregate to this source of pro- vincial wealth? Are we securing necessary in- formation to enable us to know? Are our plans for protection and management adequate? Necessarily the first duties of the Government department in charge of forestry have been to set up efficient machinery for forest fire pre- vention, revenue collection and all such matters of current administration. The long five years of war prevented any general attempt to do more than deal with daily business. But with the return of men from overseas, it has been diminishing supply of immediately accessible possible to review the whole f
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