. Canadian forestry journal. Forests and forestry -- Canada Periodicals. Membership Has Reached 10,000, and Forms of Educational Activity Have Met With Success. All. On the eve of our twentieth birthday, January 15th, 1920, it is interesting to recall one or two facts surrounding the Association's birth on January 15th, 1900. The preliminary steps towards the formation of the Canadian Forestry Association were taken by Mr. E. Stewart, then Chief Inspector of For- estry and Timber for the Dominion (now of Toronto), who sent out a circular letter on January 8th, 1900, to a number of men inter- e
. Canadian forestry journal. Forests and forestry -- Canada Periodicals. Membership Has Reached 10,000, and Forms of Educational Activity Have Met With Success. All. On the eve of our twentieth birthday, January 15th, 1920, it is interesting to recall one or two facts surrounding the Association's birth on January 15th, 1900. The preliminary steps towards the formation of the Canadian Forestry Association were taken by Mr. E. Stewart, then Chief Inspector of For- estry and Timber for the Dominion (now of Toronto), who sent out a circular letter on January 8th, 1900, to a number of men inter- ested in the subject of forestry, asking them to meet at his office on the 15th of that month. At that meeting were present: Sir Henri Joly de Lotbiniere; Mr. Saunders; Mr. William Little; Mr. Thos. Southworth, Director of Forestry for Ontario; Mr. E. Stewart; Prof. John Macoun, Assistant Director of the Geological Survey; Mr. Little was elected Chairman, and Mr. Stewart, Secretary. On March 7th, 1901, the membership was 244 and the total receipts $ We have had in 1919 three chief campaigns to improve forest laws and administration, keep- ing in view always the sane balance that must be maintained between public regulations and the economic status of the wood-using industries. In some parts of Canada, the absence of any real government machinery to carry out the public responsibility in forest conservation pro- vided opportunities for constructive work along educational lines. A good deal of time and effort have been ex- pended upon Nova Scotia. The interest of the government in our proposals for the appoint- ment of a Provincial Forester and the com- mencement of a Forest Service seemed to fluctu- ate considerably in the past two years, during which we have addressed ourselves to the situa- tion in that province. This necessitated several brief campaigns to revive public pressure. Re- sults, however, have recently been in evidence. The Provincial Government has offered t
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