Forest protection in Canada, 1912-1914, by Clyde Leavitt . OLD BURNS, YAHK RANGE, WEST OF GOATFELL, slopes restocking, upper slopes not FIRE DANGER AND DAMAGE ADJACENT TO SAWMILL AND RAILWAY LINENote burned slopes and large accumulation of inflammable sawmill debris. RAILWAY FOREST FIRES to Alberta and Saskatchewan, and conditions were such that extensionto British Columbia was impracticable. The application of the British Columbia Government was based uponthe preliminary report of the Royal Commission of Inquiry on Timberand Forestry, which conducted investigations duri
Forest protection in Canada, 1912-1914, by Clyde Leavitt . OLD BURNS, YAHK RANGE, WEST OF GOATFELL, slopes restocking, upper slopes not FIRE DANGER AND DAMAGE ADJACENT TO SAWMILL AND RAILWAY LINENote burned slopes and large accumulation of inflammable sawmill debris. RAILWAY FOREST FIRES to Alberta and Saskatchewan, and conditions were such that extensionto British Columbia was impracticable. The application of the British Columbia Government was based uponthe preliminary report of the Royal Commission of Inquiry on Timberand Forestry, which conducted investigations during 1909 and chief result of the work of this Commission was the enactment ofthe present Forest Law of British Columbia, which places that Pro-vince in the lead as to forestry administration in Canada. Muchcredit is also due this Commission for initiating the action which led tothe requirement that railways should establish patrols wherever neces-sary, at their own expense. The following extract from the report ofthe Commission* indicates clearly the urgent need for action:— r 1^ *s a truism that railways are the most frequent e ton 10 cause
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