. Canadian forestry journal. Forests and forestry -- Canada Periodicals. 422 Canadian Forestry Journal, October, 1919 REFORESTATION AS A POSTWAR POLICY An important item of post-war policy in both France and Great Britain will unques- tionably be an extensive programme of re- forestation. Without the products of the plant- ed forests of France, the prosecution of the war would have been handicapped to an extremely serious extent. It is hardly putting it too strongly to say that, had it not been for the French forests, the war could scarcely have been won certainly not without an incom- parably
. Canadian forestry journal. Forests and forestry -- Canada Periodicals. 422 Canadian Forestry Journal, October, 1919 REFORESTATION AS A POSTWAR POLICY An important item of post-war policy in both France and Great Britain will unques- tionably be an extensive programme of re- forestation. Without the products of the plant- ed forests of France, the prosecution of the war would have been handicapped to an extremely serious extent. It is hardly putting it too strongly to say that, had it not been for the French forests, the war could scarcely have been won certainly not without an incom- parably greater effort and much greater loss of life than has proved necessary. The limited timber supplies of the British Isles have also proved so vital a factor in connection with the home situation that plans are already being laid for a very extensive programme of refor- esting waste lands at state expense or by state aid. The economic Importance to Canada of her ,great forest areas is no less apparent. The value of our primary forest products exported from the country during the past year totalled some $200,000,000. The pulp and paper in- dustry exports products valued at some $85,- 000,000 annually. The importance of per- petuating a resource that assists so largely in redressing our unfavorable trade balance can scarcely be over-emphasized. The first and most vitally necessary step to- ward handling our forests as crops, rather than mines, is, of course, the prevention of fires. Great progress has been made in this direction during recent years, though much still remains to be accomplished. The next step should be the adoption and strict enforcement of improved cutting regula- tions in connection with all logging operations on Crown lands. The situation in this respect is least satisfactory in the province of Ontario and on Dominion licensed timber lands in the west. Another step, toward which extensive plans should soon be made, is the reforestation of the more accessible are
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