Lakehead University Forestry Association - Yearbook (Thunder Bay, Ontario Canada)

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r }f rayer of tire lAJoods am the heart of your hearth on the cold winter nights, the friendly shade screening you from the summer sun, and my fruits are refreshing draughts quenching your thirst as you journey on. I am the beam that holds your house, the board of your table, the bed on which you lie, and the timber that builds your boat. I am the handle of your hoe, the door of your homestead, the wood of your cradle, and the shell of your coffin. I am the bread of kindness and the flower of beauty. Ye who pass by list en to my prayer harm me not ' Author Unknown

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-3- in itself, a major psychological deterrent to the commitment of significant efforts to forest management. The attitude towards our forests was expressed in 1965 by a Canadian writer, Edward McCourt, who said: The Canadian shield is fascinating country of enormous wealth, but there is too much of it. Too much rock, too much prairie, too much tundra, too mucli mountain, too much forest. Above all, too much forest. Even the man who passionately believes that he shall never see a poem lovely as a tree, will be disposed to give poetry another try after he has driven the Trans-Canada highway. Although this notion lingers on in the minds of some people, there are now few foresters who are prepared to argue that adequate forests for the future can be ensured by the simple, traditional process of liquidating the remaining wild forests and entrusting their renewal to unassisted natural processes. Twenty years ago such an attitude was commonly held amongst members of the profession. We have advanced, at least, beyond that stage! In Ontario increasing responsibilities for forest management have been assumed by a large bureaucracy, the Ministry of Natural Resources. Within the multitudinous layers of responsibility in this organization, the new, enthusiastic graduate will encounter, at an early stage in his career, the dead weight and frustration of organizational procedures, red tape, and inertia. For one who becomes frustrated under these conditions, the temptation is strong to resign and go elsewhere. Such action may or may not prove beneficial for the individual, but it does nothing to assist the organization in the improvement of performance. In the challenging period in which we now find ourselves, high levels of professional competence, dedication, idealism, courage, and persistence remain the prime requisites of all those who go forth from Lakehead University to improve forestry practice in Ontario, or elsewhere. Ko W. Hearnden, Chairman School of Forestry

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LUFA Executive ALLEN POLLARD - SPORTS CO-ORDINATOR PAUL BUTRA - PRESIDENT WIM SMITS - PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER JOANNE FELTKAMP TREASURER MIKE CRAWFORD - SECRETARY DAVE MAYNARD - VICE-PRESIDENT PETE RYDER PAST PRESIDENT