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

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- 4 - Although the forest scene, currently, is rather depressing, especially for students and graduates seeking challenging employment, there is no doubt that more challenging and stimulating opportunities lie not far ahead. The demand for all of the goods and services which can be provided from Canada ' s forests will continue to rise to progressively higher levels, and, within the next decade or two, we shall, at last, begin to feel the pinch of timber shortages in some parts of Canada. Clearly, major demands will be made upon the knowledge, experience, and ability of all who are engaged in forestry practices. It is the wish and hope of the staff of the School of Forestry, that each graduate in the classes of 1976 will find satisfying and challenging work in forestry, and that each one will contribute, directly or indirectly, to the progressive advancement of forestry practice in Canada.

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- 3 - University of Laval, who were appointed by the Ontario Committee on Graduate Studies to determine our ability to provide a program. At date of writing, it is probable that we will receive favourable reports from the appraisers, but approval of the program will depend upon the recruitment of additional faculty members and the authorization of funding by the provincial government. Viewed from a broad perspective, the forest scene in Ontario cannot be regarded as particularly inspiring. A prolonged strike by mill workers in the pulp and paper industry extending over a period of many months necessitated the termination of woodlands operations. This factor, coupled with the unfavourable economic conditions which have prevailed in the country, appears to be excercising a negative influence on the potential for both summer and permanent employment inforestry in the forest industry. Although the Ministry of Natural Resources has not yet achieved a satisfactory level of performance in the growing of the second forest in Ontario, it appears improbable that the recently imposed posterity measures in public measures in public spending will enable any significant advancement in the silviculture program. The reduction in the number of persons employed in the civil service, will, undoubtedly, adversely affect the recruitment of permanent staff by the Ministry of Natural Resources. During the next few weeks, the provincial government will be considering the budget proposals of the various ministries. It will be interesting to learn to what extent our gov- ernment is committed to forest management in Ontario when the estimates of the Ministry of Natural Resources are debated.

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G. HAZErBERG ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF FORESTRY