PAGE 6 ‘Dry conditions, lightning and careless people combined ta make this summer one of the worst for forest fires in four provinces and the North- west Territories. Quebec, Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia were the hardest-hit provinces, a Cross-Canada Survey by The Canadian Press shows. In the Northwest Territories it was “‘the worst season on record,” with at least 12 fires endan- gering the new Nahanni Na- summer but widespread rain before and after the dry weather kept the fire hazard low for a tally that was “less than expected,” Nova Scotia, too, reported fewer fires and a smaller burned acreage than 1970, Two hundred forest firea in the province destroyed only 600 acres, Officials credited heavy rains during the sum- Mer months and anti-forest- fire programs, which included . television advertisements, for tional Park at one stage. the low score. For the Atlantic provinces, _Prince Edward Island has however, 1971 was a good little forested land and in 1971 as in the past fires presented no problem, but New Bruns- wick, despite having fewer fires, reported about the same ‘amount of woodland destroyed summer. Up to late August Newfoundland and Labrador reported 91 fires which burned 5,820 acres, compared to 153 fires which scorched 15,400 acres last year. as in previous years, Forestry officials saidthere QUEBEC LOSS HIGH was a hot, dry spell in mid- There were 225 fires in New DAILY CROSSWORD. . +» 2.» rower ACROSS 45 Building material +h A t tS te P E oar 1 Urgency 43 Fruitiess oetaty = , 6 Dread 51 Remove by iongai sored 10 Public scrubbing ch AAG a0 Gon conveyance 52 Supervised ; d 14 Persons 54 Did a ARGO BoE Gooe working on service far ANA SOG ane baked goods 58 Seaport of SUS ee ae a eae 15 Special Latvia eIolalilalalsMMSItJat tela 16 American 59 Part of shoe aut i Ba aR inventor 61 Informally z aS 8 17 Inward: Anat. intimate SLIME) Lele tis! LOLrEte 16 French state 62 Enthusiasm Tee’ was Brunswick—the lowest figure since 1964—which destroyed 3,000 forested acres, “We've had little periods of rain which have helped keep things damped down," D. A. Wolstenholme, director of the forest protection branch of the department ‘of natural re- sources, said. “All in all it’s been a good summer.’* Drought and carelessness combined in Quebec for a muchhigher-than-averagefig- ure. To Aug. 25 there were 1,224 forest fires which de- stroyed 569,000 acres. The an- ual average since 1924 has been 952 fires and 199,806 acres. Leandre Leblane, an engi- neer with the department of lands and forests, said most of the fires occurred during the dry weather in May and June. “Two-thirds of our fires are caused by carelessness," he said, People forget to put out campfires and throw ciga- rettes out of windows, The TERRACE HERALD, TERRACE, B.C. biggest fire thi rest are caused by lightning,” TheLaurentide-Gatineaure- gion, which includes Mont: - real, had twice as many fires as 1970-157. About half were caused by lightning and 1,300 acres were lost, despite the efforts of 65 fulltime firefight- ers, 15 pilots and two water bombers, PEOPLE SHARE BLAME Ontario, too, had a bleak summer and lightning again, caused more than its usual share of blazes, But, although there were 1,669 fires up to the end of August compared with last year’s 1,184, only 35,000 acres were burned which is substantially less than the 54,000 acres which went up in smoke in 1970, People played their destruc- tive part too. Officials in the Pembroke area reported 132 fires—more than double last year’s tally—and blamed the increase on the number of people using the forest and Al- gonquin Park, However, the park itself was not damaged. Manitoba used aerial detec- tlon and the quick-response capabilities of water bombers to good effect. With six spot: ter planes in the air and eight - water bombers available, pra- vincial fire protection officials were able to report substan- tially less damage although the number of fires increased from 317 at this time last year to 379. Spring was an especially bad time, with dry weather conditions hampering fir e- fighters. Officials said 77 per cent of the reported fires oc- curred before June 30, Saskatchewan, too, reported a better than average. year, both in terms of number of fires and acreage damaged. Wet weather in the main fire districts kept the situation under control, The province experienced 300 fires up ta Aug. 25, compared to 290 in 1970, and had only 431,000 acres burned compared with 1,013,000 acres last year. Not even improved fire- ‘Ing for a record bad year, however. The province has in- creased its manpower and equipment and now has 2,500 trained firefighters on call who can be air-lifted to blazes in units of 25, There are seven | water: bombers .on contract and up te 10 of the aircraft have been used against major fires, In addition, the province is introducing multi-engine land-based waterbo mbers and uses’ fire-suppressant chemicals which are more effective than water. Alberta's record is 828 fires in a year and 1971 stands to set a new .mark. Costs this year are also likely to exceed the $5 million spent in 1970. Seven Rocky Mountain na- tional parks reported 13 forest fires during the 1971 season. Wood Buffalo National Park, cn the Alberta-Northwest Ter- ritories border, recorded a whopping 80 fires which burned 400, 000 acres, Officials Archie By Bob Montana TO ORIVE TO, CALIFORNIA? 4 HEY, GREAT! 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The Y chromosome (in people, but not in fruit files) partially controls the things that make males mele, Get up off your knees, Ann. Women are wonderful — and you don’t need to explain it on the basis of chromosomes. Besides, the only difference | between maie and female genes is that female genes are wider at the hips. — H. Ira Pilgrim, Ph.D, Associate Research Professor of _ TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, id The Nahanni National Park information on sex . Anatomy, ‘Te bl in 197 wil be o The biggest fire of the 3 son was the “tee’* fire | northern B.C, -which burng several weeks and destroy@e 350,000 acres of mainly s timber. ; W. Cc. Phillips, chief torel protection . officer,‘ said th launch an- : paign to extingwieh therm, . INN tanoes J Unlvaraity of Utah and an Ant ‘ : Landers Fan a DEAR DR. PILGRIM: You might have landed on Plymou' Rock, Doc, but when I read youraag letter I felt aa if Pilgrim rock had landed on ME..My ago! was short-lived, however {i because I checked with Drjg Bernard Strauss, Chairman of the Committee on Genetics at aa the University of Chicago, and this is what he said: Pilgrim is right on both counts. The mixup, however, is due tof semantics rather than scientific’ differences. 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