Mr. Aldo Leopold - 2 
 
 
           Recently the Province of Ontario, to avoid the con- 
sequences of reckless logging in the Quetico Park, has adopted 
stringent regulations which conform closely to those in force 
on our side of the boundary. Culminating many years of work, 
the governments of the United States and Canada by treaty action 
also agreed in 1940 to the public regulation of existing dams 
in the border lakeland. This new system of regulation is now 
being put into effect by the International Joint Commission. 
 
           Until such time as the principles of the Quetico- 
Superior program are finally incorporated into a treaty, con- 
tinuing activity by the Council is required both for the purpose 
of protecting the region from uneconomic private exploitation 
and from needless road building which might otherwise destroy 
the public values in the region. A small band of devoted 
workers has kept at this task tirelessly, in good times and 
bad, pushing ahead as vigorously as the resources at the dis- 
posal of the Council have permitted. War conditions, while 
raising new and formidable obstacles, have also operated to 
draw the United States and Canada more closely together. 
In part as a consequence of war conditions the possibility 
of bringing to a successful conclusion negotiations for a 
treaty between the United States and Canada, which, in- 
cidentally, depends upon securing the consent of the Pro- 
vincial Government, seems more favorable now than at any 
time in the past. The securing of such a treaty is, of 
course, the ultimate goal of the Council. May Miss Nute's 
little book help to express hope for your aid and encourage- 
ment and gratitude for your support. 
 
 
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