Georgia forestry, Vol. 24, no. 4 (Dec. 1971)

Georgia Forestry

Dec. 1971

No.4

Vol. 24

Published Quarterly by the GEORGIA FORESTRY COMMISSION
Box 819 Macon, Georgia 31202

Georgia Forestry Mailing Address Route 1, Box 85
Dry Branch, Georgia 31020

OFFICIALS A. Ray Shirley - Director Julian D. Reeves Deputy Director

BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

Hugh M. Dixon chairman
W. George Beasley M. E. Garrison L. H. Morgan Alexander Sessoms

Vidalia
Lavonia Homer Eastman Cogdell

STAFF Frank E. Craven Editor Thomas R. Fontaine, Jr.Assoc~Ed. Thomas B. Hall Artist
DISTRICT OFFICES GEORGIA FORESTRY COMMISSION
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McRAE DISTRICT P. 0. Box 96, McRae 31055
Ml LLEDGEVI LLE DISTRICT P. 0. Box 881, Milledgeville 31061
ROME "DISTRICT P. 0. Box Z, Mount Berry 30149
WAYCROSS DISTRICT P. 0. Box 1160, Waycross 31501
GAINESVILLE DISTRICT P. 0. Box 1076, Gainesville 30501
WASHINGTON DISTRICT Route 2, Box 266, Washington 30673

Second class postage paid at Dry Branch, Georgia.

CONTENTS
Forestry Goals For Georgia ........................................................................................3 Forest Survey Is Two-Thirds Complete
Fusiform Rust Survey Underway ...........................................................................4 Way Cleared For Fire Lab Addition ........................................................................... 5 Tree Seedlings Available
Holly Among Georgia Champs...............................................................................6 Rural Air Quality Tested ............................................................................................ 7 Bumper Slash Pine Cone Crop Collected .................................................................... 8 Weather Forecast Center Relocated ............................................................................9 Forestry Faces and Places....................................................................................10-11 Bull Creek Named Watershed Of The Year ............................................................... 12 Shade Tree Care Check List......................................................................................13 Letters ......................................................................................................................14 Logging The Foresters.............................................................................................. 15
Cruising The Ne.,s

Honors For The Lowly Tree
We need to recognize the tremendous contribution the tree, its products and by-products make to the economy of the state. Recently the National Forest Products Week was observed. Many states now hold Forest Festivals which are sponsored by the American Forest Institute.
This industry ranks only second to tourism in importance in many southern regions. Many of our manufacturing plants rely on the forest for their raw materials. Timber is grown and har vested as a crop in most of the state's counties. We are finding Georgia taking her rightful place in selling lumber to meet the nation's needs in building and construction.
In addition to lumber and pulpwood to supply our paper mills, our forests supply raw materials for such products as chemicals, perfumes, cosmetics, adhesives, billiard balls, bubble gum, explosives, fertilizer, plastics, paint, soap, synthetic rubber and scores of other uses.
We find that our forests are self renewing. We are also planting many million seedlings each year to replace trees that have already been harvested. Also, new plots are being planted to keep the forest industry growing instead of declining.
We have the typical climate, sufficient rainfall, and ample labor supply to see that the no longer "lowly trees" become one of our best money makers. Tree growers should keep their trees worked and ready for harvest. Then quickly every tree cut should be replaced.
We have a number of industries in our own county who depend on our forest lands for growth and prosperity for this entire section of Georgia.
(From the Lanier County News)

Vital Research Done By Forest Fire Lab

If some people can't see the forest for the trees, they ought to at least be grateful that we still

have some trees. And part of the credit for that goes to the Southern Forest Fire Laboratory in

Macon, a little known but very definite asset not only to this area but to the nation.

The lab celebrated its 1Oth anniversary in May of 1970. When it opened on Riggins Mill Road

in 1959, it was the first scientific laboratory in the world established for the study of forest fires.

Since then the laboratory has won worldwide recognition for its experiments. It has been cre-

dited with significant contributions to fire research on both the regional and national level.

For example, the lab pioneered the use of aerial sprays with fire-retardant chemicals in the

South.

If the need for the laboratory is not apparent, some figures should show it. In the 13 Southern

states alone, there is more than $15 billion worth of timber growing. Even with the best fire pro-

tection practices now available, we are losing some $70 million of this inventory each year to for-

est wildfires.

The laboratory just the other day received clearance for construction of a $1.68 million addi-

tion, including 35 offices, a library, and 19 specialized laboratories and environmental chambers

to provide facilities for 22 more scientists and 29 more support personnel.

These new facilities will enable the Forest Service to step up research into better ways of con-

trolling blowup fires in the South and to improve techniques for the use of fire as a forest man-

agement and fire prevention tool.

In the South, only 10 percent o1 the forest fires are blowups, but these cause 90 percent of

the damage.

We are glad to have the Southern Forest Fire Laboratory in Macon. May its success continue

in the expanded facilities.

(From the Macon Telegraph)

The Goals for Georgia Forestry Subcommittee has prepared a report con) taining nine primary issues and recommendations for consideration by Gover-
.. nor Jimmy Carter, members of the General Assembly and the National Congress from Georgia. Chairman Ray Shirley, director, Georgia Forestry Commission said the issues included "Ad Valorem Tax-Forest Land and Timber", "Financial Assistance-Reforestation", "Forest Protection-Fire, Insects and Disease", and "Tree Improvement-Forest Genetics". Others are "Forest Education Rural and Urban -Adult and Youth", "Forest Research", "Landowner Liability-Public Users" and "Standard Weights and Measurements-Forest Products". A recommended special priority was t he recognition of Dr. Charles H. Herty for his contribution to forestry.
The primary issues were derived from replies to a forestry workbook distribut ed to a cross section of forestry interested citizens throughout Georgia . These people comprised the Conservancy, Forestry Association, Farm Bureau, County Agents, Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisors and Forestry Boards.
Others were Federated Women's and Garden Clubs, Professional Foresters, Vocational Agricultural Teachers, Conservation, Farm and Educational Lead-
.. ers and others. Workbooks were mailed to 3,750 individuals. There were 650 books completed and returned. Shirley emphasized that the overall purpose of the survey was to identify fo restry problems, and determine solutions to alleviate them; set priorities among the most important forestry issues to be solved; establish forestry goals for the next biennum and five year

period ; and develop realistic forestry programs to reach the desired goals, representing a balance between economic and social values.
The Forestry Subcommittee was represented by a good cross section of the people who own forest land, and are affected the most by problems relating to forestry. These included both large and small landowners from rural and urban areas, industry, conservation leaders, farm and forest organizations, educators and foresters.
It was from this group of 75 people that the Forestry Workbook was compiled. The committee was divided into seven discussion groups with each assigned a specific area of forestry . The forestry areas were "Forest Protection", "Marketing and Utilization", "Management and Timber Stand Improvement", "Genetics and Reforestation", "Educa-
tion, Environment and Urban", "Taxation" and "Research".
Shirley keynoted the meeting. Specific areas of concern were focused on by Adron Harden, legislation and commodity director, Georgia Farm Bureau, Macon; Harold Joiner, executive director, Georgia Forestry Association, Atlanta; Walt Myers, executive vice president, Forest Farmers Association, Atlanta; and Walt Stone, wood procurement forester, Continental Can Company, Savannah.
The Forestry Subcommittee was under the committee on Food-Fiber-Mineral Environment headed by Dr. Gene Younts of the Rural Development Center, Tifton.
Recently the Board of Regents named Younts vice president, University of Georgia, in charge of services. He succeeds J. W. Fanning, Athens, who retired .
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Survey Is TV~o-Thirds Complete

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The Forest Survey of Georgia 's 37.7 million acres is two-thirds complete, an nounces Nolan Snyder, field supervisor for the survey.

Georgia Forest

Snyder said that the mid November report shows that the southern pied-

Survey

mont, Unit Three, is 60 percent com-

plete. The expected completion date for

the Unit is February 1972 .

He pointed out that the preliminary

report, on the southeastern section of

the coastal plain, Unit One, will be

ready for release in December 1971.

It is estimated that the statewide sur-

vey will require visiting and tabulating

conditions at 6,100 separate forest plots.

The estimated completion date for the

survey is November 1972.

The Georgia Forestry Commission

furnishes one man in each county to the

survey. Two men make up a survey team.

The survey field office is located in

Milledgeville. The state headquarters,

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for the survey field work, is the Georgia

Forest Research Council at the Georgia

Forestry Center near Macon.

The Forest Survey is being con -

ducted by the Southeastern Forest Ex-

periment Station, Asheville, N.C. Joe P. McClure is the survey project leader.

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Survey Complete

Survey In Progress

Fusiform Rust Survey Underway

A fusiform rust disease survey of Georgia forests is being conducted by Georgia Forestry Commission foresters. The purpose of the survey is to determine the annual loss of timber to the disease, according to W. H. McComb, chief, Commission Forest Management Division .
McComb pointed out that through the survey we will be able to estaqlish the intensity of infection so that the landowner can make a decision as to future management, define rust hazard zones and determine where it is safe to establish new plantations.
The survey of the state is slated for completion in December, McComb add ed. A joint U. S. Forest-Georgia Forestry Commission report will be released upon completion of the survey.
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To initiate the job, the state was grided at ten mile intervals, east-west and north-south. A plantation within an 8-12 year age range, located at or near the intersection of the grid lines, is surveyed. The sample trees within the plantation are tabbed healthy or having a stem canker, branch canker, stem and branch cankers or ki lled by fusiform rust disease.
The collected data is sent to the U. S. Forest Service, Region Eight, Atlanta for analysis by the Environmental Protection and Improvement Unit, State and Private Forestry.
Prior to conducting the survey, training sessions were held in Bibb, Fulton and Ware Counties. They were conducted by the Environmental Protection and Improvement Unit.

The sample trees are recorded as killed, healthy or having cankers on the stem, branch or both.

Way Cleared For Fire Lab Addition

Representatives of the Georgia Forest Research Council and the Forest Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, have executed a long-term lease which clears the way for the construction of a $1 .68 million addition to the Southern Forest Fire Laboratory at Macon. Plans are underway for groundbreaking in early 1972.
The 99-year agreement makes part of the land, adjacent to the Fire Lab, available to the U. S. Forest Service for the ._ expansion of the additional facilities. The Georgia Forestry Commission also will execute a lease involving 1.8 acres .._ needed in the additional construction and parking area.
A bill, providing necessary funding, has been passed by Congress through the efforts of Georgia Sixth District Congressman John J. Flynt, Jr. of Grif._ fin. Congressman Flynt had been work ing since 1964 to secure a federal appropriation for the fire lab addition.
The Georgia congressman, who participated in signing the lease, cited the work of the lab since its inception 11 ;. years ago. The legislator noted that scientific prescription burning and other control methods have reduced acreage
Georgia Sixth District Congressman John J. Flynt, Jr. addresses gathering at lease signing ceremonies. Participating are, 1-r, Dr. Stephen G. Boyce, director, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station and Wallace Adams, chairman, Georgia Forest Research Council Board of Commissioners.

Congressman Flynt signs 99 year agreement. Other signees are, 1-r, Dr. Stephen G. Boyce, Wallace Adams and H. E. Ruark .
lost to wildfire. However, wildfires still char and damage more than 2.5 million acres of forest annually illustrating a continued need for research, Congressman Flynt added .
Others participating in the signing of the lease were Wallace Adams, Glenwood, chairman, Georgia Forest Research Council Board of Commissioners; H. E. Ruark, Macon, director, Georgia Forest Research Council; and Dr. Stephen G. Boyce, Asheville, N. C., director, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station.
Plans for the addition include 35 offices, a library, and 19 specialized laboratories and environmental chambers to provide facilities for 22 more scientists and 29 additional support personnel.
The contract also calls for limited renovations of the present building, including modifications of a large wind tunnel and a multi -story combustion room .
According to Dr. Boyce the new facilities and the increased staff will enable the U. S. Forest Service to intensify its research to develop better ways of controlling blowup fires in the South and to improve techniques for the use of fire as a forest management and fire prevention tool.
In the South 10 percent of the fires cause 90 percent of the damage. These

are what foresters call blowup fires. "The blowup fire is usually triggered by unique combinations of weather conditions. Gusty, shifting winds, changes or movements in weather fronts, atmospheric pressure troughs, and unstable air masses at altitudes up to 5,000 feet combine to create powerful convection forces that twist the fire out of control," Dr. Boyce explained.
If scientists can learn to predict these conditions through meteorological research, firefighters will be able to use their men and equipment both more safely and more effectively, he emphasized .
In connection with the study of blowup fires, the U. S. Forest Service hopes to develop techniques for using aircraft in the control of these fires . Igniters or fusees may be dropped from aircraft ahead of a fast-moving wildfi re to burn out a safety strip.
The present laboratory was built in 1959 by the Research Council. It is staffed by the Southeastern Forest Experiment Stati on through a cooperative agreement.
When it was established , the laboratory was the first of its kind in the world to be devoted to research on forest fires. Research during the past 11 years has helped to bring better protection to forests on both regional and national levels.
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Tree Seedlings Available

APPLICATION FOR NURSERY STOCK

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FOREST DISTRICT AREA

The Georgia Forestry Commission has approximately seven million tree seedlings left for sale to Georgia landowners. The initial crop was 48.6 million trees .
The total crop was reduced approximately 20 percent due to high winds and rain at the Herty Nursery, Albany ; hail storms at the Morgan Nursery, Byron; and hail and high winds at the Davisboro Nursery .
Ray Shirley, Forestry Commission director, stated that slash and improved loblolly pine seedlings constitute 70 percent of the remaining trees. The cost per thousand is $6 for the improved loblolly and $5 for the slash pine.
Shirley also announced an abundance of red cedar and dogwood species. Red cedar make excellent Christmas trees, fence posts, windbreaks and hedge rows. Other than its ornamental use, dogwood, as a specialty wood, brings a good market price. The red cedar is priced at $10 per thousand and dogwood at $25 per thousand trees.
Upcoming special beautification occasions for tree planting include Make Georgia Beautiful Month in January,

TY PE OF OWNERSHIP, ICh"l ~I
D 1. Pr~ vo "' pe:r.ons, Clvb5 , Anoc tot ion & P rivat e Schools. 0 2. Private Forni lndvllry Lumber Mfg. 0 3. Pr ivate Forest lnduury Pulp & Paper . D 4 . Private Fore11 Industry Naval StOI'U, Plywood, etc . 0 5. Private other ind1.1 11ry lond s. 0 6. Town, Covnty, and Public School,, CJ 7, Stoe and other Publi c Londs. 0 8. Federal Government 0 9. Otfte1 (specify)

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SEEDLINGS RECEIVED IN GOOD CONDITION

I HEREBY CERTI FY THAT I DESIRE TO PURCHASE THE ABOVE NURSERY STOCK UNDER CONDITIONS PRINTED ON THE BACK OF THIS FORM.

PAYMENT : $ _____________ DATE __________________ SIGNATURE - - - - - - - -- -- DO NOT WRITE BELOW THIS LINE

NURSERY ASSSIGNED,

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Richard B. Russell Beautification Day, February 10 and Arbor Day, February 18.
Other available species and cost per thousand are longleaf, shortleaf and Virginia pines, $5; bicolor lespedeza, $6; and eastern white pine, $9.
Priced at $1 0 per thousand are Arizona cypress, black walnut, catalpa, baldcypress, black locust, sawtooth oak and yellow poplar.
A transportation charge of 50 cents per thousand trees must be added to the above costs if trees are delivered by state truck to county ranger headquarters.

James C. Wynens, chief, Commissio n

Reforestation Division, emphasizes th at

payment must accompany all orders be-

fore shipment can be made.

Wynens pointed out that seedli ng

application forms can be obtained fro m ..

the Forestry Commission county ra n-

gers, county agents, Soil Conservati on

Service technicians and Agricultural Con- .t

servation Program officers. All orders

must be submitted on a Forestry Com-

mission application form.

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For assistance in determining your re-

forestation needs, contact your local

county forest ranger.

Holly Among

Crawford County Holly 6

With the holiday season upon us the one native tree which is probably thought of by most of us is the American holly (llex opaca). "Deck the halls with boughs of holly" runs the familiar Christmas carol, and many homes are indeed decorated with sprigs of the glossy -leaved, red-berried plant.
Hollies attain great size but these holly giants are rare. The American Forestry Association in their continuing search for the largest specimens of trees lists in their "Social Register of Big

Trees" an American holly near Hard in , Liberty County, Texas as the largest known. This tree, in 1964, had a circumference of 160" at breast height (4'h'), was 53' high, and had a 61 ' spread.
Is it possible that Georgia has a holly that can top the American Forestry Association recognized Texas holly?
Some known large Georgia hollies are : Ben Hill County-a 109" berried holly, 46' high with a 61' spread, near the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Snowden,

Rural Air Quality Tested

A cooperative project to determine the level of air quality in rural Georgia is nearing completion, according to Darold E. Ward, research forester, Southern Forest Fire Laboratory, Southeast Forest Experiment Station, U. S. Forest Service, Macon .
Cooperating in the Rural Air Quality study are the Air Quality Evaluation Service, Georgia Department of Public Health, Georgia Forestry Commission, International Paper Company and the U. S. Forest Service.
Ward, who is coordinating the field work, emphasized that the study will help determine what the concentration of particles in the air is ir. rural locations. The influence of rural on urban and urban on rural will be noted.
Ward pointed out that the rural sampling periods coincide with the urban sampling periods. The rural sampling locations also are adjacent to the urban locations. Through this arrangement, data from both areas can be compared to indicate the influence one has on another. William Estes, director, Air Quality Eval uation Service, is in charge of the urban s a m p ling.
There are ten rural sampling stations of which seven are located at Georgia Forestry Commission facilities. The locations are Buchannan, Haralson Co.; Good Hope, Walton Co.; Griffin, Spaid: ing Co .; Lumpkin, Stewart Co.; McRae, Telfair Co.; Louisville, Jefferson Co.; and Waycross, Ware Co.

The difference in weight before and after sampling gives the weight of particles per volume of air. Darold E. Ward, research forester, USFS, conducts the testing.

Others are Brasstown Bald, Union Co., and Townsend, Mcintosh Co., both operated by the USFS. The remaining station is operated at International Paper Company's Southlands Experiment Station near Bainbridge in Decatur Co .
The urban stations are located in Albany, Aug..~sta, Brunswick, Columbus, Gainesville, Lyons, Macon, Rome, Rossville, Savannah and Valdosta.
Ward added that the sampling station works like a vacuum cleaner. A blower drags the air through a fiber glass, mesh filter paper. The paper traps the particles. The paper is sent to the Fire Lab

and weighed. The difference in weight before and after sampling gives the weight of particles per volume of air.
The study, which began in November 1971, will continue until March 1972, Ward said.

Georgia Champs

Fitzgerald. Crawford County-a 133" forked spec-
imen, 51' high, with a 39' spread, two miles southwest of Roberta and one mile north of Ga. 28 at the home of Mr . and Mrs. C.B . Moncrief. This tree is the reigning Georgia champion holly.
Early County-a 109" tree, 46' high with a 48' spread, off Georgia highway 39, about one-half mile south of Clay County-Early County line.
Houston County -a 111" berried holly which is 46' high with a spread of 28',

located at 137 Napier Avenue, Warner Robins.
Let us hear of other big hollies and see if Georgia has the largest. send your nomination to John H. Gruver, chairman, Big Tree Committee, Holly Society of America, Inc., 4322 12th Street, St. Simons Island, Ga . 31522 and Frank Craven, chief, Forest Education Division, Georgia Forestry Commission, Box 819, Macon, Ga 31202.
By John H. Gruver

Spencer McGraw, ranger, Haralson-Polk Forestry Unit, inserts filter paper which traps particles in the air.
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The Georgia Forestry Commission has completed its largest cone collection drive in the past ten years, announced Ray Shirley , Forestry Comm ;ssion director . He noted that 1971 was the best slash pine cone crop year Georgia has experienced in a number of years.
From the last of August through the first of October. the Forestry Commission purchased 40,839 bushels of slash pine cones. The cones were collected in Middle and South Georgia .
James C. Wynens, chief , Forestry Commission Reforestation Division, said that the initial yield was .7 pounds of seed per bushel. This provides the Forestry Commission with a sufficient quantity, along with seed collected from our Tree Improvement Program , to amply supply needs over the next five years. Until used, the seed are kept in cold storage .
In addition to cones purchased from dealers and pickers, Forestry Commission county unit personnel harvested 6,367 bushels of slash pine cones and 4,604 bushels of loblolly pine cones from the Arrowhead and Horseshoe

Dry Kiln

Bend Seed Orchards. For the past two years, all loblolly tree seedlings have been produced from improved seed. T he best previous collection year was 1968 when 3,542 bushels of improved slash pine cones were harvested. There were 4,048 bushels of loblolly pine cones harvested in 1970.
Another 10,475 bushels of slash pine and 9,860 bushels of loblolly pine cones were processed for industry. The cone and seed processing service is available to industry and other woodland owners at cost provided seed are used for reforestation purposes on their own property .
Other seed collected, for the Forestry Commission's tree seedling progra m, included black walnut, sawtooth oa k, white oak, dogwood, sycamore and sweetgum. These were collected by Forestry Commission personnel.
Wynens added that it will take approximately eight weeks to process and clean the seed. The cone drying kiln and seed processing facilities are capable of handling approximately 6,000 bush el s of cones per week.

Field Cone Collection 8

Storage

Seed Orchard Cone Collection

Weather Forecast Center Relocated
Claude Hall, forestry meteorologist, gathers data in Atlanta office for fire weather forecast.

The origination of daily fire weather

forecasts, outlooks and other meteoro-

logical support, to forestry interests in

Georgia, has been moved from the Geor-

gia Forestry Center near Macon to the

National Weather Service Forecast Of-

fice at the Hartsfield Atlanta Interna-

tional Airport.

A teletypewriter circuit connects

the Forestry Meteorology Unit at Atlan-

ta with the Georgia Forestry Commis-

sion headquarters near Macon. The

change was brought about through the

reorganization of the national forecast office in Macon.

Hall had been a staff forecaster at

system which provides for a well-staffed

Paul H. Hagerty, who was in charge Knoxville, Tenn. where he provided

and better equipped forecast center.

of the fire weather office at Macon, was specialized forecasts for the Tennessee

Teletype circuits, of which two or transferred to Fort Worth, Texas. Valley Authority and acted in an adviso-

three are desirable to have to perform Hagerty was promoted to full -time co- ry and consultant capacity. Other duties

in a knowledgeable position; remotes ordinator of the Forestry Meteorology have included student trainee for the

on weather radars; readout of satellite Programs in the Southern Region.

Department of Meteorology at Florida

data; forecaster's facsimile and other

Claude Hall, forestry meteorologist, State University, Tallahassee; and the

equipment are available in Atlanta that Atlanta, is heading up the Georgia Pro- Hurricane Research Project, West Palm

were not available at the fire weather gram.

Beach, Fla.

The Atlanta native majored in Mete-

orology at Florida State. He has partici-

pated in the forecaster training program

at the National Meteorological Center,

Silver Springs, Md.

During the Korean conflict, Hall was

an observer and forecaster in the U. S.

Air Force. He is a member of the

American Meteorological Society.

Hall is married to the former Marian

Nightingale of Hartford, Conn. They

have two children, Susan, eight; and

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Warren, three .

The Georgia Forestry Commission office and the Forestry Meteorology Unit at Atlanta is connected by a teletypewriter circuit. The operator is Mrs. Judy Dennis.
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Forestry Faces
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Memoriam

....Wilson H. Wright, 28, of Marietta, died recently following an extended illness.
At the time of death, Wright was the acting coordinator for the Georgia Forestry Commission's Metro Forestry program. He came with the Forestry Commission in May 1966 as a forest technician, and was promoted to forester in 1967, serving Cobb County as a Metro forester.
Atlanta area TV viewers will remem ber Wright as the host for the Commission's "Metro Forestry" show.
The registered forester was a member of the Georgia Chapter, Society of American Foresters and the University of Georgia School of Forest Resources Alumni Association. He was a member

of the Georgia National Guard. Prior to coming with the Forestry
Commission, Wright was an assistant technical forester with Brunswick Pulp and Paper Company.
Wright was a graduate of the University of Georgia School of Forest Resources, Athens and Abraham Baldwin Agriculture College, Tifton . At Georgia he was a member of the Wesley Foundation and 4H Club.
The native of Woodbine was married to the former Janice Lynn Johnson of Duluth. They were members of the St. Andrews United Methodist Church in Marietta. Wright was a lay speaker for the North Georgia Conference, evangelism chairman, assistant chairman of the
Board and choir member.

Award
.... Mrs. Charles P. Yarn, Jr., Atlanta housewife and civic leader, has been named winner of a 1971 American Motors Conservation Award.
Mrs. Yarn was selected for her ceaseless fight to preserve islands and marshes along the Georgia coast. Through her efforts with the Georgia Conservancy, the Nature Conservancy, SAVE and local garden clubs, she has contributed significantly to the preservation of Egg, Wassaw and Wolf Islands, and has created an awareness among the public of the value of the coastal islands and natural areas.
The announcement was made by Roy D. Chapin, American Motors' Board chairman.
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..... Mrs. Maggie Wimberly Symonds, 58, of Macon has died following an extended illness. Mrs. Symonds had been with the Georgia Forestry Commission for 13-years.
At the time of her death, she was a clerk with the primary responsibility of secretary to the shop. In her capacity , Mrs. Symonds handled surplus property orders and kept surplus property sales, cone collection and equipment records. She came with the Forestry Commission as a typist.
Mrs. Symonds, along with her hu sband, Homer L. Symonds, was a member of the Stone Creek Baptist Church where she was past superintendent of the Young People's Department.
Ray Shirley, Commission director, noted that the services of these two employees were a tribute to family, community and state. They were dedicated to their jobs, and both had a high regard for responsibi Iity .
....Winslow H. "Ham" Verdery, 50, of Hartwell has succumbed.
The northeast Georgia Woodland owner, pulpwood dealer and civic leader was a native of Harlem. He had resided in Hartwell for the past 15 years. Verdery was president of East Georgia Pulpwood, Inc. with yards in Elberton and Canon.
This past year he was elected vice president of the Georgia Forestry Association where he had served as director for a number of years.
Verdery was a member of the Hartwell Rotary Club, American Legion , Elberton Elks Club, Yaarb Temple and the Hart County Zoning Commission.
Noll A. Van Cleave, president, GFA, cited Verdery as a member who gave freely of his time and talents and whose council was taken in high regard.
Retirement
.....James T. "Tom" Boston, ranger, Ba rtow County Forestry Unit, has retired after 33-years service with the Georgia Forestry Commission.
Boston came with the Forestry Com mission in October 1938 as a patrolman with the Bartow County Unit. He was promoted to ranger of the facility in A.pril 1945.

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Tom Boston - Ray Shirley At the time of his retirement, Boston had the longest continuous forestry radio program in the state. For 25-years, he had been conducting a weekly radio
. program over radio station WBHF in Cartersville. A graduate of Atlanta Business Col lege in 1926, Boston was a Royal Arch Mason, a past member of the Bartow County Farm Bureau and the Allatoona Hunting and Fishing Club. The native of Bartow County is married to the former Edna Tidwell of Cartersville. They have three children, Wayne, Sandra Nally and Tommy. Ray Shirley, Forestry Commission director, praised Boston for his dedicated service to the people of Bartow County who benefited from his fire prevention and suppression activities. He termed Boston's efficiency and dedica-I tion a tribute to the state and his family_ r-r---~

Approximately 49 percent of the forest acreage is farmer-owned. Industryowned forest acreage is about 15 percent. Miscellaneous private ownership accounts for 34 percent. The forest acreage has a growing volume of 172.8 million board feet of sawtimber and 1.4 million cords of pulpwood.
In 1970 there were 16,250 cords of round pulpwood produced. The highest productive year was 1963 when 27 ,049 cords were harvested. Since 1946 production has totaled 361,873 cords of round pu Ipwood.
There are three wood-using industries in the county employing 33 people with an annual payroll of approximately $200,000. The products of these industries include green, kiln and air dried lumber, crossties, pallets, millwork and trusses.
SCL Winner
.... A youthful interest in forestry has developed an 18-year old FFA member, Mike H. Buckner of Junction City, into a state winner in the Seaboard Coast Line Forestry competition. His interest in forestry began at an early age as the

result of a conservation minded father, Harvey H. Buckner, who was ranger of the Talbot County Forestry Unit of the Georgia Forestry Commission for 12 years.
Judging Buckner's project was Alan Fowler, forester, Seaboard Coast Line Railroad. The young conservationist planted 50,000 tree seedlings, controll ed scrub hardwoods on 35 acres, interplanted five acres of pine plantation with red cedar for Christmas trees, salvage cut two acres, constructed three and one-half miles of firebreaks and marked 80 acres for cutting_ Buckner harvested 85 cords of pulpwood and 285 fence posts.
As a result of being the state winner, Buckner received a cash award, and joined other state forestry winners for a trip to Cleveland, Ohio and Washington, D. C. where the winners were recognized by area, civic and business leaders.
Working with Buckner was his Ag teacher Dewey H. Turner, Jr. of Central High School .
Presently, Buckner is attending Abraham Baldwin Agriculture College at Tifton . He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey H. Buckner of Junction City .

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~There are 201,200 forest acres in Bartow County. This represents 66 percent of the land area.

...... George D. Walker, Athens, extension forester, Cooperative Extension Service, has been elected chairman of the Georgia Environmental Education Council. He succeeds Frank E. Craven, Macon, chief, Forest Education Division, Georgia Forestry Commission . Other officers are Chairman -elect Bob Oertel , Athens, assistant state conservationist; and Secretary-treasurer Charles B. Place, Jr., Macon, Forestry Commission education assistant. Walker said that the 1972 Georgia Natural Resources Use Insti tutes, which the Council coordinates, will be held at Shorter College, Rome, June 12 and at Valdosta State College June 19. Each teacher institute runs for three weeks. Address inquiries to Walker, Cooperative Extension Service, University of Georgia College of Agriculture, Athens, Ga . 30601.
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Lake Heath Park was the first structure completed in the Bull Creek Watershed. It is an example of flood control andrecreation. The cooperation; between the County Recreation and Parks Department and the Georgia Forestry Commission, was responsible for the thinning and tree planting in the area. The watershed forester named and tagged the different species of trees in the Park as well as in other structures throughout the watershed.

The Bull Creek Watershed, nestled between Pine Mountain and the Chattahoochee River in the western most part of Central Georgia, is the 1971 Watershed of the Year. The watershed, 44,531 acres, was given the honor by the National Watershed Congress.

This is the second Georgia watershed to be honored. The Little Tallapoosa River Watershed received national recognition in 1965.
The Bull Creek Watershed, an urban endeavor centered around Columbu s, was the first of its kind in the United States. The primary objective of the watershed was to install a combination of land treatment and structural measures which would provide full protection for the main part of the residentia l and other urban areas for a 100 year frequenc y rainfall runoff.
Land treatment measures for flood prevention included critical area tree planting, forest fire control, roadside erosion control and planting of grasses and legumes on critical areas.
The structural measures consisted of 11 floodwater retarding structures and 12 miles of channel improvement.
Overall, flood and sediment damages, in the 10 years prior to the establishment of the watershed, averaged $132,000 a year, according to the Soil Conservation Service. Project installation has cut the damages to an estimated $3,711 a year, a reduction of 98 percent.
Another benefit derived from the watershed has been the reduction in cost of maintaining roads and bridges. Floods in Muscogee County have been

costing taxpayers about $10,000 annual ly in patch work. Thousands of dollars are being saved annually for after-flood clean up and repairs of silt-clogged ditches. washed out road shoulders and undermined streets.
Muscogee County has taken advantage of the watershed project to provide Columbus citizens with recreation in the form of parks, golf courses, fishing, water sports and other forms of recreation.
Completion of the watershed has made approximately 5,000 acres of flood plain land available for home construction and industrial development. At a conservative $5-$6 thousand an acre, this land is now worth $25-$30 million.
The tax digest is also benefited. Much land, formerly unuseable for devel opment because of flood conditions, is now being developed, adding substantially to the tax digest.
The original benefit-cost ratio of the watershed was 2.5 to 1. This was later changed to 5.4 to 1 with the development of a public park. Conceivably, the watershed could cost as much as $7 -$8 million .
In the watershed, the Georgia Forestry Commission has developed forest work plans, conducted critical area plant-

ing on areas designated by the Soil Conservation Service, furnished technical assistance and provides fire detection and suppression facilities.
Tree planting was carried out on 1,592 acres. Technical management assistance was provided on 17,456 acres. In addition 181 check dams were constructed by Commission personnel.
The planned land treatment measures were insta lled by landowners under cooperative agreements with the Pi ne Mountain Soil Conservation District. Land treatment measures for flood prevention on non -federal lands were established by the landowners and by contract administered by the sponsoring organizations. Structural measures were constructed under contracts administered by Muscogee County.
The Bull Creek Watershed is a resu lt of the cooperation between federal , state and local government agencies and the interest of local garden clubs, civ ic organizations and the general publ ic . The Muscogee County Commissione rs of Roads and Revenue and the Pi ne Mountain Soil Conservation District, as co-sponsors, entered into an agreement wit~ the federal government to construct the watershed in 1961.



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Shade Tree Care Check List For Georgia

Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug . Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.

Bare Root Species
Planting Balled and Burlaped

Normal Tree Fertilizing-
Declining Tree

Pines Pruning-
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Dormant Sprays Insect Control -
Any Severe Infestation

Watering - (during dry periods) Enjoying Their Beauty

For further assistance, contact your local Georgia Forestry Commission Area, County Unit, District Office or the Forestry Commission Central Office at Macon.

LETTERS
EDUCATION
As a volunteer worker at a camp sponsored by the National Park Service and the City of Atlanta (at Kennesaw Mountain) I was in search of some programs that would provide some recreation and education for the night activities. I went to several agencies and asked for demonstrations, exhibitions, and other programs of interest to children who had experienced little of the area beyond the big inter-city.
I found in your department some of the finest cooperation, help, and interest that I have ever experienced in state government. Nell and Ruth Doverspike were most helpful in providing the literature that was so helpful in enabling me to present a program on forestry. The books, pamphlets and other devices were very much accepted by the children and provided a visual basis for the verbal remarks. The comic book was of much interest and the kids took an unusual interest in a program that would have otherwise been of little interest. Nell and Ruth Doverspike spent no small effort in giving me all I needed and assisted me greatly in selecting the proper materials.
These two fine ladies also directed me to the "Smokey" program. Bob Lazenby was excellent with his presentation and the "bear" went over big. Bob was well versed in his profession and the kids were very much enthused with his remarks and presentation. It is unfortunate that the limited resources prevent Bob from giving these presentations in camps all over Georgia. His message should be carried to every boy and girl in Georgia.
Robert L. Whatley Land Department City of Atlanta
I want to thank you for supplying Forestry Commission personnel to assist with the Education Materials Workshop here in Elbert County recently.
John Rice, John Harrison and James Lunsford did an excellent job in representing the state in presenting the materials that your organization has available for the public. We were able to present tloese various materials to nearly all of the elementary teachers and to the science and social studies teachers in the Junior High and High Schools of Elbert County. I believe this is the only way that we can be sure that these classroom teachers receive this information as to what and how to obtain the particular booklet or film that he may wish to use in the class.
Sam H. Long District Forester Catawba Timber Company Elberton, Georgia
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I am enclosing copies of the student evaluation of our Institute for Frank Craven and Charles Place_ As you can see from the comments all of the forestry people did an outstanding job, as usual. They are all to be commended very highly. I believe that overall this year was the best yet.

EXHIBITS
There is no way for me to show my appreciation to you and your organization for the wonderful exhibit you had for our 1971 Southeastern Fair_ It is people like you who made our Fair the success it was.

Clyde Connell Head, Biology Department Valdosta State College Valdosta, Georgia
I recently was shown the pamphlet on "Hazards of the Forest" that was designed by Mr. Louie Deaton. It was very interesting the way he introduced the hazards and safety precautions for each.
I understand that this short pamphlet was derived from a larger pamphlet on outdoor safety. If this is so, would you please send me a copy of this publication, and any other information concerning outdoor education and outdoor safety?
This agency is interested in providing material such as this to our park visitors, and thought that the way you handled the problem was very unique.
Marshall L. Masek Park Planner Missouri State Park Board Jefferson City, Missouri

My thanks to you and we look forward to having you with us for 1972.
Mrs_ "Sis" Hardy Director, Special Activities Southeastern Fair Association Atlanta, Georgia
May we express our thanks to you and your personnel for your participation in the 1971 Georgia State Fair. We look forward each year to our association with you, because we believe this is the reason for a successful Fair.
R. M. Wade General Manager Georgia State Fair
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The Sandersville Rotary Club is unanimous in its appraisal of Mr. Frank Craven's message, last Thursday at our regular meeting, as among the best in information and challenge to enlist support for the forestry program in the state.
Please accept our most sincere thanks for your inspirational and informative address.

FIELD TRIP

A. Clean Brooks Secretary
TOUR

Words cannot express our thanks to Ranger John Rice and his staff for the "extra mile" they went to make the field trip for our second grade a success. The effort to which you all went to obtain and show the films, the packets you made up for us, and your overall helpfulness climaxed a successful unit of study.
Getting on and off the bus was an experience within itself for many of the children since they live near the school and walk. During the recall discussion of the trip, a number of them mentioned getting to eat on the grass and going to the bathroom!
The leaves provided inspiration and materials for the art period which we did after we returned to school. The rulers are an invaluable teaching aid for numbers as well as lines and spaces. I think the children will long remember the day they went to "the forestry".
We thank you for the work you are doing to protect our forests and for sharing your time with us.

Our thanks to Mr. Louie Deaton for taking my Cub Scouts on the interesting tour and showing the movies. I know the boys enjoyed every minute and learned to be careful with camp fires and matches.
Mrs. Ann Veal Den Mother Den 3 Fairburn, Ga.
FIRE SUPPRESSION
On Saturday, August 14, we had a disastrous fire at our plant, which destroyed our Plant No-1.
We would like to express our praise and thanks for the assistance given us by the Columbia Forestry Unit (Mr. Wayne Meadows, Ranger), who so ably assisted in keeping the fire under control; thereby saving our Plant No. 2 and Office Building. Without their help we feel sure our loss would be much greater.

Mrs. Norma Long Blackwell Elementary School Elberton, Georgia

George C. Craig, President Georgia Vitrified Brick & Clay Co. Harlem, Georgia

Logging The Foresters

Service Awards

25 YEARS
James A. Henson ..... .... . Forester Waycross, Ga . Oct. 18, 1971
20 YEARS
Lloyd H. Bazemore ...... Ranger Millen, Ga . Oct. 17, 1971
John W. Beard ........... ... Pat rolman Millen , Ga. Sept. 1' 1971
William A. DeMore....... Ranger Toccoa, Ga. July 1, 1971
Olarles S. Dunn............ Ranger Chatsworth, Ga. Dec. 16, 1971
Frank Edwards............ ..Towerman Carrollton, Ga . July 6, 1971
Orner Olester Merritt.... Patrolman Cedartown, Ga. Nov. 1, 1971
PROMOTION ...John R. Stone has been promoted to director of Forest Research Southlands Experiment Forest, International Paper Company, Bainbridge, according to R. M. Nonnemacher, manager, Southern Kraft Division Woodlands Department. Stone, who has been serving as regional forester for the Company's Georgetown, S. C. Woodlands Region, succeeds the late Barry Griffith .
TREE ATLAS...A voluminous reference atlas, concerning the natural distribution or range of 200 nat ive conifers and important hardwoods of the continental United States and Alaska, has been published, announced Edward P. Cliff, chief, U. S. Forest Service. "Containing L more than 300 pages of text and large maps," said Chief Cliff, "this atlas provides a timely and valuable record for posterity of the original distribution of t ree species in this country." The publication is by Dr. Elbert L. Litt le, dendrologist, USFS.

James D. Morris...... ...... Patrolman Dublin, Ga . Oct. 22, 1971
Wi lliam H. Redd ick .. .... . Pat rolman Hinesville, Ga. Nov . 16, 1971
Herbert L. Ryals........... Patrolman Hinesville, Ga. Nov. 16, 1971
Olarles W. Sullivan ....... Towerman Blue Ridge, Ga. Aug. 13, 1971
C. D. Tillman ................ Investigator McRae, Ga . July 5, 1971
Lawrence S. Tondee .... . Ranger Cordele, Ga. Sept. 1' 1971
MEETINGS ...THE Southeastern Sect ion, Society of American Foresters, Birmingham , Alabama, January 26-28, 1972...SOUTHERN Forest Institute , Atlanta , February 29-March 1...AMERI CAN Pulpwood Association, Atlanta , March 27-29...AMERICAN Turpentine Farmers Association, Valdosta, April 19...FOREST Farmer's Association, Savannah , May 4-5 .. .SOUTHERN Fire and I&E Chiefs, New Orleans, Louisi ana , May 24-25...GEORGIA Forestry Associat ion , Jekyll Island, June 4-6... GEORGIA Chapt er, Soil Conservation Society of America, Toccoa Falls, June 16-17.
APPOINTMENTS...B. E. ALLEN, director of Woodlands for Union Camp Corporation since 1965, has been appointed Corporate Land Agent. The announcement was made by Samuel M. Kinney, Jr., execut ive vice president, Union Camp Corp . Allen, who is headquartered in Savannah, will be involved with identifying and planning for the future use of certain lands owned by the corporation ...VAUGHN HOFELDT has been named supervisor of the ChattahoocheeOconee National Forests in Georgia, announced T. A. Schlapfer, forester, Region Eight, U. S. Forest Service, Hofeldt succeeds Darold Westerberg who was transferred to Washington, D. C.

SCHOLARSHIP... Keith W. Zeigler, Rin con, is this year's winner of the St. Regis Paper Company scholarship at the University of Georgia School of Forest Resources, according to M. G. Rawls, company general Manager, Southern Timberlands Division, Pensacola, Fla. His scholarship carries an $800 cash grant for his junior and senior year. Zeigler's is the third consecutive scholarship won by a University of Georgia stu dent. William Hoskins, Athens, last year's winner, will graduate at the end of the current academic year. Zeigler was selected by a team composed of the state foresters of Georgia, Mississippi and Alabama; Ray Shirley, Wendell D. Lack and C. W. Moody, respectively , and David Smith, fire control officer, Flori da Forest Service, representing John M. Bethea, state forester. FORESTER ...B.G. "Bill" Gresham has been named state forester by the Arkansas Forestry Commission. He has served as acting state forester since the resignation of Virgil W. Cothren last July . Gresham served as management forester and forest entomologist for the Commission before being named to the administrative post. Gresham is a native of Arkansas. He attended Arkansas A&M College where he received his BS degree in Forestry in 1956. The state forester did graduate work in forest entomology at the University of Arkansas.
Miss Georgia Forestry Diane Brown, Columbus, represented the Muscogee Lions Club as a Peach Bowl Queen contestant in district competition at Griffin in November.

Georgia FORESTRY
December, 1971

SECONDCLASS POST AGE PAID AT DRY BRANCH, GA.
.. rials Section University 8f Georgia University Libraries Athens, Ga. 306 01

CHRISTMAS MESSAGE
WITH THE COMING OF CHRISTMAS, WE ARE AGAIN REMINDED OF THE GREATEST GIFT OF ALL , THE CHRIST CHILD. MAY WE ALL TAKE THIS MOMENT IN REDEDICATING OURSELVES TO HIS TEACHINGS, RENEWING OUR FAITH IN GOD AND IN GIVING OF OURSELVES TO THE BETTERMENT OF OUR FELLOW MAN FOR NOW AND EVERMORE.
IN THE SPIRIT THAT IS CHRISTMAS, WE EXTEND TO EACH BOUNTIFUL GIFTS OF FRIENDSHIP, THOUGHTS OF LOVE, HAPPINESS, GOOD HEALTH FOR THE COMING YEAR AND SINCERE APPRECIATION FOR THE MANY EXTENDED COURTESIES DURING THE PAST YEAR.
IN WARM APPRECIATION OF OUR PLEASANT ASSOCIATION, WE WISH FOR YOU AND YOURS A CHRISTMAS OF PEACE AND A NEW YEAR OF GOOD WILL AMONG MEN.
Ray Shirley and Staff Georgia Forestry Commission