Georgia forestry, Vol. 25, no. 2 (June 1972)

Georgia Forestry

June, 1972

No.2

Vol. 25

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

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

CONTENTS
Naval Stores Pioneer Is Dead .... ... ...................... ....... .. ........ ..... ........ ....... ..... ........ 3 Gov. Carter Is Conservationist of the Year ..... ............ ... ..................... ...... .......... . 4 Mountains Next Survey Area Natural Resources Staff Announced .... ... ................... ................ .. .. ...... ............. .. 5 Forest Education Committee Coordinates Education Programs........... .... ........... 6 Million Dollar Contract Awarded for Southern Forest Fire Lab ......... .... ........ ..... 8 Beetle Incidence Spotty.... .............. ......... ......... .......... .. ... ..... ..... .... ......... ..... .... .. . 9 Forestry Faces and Places......... ......................... ..... ............................... ....... ...... .10-11 GFA Forestry Pageant in Limelight.................... ... ..... .. .. .......... ... ......... ... ........ ..... 12 Satilla Area Reforestation Program....... ......... .... .................... ...... ....... ........ ...... ... . 13 Logging the Foresters...... ........... .. ..... ...................... ... .... ..... ........... ..... ..... .. ..........14-15

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

BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

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

Cogdell
Lavonia Vidalia Homer Eastman

STAFF Frank E. Craven - Editor Thomas R. Fontaine, Jr.-Assoc. Ed. Thomas B. Hall - Artist
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Second class postage paid at Dry Branch, Georgia.

Cruising The Ne.rs
Judge Harley Langdale
Judge Harley Langdale of Valdosta was a towering figure in the development of Georgia 's forestry industry.
As a young man he had the vision and the enterprise to recognize the potential of South Georgia's great pine forests and to do something about it.
Although he was a lawyer - a graduate of the Mercer Law School - he considered himself a farmer and his achievements in this field were best known and widely applauded.
Judge Langdale was the founder and president of the American Turpentine Farmer's Association . He built a forest products industrial empire and it can be said that his efforts opened new economic opportunities for countless people here in South Georgia.
He was also a strong leader in his community and state, serving as a member of the State Game and Fish Commission . He was an avid conservationist.
We in the Waycross Area, well aware of the many splendid contributions he made to our area and state, join in mourning the death of Judge Langdale.
His service will stand as a monument to his faith in the future of South Georgia.
(From the Waycross Journal Herald)
Plant a Tree For Posterity
Before April ends every state in the union, except Alaska, will have an Arbor Day this month . Man has always loved trees . He has written music about them, poems to them, but he has never hesitated to use them - to cut them down for his own purposes. Man has always loved trees, but only recently has he begun to reali ze that not only the quality of life but life itself may depend on them . Man knows : For every pound of wood produced in a forest , 1.83 pounds of carbon dioxide are removed from t he air and 1.34 pounds of oxygen are returned . An acre of growing trees has the capability to scrub clean the air pollution generated by eight automobiles in 12 hours of steady running. One tree growing in the concrete jungle of the city can generate as much cooling effect as five room air conditioners as it evaporates 100 gallons of water. It has been written that before the white man began hacking timber on this continent, a squirrel could travel from the Atlantic to the Pacific without ever touching the ground . Amaz i ngly, America still has about 75 percent as much forestland as it had when Columbus landed, about 758 million acres. But the experts also tell us that paper consumption in the United States will leap from its present 575 pounds per person to 1,000 pounds by the year 2000 and that saw timber demands for houses will double by 1980. So, for Arbor Day, plant a tree . Your children will need it .
(From the Macon Telegraph)

Naval
Stores
Pioneer
. Is
Dead

"One of the tallest trees in that sparce forest of true pioneers of the naval stores industry" is dead. A naval stores workshop conference so tabbed Judge Harley Langdale, Sr., 84, who was president emeritus of ATFA, an organization he founded in 1936 and headed for 30 years.

Langdale, as chairman of the Board of the Langdale Co ., headed a company that is the largest producer of gum naval
stores in the world. At the time of his death, he was president of the J. W. Langdale Co. and Langdale Woodlands, Inc. The company does an annual busi ness of approximately $20 million. The Langdales, individually and as a com pany , own approximately 200,000 acres of timber and farm lands in the south ern section of Georgia and North Florida .
The family operated business includes Harley Langdale, Jr., president, Langdale Co. ; John W. Langdale, lawyer and officer of the company ; and W. P. Langdale, officer and in charge of timber procurement . Comprising one of the most outstanding forestry families in the nat ion , his sons have been successful in many areas of endeavor and leaders in various organizations for community development, education, forestry, the legal profession and county government.
A lawyer by trade, Langdale became int erested in the naval stores business while practicing his profession . He was municipal judge for the City of Valdosta f or 12 years . He acquired turpentine fa rms throughout South Georgia as well as in South Carolina and Florida .
With the accumulation of land in connection with the naval stores business,

Langdale and his sons organized the Langdale Co. They built a central processing plant for the processing of their own gum naval stores products as well as for those of other turpentine farms in the area. They installed a modern wood preserving plant for the treatment of poles, piling, lumber and later a modern sawmill.
The Langdale Co. is one of the largest producers of lumber and pulpwood and most all other wood products connected with sawmilling and lumber treating . For the past 15-20 years, Langdale was one of Georgia's largest tobacco producers
as well as a leader in other agricultural interests.
Even though a pioneer in every phase of the timber industry , Langdale was a leader and proponent of multiple forest use. He was a true conservationist in all areas ; game and fish, wildlife, agriculture, soil and water as well as forestry .
Langdale 's community leadership included being benefactor to many deserving young people, providing gifts and loans for educational purposes.
Judge Langdale was a member of the Valdosta and Georgia Bar Associations, Valdosta Rotary Club, Sons of the American Revolution and First Baptist Church of Valdosta . He was an honorary life-time member of the American Forestry Association, member and former

chairman of the state Game and Fish Commission, and chairman of the Val dosta -Lowndes County Hospital Authority.
The pioneer forester was formerly a member of the Herty Foundation Laboratory, president of the Valdosta Chamber of Commerce, director of the Valdosta Daily Times and member of the Board of the Citizens and Southern National Bank of Valdosta .
The forest conservationist, who planted the first pine trees in Lowndes Coun ty, is a recipient of the Governor's A ward for Forestry Conservation, the AFA Award for outstanding service in the conservation of American resources, and the alumni Association, of the George Foster Peabody School of Forest Resources, University of Georgia, award for leadership in commercial forestry and gum naval stores industry .
A resolution, expressing sincere and lasting appreciation by the House of Representatives, State of Georgia, for dedicated services of Harley Langdale, Sr., to the State of Georgia , was adopted on Oct. 6, 1971.
A native of Clinch County, Langdale was reared on a turpentine farm started by his father. He graduat ed from Mercer University with a law degree in 1912.
Langdale was married to the former Thalia Lee of Lynchburg, Va . They had four children, Harley, Jr., John W., Mrs. Virginia Miller and W. P. , and nine grandchildren and six great grandchild ren.
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Governor Carter Is Conservationist Of The Year.

Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter has been presented the Georgia Sportsmen's Federation "Conservationist of the Year" award.
Joe D. Tanner,commissioner, Department of Natural Resources, in making the presentation, cited Governor Carter for his overall attitude and efforts to clean up the state's rivers and streams, the Chattahoochee River in particular. He noted the Governor's efforts to further improve the environment through the reorganization of natural resource agencies under the Department of Natural Resources.
Other conservation award winners were "Forester", James C. Wynens and "Educator", Charles B. Place, Jr., both of the Georgia Forestry Commission, Macon; "Wildlife", Tanner, Atlanta; "Soil", Lloyd N. Harris, Soil Conservation Service, Lawrenceville; "Legislative", Representative Howard H. Rainey, Cordele; "Water", John Rigdon, councilman, Muscogee-City of Columbus; and "Communications", Ridley Bell, WRBLTV, Columbus.
Youth Conservation winners were First District Evans Bevill, Springfield; Second District, Bill Mills, Fort Gaines; Fourth District, Janice Haupt, Chamblee; and Sixth District, Marshall Adams, West Point. Others are Seventh District, Charles Kline, Marietta; Eighth District, Janet Gaskins, Lakeland; and Ninth District, Linny Dawson, Clayton.
These presentations were made by Governor Carter at the recent annual meeting of the Georgia Sportsmen's
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Georgia Sportsmen's Federation award winners include: Communications, Ridley Bell; Wildlife, Joe D. Tanner; Educator, Charles B. Place, Jr.; Forester, James C. Ynens; Soil, Lloyd N. Harris; Legislative, Rep. Howard Rainey; and State Conservationist, Gov. Jimmy Carter. Photo by Georgia Game and Fish Commission.

Federation in Statesboro. The Sears Roebuck Foundation sponsored the awards program.
Place was recognized for his leadership in youth and adult conservation programs, camps and retreats. This includes his activities as secretary-treasurer of the Georgia Environmental Education Council, coordinator of the Forestry segment of the two teacher conservation institutes held annually at Shorter and Valdosta Colleges and assistant director of the Youth Conservation Workshop in which he heads up the Forestry section of the workshop.
His contributions as teacher for ecological groups, Boy and Girl Scouts and students were pointed out.
Place is chairman-elect of the Georgia Chapter, Soil Conservation Society of America and newsletter editor for the Georgia Chapter, Society of American Foresters.
Wynens was cited for his leadership in Georgia's reforestation and tree improvement, "super tree", programs. Georgia was the first state in the nation to produce loblolly and slash pine improved or "super" tree seedlings for sale to landowners beginning in 1964. Under Wynens, .the Georgia Forestry Commission's seed processing facilities and 298 acres of seed orchard have been certified. This enables the Forestry Commission

to produce loblolly and slash pine improved tree seedlings produced from certified seed .
The reforestation chief heads up the operation of the Forestry Commission's five nurseries. Nursery specialists from around the globe come to Georgia to learn of the reforestation and genetics techniques used by Wynens. In 1971, visitors came from Australia, Japan, Malaysia, Sweden, Thailand, Union of South Africa and Vietnam.
All state winners are entered in national competition. The competition will take place at the 1972 annual meeting of the National Wildlife Federation .
Charles B. Place, Jr.

The forest survey of Georgia 's 37.7 million acres is 83 percent complete, according to the mid May report of Nolan Snyder, field supervisor for the survey.
Snyder said that work in the 32 county northern piedmont, Unit Four, is 55 percent complete . The expected completion date for the Unit is the last of June. Work in the mountains and foothills, Unit Five, will begin the first of July.
He pointed out that the preliminary report, on the southern piedmont, Unit Three, will be ready for release in July .
It is estimated that the statewide survey 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 Gainesville . The state headquarters, for the survey field work, is the Georgia Forest Research Council at the Georgia Forestry Center near Macon.
The Forest Survey is being conducted by the Southeastern Forest Experiment Station, Asheville, N . C. Joe P. McClure is the survey project leader.

Mountains Next Survey Area
Georgia Forest Survey
May 15,1972 Survey Complete
Survey In Progress

Natural Resources Staff Announced

Six key division heads for the State Department of Natural Resources were recently announced by Joe Tanner, commissioner, and James Darby, chair man, Game and Fish Commission. The Game and Fish Commission currently serves as the Board of Natural Resources, until a constitutional amendment offi cially establishing it, is ratified this fall.
The new division heads will work directly under the commissioner of Natural Resources in the various areas of the Department's responsibility . Joe Tanner, commissioner, said, "These men were chosen on the basis of their records and training; they are career state employees and professionals in their various fields.
George T . Bagby will serve the Department as deputy commissioner for Public Affairs . Bagby has long been active on the state conservation scene serving in the state legislature, as direc t or , Georgia Bureau of Investigation , director, Game and Fish Commission , and most recently as director, State

Parks Department. James H. Pittman was selected as
director, Administrative Services. He is a professionally trained business administrator with an undergraduate and a masters degree from Georgia State University. Pittman is well versed on the Department having worked with the study group on state government reorganization that resulted in the Department's creation.
Henry D. Struble will be director, Parks and Recreation Division. He attended Iowa State and the Georgia University System, and has taken recreation courses at New York University and North Carol ina State. Struble has been associated with organized outdoor recreation since 1946, and worked in the State Parks Department since 1955, most recently serving as assistant director of the Department.
Sam Pickering, formerly of the Department of Mines, Mining and Geology, will be director, Earth and Water Divi -

sion . Pickering attended Tulane, U. S. Naval Academy and Emory, and holds a masters degree in geology from the Uni versity of Tennessee. He worked with the state since 1966. At the time of his appointment, he was serving as deputy director of the Department and Assistant State Geologist.
Jack Crockford, formerly assistant director, Game and Fish Department, will serve as director, Game and Fish Division. Crockford received his degree in Wildlife Management from the Uni versity of Michigan in 1947. Crockford worked for the Game and Fish Department since 1947 and became assistant director in 1963.
Named to serve as director, Environ mental Protection Division, is R. S. (Rock) Howard , executive secretary, Water Quality Control Board . He is a graduate of Clemson University and holds a masters degree from Harvard. Howard is well known in environmental quality circles around the state for his intensive efforts to combat pollution in the state's reservoirs and waterways .

A Committee on Continuing Education for Forest Resources Personnel is in its second year of operation in Georgia. Its primary purpose is to identify the continuing education needs of foresters in the state and develop programs to meet those needs.
Members consist of representatives of the Georgia Forestry Commission, the U. S. Forest Service, consulting forestry, the School of Forest Resources and the Georgia Center for Continuing Education at the University. Individuals who serve on this Committee do so because they are willing and dedicated to helping foresters upgrade their skills and increase in knowledge.
Programs instigated through Committee efforts have been and will continue to be cyclic or continuous, programmed to meet specific needs of for-

Serving on the Continuing Education for Forest Resources Personnel Committee are, 1-r, Dr. Richard Jones, School of Forest Resources, University of Georgia, Athens; Frank Bailey, U. S. Forest Service, Atlanta; Sonny Foster, coordinator, Center for Continuing Education, University of Georgia, Athens; Dr. Leonard Hampton, also of the Center; Frank Craven, Georgia Forestry Commission, Macon; J. D. Strange Georgia Forestry Association, Atlanta and Jack Bailey, U.S. F. S., Atlanta. Hampton is chairman of the Committee and Craven is secretary. Other committee members are Ben Meadows, president, Society of American Foresters, Atlanta and Archie Patterson, School of Forest Resources, University of Georgia.

Forest Education Committee

Coordinates Education Programs

est resources personnel at all levels of responsibility. The major thrust of this joint effort is concerned with short-term educational experiences such as semi nars, workshops, and symposia. The program is unique in that the idea for such a Committee evolved from foresters and is designed specifically for foresters and others in related fields. An other characteristic of the program is its mobility . Programs will be taken to the foresters if necessary ; that is, a con ference or workshop can be planned and conducted anywhere in the state.
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Examples of specific questions or issues to which the Committee is reacting include the following :
1. What are the implications for con tinuing education for f_oresters in light of changing technology? 2. What kind of educational program best prepares foresters to meet organizational goals? 3. What are the responsibilities of forestry organizations in relation to the educational needs of their foresters? It is anticipated that, at some future point in the further development of the continuing education program in Georgia, the job of coordinating the various programs with participating organizations will be of such magnitude that a forester with appropriate credendials will be joint-staffed between the Center for Continuing Education and the Uni -

versity School of Forest Resources to work with the various agenc.ies in devel -t oping, implementing, and evaluating programs.
Programs already set up by the Com mittee include a Symposium on the Role of Trees In the Urban Environ ment, a series of Seminars in North Georgia on Water Quality and presently is active as the program committee for the Southeastern Section, Society of American Foresters' annual meeting scheduled for Athens, January 10-12, 1973.

Pelham Tops FFA Field

The Future Farmers of America Chapter of Pelham High School won the statewide FFA Forestry Field Day at Camp John Hope. The Greenville FFA Chapter took second place.
Some 253 contestants, representing 23 chapters, participated in the tield day. Schools represented were Lanier County High, Nicholls High, Pelham High, East Baker High, Treutlen High, Cochran High, Louisville, Sardis, Ran dolph County High, Fitzgerald High, Patterson High, Ludowici High, Monticello, Oconee County High, Greenville, Mary Persons, Jackson County High, Banks County High , Central of Carroll County, Paulding County High, Newton County High, Ringgold and Chattooga County High.
A target shooting event was sponsored by the Progressive Farmer Magazine and judged by Leroy Hackley, wildlife ranger, Department of Natural Resources, Game and Fish. This event was not counted in the field day competition.
First place winners in the various events were Jimmy Browning and Gary Bowling, Lanier County, planting; Billy Callison, Sardis, selective marking; Danny Thomas, Patterson, pulpwood tim ber estimation; Ronnie Faulkner, Mary Persons, sawtimber volume estimation; Rex Milner, Randolph County, tree identification; Lawton Walker, Patterson, ocular estimation; and Andy Harrell, Pelham, log scaling event.
Others included Dennis Martin, Greenville, land measurement; Mark Bryant, Greenville, insect and disease comprehension; and Charles Strickland, Louisville, scaling stacked pulpwood.
The winner of the rifle shoot was Ray Fulcher, Vo-Ag advisor at Ludowi ci . Paul Jones, Sunland School Plan , Progressive Farmer Magazine, Birmingham, Ala., made the award presentation .
The Pelham FFA Chapter, directed by M. R. Stewart, received an inscribed plaque and $100. The Greenville Chapter, under J. R. Cook, received a plaque and $50. The first place winners in the individual events were awarded $20,

The Pelham FFA Chapter took top honors at the state FFA Forestry Field Day at Camp John Hope near Perry. Twenty-three FFA Chapters competed in the statewide forestry competition. Participating in the awards presentation are, 1-r, first row, Joe ltson, M. R. Stewart, Vo -Ag advisor, Andy Harrell and Kent Cox. Second row are, Keith Edwards, Doule Chambers, John ltson and Durrel Cox. Third row are, Keith Norman, Wayne Harrell, Louie Autry and Don Thomas.

second place, $10; and third place, $5. J. L. Branch, state supervisor, Agri-
cultural Education, Atlanta, lauded the FFA Field Day Program and its value to the youths in the years to come. Miss Beth Vann, chairman, State Projects, Future Homemakers of America, also praised the accomplishments of the group.
Malcolm Dillard, Area forester, North Georgia, Vocational Agriculture Department, emphasized that the FFA Field days create competition among the FFA chapters whose members have acquired a basic knowledge of forestry, and who possess skills in the various phases of forestry . It gives the FFA advisor a means of creating an interest in forestry for FFA members, he added.

This record FFA field day was sponsored by the Trust Company of Georgia, Atlanta, and its six affiliated banks. They are the First National Bank and Trust Company of Augusta, DeKalb National Bank of Brookhaven, The First National Bank and Trust Company of Macon, The Fourth National Bank of Columbus, The First National Bank of Rome and The Liberty National Bank of Savannah.
The awards were presented by Noll A . Van Cleave, president, Georgia Forestry Association, Columbus.
Larry Johnson, vice president, State FFA, presided.
The statewide area FFA field days were coordinated by Dillard and Eugene Carswell, Area forester, South Georgia.
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A $1,161,645 construction contract has been awarded to Georgia Southern

-MIIIIoa Dollar

Construction Company, Inc., Macon, to

build an addition to the Southeastern

Forest Experiment Station's Southern

Forest Fire Laboratory at Macon.

In making the announcement, Secre-

tary of Agriculture Butz emphasized

the need for an expanded program of re-

search to combat the wildland fire pro-

blems that continue to plague the South

as well as the Nation as a whole.

Congressman John J. Flynt, Jr., and

Senator Herman Talmadge, who were

both instrumental in securing the Feder-

al appropriation for the addition to the

present laboratory, pointed out that the

South can no longer afford the tremen-

dous continuing economic loss to its

natural resources. The new facilities will

permit an expedited research effort with both an economic and ecological payoff.
The new laboratory will be located at the Georgia Forestry Center on land leased from the State of Georgia. Built in 1959 by the Georgia Forest Research Council and staffed by Forest Service

research contributions both at the national and regional level.
The new complex, a combined laboratory -office building designed by Dunwody and Company and W. Elliott Dunwody, Jr., Architects Inc., of Ma-

a huge wind tunnel and a multi-storied combustion room.
Forest Service Chief John R. McGuire views the new facility as the most up-todate laboratory of its kind in the world. With the intensified research program

scientists from the Southeastern Forest Experiment Station, the original labora-

con, will encompass more than 20 thousand square feet. It will provide facil-

made possible by this addition, he envisions the development of control tech-

tory has been an excellent example ities for more than 20 scientists plus

niques that will virtually eliminate catas-

of State-Federal cooperation. This support personnel. These include 35 of- trophic "blowup" fires from the South's

cooperation between the Georgia Fores- fices, library and specialized laboratories. invaluable forest reservoir. He sees the

try Commission, Georgia Forest Re- In addition, the contract calls for neces- decade of the seventies as one where

search Council, and the U. S. Forest sary renovations in the present building great strides can be made in improved

Service has resulted in significant to improve the scientific capabilities of use of fire as a tool of forest manage-

ment, in the development of smoke

management guidelines, and in other

forms of forest debris treatment with

minimal environmental impact. The day

is close at hand, Chief McGuire believes,

when fire management can be success-

fully integrated into the overall system

of land resource management.

Ed Ruark, director, Georgia Forest

Research Cou neil, praised Congressman

Flynt for his work in obtaining funds

for the facility. He stated that "Without

his hard work and efforts, this project

might not have been realized." He add -

ed that "Forestry has a tremendous

economic impact in Georgia, with a

$1 .3 billion annual income. It is the sec-

ond largest industry in the state. This

new facility will greatly affect the indus-

In recent groundbreaking ceremonies for the Southern Forest Fire Laboratory addition, Sixth District Congressman John J. Flynt, Jr., Griffin, said "The new facilities will permit an expedited research effort with both an economic and ecological payoff." Participating in the groundbreaking ceremonies are Dr. Stephen Boyce, director, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station, Asheville, N. C. ; Ed Ruark, director, Georgia Forest Research Council, Macon; Congressman Flynt and Charles Jones, president,

try in the south as-well as in Bibb County."
The lab is one of three forest fire laboratories in the country. The other two are located in Missoula, Montana and Riverside, California .

Greater Macon Chamber of Commerce.

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nel, in the air and on the ground, will even during all the winter season .

keep track of any threatening buildup

There are generally three to five

of the beetles.

generations a year depending on loca-

W. H. McComb, chief, Forestry Com - tion and weather conditions, with the

mission Forest Management Division, possibil ity of a large tree being killed in

emphasized that as spots are plotted four or five weeks .

from the air and ground checked, fores-

An attack is usually started when one

ters and county forest rangers will con- particular tree is weakened ; it may be

tact those landowners on whose land from lightning, from ice breakage, con -

beetles are located. Southern pine beetle struction damage, or just a low vigor

spots are plotted from the air by obser- tree.

vers picking out red and fading tree tops

Once that one particular tree is at-

indicating the tree is dead or being at- tacked enough beetles can reproduce

tacked by the beetle.

there so that even the healthiest tree in

McComb pointed out the foresters the forest is vulnerable to attack . Large

will mark 66 foot boundaries around overmature trees are favorite targets, be-

The Southern Pine Beetle, the most de- the spots and encourage landowners to cause they do not have the growth vigor

structive forest insect in the South, is take action preventing the beetles spread to throw the beetle off.

only one-eighth inch in length. Its color- to surrounding trees.

At each point of attack, a glob of

ing is reddish brown to black. One of its

Three methods of control were cited hardened resin, or pitch about the size

main characteristics is a small groove in by McComb. They are (1) remove the of a dime or smaller will appear. These

the front of the head. After the needles tree or trees as soon as possible (prefer- little globs of resin may be white or

turn red, it is a sign the beetles have ably in the fading stage). (2) cut the reddish depending on the tree .

gone. Chances are nearby green or faded trees and burn, and (3) cut the trees and

Several persons have described them

trees are her new home.

as looking like little pieces of popcorn

The southern pine beetle is not as

widespread in Georgia's woodlands as

once was feared this year, according to

-.

Ray Shirley, director, Georgia Forestry

Commission .

Director Shirley stated that aerial ob-

servations from Forestry Commission

aircraft picked up spots above normal

in the cracks and crevices of the bark . If the bark were peeled off, there would be a network of tunnels and galleries somewhat "S" shaped in appearance.
If you have any problems with your trees or suspect that you have pine beetles, contact the nearest Georgia Forestry Commission office.

in size in Monroe, Butts, Fulton, Doug- spray with Lindane or BHC. McComb

las and DeKalb Counties in mid April. added that the first method is the most

He attributed these outbreaks to the preferred. This effective control meas-

mild winter which with normal cold ure involves a sanitation procedure which

would have held the beetle population means taking down and disposing of all

down.

the wood .

A U. S. Forest Service aerial survey

Regardless of the method used, land-

made north of the fall line is being utili - owners and homeowners are urged to

zed by the Forestry Commission in treat infected trees promptly . The south-

checking known spots and signs of in- ern pine beetle attacks the entire tree

sect spread. The areas pinpointed by from the top to the bottom.

the Forest Service are flown once every

The Southern Pine Beetle is one of

two weeks by the Forestry Commission. the most destructive forest insect pests

The initial aerial survey was prompt- in the south. This little critter along

ed by outbreaks at Hard Labor Creek with two of his cousins probably de-

State Park last Fall and an unusual a- stroys more timber in the south each

mount of activity in the metro Atlanta year than all other forest enemies put

area involving pine shade trees.

together.

Research of affected bark showed a

The bark beetles attack all native

brood density of 431 beetles per square pines in the south . Their favorite host, Gum-like pitch tubes all over the trunk

foot of bark surface. Normal is approxi - however, appears to be the loblolly pine indicate the Southern Pine Beetle is at

mately 250 beetles per square foot of which is our most abundant pine species work. In recent months, Atlanta area

bark surface.

in the northern area of Georgia.

homeowners have seen the effects of the

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In the early Spring, Shirley noted that there was no cause for alarm among

These beetles are approximately 1/8 to 3/16 inch in length . The winter is

beetle's work as favorite pine yard trees had to be cut. Terry Price, metro fores-

Georgia landowners. Continued surveil - passed in the bark of host trees and the ter, Georgia Forestry Commission points

lance by Forestry Commission person - insects can be active during warm days out tell tale signs to homeowner. 9

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~There are 207,700 commercial forest acres in Berrien County. This represents 69 percent of the land area.
More than 90 percent of the forest area is farmer-owned. Industry -owned forest acreage is approximately eight percent. The forest acreage has a growing volume of 447.7 million board feet of sawtimber and 2.3 million cords of pulpwood.
There were 61,399 cords of round pulpwood produced in the county in 1970. The highest production, 82,651 cords, occurred in 1968. Since 1946, production has totaled 956,534 cords of round pulpwood.
There are seven wood-using industries in the county employing 112 people with an annual payroll of approximately $500,000. The products of the industries include pulpwood, air dried lumber, broom and mop handles, chips, crossarms, bedspring frames, cabi nets and millwork.

.... Fred H. Baker has been named to coordinate the Georgia Forestry Com mission's rural fire defense and surplus and excess property programs, announced Ray Shirley, Forestry Commission director.
Baker succeeds Billy P. Miles whoresigned to go into private business.
Prior to his appointment, Baker was Rome District ranger. His major respon sibilities included incendiary fire investi gation, screening surplus equipment and conducting training for local rural fire defense units.
Baker has been with the Forestry Commission approximately 20 years. He began his career as a patrolman in
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Fred H. Baker Gordon County in 1952. That same year he was promoted to assistant ranger of the Gordon Unit. In 1953 Baker was elevated to ranger of the Douglas County Forestry Unit. Since 1956, he has held the district ranger position in Newnan, 1956-59 and Rome, 1959-72.
The native of Calhoun is a member of the National Association of Arson Investigators, Georgia Peace Officers Association, Georgia Farm Bureau, Ruritan and a Mason .
Baker has two children, Mickey, 17 and Donnie, 13. The family is a member of the Pleasant Valley North Baptist Church in Floyd County.
John R. McGuire ..,..John R. McGuire is the new chief of the U. S. Forest Service according to Earl L. Butz, secretary of Agriculture. He succeeds Edward P. Cliff who retired in April.
McGuire, the tenth chief of the Forest Service, came with the organization

Forestry Faces
while still in college. His first employment was as a junior field assistant at Columbus, Ohio in 1939. In 1967 he became deputy chief for Programs and Legislation in the Washington office. McGuire was promoted to associate chief last year.
Cliff held the position of chief for a decade. He joined the Forest Service in 1931 in Leavenworth, Wash. as an assistant ranger. He became one of ten regional foresters in 1950, and was named assistant chief two years later. Cliff became chief in 1962.
Dr. L. W. R. Jackson .... Dr . L. W. R. Jackson, 72, professor emeritus of Silviculture, School of Forest Resources, University of Georgia, died March 14, 1972 after an extended illness .
A native of Lookout, Wise., Dr. Jackson came to Athens, Georgia in 1940 to work on littleleaf disease of pines. He joined the staff of the School of Forestry in 1946, retiring in 1967'. He started his professional career with the Division of Forest Pathology, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture arid was stationed at Washington and Philadelphia where he worked on nursery and shade tree diseases.
Dr. Jackson engaged in research in silviculture and forest pathology and received wide recognition for his contributions to these fields. He authored over 80 publications on forestry and pathology subjects.

And Places

Region, which covers 13 states ranging from Virginia to Texas. In this job,

had been with the Georgia Forestry Commission 18 years.

Huber has guided the efforts of the Na-

The native of Davisboro came with

tional Forests in the South to help the the Forestry Commission in July 1954

public better understand the vital role as a patrolman in Washington County.

played by forests in the ecology of the In October Rhodes was named Ranger.

Nation.

He assumed the responsibility for John -

son and Washington Counties in 1963

...... Billy T. Gaddis, Jackson, Miss., has

when the facilities were combined.

been appointed forester for the state of

A veteran of World War II, serving in

Mississippi by Governor Bill Waller.

the U. S. Navy, Rhodes was a member

I

Gaddis succeeds Wendell D. Lack who recently resigned.

of the Georgia Forestry Association and Georgia Peace Officers Association. He

A native of Raleigh, Miss., Gaddis

held membership in Tennille Lodge 256,

was serving as executive vice president

Civitan Club and the Farm Bureau.

of the Mississippi Pine Manufacturers

Rhodes was a member of the Piney

Association at the time of his appoint-

Mount United Methodist Church.

ment.

The LSU Forestry graduate was first ....TILLMAN G. KIRKLAND, 46, dis-

associated with the Mississippi Forestry

patcher with the Atkinson-Coffee For-

Commission in 1953. Gaddis served as estry Unit, has died. The native of Doug-

county forester, management forester

las came with the Georgia Forestry

and as acting director of the Forest

Commission in January 1952.

Management Department.

He was a member of the Farm Bu

reau and American Legion Post 18. He

was a member of the Baptist Church and

W. W. Huber

In Memoriam

was honorably discharged from the U. S. Army in 1944.
Ray Shirley, Commission director,

.....W. W. (Bill) Huber, who spent much of his 38 year career promoting Smokey the Bear and forest fire prevention, has

~CALVIN C. RHODES, 48, ranger, Johnson-Washington Forestry Unit, is dead following a lengthy illness. Rhodes

praised the services of these two employees, pointing out dedication to job and high regard for responsibility.

retired from the U.S. Forest Service.

Huber has served for the last 10 years

as Chief of Information and Education

for the Southern Region of the Forest

Service with headquarters in Atlanta.

Prior to coming to the Southern Re-

gion, Huber, in 1955 headed up the

Cooperative Forest Fire Prevention Pro-

gram, better known as the Smokey Bear

Program, in Washington. A born pro-

moter, Huber, for the dedication of the

first U. S. conservation stamp, rode a

train across the country and at each

stop would don a Smokey Bear costume

and greet children.

While heading up the national pro-

gram, Huber saw the need for a special

forest fire prevention program for the

south where most of the wildfires were

maliciously set by man. Working with

State Foresters and others, Huber help-

ed set up a Southern Cooperative Forest

Fire Prevention Program. This program

has had much to do with a reduction in .....Philip C. Wakely , retired research scientist for the Southern Forest Experiment

damage caused by forest fires in the Station, New Orleans, La., is the 1972 Forest Farmer of the Year. R. W. Law, right, a

South.

director of the Forest Farmer's Association, West Monroe, La . cited Wakely for his

In 1961, the Forest Service moved pioneer efforts in nursery and planting techniques in the South. Participating in the

Huber south to head of Information ceremony, held at the Association's annual meeting in Savannah, is Mrs. Wakely . The

and Education activities in the Southern couple reside in Ithaca, New York.

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Elizabeth Alsbrooks Miss Richmond County Augusta, Ga.

GFA Forestry Pageant
In Limelight
Joni Browning Miss Montgomery County Glenwood, Ga.

Betsy Burns Miss Fannin County Blue Ridge, Ga.

Mary Clinkscales Miss Early County Damascus, Ga.

Terri Duke Miss Macon County Montezuma, Ga.

Dawn Jenkins Miss Lee County Leesburg, Ga.

Vickie King Miss Muscogee County Columbus, Ga.

Marsha Long Miss Glynn County Brunswick, Ga.

Lynne Mayo Miss Henry County McDonough, Ga.

Dale McCormick Miss Bulloch County Statesboro, Ga.

Kathy Mitchell Miss Ware County Waycross, Ga.

Robyn Ray Miss Telfair County McRae, Ga.

Marilyn Jane Rush Miss Chattooga County Summerville, Ga.

Mary Smith Miss Oconee County Watkinsville, Ga.

The 1972 annual meeting of the Georgia Forestry Association will be held at Jekyll Island in the Aquarama, June 4-6. President Noll A. Van Cleave, president, Valleywood, Inc., Richland, will preside.
Van Cleave said that a delegation of approximately 1,000 foresters and landowners are expected. "Building Georgia Forests Builds Georgia," is the convention theme. A Luau will kick -off activi ties on June fourth. The convention's general session will be held on June fifth with the banquet that evening, Van Cleave added.
Harold Joiner, executive director, GFA, Atlanta, said that the crowning of
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Miss Georgia Forestry will be one of the convention highlights. The contest ants will be introduced at the Luau . The pageant and crowning of the queen will culminate the banquet festivities.
Approximately 27 counties will present forestry queens for the coveted title, Joiner added. In addition to those pictured, the counties are Bryan, Candler, Carroll, Clinch and Columbia .
Others are Cook, Decatur, Emanuel, Harris and Liberty.
Pickens, Mitchell, Thomas and Wil kinson Counties complete the list.
Joiner states that the state forestry queen will receive a $500 scholarship to the college of her choice 1n Georgia .

Both the queen and runnerup will receive numerous gifts.
During her reign , the Miss Georgia Forestry title holder will represent the forest industry at various functions throughout the state. The Association will coordinate her activities.
The 1971 Miss Georgia Forestry is Dianne Brown of Columbus.
Other business will include the election of officers and the presentation of awards. These will include the Performance of Excellence Awards presented to Georgia Forestry Commission supervisory personnel representing their repective Areas and Units.

Satilla Area Reforestation Program

Forest Needs Cited
ASCS Extends Reap Hand

The Satilla Area Reforestation Program, a multi-county effort to manage the area's woodlands to their fullest, was cited by J. Paul Holmes, Jr., execu tive director, Georgia Agricultural Stabilization Conservation Service, Athens.
Holmes addressed his remarks to industry, agri-business, private woodland owners and government representatives at a banquet sponsored by the Satilla Area Reforestation Committee in Alma.
The state's ASCS executive director pointed out that a "$50,000 investment to help forest owners engage in forest site preparation and reforestation practices would generate, in 20 years, over
$4 million from timber alone. This in
turn, after processing by related industries, could amount to over $15 million."
It is estimated that the five county Satilla Area, Atkinson, Bacon, Coffee, Pierce and Ware, has 343,479 acres in need of reforestation and timber stand improvement.
Holmes noted that the ASCS has ex tended its hand through the REAP costshare program . The "seed-money", em phasized Holmes, will hopefully result in a strong incentive to obtain funds from other sources to greatly expand this program.
However, "there can be little doubt that agriculture and our forest lands provide tremendous assets to generate the economy in Georgia and the Satilla Area in particular," Holmes commented . The five county Satilla Area is composed of 1.5 million acres of which 64 percent is

Field Trip participants vvere given an insight on forest conditions in the five-county Satilla Area Reforestation Program. Growth is replacing only 81 percent of harvest according to a recent U. S. Forest Service survey. This phase of the field trip was held on Buster Futch's forest in Bacon County. The field trip was sponsored by the Satilla Area Reforestation Committee.

in commercial forest land. There are two major forest industries and 61 smaller businesses employing 1,376 people to harvest, manufacture and/or provide specialty equipment to forest industries. This does not include the many private loggers.
The Area is a "woodbox" for other forest industries. Within a 50 mile distance, 38 major forest industries operate, including five Georgia and four Florida pulp and paper mills. Four more Georgia mills are just beyond the 50 mile limit. Employment for these major forest industries is more than 9,300 people, he added .
"Scientists, economists and planners note that finding ways and means to develop and promote adequate economic growth in rural America presents one of our greatest needs as well as opportunities."
Hense, "there will be a growing demand for people like you to plan and work to develop our rural areas so as to close the economic gap between rural and urban America," Holmes iterated.

Holmes' talk culminated a day of

activity that included a forest field trip.

Coordinator Archie R. McEuen, for-

ester, Slash Pine Area Planning and De-

velopment Commission, stated that the

field trip pinpointed the Area's need to

upgrade the forests through site prepara-

tion and planting, timber stand improve-

ment and reforestation.

A recent survey, conducted by the

U. S. Forest Service cited the annual

forest growth replacing only 81 percent

of the harvest. For the pine species,

which comprises 70 percent of the for-

est, growth replaces only 75 percent of

harvest. Approximately 32 percent of

the forest requires site preparation and/

or reforestation. Approximately 29 per-

cent of the commercial forest is not a

constructive part of the environment or

economy, because it is inadequately

stocked with trees. This represents 60

percent of the commercial forest that

needs improvement.

The host landowners included R. E.

and Buster Futch, Valene Bennett and

Harry Bennett.

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LETTERS
AWARD
Congratulati ons Charles B. Place for being WMAZ 's " Somebody Special of the Week".
In honor of this occasion , we invite you t o enjoy an evening at Macon's famous Marks Cell ar. Filet mignon for two will be the main course of your special dinner, compliments of WMAZ Radio and Marcus and Ph illip Gandy of the Marks Cellar Restaurant.
We salute you for being an outstanding cit izen of Macon .
Best of luck to you and may you always Keep On Keepin ' On ...
Bill Powell Director of Operations WMAZ Radio
NATURE TRAIL
Please accept this letter as our way of thanking you for the outstanding help that has been provided our school by two members of your department. I am speaking of Mr. Lett Turner and Mr. Larry Thompson. They have secured trees, helped us to plan a nature trail, identified trees and plants, given lectures, and in numerous ways helped to improve the quality of education for our students. We are indeed grateful for these two dedicated friends of education.
The professional manner in which these men have done all these things for us reflects credit on the Georgia Forestry Commission.
Richard B. Young Assistant Superintendent Charlton County Public
Schools Folkston, Ga.
TRAINING
The training course on fire defense which was conducted by Messrs. Robert M . McMurray and Arthur Winston West, of the Forestry Commission , for the personnel of the Hartwell Lake Management Office was well received .
Mr. McMurray and Mr. West had a well plan ned program which dealt w ith the basics of fire behavior and fire control. They presented the material very well . This program of rural f ire defense is, I think , an outstanding approach to wildfire control in the State.
We certa inly appreciate the contribution that the Georgia Forestry Commission employees, in the Georgia counties of Hart, Franklin , and Stephens, have made toward f ire suppression on the Hartwell Lake area from the outset of t he project.
John L. LeRoy Resource Manager Department of the Army Savannah District Corps of Engineers Hartwell, Georgia
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RETI REMENTS ...Ralph G. Cordle, t owerman , Floyd County, May 1, 1972 , nine years five months...George L. Dye, patrolman, Jefferson County, Apri l 1, 1972, 19-years three months...Bud Gunn, patrolman, Telfair County, April 1, 1972, 13-years five months.. .Miss Ruth A . Rigdon, towerwoman, Screven County, April 1, 1972, 19-years four months.
IN MEMORIAM ...HARRY M. SWEAT, former Treutlen County forest ranger is dead. A native of Wrightsville, Sweat retired from the Georgia Forestry Commission in April 1968 having served the state for 27 years. Sweat closed out his career as security officer for the Forestry Commission at Macon ...WI LLIAM C. HOPWOOD, 25, patrolman, Turner County Forestry Unit, was fatally injured in an auto accident. Following parttime work, Hopwood was placed on a full-time status on April first.
A forestry exhibit has been placed in the Macon Tourist Information Center, located on 1-75. The exhibit depicts the Georgia Forestry Center facilities, located on Riggins Mill Road. The State Offices of the Georgia Forestry Com mission and Georgia Forest Research Council, the world's first major Forest Fire Laboratory and the Eastern Tree Seed Laboratory are the major buildings comprising the Center. Putting the fin ishing touches on the exhibit are Mrs. Jean Holmes, Tourist Center director, and Herb Darley, Macon Area forester, Georgia Forestry Commission. The ex hibit was designed by Tom Hall, Forestry Commission artist, Macon, and buil t by Walter Jackson, ranger, and Jerry Johnson, patrolman, with the BibbMonroe Forestry Unit.

Logging The
Nancy Griffin, 20, Valdosta, is the 1972 Miss Gum Spirits. The Valdosta State College Sophomore was sponsored by Carroll Girtman of Hazlehurst. Miss Griffin prevailed over nine other contestants at the annual meeting of the American Turpentine Farmers Association. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Griffin.
The nation 's largest hackberry tree is at Macon 's Central City Park. The giant tree was submitted to the American Forestry Association for confirmation by John Clarke, project forester, Georgia Forestry Commission, Macon. The hackberry has a circumference of 21.9'; height, 75'; and crown spread, 83'. Inspecting the tree are, 1-r, Bob Wade, city councilman, Walt Jackson, forest ranger, Bibb-Monroe Forestry Unit and Clarke.

Foresters ...
Service Awards

25 YEARS
Henry H. Cannon ......... .Radio Engineer Macon, Ga . Feb. 17, 1972
Elza Clifton ...... .. ..... .... .. Ranger Millen, Ga. Feb. 1, 1972
Mrs. Clarice W. Manry...Stenographer Americus, Ga. April 1, 1972
20 YEARS

William H. Muns................ Ranger Thomson, Ga. Jan. 30, 1972
Mrs. Ruth A . Rigdon ..........Towerwoman Sylvania, Ga. April 1, 1972
Olin B. Robinson ...... .. ....... Radio Technician Rome, Ga. Jan. 21; 1972
Mrs. Erma Odell Stewart....Towerwoman Madison, Ga. Jan. 21, 1972

James J. Cooper.......... ..Patrolman Tifton, Ga. June 1, 1972

William H. Williamson ........ Patrolman Wayside, Ga. Jan. 1, 1972

Thomas H. Cosey.......... Radio Technician Macon, Ga. Jan. 14, 1972

Joe Young......................... ConstructionEquip. Operator Macon, Ga. May 12, 1972

Berrien County is the site of Georgia's champion American Chestnut tree. This unusual find, the tree is not normally found in this part of the state, was made by Francis Marion Renfroe, left, of Quitman, who is a consultant forester. The tree is located in the front yard of H. G. Studstill. Studstill said the tree was planted about 7897. He added that efforts had been made to kill the tree several times due to the odor of the tree's flowers. Thankfully, all efforts were unsuccessful. Renfroe noted that the chestnut blight has almost rendered the species extenct. The tree measures 12'1" in circumference, 41' in height and has a 85' crown spread. The national champion American Chestnut tree is located in Oregon City, Oregon. The tree measures 15'8" in circumference, 90' in height and has a crown spread of 64'. With Renfroe is Billy Rowe, ranger, Berrien County Forestry Unit.

James T. Oates, city arborist, Richmond, Va. , center, has been named president of the Southern Chapter, International Shade Tree Conference. Other officers are, 1-r, Dr. Charles W. McComb, Maryland State Board of Agriculture, College Park, Md., editor; Francis W. Orrock, Fredricksburg, Va., secretary-treasurer; John W. Mixon, metro forester, Georgia Forestry Commission, Atlanta, immediate past president; and Dr. John A. Weidhass, Jr., extension entomologist, VPI, Blacksburg, Va., president-elect, International Shade Tree Conference. The Southern Chapter officers were elected at the annual Southern Shade Tree Conference in Atlanta, Ga.

AWARD ...Dr. Jerome L. Clutter, professor, School of Forest Resources, Uni versity of Georgia, Athens, has received the Society of American Foresters "Award of Excellence". The award was for distinguished accomplishments in research and development in forestry in the Southeast. Dr. Clutter was also appointed as the first chairman of the Forest Sciences Board for the 18,000member society.
SFI OFFICERS... Fred C. Gragg, vice president, Internqtional Paper Co., is the new president of the Southern Forest Institute. Elected vice president was Jack E. Meadows, vice president, Georgia -Pacific Corp. George E. Kelly was reelected executive vice president.
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Georgia FORESTRY
June, 1972

SECOND-CLASS POST AGE PAID AT DRY BRANCH, GA.

KEEP GEORGIA BEAUTIFUL I'.ONTH

BY THE GOVERNOR:

NHEREAS: WHEREAS: WHEREAS: THEREFORE:

Georgia is endowed with the scenic beauty necessary to rank it among the most beautiful state in the nation; and
A more litter-free Georgia proves our appreciation of Georgia's Gocl-9iven natural
beauty; and
A more beautiful Georgia enhances our attractions for new industry and more tourists and benefits every citizen in the enjoyment of clean, beautiful highways, cities, towns, and parks; and
All citizens with the continuing cooperation of the press, radio, and television, are urged to cooperate in a yearly campaign known as "Keep Georgia Beautiful Month"; now
I, Jinuny Carter, Governor of the State of Georgia, do hereby proclaim the month of Hay , 1972, as "KEEP GEORGIA BEAUTIFUL MONTH" in Georgia, and urge all the citizens of our State to exert effort and care in order that Georgia may always be clean and beautiful for those who live and work here, as well as for visitors from other states and countries.