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 Georgia Forestry 
 
Sept. 1972 
 
No.3 Vol. 25 
 
Jimmy Carter Governor A. Ray Shirley  Director 
 
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS 
 
Alexander Sessoms, chairman 
W. George Beasley Hu~ M. Dixon M. E. Garrison L. H. Morgan 
 
Cogdell 
Lavonia Vidalia Homer Eastman 
 
STAFF 
Frank E. Craven  Editor Thomas R. Fontaine, Jr. Assoc. Editor Thomas B. Hall  Artist 
DISTRICT OFFICES GEORGIA FORESTRY COMMISSION 
COOSA VALLEY DISTRICT 
P. 0. Box Z, Mount Berry 30149 
NORTH GEORGIA DISTRICT Route 5, Box 83, Canton 30114 
ATLANTA DISTRICT 7 Hunter St., S.W., Room 545, Atlanta 30334 
CHATTAHOOCHEE FLINT P. 0. Box 1080, Newnan 30263 
MCINTOSH TRAIL Route 3, Box 391 F, Griffin 31730 
LOWER CHATTAHOOCHEE DISTRICT 6250 Warm Springs Road, Columbus 31904 
MIDDLE FLINT DISTRICT P. 0. Box 1369, Americus 31730 
COASTAL PLAIN DISTRICT ROUte 2, Ashburn 31714 
SOUTHWEST GEORGIA DISTRICT Route 2, Box 215, Camilla 31730 
GEORGIA SOUTHERN DISTRICT Route 2, Statesboro 30458 
COASTAL DISTRICT P. 0. Box 113, Midway 31320 
SLASH PINE DISTRICT Route 2, Box 127B, Waycross 31501 
CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER DISTRICT Route 2, Box 266, Washington 30673 
GEORGIA MOUNTAINS 
P. 0. Box 293, Oakwood 30566 
NORTHEAST GEORGIA DISTRICT 650 College Station Road, Athens 30601 
HEART OF GEORGIA DISTRICT 
P. 0. Box 96, McRae 31055 
MIDDLE GEORGIA DISTRICT Columbus Road, Route 8, Macon 31206 
OCONEE DISTRICT P. 0 . Box ~1. Milledgeville 31061 
Georgia Forestry is published quarterly by the Georgia Forestry Commission, Box 819, Ma con, Ga. 31202. The Georgia Forestry mail ing address is Rt. 1, Box 85, Dry Branch, Ga. 31020. 
Second class postage paid at Dry Branch, Ga. 
 
CONTENTS 
Seedling Production And Costs Increased .................................... .. .......................... 3 Rural Fire Defense Takes Fire In Pulaski County ........ .......................... ................ ... 4 Craven Receives " Smokey" Citation ...... .... .. ............................................ .... ............ 6 Dedication... .. ........... ... ............ .... .. .. .. .. ..... .................................................. ..... ........ 7 "Building Georgia Forests Builds Georgia".. ...... .............. .......... ...... ........................ 8 Forestry Faces And Places....................................................................................... 10 Forestry Commission Districts Realigned .............. .......... ......... ........... .. ...... .............12 Acreage Constant - Volume Up 
Fourth Forest Survey Nears Completion ............................................................. 13 Logging The Foresters............................................................................................. .14 
Cruising The News 
Trees Improve Freeways 
The State Highway Department not only leaves trees where possible when roads are built, it literally grows its own forest. 
State Highway maintenance engineers have planted more than 156,000 pine trees this winter along Interstate highway rights-of-way over Georgia. 
Interstate 10 in DeKalb County got 15,000 loblolly pine seedlings, and 20,000 loblolly seedlings were planted along the same road in both Richmond and Greene Counties. 
Interstate 85 had 20,000 of the loblolly pines planted in Hart and Franklin Counties. Another 25,000 of the loblolly seedlings were planted along 1-475 and 1-75 in Bibb and Monroe Counties. The sides of 1-16 were covered with 12,000 slash pine seedlings in Laurens County and another 6,000 in Chatham County . Turner and Tift Counties had some 38,000 slash pines set out along 1-75. The Highway Department got the seedlings from the Georgia Forestry Commission at a cost of five and six dollars per thousand for a total of less than a thousand dollars for all the trees. The planting was completed in December, January and February . Highway maintenance officials say that next winter they will try to plant some hardwood trees in addition to pines. Georgia is finally beginning to realize that interstate rights-of-way can be made beautiful rather than boring and bare. The Highway Department is to be commended for this change of attitude and its increasing concern for the environmental aspects of its work . 
(From the Decatur-Dekalb News) 
Forestry Incentives 
The Congress is considering a program that could boost forestry production for the small landowner. The program, known as the Forestry Incentives Act of 1972, would provide funds for planting, management and harvesting on privately-owned lands. 
It would be particularly important to the Southeast because about 73 per cent of available land is privately owned in tracts of 100 acres or less, according to Sen . Herman Talmadge of Georgia. The small size of the forest tracts in the Southeast make them uneconomical for regular tree harvesting, the senator said. 
He believes the Forestry Incentives Act would boost income for the small farmer in the Southeast. In additi on, Sen. Talmadge said, "The nation's future wood needs can only be met t hrough development of profitable forest production in the Southeastern states." 
That's true for the future and it will mean growing trees on small tracts of land . As for the present, however, the tree problem is an entirely different one. 
The industry says that it is presently growi ng trees at a faster rate than their consumption for paper, lumber, poles and other uses. The problem for the industry now is labor. 
Wood users, such as paper mills, find themselves short not because there aren't enough trees, but because there isn't enough labor to cut them and remove them to the mills. It is a question of people willing to work, rather than people available for work. 
If the Congress would concern itself with the present problem in the forestry industry, especially in the Southeast, it would do something to tie work incentive with welfare. To a large ex tent people that could be profitably used to harvest the tree crops in the Southeast are rocking on their front porches and drawing welfare payments. 
(From The Valdosta Daily Times) 
 
 Improved, "super" tree seedlings, grown from certified seed, represents 57 percent of the Georgia Forestry Commission's 1972 seedling crop, according to Ray Shirley, Commission director- 
Approximately 55,593,000 tree seedlings are available for order by Georgia landowners _This is a 16 percent increase over 1971. An additional 8,600,000 seedlings are being grown under contract for industries. 
In announcing the availability of seedlings, Shirley reported that the price on all species of pine and lespedeza have been increased $1 per thousand . The species include improved loblolly, 
 
and slash pine, eastern white, longleaf, shortleaf, slash and Virginia pines . 
Shirley cited the increased cost of production for the price increase. He noted that all prices are in line with those of surrounding states. 
James C. Wynens, chief, Reforestation Division, said that the early submission of orders is encouraged as all orders received prior to the first of November will be filled depending on supply. If orders exceed supply, the trees will be prorated between orders. Orders received after the first of November, Wynens added, will be filled on a first come, first serve basis. 
He pointed out that seedling applica- 
 
APPLICATION FOR NURSERY STOCK 
 
ORDER NO. - - - - 
 
GEORGIA FORESTRY COMMISSION MACON , GEORGIA 31202 
 
P.O. BOX 819 
 
NAME OF APPLICAN T: 
 
PHONE NO. - - - - - - - - - - 
 
ADDRESS: 
 
CITY - - - - - - - - - - ZIP C O D E - - - - 
 
IF SEEDLINGS ARE TO BE DELIVERED TO SOMEONE OTHER THAN APPLICANT , COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING: 
 
AvENT'S NAME , - - - - - - - - - - -- -- - - - - - - PHONE NO. - - - - - -- - -- - 
 
ADORI:SS: 
 
CITY 
 
ZIP CODE 
 
DELIVERY DESIRED AS SHOWN BELOW , 
 
DATE 
 
SPECIES 
 
NUMBER OF SEEDLINGS 
 
COUNTY OF PLANTING 
 
FOREST DISTRICT AREA 
 
TYPE OF OWNERSHIP, (Cho<l ~l 
D 1. Pmo1'11: ~rroons , Clubs , Auocotont & Pftvote Schools. D 1. P .. vote Forest lndt.~l!ry  L~o~mbe r Mf; . Cl 3. Pr.,ote Forest lndul!ry Pulp & Paper. D 4. Privat e Forut Industry Novol Stores, Plywood, etc. CJ S. p,.,. ote other 1ndustry lands. CJ 6, Town, County, ond Public Schools. 0 7, State and other Pubhc Lands. D 8. Federol Govemment 0 9. Other (tpecoly) 
 
METHOD OF SHIPMENT' 
((heclr. one) 
 
0 I. 
 
STATE TRUCK TO COUNTY FORESTRY :J FF ICE 
 
0 2 
 
APPLICANT WILL PICK UP AT NURSERY 
 
SEEDLINGS RECEIVED IN GOOD CONDITION 
 
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT I DESIRE TO PURCHASE THE ABOVE NURSERY STOCK UNDER CONDITIONS PRINTED ON THE BACK OF THIS FORM 
 
PAYMENT : S _____________ DATE __________________ SIGNATURE - - - - - - -- - - - - - 
 
00 NOT WRITE BELOW THIS LINE 
 
NURSERY ASSSIGNEQ , 
 
0 DAVISBORO 
 
D HERTY 
 
D WALKER 
 
0 MORGAN 
 
tion forms can be obtained from the Forestry Commission County Rangers, County Agents, Soil Conservation Service Technicians and Agricultural Con servation Program Officers. All orders must be submitted on a Forestry Commission application form . 
Wynens emphasized that payment must accompany all orders before shipment can be made. No refunds will be made on orders cancelled after Febru ary 1, 1973 . 
Mail the completed applications to the Georgia Forestry Commission, P. 0 . Box 819, Macon, Ga. 31202. 
For assistance in determining your reforestation needs, contact your local county forest ranger . 
 
Price List 
 
The following tree seedlings are being grown for sale by the Georgia Forestry Commission during the 1972-73 planting season_ 
 
SPECIES Per 1000 500 50 
 
Pines: 
Eastern White Improved Loblolly Improved Slash Shortleaf Slash Virginia 
 
$ 1 0 .0 0 7.00 7 .00 6.00 6 .00 6.00 
 
$5.00 3.50 3.50 3 .0 0 3.00 3.00 
 
$2.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 
 
Species below are priced FOB Page Nursery, Reidsville, Ga_ 
 
Longleaf Pine 
 
6.00 
 
Bald Cypress 
 
10.00 
 
Black Walnut 
 
10.00 
 
Catalpa 
 
10.00 
 
Cottonwood Cuttings 10.00 
 
Dogwood 
 
25.00 
 
Lespede za 
 
7.00 
 
Oak , Chestnut 
 
10.00 
 
Oak, Swamp Chestnut 10.00 
 
Oak, Sawtooth 
 
10.00 
 
Redcedar 
 
10.00 
 
Sweetgum 
 
10.00 
 
Wild Crabapple 
 
25 .00 
 
Yellow Poplar 
 
10.00 
 
3.00 5 .0 0 5.00 5 .00 5.00 12.50 3.50 5 .0 0 5.00 5 .0 0 5.00 5 .0 0 12.50 5.00 
 
1.00 2 .0 0 2.00 2.00 2 .0 0 3 .0 0 1.00 2.00 2 .0 0 2.00 2 .0 0 2.00 3.00 2 .0 0 
 
A transportation charge of $.50 per thousand trees and $.25 per five hundred trees must be added to above cost on all seedlings moved from one nursery to another due to stock not being available on seedlings delivered to County Ranger Headquarters for landowner pick up. 
 
Sales of less than 500 trees must be in packages of 50 ,priced at multiple of 50 price which includes delivery to County Ranger Headquarters. 
3 
 
 1 - Fire Call 2- Dispatch 3- To The Scene 
2 4 - Suppression 
 
Local and state cooperation has made 
 
the Pulaski County Rural Fire Defense 
 
Department one of the most streamlined 
 
units in the state. 
 
The department was organized in 
 
April 1971 in cooperation with the 
 
, 
 
Georgia Forestry Commission. To initi- 
 
ate the program, two tankers, 1,200 and 
 
1,000 gallon capacities, were leased from 
 
the Forestry Commission, according to 
 
County Commissioner W. A. Sapp. 
 
To help finance the operation, coun- 
 
ty residents voted to assess a one mill 
 
tax on themselves. Commissioner Sapp 
 
said collections were $7,000 for the first 
 
year. The money is being used to pay 
 
for a pumper and equipment, he added. 
 
The current estimated value of the de 
 
partment is $75,000. 
 
Sam Clark, fire chief and civil de- 
 
fense director, said that the local unit 
 
equipped the tankers with 375 feet of 
 
one inch hose, 150 feet of one-half inch 
 
hose, hose reel, pump, tank, tool rack, 
 
radio, hand tools, warning lights, siren 
 
and electric starter. The trucks are sur- 
 
plus from the federal government and 4 
 
Rural Fire Defense Takes Fire 
In 
Pulaski County 
the Forestry Commission. The local department has 21 volun- 
teers with Clark the only full time em ployee. The fire chief emphasized that the department operates countywide. 
Clark noted that efficient suppression action is based on the cooperation of Pulaski County citizens, a modern com munications system and the use of an urban-rural map. 
At the program's outset, every home 
Photo by Hawkinsville Dispatch and News. 
 
 Fire Chief Sam Clark, left, conducts inspection tour for county and state officials. They are, 1-r, W. A. Sapp, Pulaski County commissioner; John T. Hogg, ranger, Houston-Peach-Pulaski Forestry Unit and Billy P. Miles, former Rural Fire Defense Coordinator for the Georgia Forestry Commission. 
Every homeowner in Pulaski County was visited at the program 's outset and advised on the fire call procedure. Don Berryhill receives information packet from Fire Chief Sam Clark, left. 
 
County 
Raod 
Map 
 
in the county was visited . owner was advised on how to contact the department in case of fire . A packet was left with the homeowner describing contact procedure, a map showing the numbered roads and a telephone sticker. 
Clark devised a numbering system whereby each road is numbered . A sign with the designated number is erected at the entrance of each road from the city out to the county line. 
At the central headquarters, a communications center is operated . It in cludes a citizens band and county and Forestry Commission networks. The citi- 
 
100- Upper River Road 200- Eastman Highway 300- Lower River Road 400- Abbeville Highway 500- Pineview Highway 600- Vienna Highway 700- Cordele Highway 800- Unadilla Highway 900- Columbus Highway 1000- Perry Highway 11 00 - Warner Robins Highway 
(continued on page 6) 5 
 
 (Rural Fire Defense continued) 
zens band is in all trucks and volunteer private vehicles; the county system is in all department trucks ; and the Forestry Commission net is in the chief's truck. 
On night calls, the fire phone rings at a local funeral home. The operator pushes a buzzer which activates a siren near the fire department and one at the court house. The first man on the scene operates the radio. He advises the dispatcher when personnel are on the fire scene . Approximately 15 men answer every fire call. 
During the first year of operation, the department answered 29 calls, six mechanical, 14 grass, and nine structural fires . 
Clark pointed out that personnel re cently completed a 120 hour course in all phases of fire fighting at the Georgia Tech Fire Institute. As a result, the department was approved by the South eastern Underwriters' Association . This reduced homeowner fire insurance costs from 10-30 percent. 
In addition, personnel have completed the Forestry Commission's field and brush fire course . The course included field burning, house fires and prescribed burning conducted by Tommy Hogg, ranger, Pul aski County Forestry Unit. 
The physical facilities include an ad ministrative office, training room, a four stall fire house, locker-shower room and a kitchen . The county constructed the fire house. The county also furnishes maintenance, gas and oil. 
The department's equipment includes a 6,000 gallon tractor trailer that was converted to a fire truck, a 750 gallon pumper and a 300 gallon tank on a Jeep . 
Hogg points out that the volunteer fire control group makes more effective fire suppression efforts by the Pulaski County Forestry Unit. The RFD Department advises on burning or threatened burning of forests. In addition, they support the local unit when a wildfire occurs and equipment is available . 
Fred H. Baker, new Forestry Com mission RF D coordinator, said the Rural Fire Defense Program enables the Forestry Commission to better serve all Georgia . Statewide, equipment issued through June totals 329 pieces of equipment in 127 counties involving 269 departments. There are 38 requests for equipment pending, Baker added . 
6 
 
Craven Receives ''Smokey '' Citation 
 
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Frank E. Craven , chief, Fort:st Education Division, Georgia Forestry Com mission, Macon, is the recipi ent of the 
Smokey Bear Citation for outstanding service in the field of forest fire preven tion. 
Craven was cited for his work through garden, women and youth groups, civic organizations and participation in professional societies t hat make h im a right hand man of " Smokey Bear ". Cooperation with t he U. S. Forest Service, Re gion Eight, women activities program, participat ion in the Cooperative Forest Fire Prevention campaign and a member of the Southern Information and Education Ch iefs has provi ded him with opportunities fo r input on national and re gional level s. 
As head of t he state's forest educa t ion program for more t han 14 years, Craven has influenced the radio and television, exhibit, f loat and f ilm pro- 
 
Photo by Louisiana Forestry Commission 
grams of the Forestry Commission. In this Ieadersh ip capacity. he is a guest lecturer at the University of Georgia School of Forest Resources . Craven is an annual speaker at career days through out the state, in particular the Governor's Honors Program held at Wesleyan College in Macon. 
His imagination and creativity have been vital in his duties as chairman , Georgia Chapter, Society of America n Foresters, president, Georgia Chapter. Soil Conservation Society of America, and chairman, Georgia Environmental Education Council. 
The Citation was one of three given nationally this year by the Cooperative Forest Fire Prevention Committee, Mal Hardy, U.S. Forest Service, chief, Washington, D. C. The presentation was made by Hardy at the annual meeting of the S.I.E .C. in New Orleans, La. 
 
 Lt. Governor Lester Maddox and Wallace Adams, chairman, Georgia Forest Research Council Boar.d, "sawed the ribbon", a ten inch Georgia pine log, in recent dedication ceremonies for the new Forest Research Council headquarter's building. The new facility i.s located at the Georgia Forestry Center near Macon. 
Maddox, in dedicatory remarks, applauded the Research Council for the progress the state agency has made in research. He stated, "Without your planning, without your research, the insects, the fungus, man himself, would have destroyed our forests." 
Adams noted that the Research Council was established to bring problems and problem-solvers together through adequately promoted, coordinated and funded research programs with the Research Council being the catalyst whereby a problemoriented profession became solution-oriented. 
 
H.E. Ruark, Research Council director, cited the modern complex as a credit to the strong emphasis that the state of Georgia places on the importance of forest research since the agency was created in 1953. 
The $150,000 one-story building includes administrative offices and a large auditorium. The use of Georgia wood was emphasized in the building's construction. One of its unique features is the floor of the entrance lobby, built of 3"X5" sawed pine lumber laid end up with their "story telling" growth rings exposed and beautifully preserved by clear acrylic coatings. 
Another feature is the auditorium that is set off by exposed laminated beams. 
The Research Council headquarters was designed by Chester Crowell, a Macon architectural fi rm, and built by Whitehead Brothers Construction Company of Macon. 
7 
 
 "A five year forest inventory cycle was recommended today to replace the current ten year cycle." 
Dr. Stephen G. Boyce, director, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station, Asheville, N. C., speaking at the 1972 annual meeting of the Georgia Forestry Association, emphasized that the shorter cycle would be commensurate with the South's forestry needs. "The most important implication of a reduced cycle would be that all forest survey information could be annually updated to provide current estimates of the South's rapidly changing resource situation," Dr . Boyce added . 
The Asheville Station director noted that the current Georgia survey should be completed by November of this year. The preliminary data indicates that Georgia woodland owners are growing more timber on less acreage in Southeast and Southwest Georgia . The trend has been altered in Central Georgia where commercial forest acreage has remained stable since 1960. The increased growing volume trend continued in Ce11< tral Georgia, Dr . Boyce added. 
Dr. Boyce pointed out, "A newly developed forest information retrieval system is being used to retrieve customized reports for any area of interest in a matter of minutes. A set of 44 labeled tables can be compiled for any geographic area in the five southeastern states of Florida, Georgia, North and South Carolina and Virginia. 
"The lumber and wood products industry has been selected as a 'target industry' for concentrated enforcement of the Occupational Safety and Health Law by the U. S. Department of Labor ." B. Jack Warren, Extension timber harvesting specialist, University of Georgia, Athens, said the industry was selected because of high injury rates . 
Warren emphasized that "many sawmills, wood -yards and logging operations are being inspected early in an all out attempt to lower injury rates. The employer can be fined up to $1,000 per day for not correcting a violation after being cited by the Department of La bor." 
J . Paul Holmes, Jr., executive director, Georgia ASCS Office, Athens, expressed the hope of the State ASC Committee that local county ASC committees will use Rural Environmental Assistance Program funds as "seed mon ey" to assist farmers in making the best use of land which is not producing to its full potential. 
Holmes cited forestry practices as having the highest priority in the nationwide REAP . The practices include site 8 
 
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Distinguished Service awards were presented to John W. Langdale, Senator Hugh M. Gillis, Sr. and L. W. Eberhardt by Harold Joiner, Association executive director. 
 
preparation and planting on areas needing reforestation or to upgrade existing stands of desirable trees. Surveys show two out of every seven acres need regeneration with forest site preparation, Holmes added . 
President Noll A. Van Cleave reported an 80 percent increase in Georgia Forestry Association membership during the year . 
"We have had a tremendous year in membership growth, and we pledge to all of our members a continued increase in service," the Richland pulpwood dealer and businessman said in his annual report to the membership. 
 
Completing his first year as president of the statewide Association, President Van Cleave praised the work of the board of directors and the various committee members who have contributed 
 
Noll A. Van Cleave 
 
to the growth. "We are rapidly becoming one of the 
leading Associations in Georgia, and we want to continue to represent all the forest interests of the state, from landowner through the manufacturer of the finished product," he added. 
Van Cleave, president of Valleywood, Inc., Richland, was named to a second term as president of the Association. Gerald B. Saunders, Columbus, remains chairman of the Board. Wilkes County landowner William Pope, vice president, Washington; Atlanta Hardwood Company President Jim Howard, treasurer, Harold Joiner, executive director, J . D. "Red" Strange, assistant director, and Mrs. Helen M. Dixon, secretary, all of Atlanta, were reelected to their respective positions. 
Van Cleave has been associated with Valleywood, Inc. since 1957 . Previous 
 
Miss Georgia Forestry Holly Jones 
business associations include Union Camp Corp., Savannah, 1950-51, and St. Regis Paper Co., Pensacola, Fla., 1951-57 . 
The native of Mobile, Ala . is a past director and vice president of the Georgia Forestry Association. He is a member of the Society of American Fores- 
 
reigning queen, Miss Dianne Brown of Columbus. Miss Dale McCormick of Brooklet was the runnerup . 
In winning the pageant, Miss Jones received a $500 college scholarship. During the year, she will represent the Association at various forestry functions. 
Miss Jones, chosen from a field of 27 county forestry queens, is the daughter of Mr . and Mrs. C. B. Jones of Metter . Miss McCormick is the daughter of Mr . and Mrs. Harry McCormick of Brooklet. 
Areas and Units of the Georgia Forestry Commission were recognized through the Performance of Excellence Awards program. 
The Millen Area received the award in Forest Administration. Gerald W. Green heads the Area which consists of Burke, Jenkins and Screven Counties. 
The Forest Protection Area award went to the Perry Area headed by David L. Westmoreland. The Area con sists of Crisp, Dooly, Houston, Peach and Pulaski Counties. The Paulding County Forestry Unit, headed by Alfred Craton, won the Forest Protection Unit award. 
The Forest Management Area award was taken by the Blakely Area headed by Preston T. Fulmer. The Area counties are Calhoun, Clay, Early and Miller. The Floyd County Forestry Unit, headed by Troy E. Floyd, received the Forest Management Unit award. 
 
The Columbus Area, headed by Floyd M. Cook, was cited for the Reforestation Area award . The Area consists of Chattahoochee, Harris, Marion, Muscogee and Talbot Counties. The CrawfordTaylor Forestry Unit won the Reforestation Unit award ,Austin Guinn,ranger. 
The Forest Education Area award went to the Ashburn Area directed by James M. Tidwell, Jr . The Area counties are Ben Hill , Irwin, Tift, Turner and Wilcox . The Glynn County Forestry Unit, headed by Clarence Hilburn, re- 
ceived the Forest Education Unit Award . 
J . D. "Red" Strange, assistant director, Georgia, Forestry Association, Atlanta, presented the awards. 
The Association's Forestry Public Service awards went to W. Hoyle Fleming, editor, Early County News, Blakely, and Hershel Wisebram, manager, WBHF, Cartersville. The awards were presented the media in recognition of the time, space and effort given to the perpetuation of forest conservation. 
Distinguished Service awards were presented to L. W. Eberhardt retired 
head, Georgia Agriculture E~tens ion 
Service, Athens; Senator Hugh M. Gill is, Sr., Georgia Legislature, Soperton ; and John W. Langdale, head, Association's legislative committee, Valdosta. 
Eberhardt was cited for his long and 
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ters, American Pulpwood Association and the Florida Forestry Association. 
Van Cleave is a member of the Columbus Rotary Club and a past presi dent of the Pensacola, Fla . Lions Club. 
A 1950 graduate of the University of Auburn School of Forestry, Van Cleave served in the U. S. Army Air Force from 1944-45. At Auburn he was a member of the Forestry Club and Sigma Chi Fraternity. 
Van Cleave and his wife, the former Betty Steber of Mobile, Ala., have three children . They are Skipper, 15; and daughters, Devery, 17; and Jane, 18. The Van Cleaves are members of St. Annes Catholic Church in Columbus where he is a past president of the St. Annes P.T.A. 
The 1972 Miss Georgia Forestry is 16 year old Holly Jones of Metter. The hazel-eyed blonde was crowned by the 
 
Areas and units recognized by the Georgia Forestry Association are, 1-r, Floyd M. Cook, Columbus Area; Alfred Craton, Paulding County; Troy E. Floyd, Floyd County; Preston T. Fulmer, Blakely Area; Gerald W. Green, Millen Area; James M. Tidwell, Jr., Ashburn Area; Clarence Hilburn, Glynn County; and David L. VVestmoreland, Perry Area. Austin Guinn, Crawford-Taylor Unit, is not pictured. 
9 
 
 National Boy Scout Tree Farm Day was observed on August 25, 1972, according to Robert E. Jones, director, Forest Resources Division, American Forest Institute, Washington, D.C. 
All state Tree Farm Committees made an effort to seek out all Boy Scout properties being managed accord - 
 
ing to Tree Farm standards and to certify them. Jones stated that these properties were dedicated all over the nation on the same day, Friday, August 25, 1972. 
It is estimated that there are 600,000 to 750,000 acres of property in the nation owned by various Boy Scout groups, Jones added . The certification of the forest acreage would boost not only the Scouts but the Tree Farm program, forestry, foresters, project SOAR (Save Our American Resources) and private forest land management. 
S. 0 . Spooner, Sr., 78, president, Spooner Naval Stores Co., is dead . A native of Iron City and a resident of Warwick for the past 27 years, Spooner was a charter member of the Worth County Forestry Board. 
In 1951 he spearheaded a move to bring organized forest fire protection to Worth County . With a few supporters, Spooner set about on a door-to-door campaign. The campaign proved succe5sful as the landowners and Spooner's committee persuaded the county com missioners to give the protection unit a 
 
Forestry Faces 
try. Actually Spooner had been doing fire 
protection work on his own. He con structed a fire tower on top of a twostory barn and bought a truck and trac tor which he operated himself . 
From the homemade wooden, tin covered tower, one-third of Worth, the western half of Turner, Southern Crisp, northeast Dougherty and the eastern section of Lee could be scanned for wildfires. 
A landowner, timber grower, cattleman and farmer, Spooner was chairman of the board of Southeastern Trust in Warm Springs and director of the Amer ican Turpentine Farmer's Association from 1953-69 . Spooner was a deacon in the First Baptist Church and a Master Mason. 
 
Three Northside High School seniors of Atlanta have won Environmental Excel lence awards from President Richard Nixon . They are Jim Hughes, Randy Spratt and Christie Mason . The students were cited for their excellence in studies of the upper Chattahoochee and Flint Rivers. The studies established the relationship between land use and the resulting environmental quality of the rivers. Georgia Forestry Com mission personnel provided advice concerning the execution of the field work, and led informal discussions of the cause and effect relationship between conversion of woodlands and the results with regard to the rivers. Participating in the awards presentation were Richard Gingrich, manager, Natural Resources, and Jack E. Ravan, director, Region IV, Environmental Protection Agency ; and Mrs. Cora Kay Black welder, director, Environmental Studies Program, Atlanta Public School s. 10 
 
There are 97,600 forest acres in Bibb County . This represents 60 percent of the land area. 
More than 91 percent of the forest area is privately owned . Industry -owned forest acreage is approximately six percent. The forest acreage has a growing volume of 312 .2 million board feet of sawtimber and 1.4 million cords of pulpwood. 
There were 13,867 cords of round pulpwood produced in the county in 1970. The highest production, 28,725 cords, occurred in 1969. Since 1946, production has totaled 352,024 cords of round pu Ipwood . 
There are 35 wood -using industries in Bibb County employing more than 
 
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3,300 people with an annual payroll of approximately $27,811,160. The pro... ducts of the industries include posts, poles, piling, pulpwood, air and kiln dried lumber, green lumber, chips, veneer and lumber boxes. 
Others are window and door units, millwork, cabinets, trusses, furniture, billiard tables and cues, handles, mobile and modular homes, ceiling and bags. 
 
Curtis Barnes, assistant chief, Forest Protection Division, Georgia Forestry Commission, briefs Planning and Budget Department officials on the use of aircraft. Tom Linder, right center, director, Office of Planning and Budget, headed a group of nine department officials touring Forestry Commission facilities. Ray Shirley, Linder 's right, Forestry Commission director, conducted the tour. The purpose of the tour was to familiarize budget and planning personnel with the overall operation of the Forestry Commission . This will enable them to better analyze and assist the Forestry Commission with budget and planning requests. The two-day tour included the Forestry Commission headquarters, Macon, the Lamar-Pike-Spalding-Upson Forestry Unit, the Pulaski County Rural Fire Defense Department, the Waycross State Forest, the Page-Walker tree seedling nurseries and the Horseshoe Bend Seed Orchard. 
 
Joseph E. Thompson, Sr., a Savannah native and veteran of the Southern pulp and paper industry, has been named reforestation supervisor for Interstate Paper Corp., Riceboro. 
Thompson was an original member of the supervisory team at Interstate and has served in a number of capacities since joining the company in 1968. Most recently , he was supervisor of construction. 
L.F . Kalmar, vice president, Woodlands, Continental Can Co., Savannah, is the new president of the Forest Farmer's Association . 
 
Officials of Interstate Paper Corp ., Riceboro, and Wayne County landowner, Wallace Harrington, center, examine the three millionth pine seedling to be set out during the past planting season. The seedlings were planted by Interstate for private timberland owners in 22 south and coastal Georgia counties. With Harrington, are Charles E. Williams, left, wood manager for Interstate, and Joseph E. Thompson, Sr., supervisor of reforestation services. 
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 Forestry Commission Districts Realigned 
 
Georgia Forestry 
Commission Districts Legend 
* STATE HEADQUARTERS 
 DISTRICT OFFICE 
 
The Georgia Forestry Commission has complied with a legislative directive that state department's district lines correspond with Area Planning and Development Commissions. 
Ray Shirley, Forestry Commission director, said that eight additional districts were formed to give the Commission 18 districts. The Commission's 38 areas were dissolved, and became a part of the 18 districts. 
Shirley pointed out that with overall smaller districts the d istrict forester will have direct supervision over district programs. The county unit rangers will be responsible to the district forester for unit activities. The technical foresters will supervise all forestry management programs and services under the district forester. 
In county units, involving more than one county in different districts, operations will cross district lines, Shirley added. This will insure maximum forest protection and efficiency throughout the state. 
The 18 districts are divided into three regions with the field supervisors responsible for field services. The supervisors are J.W. Mixon, Region One; H.G. Collier, Region Two; and W.C. Harper, Region Three. 
Region One consists of the Atlanta, Coosa Valley, Georgia Mountains and North Georgia Districts. 
Central Savannah River, Chattahoochee Flint, Lower Chattahoochee, Mcintosh Trail, Middle Flint, Middle Georgia, Northeast Georgia and Oconee Districts constitute Region Two. 
The make-up of Region Three involves the Coastal , Coastal Plain, Georgia Southern, Heart of Georgia, Slash Pine and Southwest Georgia Districts. 
In other changes, Shirley named W.H . McComb to head up Research and Planning. The former management chief was succeeded by D.N. Preston. Preston 
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had previously served in the capacities of field supervisor and district forester. 
Collier served as Washington District forester fo r 18 years. Mixon comes to his new position after heading up the Atlanta Metro Forestry Program and serv- 
ing on the Goals For Georgia staff. 
J.R. Burns, Jr. is the Forestry Commission's new training officer and will coord inate all train ing programs. He was formerly the McDonough Area foreste r. 
The 18 districts and district foresters are Coosa Val ley , A.T. Mauldin , Jr., Rome; North Georgia, F.H . Ead ie, Canton; Georgia Mountains, B.P. Barber, Gainesville; Atlanta, G.W. Green, Atlanta ; Nort heast Georgia, T.L. Devereaux, Athens; and Chattahoochee Flint, P.T. Fulmer, Newnan. 
Others include Mcintosh Trail, H.A. Swindell , Gr iffin; Oconee, W. D. Millians, Jr., Milledgeville; Central Savannah River, R.D. Griner, Washington; Lower Chattahoochee, R.T . Wall , Columbus; Middle Fl int, Olin Witherington, Americus; and Middle Georg ia, D.L. Westmoreland, Macon . 
Heart of Georgia, H.G. Williams, McRae; Georg ia Southern, J.R. Lanier, Statesboro; Coastal , H.L. Neal , Jr., Midway; Slash Pine, J.A. Henson , Waycross; Coastal Plain , J.M. Tidwell, Jr., Ashburn; and Southwest Georgia, H.P. Allen, Camilla ; complete the list. 
 
 Centra I Georgia 
 
Acreage Constant- Volume Up 
 
The fourth survey of Georgia 's tim ber resources, started in June 1970, is 85 percent complete . New data have been released for Central Georgia, one of five Forest Survey Units, in a report, "Forest Statistics for Central Georgia, 1971". 
In Central Georgia there has not been any significant change in the total area of commercial forest land. This is in contrast to the downward trend set in the Southeast and Southwest Georgia survey units. 
Thomas R. Bellamy , associate men surationist, Southeastern Forest Experi ment Station, Asheville, N.C., said that Central Georgia stands out as a major 
 
timber producing area. Softwood and hardwood growing 
stock and average t>asal area per acre all increased more than 30 percent. An im pressive finding is that new growth of growing stock averages 68 cubic feet per acre of commercial forest land . This is considerably higher than southeastern and southwestern Georgia . It is probably one of the highest average growth rates forth is size area in the country, Bellamy added. The high growth rate is attributed to differences in species compositi on and the amount of ingrowth . 
The removals of growing stock was 290 million cubic feet with pine accounting for 75 percent of the total. 
 
The new growth exceeded removals by approximately 210 million cubic feet. Over 61 percent of this growth over removals was southern yellow pine. 
The findings show that the 7.3 million acres of commercial forest land, in the 49-county Central Georgia Unit, represents 69 percent of the land area . Private, nonindustrial landowners own 74 percent of the commercial forest acreage. The remaining five percent is publicly owned . 
The Georgia Forestry Commission and forest industry are assisting the Southeastern Station in the collection of field data . 
 
Fourth Forest Survey The forest survey of Georgia's 37.7 
million acres is 95 percent complete , 
 
according to the mid August report of 
 
Nolan Snyder, field supervisor for the survey . 
 
Nears Completion 
 
Snyder said that work in the 21 
 
county mountains and foot hills section, Unit Five, is 42 percent complete . The expected completion date for the Unit 
 
Georgia Forest Survey 
August 15,1972 
 
is the last of October. 
 
 Survey Complete 
 
He pointed out that the preliminary report on the southern piedmont, Unit 
 
Survey In Progress 
 
Three, was recently released. The north - 
 
ern piedmont, Unit Four, report should 
 
be available by the end of the year. 
 
The massive survey of Georgia 's for- 
 
est resources wa s started in June 1970. 
 
With the present survey schedule, the 
 
survey will be completed six months a- 
 
head of schedule . 
 
It is estimated that the statewide sur- 
 
vey will require visiting and tabulating 
 
conditions at 6,100 separate forest plots. 
 
The Georgia Forestry Commission 
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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 . 13 
 
 H. Lamar Merck and David W. Woodmansee, photo, and Robert H. Tift received membership into the "Golden 100 Tree Farm Inspector's Club". 
(GFA Meeting continued) 
continuous support of forestry . As head of the Extension Service he actively supported forestry programs that have made Georgia a national forestry leader. 
Senator Gillis was noted for his active support of forestry as a member of the Georgia Legislature. This support has resulted in Georgia maintaining a strong forestry posture in the state. 
Langdale was praised for his dedicated leadership of the Association's legislative committee. 
The awards were presented by the Association's executive director, Harold Joiner. 
Three Tree Farm inspectors, each of whom has personally inspected and certified at least one hundred Georgia Tree Farms, received honorary membership in the Southern Forest Institute " Golden 100 Tree Farm Inspector's Club ." 
The awards went to H. Lamar Merck of Statesboro, and Robert H. Tift of Douglas, both employed with Union Camp Corp ., and David W. Woodmansee, formerly with Union Camp and now coowner of Jefferson Timber, Inc ., Bessemer, Ala . 
Each of the three Tree Farm Inspectors is a registered forester in Georgia and each was awarded a golden hard hat along with a certificate and letter of appreciation from Fred C. Gragg, Mobile, Ala ., SFI president. 
The awards were presented by George E. Kelly , executive vice president, SF I, Atlanta, and W. L. Crown, Jr., OwensIllinois, Inc., Valdosta, cha irman, Georgia Tree Farm Committee. 14 
 
LETTERS 
 
Logging 
 
SCOUTS 
It was a pleasure to have served with Mr. Louie Deaton at J.L.T . and his efforts in leadership and in running Troop A are to be commended. 
All in all, with the slow rainy start, I felt that your troop did very well in covering the sub jects of the course. 
Coy R. Lander Atl anta, Georgia 
Thanks to Mr. Ken Bailey for his excellent presentation at the Tucker Neighborhood Girl Scout Eco-Action Workshop on December 2 . It was evident that he had put much time and effort into evaluating the condition of the forested area of Henderson Park . We will try very hard to comply with his suggestions for protecting the beautiful trees and shrubbery . 
We appreciate him making several trips to the park in preparation for the workshop . Having climbed around in the park , I really enjoyed the slide presentation. It was also helpful to the leaders who have not visited the park . 
Poppy Cantrell Tucker, Georgia 
CAMP 
We appreciate the generous donation of Mr. Steve Sandfort's time to the Army Commun ity Service summer day camp for handicapped children . The forestry talks he presented were a highlight of the camp, and the children en joyed them very much. 
He is to be commended for his selfless interest and assistance and the wonderful example he has set for these children . 
 
APPOINTMENTS .. .T.A. SCHLAPFER, Atlanta, regional forester, Southern Region, U.S. Forest Service, has been transferred to Portland, Ore. to head national forest activities in the Pacific Northwest, announced John McGuire, Forest Service chief . Schlapfer served as regional forester in the South since 1968...STANFORD M. ADAMS has been named assistant regional forester in charge of Information and Education for the 13-state Southern Region of the U.S. Forest Service, according to T .A. Schlapfer, regional forester. Adams, who has been serving as forest supervisor of the George Washington National Forest in Virginia, succeeds W.W. Huber who retired. MEETINGS .. .SOCIETY of American Foresters, Hot Springs, Arkansas, October 1-5.. .GEORGIA Forest Research Council High Temperature Drying Con ference, Macon , Georgia, October 1718...AM ERICAN Forestry Association National Tree Planting Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, October 22-26 .. . SOUTHERN Forest Disease and Insect Research Council, Atlanta, Georgia, December 19-20. 
AWARD ...Thomas B. Hall, artist, GearForestry Commission, has been cited by the Georgia Chapter, Soil Conservation Society of America for his work in designing the Natural Resources Workshop for Youth emblem. The commendation was presented by Frank T. Bailey, SCSA president. 
 
Orwin C. Talbott Major General , USA Commanding Ft. Benning, Ga . 
 
EXHIBIT 
 
On behalf of the Environmental Education Project of the Atlanta Public Schools, STEP (Students Toward Environmental Participation), the United States National Comm ission for UNESCO, and the National Park Service, a most sincere thank you for the presentation of your exhibit at our Youth Conference on the Environment. 
Norris Long Exhibits Chairman Atlanta Publ ic Schools 
 
Bob Bird, director, National Campers and Hikers Association greets Mr. Tree at the four-day 1972 Camping Show held in Atlanta. 
 
 The Foresters... 
 
D. Troy Spells 
 
four frequency clear channel system. This included phasing out the tube 
equipment and converting to solid state equipment. From this innovation, he designed the clear channel system that provides interference free communica tion. 
Cannon also constructed the depart ment's mobile fire simulator that is utilized for training. 
RETIREMENTS.. .D. Troy Spells, ran  
ger, Homerville Area , Feb. 1936-June 
1972 ...Henry H. Cannon, radio engi 
neer, state headquarters, Macon, Feb. 
1947-June 1972 ...Grable L. Ricks, ran 
ger, Laurens County, Oct. 1949-Apr. 
1972 .. .John L. Dover, ranger, Gilmer County, Aug. 1950-May 1972...Harry E. Harrell, towerman, Camden County, Dec. 1954-June 1972...H. Boyd Alexander , ranger, Coweta County, May 1955June 1972 .. Marion N. Exley, patrol 
man, Effingham County, Apr . 1955- 
Apr. 1972 .. .Denver A. Brown, ranger, 
Lincoln County, Nov . 1956-June 1972. 
 
Art. The Georgia Intern Program began in 
the Summer of 1971. It was an effort on Governor Jimmy Carter's part to "see that the intellectual and instructional resources of our colleges be used in a forthright and practical way to help in solving the many chronic problems faced by our Georgia people." 
According to Shirley, the student is applying his particular skill in supplying manpower for the department. In return, he is gaining an invaluable insight into governmental workings as well as academic credit and an educational stipend. 
VICE PRESIDENT...Hugh M. Dixon, Vidalia, member, Board of Commis sioners, Georgia Forestry Commission, has been reappointed district vice president of the Georgia Forestry Associa  tion, announced Noll A. Van Cleave, Columbus, Association president. 
 
Henry H. Cannon 
 
D. Troy Spells and Henry H. Cannon head a group of eight Georgia Forestry Commission personnel that retired, effective July 1, 1972. 
Spells came with the Forestry Com mission in February 7936. At that time, he was secretary of the Clinch County Consolidated Timber Protection Organi zation. Since 1969, Spells has been the Homerville Area ranger supervising the operations in Atkinson, Clinch and Echols Counties. 
Cannon, a radio engineer for 25 years, developed the Forestry Commission's radio system. Through his vast knowledge of radio engineering, Cannon nutured a one way transmitter opera tion in three counties into a statewide 
 
Carl L. Schuchmann , Jr. worked in the Georgia Forestry Commission's Education Division this past Summer in a cooperative endeavor between the For estry Commission and the Georgia In tern Program. 
Ray Shirley, Commission director, said that the Macon native assisted in the preparation of fair exhibits for this Fall's Southeastern and Georgia State Fairs, float design, movie sets and publi cation layout. Schuchmann is a senior at Valdosta State College majoring in 
 
Charles B. Place, Jr. , Macon, was elected president of the Georgia Chapter, Soil Conservation Society of America. He succeeds Frank Bailey, U.S. Forest Service, Atlanta 
A registered forester, Place is a forest education assistant with the Gear gia Forestry Commission. 
Other officers are Herbert C. Cary, Athens, vice president; and L.R. Payne, Statesboro, secretary-treasurer. 
The section 2nd vice presidents are Price Thornton, Dallas, North Geo;gia; Charles E. Gresham, Atlanta, Atlanta Area; Dr. James E. Box, Watkinsville, Middle Georgia; Jerry Pilkinton, AI bany, Southwest Georgia; and C.D. Sims, Jr. , Waycross, Southeast Georgia. 
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