Georgia forestry, Vol. 27, no. 3 (Sept. 1974)

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Georgia Forestry

Sept. 1974 No.3 Vol. 29

Jimmy Carter- Governor A. Ray Shirley - Director

ROARD OF COMMISSIONERS

Alexander Sessoms, chai rman
W. George Beasley Felton Denney L. H. Morgan H. E. Williams

Cogdell
Lavonia Carrollton
Eastman Woodbine

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 7, Box 455, Griffin 30223
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 881, Milledgeville 31061
Georgia Forestry is published quar.terly by the Georgia Forestry CommiSsion, Box 819, Macon, 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
State Forest Named For Late Hugh M. Dixon .... ..... .... ...... ....... ...... ....... .......... ...... ...... 3 Nationwide Sawmill Study lnitiated ...... .. ...... .... ...... .... ... .. ..... .... ... .............. .............. ...4 Tree Seedlings Ava ilable
Denney Appointed To Board .... ... ... ............. ............ .............. ...... .................. .........5 Naval Stores Conservation Program Reinstated ............ ............... .............. .. .. .... .... ..... ..6 "Forestry - A Future For All Georgians" ...... ... ..... ..... .............. ... ... ... ...... ....... .... ..... 7-9 Forestry Faces And Places ... ... .. .. .... .. ........ ... ........ .... ............. ..... ..... ............. ......... 10-11 Fire Lab Dedicated.... .... .... .... ..... ...................... ... ......... ....... ...... ......... ..... ..... .... ........ .12 Albany Garden Club Marks Site Of Nation's Largest Cherry Bark Oak ..... ... ....... ....... 13 Logging The Foresters .. ..... ..... ..... .......... .. .... .. ................ .. ........ .... .... ........ .. ... .. .... .... .. ..14
Cruising The News
To Work Or Not To Work
The unemployment rate in America has a great deal to do with the health of our economyin fact, most of it.
Profitable business, for the most part, is tied directly to high employment. It matters not whether we are engaged in industry, wholesale or retail trade, or some service needed by the public, the stability of our occupations and services by necessity is related to peoples' ability to payand that is dependent on whether people are working or not.
Welfare payments and unemployment payments help bridge some of the gaps, but does not improve the health of our economy.
Just a few days ago, Labor Secretary Peter Brennan told Congress in a report that the fuel shortage has cost the jobs of a half-million Americans, boosting the unemployment rate from 4.6 percent to 5.2 percent. Some claim the rate is higher.
Almost at the same time, the National Forestry Association reported that enough trees are lost each year in this country t o insects, fire, disease and natural catastrophes to create 50,000 more jobs in the forest products and building industry alone.
Such figures as these , representing only two phases of our economy, should tell our nation's leadership and those who work t q . strengthen the economy at the community level how important it is to develop new payrolls and nurture thos~ which already exist in the area.
We live in an agriculturally oriented area but it takes full employment to create a healthy en vironment for the sale of products in sufficient volume to assure profitable growing and marketing. This nation cannot do without products, services or buying power. They must work in harmony to assure a forward moving nation which has strength and stability.
(From the Moultrie Observer}
More From Less
A leading forest industry official, in describing advancing production technology of the wood products industry, opens up startling new vistas of the future so far as laymen unfamiliar with the forest industry are concerned . Most public attention has beer concentrated on what companies are doing solely in such matters as pollution control. In this regard, the timber industry has made substantial progress. It spent $1 billion prior t o 1972 in cleaning up mill operations. It will be spending about $1 .1 billion in 1972-1974 period on air, water and solid waste control.
But this is only part of the story- and a somewhat negative part at that . The main goal of tomorrow's wood products industry is the development of technology which will achieve maximum utilization of every tree that comes out of our forest lands. In short, the idea is to eliminate waste wh ich, of itself , eliminates many environmental problems. For example, today half of the total raw material for the pulp and paper portion of the forest products industry comes from the use of waste materials. As the industry authority points out, " Many of the new mills in the industry ...are designed to use nothing but such wastes. "Moreover, new forest technology is improving wood utilization . In the state of Washington, overall harvest volume during a 10-year per iod has increased by 46 percent while harvest acreage has declined 8 percent-:n other words, a 59 percent increase in yield of wood pe r acre has been achieved, largely through the introduction of new t echnology and equipment to ret rieve lumber and plywood from small sized and lowgrade materi al.
Here is an example of how the combination of private enterprise and technology is quietly working toward genuine conservation , wise utili zation of resources and an acceptable environment . In achieving these goals, spectacular and costly pollution control projects, worthy as they are , w ill prove t o have little pract ical, long-run value unless they help us produce, in an economically feasible manner, the amen it ies and necessities of life that people must have to live in our 20th Century civilization.
(From the Vidalia Advance}

State Forest Named For Late
Hugh M. Dixon

demonstrating the best silvicultural methods for forest product production . The Forest also provides for research, training and recreation.
The Forest was first administered under the Resettlement Administration of the Federal Government. In succeeding years the Forest was under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics, the Biological Survey and the Soil Conservation Service.
The Federal Government leased the Forest to the State of Georgia in 1938, and deeded it to the State in 1955.
The Dixon Memorial State Forest is located nine miles south of Waycross on U.S. 1.

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Hugh M. Dixon The Board of Commissioners of the Georgia Forestry Commission have renamed the Waycross State Forest the Dixon Memorial Forest in honor of the late Hugh M. Dixon of Vidalia. Dixon served on the Board from February 1966 until his death in Febru ary of this year. During his eight-year tenure, he chaired the body for t hree consecutive one-year terms. Alexander Sessoms, Board chairman, Cogdell, stated that Dixon's actions and guidance were always in the best interest of the people of Georgia and in the perpetuation of forestry . He gave unselfishly of his time and council in all areas of Forestry Commission service, Sessoms added. The 35,789-acre State Forest is managed to grow a final crop of high quality sawtimber with production of various other products in intermed iate cuttings. The most modern practices and techniques are used for the purpose of

WHEREAS:

Hugh M. Dixon served on the Board of Commissioners of the Georgia Forestry Commission from February 1966 until his death in February 1974; and

WHEREAS:

He chaired the body for three consecutive one-year terms during his eight-year tenure, depicting his highly valued leadership; and

WHEREAS:

His experience and interest in the field of buying and processing various forest products as owner of the Dixon Lumber Company and in other business endeavors enabled him to bring a business approach to the affairs of the Georgia Forestry Commission; and

WHEREAS:

His keen and mature business leadership was important in the great strides made in the field of forest protection and conservation in our State; and

WHEREAS:

His tenure of twelve (12) years of Mayor of Vidalia and many years affiliated with various forest related associations, businesses and organizations enabled him to offer wise counsel and guidance to the Georgia Forestry Commission during its expansion resulting in new programs being introduced and old programs being enlarged, many of which served as a model for the nation; and

WHEREAS:

During his tenure on the Board he secured valued assistance from legislative leaders and State Executives resulting in funding of the Commission 's programs to meet an ever increasing demand for services; and

WHEREAS:

He gave unselfishly of his time and ability to matters pertaining to the welfare of the Commission and all its activities;

THEREFORE:

Be it resolved that the Board of Directors of the Georgia Forestry Commission declare that the Waycross State Forest be named the Dixon Memorial Forest in honor of Hugh M. Dixon.

This 17th day of June, 1974.

Alexander Sessoms, Chairman Board of Commissioners Members : W. George Beasley
L.H. Morgan H.E. Williams

A. Ray Shirley Director and Executive Secretary
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The Forest Service, U . S. Department of Agriculture, has accelerated its sawmill assistance program to help stretch the nation's timber supply . Teams of Forest Service and State Forestry mill analysis specialists are working with cooperating mills in 32 States to increase lumber recovery from each day's log supply.
Paul Butts, utilization specialist, Georgia Forestry Commissio n, states that 12 sawmill studies were alloted Georgia . He said that the study is custom designed for each mill. The study will show the effect of log overlength on production, and what each mill is theoretically capable of producing using computer sawing techniques, Butts added.
"Analysis of mill production can fre quently show up trouble spots or inefficiencies not normally recognized in the day-to-day mill operation ," according to John McGuire, chief, U . S. Forest
Log length and the diameter at both ends of the log are taken to determine the cubic wood volume of each log. From the lumber tally a relative efficiency rating of the mill is obtained.
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Service . "In many cases the ana lysis can point the way to increased lumber production by indicating a need for more or different machinery or altern ative techniques in the mill operation," he added .
The service incorporates a computer program that analy zes mill data and de termines three major findings. They are the mill's present Lumber Recovery Factor (the ratio of cub ic feet of log in put to board feet of lumber output); the LRF that the mill could attain with improved quality contro l ; and the maximum LR F poss ib le as a result of major equipment changes and altering sawing patterns.
Th e accelerated program will m ake possi ble the analys is of ove r 200 sawmills in 1973-74, McGuire pointed out. Th is sh ould mean a si gnifica nt increase in softwood lumber production over the Nation within one year , he added. Mill participa t ion is on a voluntary basis.
Cooperating in the program are State forestry agencies, the Department of Agriculture's Extension Service and in dustry associations.
The lumber is measured for thickness and width variation. This data reveals how much lumber yield is affected at a particular mill by wood lost to sawing variation.

Tree Seedlings Available

There are 42,632,855 tree seed Iings available for order by Georgia landown ers, according to Ray Sh irley, director, Georgia Forestry Commission . An addi tional 8,039,248 seed Iings are being grown under contract for industry.
Improved "super" tree seedIings, grown from certified seed, represents 63 percent of the Forestry Commission's 1974 seedling crop . The 26,872,768 improved seedlings being grown brings to 196.7 million improved seedling stock made available to Georgia landowners
since 1964, Shirl ey added . Georgia 's Tree Improvement Program began in 1954.
In announcing the availability of seedlings, Shirley reported that the price on all species of pine has been increased one dollar per thousand with the exception of eastern white pine which was increased two dollars per thousand. Hardwoods were also increa sed by two dollars per thousand .
Available species and cost per thou sand include longleaf, slash and Virginia pine, $7 ; improved loblolly and improved slash pine and lespedeza, $8 ; eastern white pine, catalpa, cottonwood cuttings, sawtooth oak, red cedar, sweet gum and yellow poplar, $12. The longleaf pine, lespedeza and hardwood are priced FOB Page Nursery, Reidsville, Ga .
A transportation charge of 75 cents

per thousand t rees and 40 cents per 500 trees must be added to the seedling cost on all seedlings moved from one nursery to another due to stock not being available or on seedlings del ivered to County Ranger Headquarters for landowner pick up.
The transportation costs were in creased 25 and 15 cents , respectively . Shirley cited the increased cost of operations for the price increases .
James C. Wynens, chief, Refo restation Division, said that the early submission of orders is encouraged as all orders received prior to the first of October will be filled depending on supply. If orders exceed supply, the trees will be prorated between orders . Orders received after the first of October, Wynens added, will be filled on a first come, first serve basis .
He pointed out that seedling application forms may be obtained from the Forestry Commission County Rangers, County Agents , Soil Conservation Service Technicians and Agricultural Conservation 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 February 1, 1975.

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Denney Appointed To Board
Gov. Jimmy Carter has announced the appointment of Felton Denney, Carrollton, to the Georgia Forestry Commission Board of Commissioners. Denney was appointed to fill the unexpired term of the late Hugh M. Dixon, Vidalia .
The Board supervises the program of the Forestry Commission . Alexander Sessoms , Cogdell, is chairman. Other members are W. George Beasley, La vonia ; L.H. Morgan, Eastman; and H.E. Williams, Woodbine.
Active in farm organizations since 1947, Denney was president of the Carroll Co . Fa rm Bureau for eight years and Fourth District director of the Georgia Farm Bureau for four years .
The Carroll Co. cattle and timber farmer was named " Man Of The Year" for the West Georgia Area in 1966.
From 1968-71 , Denney served as State adviso r for Vocational Education .
Denney is chairman of the Board , Carrollton State Bank , and is a member of the Geo rgia Cattlemen and Geo rgia Forestry Association s and the Georgia Farm Bureau .
Denney is married to the fo rmer Joseph ine McWhorter. They have two daughters , Ms. Mary Sim pk ins and Ms. Sarah Denney; three sons, John, Phi llip and Bill y and four grandchi l dren . Denney and his wife are members of the Oak Grove Baptist Church in Carroll County.
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Naval Stores
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Conservation Program
Reinstated

Georgia Senator Herman Talmadge has advised that the Naval Stores Conservation Program is reinstated along with the 1973 Rural Environmental Assistance Program, as announced by Secretary of Agriculture Ear l L. Butz.
An allocation of $400,000 is earmarked for cost-share payments earned under the NSCP . Th e Georgia Ag ricultural Stabilization Conservation Service Office, Athens, will make the cost-share payments .
The field phase of the program is under the direction of the state foresters of Ala., Ga., Fla. an d Miss. The Georgia Forestry Commission is coordinating field services in the four States .

Grady Williams, naval stores specialists, McRae, heads the program. Williams said that gum naval stores producers have from now until Dec . 31, 1974 t o make application for NSCP participation. The producers may make their requests for participation through their county forestry offices, Williams added .
Ray Shirley , Forestry Commission director, emphasized that four foresters , in addi tion to Williams, are assigned full time to servicing the program . Through increased assistance to producers and wood technicians on methods of naval sto res operations, we hope to increase gum production, Shirl ey pointed out.

In addition to qualifying a stand for participation in the Naval Stores Conservation Program, foresters provide assistance to producers and wood technicians on methods of acid application and workmanship.

Naval stores foresters from Alabama, Georgia, Florida and Mississippi attended a naval stores school at the Waycross State Forest. The school familiarized the foresters with the field service and administrative procedures involved in qualifying landowners for participation in the Naval Stores Conservation Program. Grady Williams, naval stores specialist, Georgia Forestry Commission, right, conducted the school. 6

The foresters are James L. Castle man, Toombs County Forestry Unit, Lyons; Wesley Hartley , Hea rt of Georgi a Dis trict Office, MeR ae; Edward Herbert, Slash Pine District Office, Waycross; and Cli ffo rd Huntington, Coffee County Unit, Douglas. Williams works out of the district office at McRae .
Jim L. Gillis , Jr., president, Ameri can Turpentine Farmers Association, Valdosta, cited our southern congressional leaders for efforts expended on behalf of the naval stores producers . He stated that he was pleased that the Department of Agriculture has restored the program for the gum naval stores producers . He noted that naval stores is truly a conservation program because of the accumulation of timber inventory while working the trees.
Gillis made the request for the program's reinstatement on behalf of the Association's membership.

Dr. Benton Box

Congressman John J. Flynt, Jr.

Georgia Sixth District Congressman John J . Flynt, Jr. keynoted the largest Georgia Forestry Association annual meeting in its history. The Congressman cited the lessons of history in pointing out that government can't survive on deficit spending. Physical sanity must be applied.
Flynt noted that Georgia , the South and the nation will be reaping the bene fits of the Georgia Forestry Commissi on's Tree Improvement Program and the research performed at the Southern Forest Fire Laboratory in Macon.
Other speakers were Dr. Benton Box, executive vice-president, Southern For est Institute, Atlanta; Tommy Irvin, commissioner, Georgia Department of Agriculture, Atlanta; Edward W. Killor in, chairman , Georgia State Chamber of Co mmerce Governmental Comm it t ee , Atlanta ; and Ray Shirley, director, Geo rgia Forestry Commission, Macon .

Tomm y Irvin

Edward W. Killorin

Ray Shirley

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Shuford M. Wall
Shuford M. Wall, president, Southland Timber Co. , a d ivision of Canal Wood , Augusta, was elected to serve a second term as pres ident of the Associa tion . Muscogee County landowner Charles W. "Bill" Burgin, Columbus, vice president, and Atlanta Hardwood Co. President James W. Howard, treasurer. Harold Joiner, executive director, and Mrs . Helen M. Dixon, secretary, all of Atlanta, were reelected to their respective positions.
Wall has been associated with his present firm since 1947 . He has been in the farming and timber business all of his life .
The registered forester has been a director of the Georgia Forestry Association for 10 years.
The native of Lilesville, N. C. attended North Carolina State College, Raleigh, N. C. During World War II Wall served in the U. S. Navy .
Wa ll is a member of the Board of Visito rs, Presbyterian College, C!i nton, S. C. and the Georgia -Carolina Scout Council for the past nine years.
Wall and his wife Catherine have four child ren, Mrs. Anne Wall Kendall, Au gust a; Shuford M. Wall, Jr., Charlotte, N. C. ; John Rutledge and Sara Cathy. Wall is an elder, deacon and treasurer in the Presbyterian Church .
The 1974 Miss Georgia Forestry is 17-year old Vicki L. Eubanks of Appling. The hazel -eyed blonde was crown ed by Association President Wall. Miss Eubanks succeeded Miss Linda Mountjoy of McRae .
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Miss Mitzi Minick , 18, of Statesboro was the runnerup .
Miss Eubanks, in winning the pageant, rece ived a $500 scholarship . Ouring the year she will represent the Association at various forestry functions.
The 1974 Miss Georgia Forestry was chosen from a field of 29 county forestry queens. She is the daughter of Rev . and Mrs. Harold S. Eubanks. Miss Minick is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Minick.
Miss Georgia Forestry Vicki L. Eubanks
In a special presentation, Myles Greene of Broxton was named Tree Farmer of the Year. Richard Lewis, manager, American Tree Farm System, Washington, D. C., made the presentation.
Greene was recognized for a quarter of a century of reforestation which has included the planting of 600 acres, in volving site preparation of 325 acres and prescribed burning 100 acres annually over the past 10 years. Over the past decade he has upgraded his stands through selective marking and the planting of improved, "super" tree seedlings since they first became available in 1964. More recently Greene participated in Senate hearings of the Forest Incentives Act which has become law under the Rural Environmental Conservation Program .
William C. Thompson, forester, SCS, Athens, received the Outstanding Tree Service Award for h is leadership and cooperation in the reinspection of Tree

Fa,ms in Georgia. W. L. "Buddy" Crown, Jr., chairman , Georgia Tree Farm Program, made the presentation.
Crown, woodlands manager, OwensIllinois, Valdosta, said that 64 foresters were involved in reinspecting 1,046 Tree Farms. Georgia has 1,965 Tree Farms encompassing 8,163,963 acres.
Charles C. Chitwood, a pulpwood dealer from Lavonia , was recognized jointly by the Association and the Forestry Commission. Joiner, in presenting the award, cited Chitwood for the spirit he exemplified in the movement of southern pine beetle infested wood through its orderly flow and marketing, maintaining a predisaster price level and landowner assistance .
The Association's Forestry Public Service awards went to Terry McGuirk, station manager, WAGA-TV, Atlanta and Robert W. Chamber, editor , Athens Banner Herald. The awards were presented the media in recognition of the time, space and effort given to the perpetuation of forest conservation.
The Association's Distinguished Service Award was presented to James W. Howard Lumber Co., Atlanta and Mrs. Doris M. Rainey, Atlanta . Howard was cited for his tenure as treasurer of the Association, and Mrs. Rainey for her leadership in conducting the Miss Georgia Forestry Pageant.
The Association awards were presented by Shuford Wall and Harold Joiner, Association president and executive director, respectively .
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Georgia Tree Farmer of the Year Award from W.L. "Buddy" Crown, Jr., chairman, Georgia Tree Farm Program.

Performance of Excellence awards were presented to James I. Lane and Theron Devereaux. J.L. Stanford, ranger, Clarke-Oconee Forestry Unit, right, accepted for Devereaux. A special award was presented to Austin Guinn, left.

The Northeast Georgia District, Athens, and the Quitman-RandolphStewart-Terrell-Webster Forestry Unit, of the Georgia Forestry Commission, were recognized by the Performance of Excellence Awards Program. Theron Devereaux, district forester, accepted the District award. James I. Lane, ranger, accepted the Unit award.
The District was cited for its participation in tornado and southern pine beetle operations. Personnel worked in Disaster Recovery Centers at Athens and Monroe. They provided assistance to 571 landowners and homeowners. The southern pine beetle epidemic involved insect detection, evaluation and marking. Assistance was provided 561 cases. In wildfire suppression, personnel held 391 blazes to an average of 2.31 acres per fire. There are more than 1.5 million acres in the District.
The award winning Unit had an average fire size of 2.80 acres. There are 693,700 acres in the five-county Unit. In Forest Management, there were 3,500 acres of prescribed burning accomplished. Management and Reforestation services were provided 105 landowners. These services involved reforestation, site preparation, insect and disease control and weed tree control advice .
A special award was presented to Austin Guinn, ranger, Taylor County

Forestry .Un it, for his role in initiating a pilot project to reclaim nonproductive forest land in Taylor County. The Forest Stand Improvement Pilot Demon -
John M. Bethea, chairman, State Cooperative Fire Prevention Committee, right, presents the 1974 Cooperative Forest Fire Prevention Program's "Smokey Bear Citation" to Clarence Hilburn, ranger, Glynn County Forestry Unit.

stration Program is being conducted to increase the utilization of timber; thereby raising farm income . The project is being conducted in Marion , Taylor and Webster Counties.
The awards program was highlighted by the preseotation of the Smokey Bear Citation for outstanding service in the field of forest fire prevention . Clarence Hilburn, ranger, Glynn County Forestry Unit was the recipient of the national award .
Hilburn was recognized for decreasing fire occurrence over 30 percent in Glynn County since 1965. This past year a 40-year record was broken for the county with only 52 wildfires burning 217 acres despite inaccessible forest acres along the coast.
The citation was presented by the Cooperative Forest Fire Prevention Committee, Mal Hardy, director, U. S. Forest Service. The presentation was made by John M. Bethea, state forester, Florida, and chairman, State Cooperative Forest Fire Prevention Committee .
Harold Joiner, executive director, Georgia Forestry Association, presented the awards . Joiner stated that the Performance of Excellence awards are presented to the Georgia Forestry Commission District and County Unit that has been outstanding in the performance of forestry services to the citizens of Georgia. He pointed out that their coopera tiveness and regard for responsibility are on the highest level.

Forestry Faces

Governor Jimmy Carter, right, presents forestry license number 1000 to Glynn S. Chesser. Participating in the ceremonies are Mrs. Chesser and Forestry Registration Board Members John F. Sisley, Ben C. Meadows, Dean AI Herrick and Ray Shirley.

Carter was joined in the ceremony by the five member Forestry Registra tion Board composed of Dr. AI Herrick, dean, School of Forest Resources, University of Georgia, Athens; Ben C. Meadows, president, Ben C. Meadows Company , Atlanta ; John F. Sisley, operations manager, Georgia Kraft Com pany, Rome; Harley Langdale, Jr., presi dent, The L angdale Company, Valdosta; and Ray Shirley , director, Georgia Forestry Commission , Macon.

~Governor Jimmy Ca rter has presented Forester License number 1,000 to Glynn S. Chesser of Thomaston. Chesser is the senior forester for the Georgia Kraft Company in Talbotton.
Issuing the license with the members of the Forestry Registration Board, Carter praised Chesser for "demonstrating his high qualifications and skills in the management of our timberland ."
"Although forestry is still a fairly young profession in our State, it is one of the most important," Carter said. Georgia's forest acreage, 25.2 million acres, comprises 68 percent of our land area. And, forestry represents a $2.2 billion gross product annually in our State."
Through Georgia's approximately 200 ,000 woodland owners , Georgia has become a world leader in gum naval stores production, the leading pulp and paper producer in the nation and the largest lumber producing State east of the Mississippi River .
" It is crucial that the men and women who provide services and advice to our woodland owners be highly qualified to do so . Chesser has proven himself to be both extremely capable and dedicated to the proper and wise management of timberland, and we are proud to welcome him as a recognized professi onal in the forestry industry."
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... Members of the Georgia '76 Bicentennial Commission joined Governor Jimmy Carter recently in planting a " Liberty Tree" on the capitol lawn. During the early American days, patriots often gathered at nearby "Liberty Trees" to discuss the events that were shaping their lives. To commemorate these important meeting places, the Georgia Comm ission for the National Bicentennial Celebration and the Georgia Forestry Commission provided 35 local Bicentennial Committees around the State with a "Liberty Tree" . Executive board members of the Macon -Bibb County Bicentennial Committee, above, plant one of the trees . Planting the tree is Bert Struby, committee member; and Captain C. Chester Dudley, committee chairman . Other members are Representative Bob Berlin, Bill Faulkner, vice -president, Macon Chamber of Commerce; Berry King, president elect, Macon Chamber of Commerce; Bill Mitchell, manager, Macon Chamber of Commerce; John McKay and Ms. Virginia Berlin .

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Georgia was the first State to enact a Forestry Registration Law. The law, en acted in 1951 , is designed to protect timberland owners against the fraudu lent practices of people not qualified in the sales and processing or management of timber.
In order to qualify for a license, the applicant must either have graduated from a school of forestry approved by the Board, or must have passed a written examination showing his skills if he does not have the approved degree. In addition to the educational requirement, the ppplicant must have two year or more experience in forestry work of a nature satisfactory to the Board.

....Three Georgia Forestry Commission personnel were recognized for their contributions to the Georgia Chapter, Soil Conservation Society of America at the Chapter's annual meeting in Rome . Charles B. Place, Jr., forest education assistant, left, was recognized for his outstanding year as immediate past president . Ray Shirley, director, was cited for his contributions over the past 11 -years to the Youth Conservation Workshop at ABAC in Tifton . Frank E. Craven, chief, forest education, was honored for his leadership in dividing the State into sections giving the membership a greater opportunity for participation. The awards were presented by Herb Cary, president, Georgia Chapter, second from right.

CALHOUN COUNTY

....These Paulownia trees won't take a back seat to any of today's modern art. Work men, clearing along a railroad right-of-way in Griffin, came across this area where for years junk had been discarded. These trees grew up, around and through the metal , creating this scene . Steve Sandfort, forester, Georgia Forestry Commission , Fayetteville, who first saw the area, states that he hopes this "tree-mendous" piece of modern environmental sculpture will remain for people's enjoyment.

.....There are 93,800 commerical forest acres in Calhoun County . This represents
50.7 percent of the land area . Approximately 90.6 percent of the
commercial forest acreage is privately owned. Industry owned forest acreage is about 9.3 percent .
The forest acreage has a growing vol ume of 103.4 million cubic feet . The annual cut is 3.2 million cubic feet , and annual growth is 5.4 million cubic feet .
There are approximately 35 ,800 acres in need of site preparation and/ or planting in Calhoun County . About 87 percent is in oak -hickory .
There were 21 ,357 cords of round pulpwood produced in t he county in 1972. The highest production, 40,240 cords, occurred in 1969. Since 1946 production has totaled 382,131 cords of round pulpwood.
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Senator Herman E. Talmadge and Sixth District Congressman John J. Flynt, Jr. recently dedicated the $1 .7 million addition to the U. S. Forest Service Southern Forest Fire Laboratory. The lab is located at the Georgia Forestry Center near Macon.
Talmadge, chairman, Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, said that the South suppi ies more than 72 percent of the nation's pulpwood . The 12 states between Virginia and Texas provide 30 percent of the nation's plywood and 32 percent of the sawtimber.
To meet the increased demands for lumber , Georgia's senior senator said timber production must be increased and wildfires must be decreased. The mission of the Southern Forest Fire Laboratory is to learn to tame wildfire, and to learn to use tame fires, he noted.
Congressman Flynt said the new facility will be used to discover improved methods of forest fire prevention and for increased fire fighting knowledge .
The Georgia congressman noted that scientific prescription burning and other control methods have reduced acreage lost to wildfire. In the early 50's fires burned more than 13 million acres. In 1972 the fire loss was two mill ion acres in the South.
Rexford A. Resler , associate chief, USFS, pointed out that the new facilities and increased staff will enable the USFS to intensify its research to develop better methods of controlling blowup fires in the South , and to improve techniques for the use of fire as a forest management and fire prevention tool.
Robert Cooper, director's representative, Southern Forest Fire Lab, em-
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phasized that the new complex, a combined laboratory-office building, encompasses more than 20,000 square feet. There are facilities for more than 20 scientists plus support personnel. The facilities include 35 offices, library and specialized laboratories.
The new lab will enable the Forest Service to intensify its research in three areas, Cooper emphasized. These are (1) properties of specific forest fuels, (2) fire behavior under various conditions of weather, terrain and fuel and (3) minimizing smoke from prescribed fires to eliminate atmospheric conta-

min ati on. Co o per cited th ese needed efforts it
the number and extent of damaging wildfires are to be reduced; and, if safer and more eff ecti ve methods of fire fighti ng and prescribed burning are developed.
In the South 10 percent of the wildfires cause 90 percent of the damage . These fires result in an economic loss exceeding $100 mill ion annua lly .
During the sixties, prescribed fire research was instrumental in reducing the acreage loss to wildfires by 80 percent in compa rison to losses of 30 years ago . Research on weather and forest fuels was also a contributing factor .
Successful results will increase the output of our forests , and promote the economic, aesthetic and environmental benefits which forests provide .
The new laboratory is located on land leased from the State of Georgia . The original laboratory was built in 1959 by the Georgia Forest Research Council . It is staffed by the U. S . Forest Service scientists from the Southeastern Forest Experiment Station, Asheville, N. C.
The lab is one of three forest fire laboratories in the country. The other two are located at Missoula, Mont. and Riverside, Calif.

Miss Georgia Forestry Linda Mountjoy of McRae cuts ribbon officially opening the $7.7 million addition to the Southern Forest Fire Laboratory. Participating in the ribbon cutting ceremony are Georgia Senator Herman E. Talmadge, left, and Georgia Sixth District Congressman John J. Flynt, Jr.

Through the Albany Garden Club, a marker has been placed at the base of the nation's largest cherry bark oak tree.
The tree, measuring 25 feet in circumference, 114 1/2 feet tall with a crown spread of 131 feet, was slated to be removed in order to widen State Highway 257 , north of Albany . Thanks to the efforts of Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter, Georgia Forestry Commission Director Ray Shi rley and former Department of Transportation Director Bert Lance the tree was saved.
Mrs . Sam Meeks, director, Magnolia District, Garden Club of Georgia, unveiled the plaque with DOT Board Member Hugh Broom. Broom sa id the tree, located on the highway right-ofway, would be given every protection . An iron fenc e will be constructed around the tree to ward off vehicles.
Mrs. William J . Rivers, past president and awards chairman, Garden Club of Albany, Leesburg , and Mrs . Ralph D.
Bruno, chairman, Conservation Department , Garden Club of Albany , were instrumental in having the marker erected .
The cherry bark oak tree is one of 22 national tree champions listed by the American Forestry Association in Georgia . These along with 106 other species comprise the State list.
National champions mu st be nati ve American species. Anyone interested in submitting a Big Tree nomination should contact the nearest Georgia Forest ry Commission office. A forester will ch ec k the tree and assist in submitting its nomination to the AFA.
Owners of state and national tree --' cha mpions are presented a certificate
acknowledging their participation in the program.
For the exact location of a champion tree, contact the Forestry Commission office in the county in which the tree is located.

Albany Garden Club Marks Site
of Nation's Largest Cherry Bark Oak

Through the Albany Garden Club, a marker has been placed at the base of the nation's. largest cherry bark oak tree. Mrs. Sam Meeks, director, Magnolia District, Garden Club of Georgia, unveils the plaque with Department of Transportation Board Member Hugh Broom.
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LETTERS
SOUTHERN PINE BEETLE
The Georgia Forestry Commission has been hard pressed to sustain its fight against epidemic attacks of Southern Pine Beetle_ In spite of the press of this activity, Director Ray Shirley and his organization have portrayed exemplary reserves of strength and dedication following the recent rash of deadly tornados in Georgia.
As members of local civil defense systems, the Forestry Commission men used their resources to good advantage in rescue work, clearing debris from streets, highways and utilities, and generally fulfilling their obligation as neighbors and friends to the victims.
Director Shirley has used his resourcefulness to activate a massive salvage operation and cleanup effort. The cooperation of forest industry has helped.
It is our pleasure to be the federal partner with him and the Commi ssion in cooperatively-funded forestry efforts and we commend you for the dedication and perseverance they display.
Sidney Weitzman Area Director USDA, Forest Service Atlanta, Ga.
WORKSHOP
Thanks to Mr. Steve Sandfort for his contri bution in our environmental education workshop . His expertise made the workshop a great success.
We have received letters from some of the participants expressing their appreciation for this opportunity. Also the varied experiences and new insights into outdoor classroom teaching strategies were invaluable to them.
Betty Whisnant Curriculum Director Harris County School System Pine Mountain, Ga.
ASSISTANCE
I would like to express my sincere thanks to all of you at the Forestry Unit in McRae for the aid that you gave me on January 11, 1974 when I was forced to land.
I would especially like to say thanks again to the secretary and the pilot whose help enabled me to take off again and return to Albany . I was fortunate indeed to have run into the company of such good people.
David Kitchens Anderson Roofing Company Albany , Ga.
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TOUR
We wish to express our thanks for your hospitality during our recent forestry tour of Georgia with the University of Maine group.
We sincerely appreciate your time and effort, which made our trip so interesting, informative, and pleasant .
L. M. Sprowl Sprowl Brothers, Inc. Searsmont, Maine
SCOUTS
As a mother of two sons who are members of Boy Scout Troop 97; as Treasurer of the troop; and, as Secretary to Mr. G. H . Watts, President of the First National Bank of Dalton, who is currently serving as Vice Presi dent for the Northwest Georgia Council of the Boy Scouts of America, I want to express my sincere thanks to you for allowing Larry Stewart, one of your employees, to speak to Troop 97.

Logging The
RETIREMENTS...B. S. BOOTH, Slash ... Pine District ranger, Sept. 1942-July 1974...NOAH HEAD, patrolman, Morgan Walton Unit, Oct. 1952-Aug . 1974... Ms. ADDIE LOU POLK, towerwoman, Lamar -Pike -Spalding-Upson Unit, Sept. 1~62-July 1974...JESSIE ROWE, patrolman, Pierce Unit, May 1952-June 1974... GEORGE TANKERSLEY, patrolman, Murray Unit, Oct. 1952-July 1974...Ms. ANNIE JETER TODD, towerwoman, ... Quitman- Randolph -Stewart-Terrell-Webster Unit, May 1967-July 1974...JOHN WADE, patrolman, Morgan-Walton Unit, July 1961-Aug. 1974.

Mr. Stewart's program was very informative as well as interesting and each boy was very impressed with him .
Daisie Johnson Dalton, Ga .

CIVIC

The Peachtree City Rotary Club was recently addressed by Mr. Louie F. Deaton , forester, Urban Forestry Program. He gave us information on the pine beetle.

The Peachtree City area has lost a number of trees due to infestation by pine beetles so the talk was very timely .
Mr. Deaton gave a very professional presenta tion and his information on the subject was most impressive. Many questions were asked and Mr. Deaton's answers reflected his vast knowledge and expertise on the subject.
Mr. Deaton represented the Georgia Forestry Commission admirably. On behalf of the Peachtree City Rotary Club I want to thank him for taking t ime out of his busy schedule to speak to our club.
Peter H. Spear Peachtree City. Georgia
EXHIBIT
Thank you for the very favorable response given from your Department on enter ing an exhibit/display in the upcoming George Washington Carnival for our tutorial students.
Delores Johnson Coordinator Community Development Program Ft. Valley, Georgia

A live oak tree, a living memorial to Viet Nam veterans, was planted on the grounds of the Veterans Administration Center at Dublin during ceremonies held on Viet Nam Veterans Day. Preparing the tree for planting are, 1-r, John Griner, member of the Youth Advisory Comm ittee at the Center; Gen_ Eugene A. Salet, U.S.A. (Ret}, president, Georgia Military College, Milledgeville and principal speaker for the occasion; and Ms. Ruby Lee Spires, department president, Ladies Auxiliary, VFW, Augusta_ The live oak, Georgia's State Tree, was donated by the Georgia Forestry Commission.
PROMOTIONS.. .JAMES E. WEBB and DAVID E. KETCHAM have been named deputy regional foresters for the 13-state Southern Region, U.S. Forest Service, announced F. Leroy Bond, regional ~ forester .

Foresters ...
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B. S. Booth, district ranger, Slash Pine

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District, Waycross, has retired ending 32-years service with the Georgia Fores-

try Commission. Booth and his wife,

Bessie, were honored at a recent retire-

ment dinner.

MEETINGS .. .SOCIETYof American Foresters, New York, N .Y ., Sept. 22-26 .

Michigan State University senior forestry students toured Stone Mountain State Park. Tommy Loggins, forester, Georgia Forestry Commission, who conducted the tour, explains the multipe use concept of the Park's forest.

APPOINTMENTS ...J. HAL Chandler has been named chief wood procurement superintendent and G. Melvin Marchant and Olin D. King, procurement specialists, Interstate Paper Corp . The announcement was made by William J. Verross, vice president and general man ager .

Service Awards

Edmond H. Bradshaw, patrolman, Georgia Forestry Commission, Stewart County, was cited by the Employees Suggestion Award Board for his suggestion on improving the grill screens used on the radiators of fire suppression tractors. A Certificate of Merit and a cash award were presented by H.G. Collier, Forestry Commission field supervisor, Macon.

25 YEARS
John S. Harrison .... ... ... .Forester Wa shington , Ga. June 1951
Floyd W. Hubbard ........ Forester Rome, Ga . Sept. 1953
W. W. Jackson ............. . Ranger Forsyth , Ga. July 1949
M. 0 . McMichael. .... ..... Ran ger
Monticello, Ga. Oct. 1950
20 YEARS
Clyde C. Collins ........ ... Patrolman Dahlonega, Ga. Apr. 1954
Julian D. Reeves ........... Forestry Programs Coordinator
Atlanta, Ga. June 1954 Harold F. Watkins .. ....... Ranger Jeffersonville, Ga. Apr. 1954
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Georgia F 0 R E S T R V
September, 1974
Classroom Out-of-Doors

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

The ninth annual Georgia Environmental Education Institute attracted 48 Georgia school teachers . The Georgia Forestry Commission, Ray Shirley, director, has been a strong supporter and advocate of this avant-garde effort toward environmental educa tion since its inception in 1966. This year the institute was held at Shorter College, Rome; Valdosta State College, Valdosta ; and West Georgia College, Carrollton.