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FORESTRY 
USPS No. 217120 
 
Mar. 1980 
 
No.1 
 
Vol. 33 
 
George Bus bee  Gove rnor A. Ray Sh irley Director 
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS 
H. E. Williams, chairman, Woodbine Felton Denney, Carro llton El ey C. Fr azer, Ill, Albany Jim L. Gilli s, Jr., Soperton Robe rt Simpson , Ill, Lake land 
STAFF 
Fran k E. Cr aven, Editor Howa rd E. Bennett, Associate Editor Th omas B. Hall, Artist 
 
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Geo rq1a Forestry 1S publ ished quarterly b y tt1e Georg 1a Fores tr y Co mm issiO n , Rt 1, Box 18 1, Dry Branch, Ga. 3102 0 . Second class postage paid at R o m e, G a. 
 
Cruising The News 
 
LEGISLATION OFFERS BALANCE 
 
Once the ba ll gets ro llin g, it is u sua ll y harder to stop. Th at simple f ac t o ft en forms th e found<Jt ion f o r mu c h of th e opposition pre se rv ati on ist s and en vir on ment ali sts have to so ca ll ed p rogress. 
Y et, as in eco logy, there must be a ba lance, a point w here "need" square w ith "consequence." 
This is tru e in the search f or alt er nativ e energy sources. 
Sen. Herman Talmadge, speaking at Georgia Tech recently, announced a m ajor leg islat ive push to develop agncultural energy and wood fuels. 
Talmadge said new and increased develop ment of agricultural and wood fu els fro m the state' s fields and fore sts can give Georgia a "new cash crop," promote industrial expansion and rural development, crea te new jobs and in crease incomes where they are most needed. 
At the heart of T almadge's proposed bill is the acce lerated use of Georgia's f ores t s as a source o f energy. 
Oppos ition fr o m con serv<Jtioni sts cou ld be 
 
ex p ec t ed , and ju stifi ably so. It is reasonable t o assume th a t once the st<Jte's f o re sts become vi ewed <JS energy so urces, there will be whn le sa le timb er cu tting. 
But T almadge's proposal o ff ers the balancing f ea ture th at is n ecessa ry to assu re the preserva tion of th e state's wood lands whi le of f ering new ene rgy , employmen t and economic oppo rtuniti es. 
"B y using o nly the twigs, bark and other f o rest wastes, we co uld supp l y as much as 25 pe rce nt of (Georgia's) cu rrent ener gy needs now purchased at a cos t o f abou t $ 750 million an nu ally," T almadge suggested. 
T almadge's propos<J I m ay so und futuri st ic to so m e, but th e st at e o f Georg ia has alread y taken a leadership ro le in wood ener gy t echnology . The sta t e Fores try Commission was all oca t ed $500,000 last year by th e Georgia L eg islature to conduct a seri es o f wood energy stu dies in coope rati on with Georgia Tech. 
{From the Summerville News) 
 
SOUTH INCREASES PRODUCTION 
 
Th e So uth, alre <J dy producer o f 30 percent o f th e nation 's w ood, will be producing 60 perce nt by th e year 2,000. 
Dur ing th e n ex t two dec ades, more than two- t h irds o f th e capital investment made by th e fo res t pro du cts industry will be m ade in the South . 
Th ese are no t idl e pr edictions sn y experts in the f o rest indu stry . 
" Th e So uth will be called on to almost d ouble its w o od pro d uc ts by 2 ,000," S<J id Bob Slocu m, m an ager o f co nservati On forestry for the So uthe rn Fo r es try In stitut e. 
D em an d for w oo d is shifting to the South 
 
from the West, where the supply o f comme r cia l ti mberland is shrinking, Slocum sa id. 
Out West, where the vast m ajo rity o f avail .Jb le timber lan d is co ntroll ed by the government, mcreasing amounts o f land are being set ilSide for national parks and wi lderness areas. 
In the Sou th, 7 3 percent o f commercial timberland is priv ately owned. 
The South, which th e F o res try Inst itute de fines as a 13-state area, alread y produces 60 percent o f the nation's pu lpwood and 50 per cent o f 1ts hardwood timber. 
{From the Atlanta Journal) 
 
CONT ENTS 
Entomologists Bri e f Foresters.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Fire Warning Campaign. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 
Forestry Explorer Post Formed.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Southern Forest World.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Research Findings Published......... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 More Households Using Firewood.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 
Funds Announc ed For Naval Stores Pr ogram. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Columbus Receives Two Honors From Arbor Day Fou ndation........ . . . . 11 R F D Program Makes Impressive Progress. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Feature Page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Logging Th e Fores ters......... ..... ...... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......... 14 Awards.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 
 
ON THE COVER : Ray Shirley, Director of the Georgia Forestry Commission , con gra tulates Columbus Mayor Harry J ackson (with si gn) as th at city is again designat ed TREE CITY USA. Shown are, left to right, Hoyt Ada ms, landowner, City Coun cil Me mbers Edn a Kendr ic k and J a mes J e rnigan, Shirl ey, Council Me mbers Ger a ld Saunders and Mich ae l He nry, J ackson, Counc il man J ack Land and Richard Saun de rs, landowner. Se e story page 11. 
 
 FORESTERS BR IEFED ON BEETLE RESEARCH 
 
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ntomologists of the Georgia Forestry ComrPi ss ion have c o mpl e ted a se ri es of training sess io ns for industri a l for es t e rs thr o ughout the state o n c urre nt resea rch a imed at curbing th e sp rea d of th e destructive Southern 
 
Pin e Beetl e. 
 
Entomologi st T e rry Pri ce sa id sa lv age o f insec t - 
 
k ill ed trees c o ntinu es to be th e recomm e nd e d co ntrol 
 
p ro ce dur e , with e mph as is on th e imp o rta nce o f c ut- 
 
ting a buff e r zone around the infe st ed a re as . 
 
Pri ce said be for e a spot of infes t a tion ca n be e ff ec- 
 
tively contr o ll e d by sa lv age, it mu st fir st be a na ly ze d 
 
by th e fores ter . Basic info rma tion was di st ribut ed at 
 
t he sess ion s to a id the fo res te r in m ak ing contr o l 
 
dec ision s Th e for es te rs were a lso brought u p to d a te o n re- 
 
sea rch in th e a rea of beet le po pul ati o n d yn a mi cs. 
 
Pri ce, wh o was a id ed by En to m o lo gi st Ker ry 
 
Thomas in t he tra in in g sessions, sa id th e Co m m iss io n co ndu cte d aer ia l surv ey s in Febr ua ry t o ~a i n a better 
 
p re dic tion of t he beetle act iv ity in th e sprin g. He said 
 
th e ae ri a l inspec t ion exte nd ed 10 0 pe rcen t o ver all in- 
 
fested counties and findings a re inva luab le in deter- 
 
mi nin g the se verity of bee t le dama ge. 
 
Mea n time, a report recen tl y release d on t he 1979 
 
sa lvage o f timber kil led by the Southern Pine Beetle 
 
showed t hat October was t he peak month in the 
 
operat rons. 
 
It revealed that 127,497 cords were salvaged in 
 
October, fol lowed by 118,700 in December. Only 89 
 
cords were salvaged in January ot last year, but the 
 
volume had exceeded 85,000 cords by late summer. 
 
The total for the year was 542,062 cords. 
 
The report, compiled by Commission personnel, 
 
listed the total volume killed - including red , fading 
 
and green topped trees - at 1,060,125 cords, of which 
 
5 18,063 cords were not salvaged. 
 
Total value of timber ki lled during tile year was 
 
set at $18,022,125 and value of timber sa lvaged was 
 
$5,420,062. Va lues were based on $ 17.00 per cord 
 
for green stumpage and $10.00 fo r insect-kil led wood, 
 
which represented th e state average in t he beet le 
 
infested area. 
 
The greatest volume of timber salvaged during the 
 
past year was in Putnam Co u nty where 91.445 cords 
 
were cut and marketed. Counties salvaging more than 
 
30,000 cords were Upson, Crawford and Jasper. 
 
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FIRE PREVENTION 
PROGRAM EXPANDED 
[j] he Forest Protection Department of the Georgia Forestry Commission has stepped up its program to remind citizens throughout the state of the dangers and high costs of wildfires. Working through the Commiss ion' s Education Departme nt, posters and lea flets h ave bee n produced and di stributed to every for estry unit and dist rict o ffic e in th e st ate. Frequent new s re leases have been prepared and every weekly and daily newspaper has bee n contacted by local rangers . Radio and television st ati o ns a re also a iding in th e ca mpaign to warn the publi c. 
AI th o ugh th e p ubli c is requ es te d to report atl w ildfires to th e ir lo ca l for estry unit as soon as they are spo t ted, th e ra nge rs a re also as king pe rsons to call in w hen c onducting co ntro ll e d burning on their wood lan d s. 
Th ey poi nt o ut th a t it is ve ry c ostly to move c rawle r t rac tors m o unted o n hea vy t ra nsport trucks to an area only to find th at the smoke came from a brush o r t rash fir e th a t was und e r supe rvi sion. 
Alt ho ugh thi s is a c rit ica l tim e whe n e ne rgy is bein g conser ve d, th e fores t ry fir e fighter s must respond to all fi res un less notifi ca tion is give n th at they are con tro ll e d b u rn s. Th ey point o ut th a t it is well worth the expense w hen fir e nee ds atte nti o n a nd in some instances th o u sa nds o f va lu a bl e ac res of timber are saved , but when it turns out to be a fi re unde r su per vision, the cost beco mes pro h ibi tive. 
A forest fire su mm ary fo r calendar yea r 1979 reveals t hat debris fi res, which occurred 3,5 26 times throughout the state and burned 13,786 acres, was the major cause of wildfire during the year. 
Jim T urner, Chief of the Commission's Forest Protection Department, said fires from all causes last year totaled 9,468 and burned 37,733 acres, an average of 3.99 acres pe r fire. 
The annual statewide summary showed incendiary fires 1anked seconrllast year w1th 2,287 fires destroying 12,931 acres. Other causes were smoking, with 972 fires burning 3,149 acres; 1ail1 oad, 800 fires burning 2,402 acres; children, 748 fires burning 1,878 acres; miscellaneous, 596 fi 1es burning 984 acres; equipment, 394 fires burning 1,53 1 acres; lightning, 88 fire s burning 843 acres; and campfires, 57 fires burning 225 acres. 
Forest Ranger Preston H. Rozier of the Comnussion's Mcintosh County Unit, tacks up a poster to remind cittzens in his area that false alarms waste fuel and to urge them to notifv the forestrv unit before burning off fields or setting fire to trash. 
Georgia Forestry/ March 1980 
 
 Six members of Explorer Post 99 pose on a crawler tractor and transport truck, two of the pieces of equipment they are becoming familiar with in their training at the Commission's 
 
Coweta County Forestry Unit. Shown with the boys are Ranger Bill Woodyard, left, and Patrolman Lynn McElroy. 
 
YOUNG EXPLORERS RECEIVE FORESTRY TRAINING 
 
Patrolman Lynn McElroy of the Com- his unit personnel agreed to teach the 13 instructions and set up strict rules in the 
 
mission's Coweta County Unit said he boys and two girls tree identification, use of chain saws. The youths are insured 
 
had "no idea what forestry was all about" tree planting methods, use of fire tower under a Boy Scouts of America plan. 
 
back when he was in school. 
 
instruments, fire fighting techniques, con- 
 
The group has been treated to a cook- 
 
Now, however, he has the opportunity trol burning, functions of heavy machin out at the unit and other outings are 
 
to help acquaint school boys and girls of ery and other phases of forestry and planned for the summer. They also plan 
 
the Newnan area with some practical as- forest protection. 
 
to organize a softball team and enter a 
 
pects of forestry and he finds it cha ll eng- 
 
The Explorers meet each Monday float in the homecoming parade. 
 
ing and rewa1 ding. 
 
night at the forestry unit office. They are 
 
Ranger Woodyard serves as committee 
 
McE lroy heard about a career orienta- shown for estry training films and are con- chairman for the explorer post and 
 
tion program for youth last year and ask- ducted on frequent field trips. Much of McElroy is post a dvi so r. Oth er co mmit - 
 
ed Ranger Bil l Woodyard if he thought the training is carried out on the unit's tee member s are Forester Walker Rivers 
 
their unit should sponsor an explorer five-acre grounds. 
 
and Patrolman Mik e Dial. 
 
post. 
 
Members of the post, which was found - 
 
The Commission personnel sai d the 
 
Woodyard immediately bought th e ed last October, is currently cutting a nd boys and girls are all enthusiastic in th e ir 
 
idea and when the Coweta School System se lling firewood as a money making pro- participation in Explorer Post 99 activi- 
 
ran a computer survey and found 15 stu  ject. The proceeds will be used to buy ti es and it is believed that some of the 
 
dents were interested in pursuing forestry unifo1 ms. A loca l landowner has made members will go on to become professio n- 
 
as a career, Explor e r Post 99 was founded. his woodlan ds available to the young a l foresters as a result of the early train- 
 
In sponsoring the post, Woody a1d and woodcutters and the unit' s perso nnel give ing. 
 
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Georgia Forestry/ March 1980 
 
 SOUTHERN FOREST WORLD 
Several dramatic exh1bits have been completed on the ground floor of Southern Forest World as officials plan for an official dedication of the center. 
Although the open house is set for May 6 to coincide with the annual Ware Forest Festival, the date is tentative and a final decisior, will be made by the board of directors. All the exhibits planned for the second floor of the building will not be in place at that time. 
Southern Forest World, a unique educational showcase of the South's working forests, is located on the grounds of the Okefenokee Heritage Center in Waycross, Georgia. It is housed in a $200,000 building especially designed to accommodate exhibits and educational programs that vividly illustrate the wise uses of forests . 
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Above, enlarged color transparencies of Southern forests form a beautiful circular display in the central section of the building. Top, right, a "talking tree" provides fascinating information as visitors pause just inside the main entra'?ce. At nght, a huge pine tree - 38 feet tall and five feet in diameter- extends from the ground floor to the skyligllt. The second floor is reached through a spiral stairway inside the big tree, with minature displays dealing with the anatomy o f a tree along the way. 
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 RESEARCH FINDINGS PUBLISHED 
 
Several new research reports have been published in recent months by the Research Division, Georgia Forestry Commission, and free copies are available to interested individuals, industries and organizations. 
John Mixon, Chief of the division, said the reports were authored by Commission personnel, U. S. Forest Service scientists, university professors and others and reveal the Iatest research findings in several areas of forestry. 
A Seed Orchard for Rust Resistant Pines - Progress and Promise, was written by H. E. Powers, Jr., John F. Kraus and H. L. Duncan, all with the U. S. Forest Service. The report predicts a dramatic decrease in infection levels when seedlings are produced from an experimental 60acre seed orchard. 
James D. Strange, USDA Forest Service (retired), and Albert A. Montgomery, a researcher at Georgia State University, are authors of Advantages of Improved Forest Management for the Timberland Owner. They said the purpose of the study is to present a method by which the owner and his advising forester may evaluate the economic advantages of investments in improved forest management. Several tables and worksheets are included. 
Seed Collection From Loblolly Pine, by Jim Wynens, Chief of the Commission's Reforestation Department, and Terrell Brooks, Assistant Chief, deals mainly with a fabric net method of gathering seed from the seed orchards. The net method originated with the department and its advantages are outlined in the 
 
Whole Tree Chipping - A Forest Management Tool, by Druid Preston, Chief of the Commission's Forest Management Department, and Paul Butts, wood utilization specialist with the department , is a discussion on the many advantages - as well as some disadvantages -of the use of modern equipment that reduces trees to chips at the harvest site. 
The Georgia Chapter, Society of American Foresters, compiled material for a comprehensive report entitled Silvicultural Guidelines for Forest Owners in Georgia. The report was written and edited by a committee composed of E. V. Brender, chairman, W. H. McComb and Vaughn H. Hofeldt. Several other members of the Chapter contributed material. 
Wood As A Household Energy Source In Georgia is another report recently off 
the press. It was prepared by James E. Morrow, research associate of Georgia State University, and deals with a survey to determine the extent of Georgians now using wood for fuel. 
Wood Energy - Research and Development, a brochure dealing with wood burning systems, wood resources, harvesting and owner benefits, is also available. Included is a table providing cost comparisons of wood chips, natural gas, fuel oil, electricity and propane gas. 
Persons interested in any of the publicat ions should write the Research Division, Georgia Forestry Commission, Box 819, Macon, Georgia 31202, or telephone (912) 744-3353. 
 
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 ONE GE ORGIA HOUSEHOLD IN FOU R USING FIREWOOD 
 
[I] he Georgia Forestry Commission's promotion of wood as a fuel for resident ia l heating has been highly successful, according to a survey of househo lds thro ughout t he state. 
The report showed that approximately 375,000 Georgia h o mes this winter used wood as a primary or supplemental source of heat. 
Ray Shirley, Commission Director, said the figure represents one in fo u r households in the state and most of the homes use wood for heating p u rposes. He said less than five percent use wood for cooking, water heati ng and ot her purposes. 
The Commission last year launched a statewide tour of two mobile display units which features modern wood stoves and furnaces and information pertaining to the instal lation and maintenance of the equipment. Thousands of Georgians visited the exhibit at county and regional fairs, in shopping centers, city parks and other locations. The tour is continuing this year. 
Shirley said the findings are the result of a survey conducted by the Commission and the Contract Research Division, Co llege of Business Adminis t ration, Geor gi a State University. He said the statistica lly valid sampling also showed that among wood using homes, the most widely used type of equipment is the fireplace, with the air tight efficient wood heater increasing annually. 
The comprehensive survey shows that households using wood for heating burn 800,000 cords annually, or just over two cords per family. 
John Mixon, chief of the Commission's Research Department, said the relatively low consumption per household is theresult of modern, air tight heaters that are in use today. He said they consume far less wood and provide more heat than did 
 
David Rogers, 14, of Cochran carries an armload of split oak firewood toward the back door at his home. David, grandson of the Commission's Bleckley County Forest Ranger Hall Jones, is used to the afternoon chore as his family has a fireplace and a wood stove. 
Georgia Forestry/ March 1980 
 
 the old style stoves familiar to past gener- 
ations. Mixon said the rising cost of fossil 
1 Jel is causing residents across the state to turn to a Georgia energy source--wood. Each cord of dry wood has the heating equivalency of 139 gallons or 3.3 barrels of oil. 
Shirley said the dramatic increase in the use of wood by Georgia residents in recent years can significantly reduce the state's need for scarce fossil fuel. He said the trend is also providing woodland owners with an opportunity to sell timber that has formerly been considered forest waste. 
Most homes use wood as a supplemental fuel for home heating. Among all households surveyed, including those that did not use wood, one million homes use gas as the major fuel for home heating. 
The report showed that electricity ranks second, while f1ve percent of all Georgia households, or 74,000 homes, use wood as the primary source of space heating. 
Households reported that the firewood was obtained from numerous sources, but the majority of the families cut the wood from their own land. 
"If all households planning to install new wood-burning equipment actually do so, current wood consumption would increase by 55 percent," according to Dr. Morrow. He said this would increase the annual consumption by 445,000 cords, of which almost 132,000 cords would not be cut on the wood users own land, but would be purchased from wood dealers at a total cost of more than $6,250,000. 
The author includes a detailed cost analysis and comparison study on wood, natural gas and electricity. He points out that firewood is not only a less expensive source of energy for Georgians, but is also in plentiful supply throughout the state. 
 
Wood is also being used for heating purposes in many commercial and industrial buildings around the state. Shown here is Marc Boyd of Boyd's Industrial Woodwork of Byron getting ready to fire up the big furnace of the Rettew System that provides comfortable heat for the employees of his 9,000 square foot plant. Boyd and his brother, Bob, co-owners of the manufacturing plant, had the system installed last year and they said they are well pleased with its efficiency. They burn scrap wood that formerly went to the trash pile. On cold days, wood is fed into the furnace at 7:30 a.m. and again at about 1:00 p.m. and that provides constant heat throughout the working day. Manv plants, stores, shops and offices have converted to wood as a heating source, with manufacturing residue and forest waste wood making it economically feasible. 
 
Georgia Forestry/March 1980 
 
 FUNDS ANt~OUNCED 
FOR NAVAL STORES 
An allocation of $300,000 has been earmarked for cost-share payment earned under the Naval Stores Conservation Progra m for 1980, according to a recent announcement by Senator Herman Talmadge. 
The U. S. Senator from Georgia decl a red the new funds gum producers will be receiving this year are the highest costshare payments ever approved. 
The use of a new plastic cup will have a cost-share rate of 30 cents. 
The initial installation (virgin faces) calls for payments of 25 cents per face on a nine inch practice; 31 cents per face on a ten inch practice ; 35 cents per face on an 11 inch practice; and ten cents per face on an elevation of aprons and cups. The Georgia Agricultural Stabilization Conservation Service Office, Athens, will make the cost-share payments. 
Gum naval stores producers may make their requests fo r NSCP participation through their county ASCS office or county forestry offices, effective immediately. 
Jim L. Gillis, Jr., president, American Turpentine Farmers Association, Valdosta, made the request for the program's continuation on behalf of the Associ ation's membership. Gillis stated that he was pleased that the Department of Agri culture had continued 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. 
Ray Shirley, director, Georgia Forestry Commission, said the field phase of the program is under the direction of the state foresters of Alabama, Georgia, Florida, and Mi ssissippi. The Forestry Com mi ssion coordinates the field services in the four states, he added. 
SCIENTISTS PLAN 
FALL CONFERENCE 
The Southe rn and Southwestern Forest Ex peri men t Statio ns and the Southern Gro up of the Association of State College and University Fores try Research Organizations have agreeJ to sponsor a Southern Sil vicultural Researc h Conference in the fall of this year, acco rding to officials of 10 the organizations. 
 
Purpose of the meeting, to be held November 6 and 7 at the Atlanta Airport Ramada Inn, is to serve as a forum for exchange of research information among silviculturists, research coordination, re view of research in progress and new ap proaches or techniques of general interest. 
Subject areas are to include stand establishment, stand improvement, harvesting systems and interactions. Papers of no more than 20 minutes in length and re lating to the subject areas are requested. Inquiries should be addressed to Dr . James P. Barnett, Southern Forest Experiment Station, 2500 Shreveport High way, Pineville, Louisiana 71360. 
 
Forest Farmers Association, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, is a grassroots organization of timberland owners, large and small, with active members in nearly every timbered county in the South. More than 85 percent of its timberlandowning members hold fewer than 500 acres. 
Created in 1941, it now counts more than 2,260 members who collectively own and operate more than 40 million acres of timberland in 15 southern states. 
ANNUAL WORKSHOP 
WEEK ANNOUNCED 
 
DEAN IS HONORED 
AT SOCIETY MEET 
Dean Allyn M. Herrick of the School of Forest Resources at the University of Georgia was honored recently in Boston with the presentation of a plaque citing his many years of dedicated service to forestry education and the profession of forestry. 
The award was made during the annual meeting of the Council of Forestry School Executives on the occasion of the national convention of the Society of American Foresters. Dr. Herrick is a Fellow in the Society. 
Dr. Herrick, who is the sixth dean of the 73-year-old school, will be 68 years old in July. He said he will retire from the university faculty as well as from the deanship in June. 
FOREST FARMERS 
SET MAY MEETING 
With the theme "Forest Farming- Opportunities for the Eighties," the 1980 Southern Forestry Conference will be held May 21-23 at the Royal d'Iberville Hotel in Biloxi, Mississippi. 
Over 400 timber growers and forestry leaders from over the country and particularly from the South will be attending this 39th annual meeting of Forest Farmers Association, a regional association of timberland owners, headquartered in At lanta. 
Conference keynoter will be Rexford A. Resler, executive vice president of American Forestry Association and a well known forestry leader. Other featu red speakers will include U. S. Forest Service Chief R. Max Peterson. 
 
The 19th annual Natural Resources Conservation Workshop will be held June 8-13 at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College at Tifton. 
The workshop is sponsored by the Georgia Chapter, Soil Conservation Society of America, and District Supervisors of the Georgia Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts. 
The Georgia Forestry Commission, as well as 17 other state, federal and industrial agencies and organizations, will provide instructors and counselors for the week-long workshop. 
Enrollment this year is limited to 275 students and a brochure terms the workshop "a wonderful opportunity for you to join other high school boys and girls from around the state in rewarding summer study of the natural resources that surround us ...you will gain a new insight into the proper use and care of our soil, water, forests, fish and wildlife." 
Although the learning experience is emphasized, counselors said recreational and social activities are also planned for the students. 
Georgia high school boys and girls interested in the workshop should contact the Education Department, Georgia Forestry Commission, Box 819, Macon, Georgia, or phone (912) 744-3355. Application forms and further information is also available through D. L. Pope, Soil Conservation Service, Agriculture Building, Lowe Road, Albany, Georgia 31701. 
SAFETY MEET SET 
Th e Georgia Forestry Commission will cooperate in a Safety Rama sponso red by the Girl Scouts of America at Camp Timber Ridge near Atlanta May 2-4. Forester Louie Deaton of the South Fulton-Douglas Unit will work with the youth organization. 
Georgia Forestry/ March 1980 
 
 COLUMBUS RECEIVES TWO HONORS FROM ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION 
 
Columbus last year was the first municipality in Georgia to become officially recognized as TREE CITY USA by the National Arbor Day Foundation and now it has been certified again for 1980. 
Columbus has also claimed another honor bestowed by the Foundation. Local Television Station WYEA has been judged the national winner in the 1979 Arbor Day Awards competition for the media-television category, according to Foundation officials. 
TREE CITY USA is a program designed to recognize communities that are effectively managing their tree resources. Just as important, it is geared to encour- 
age the implementation of local tree management programs based on TREE CITY standards through the professional leadership of participating state foresters and their organizations. 
City leaders and officials of the Columbus TV station said they were encouraged by the Georgia Forestry Commission in planting and caring for trees. They especially praised Forester Floyd Cook of the Commission's Columbus District for his  work in urban forestry in the area. 
In a ceremony marking the certification, Commission Director Ray Shirley congratulated Mayor Harry Jackson and the citizens of Columbus for working together to meet the standards set by the foundation. 
Shirley said other Georgia communities interested in following the example set by Columbus should stop by any Forestry Commission office in the state for application forms and a list of qualifications necessary for TREE CITY USA status. 
A spokesman for the foundation, which has national hea dquarters in Nebraska City, Nebraska, sa id the Columbus TV station "should be commended for their pride in their own surroundings as shown by the landscaping and conservation efforts on their grounds." 
The foundation said the judges were 
 
TREE CITY USA 
also impressed with the time allowed each week for the 30 minute program on 
Forester Larry W. Th ompson, Improved Harvesting Specialist in the Commission's Forest M anagement Department, decided one day in August of 7978 that it would be interesting to have a collection of shoulder patches from state forestry agencies around the nation. He sent letters out to all 50 states and soon cclorful patches came trickling in. Some states 
 
forestry subjects in order to better in form the public. 
The nomination of the station was made by Forester Fl oyd Cook of the Columbus District, Georgia Forestry Commission. 
The foundation has invited Mr. Don McGouirk, General Manager of WYEATV, to attend the award a nd banquet in Nebraska City in April. Others in the media category to be awarded include: 
Magazines, Hou ston Home and Garden, Houston, Tex.; Motion Picture, Sierra Club, San Francisco, Calif.; Newspaper, The Breeze, Cape Coral, Fla.; and Radio, WTAG, Worchester, Ma. 
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Allen Green of Gray, left , Civil Defense Director of Jones County and a volunteer fireman, and Forest Ranger M. 0 McMichael of the Jasper-Jones Unit, GFC, inspect one of 
 
the fire trucks assigned to rural fire departments in Jones County. Frequent inspection of equipment is made to insure constant readiness. 
 
Rural Firemen Set Impressive Record 
 
A 10,000-gallon tanker caught fire 
 
Protection grant of $15,000. 
 
while unloading at a service station in the middle of a small rural Georgia town. 
 
The remainder of the Rural Community Fire Protection grant was allocated to 
 
Fortunately, five fire knockers that had been provided to volunteer fire de- 
 
23 applicants (communities or countywide organizations) for radio communica- 
 
partments in the area by the Georgia Forestry Commiss;on, were soon on hand 
 
tions and alerting equipment. As it has been in the past, this is done on a 50 per- 
 
to cool down the fire and prevent an ex - 
 
cent federal fund and 50 percent local 
 
plosion that could have destroyed the en- 
 
matching fund basis. 
 
tire community. 
 
Two rural fire defense specialists were 
 
In another instance, a rural fire de - 
 
hired during 1979. Both had extensive 
 
partment held damage to a cotton gin to 
 
fire service experience as members of 
 
$10,000 and prevented the loss of 
 
countywide fire departments. Their basic 
 
$1,500,000 worth of seed. A field fire 
 
job function is to assist the R FD depart- 
 
was extinguished just before it reached a 
 
ments throughout the state in wh a tever 
 
$10,000 mobile home and a $40,000 
 
problems arise. This includes everything 
 
rural home was saved after a fire caused equipment are located in 501 stations. from orienting personnel in subjects in 
 
by a broken electric fence had spread to The equipment includes 343 fir e knock - which they are unfamiliar to solving an 
 
the underside of a butane gas tank. 
 
ers and 43 quick response vehicles suppli - existing problem. Hands-on familiariza- 
 
These are just four of the approxi- ed by the Georgia Forestry Commission tion and demonstrations have been found 
 
mately 10,160 fires that occurred under the Rural Fire Defense Program. 
 
to be the best training tools to over 
 
throughout the state last year. Admitted- 
 
At the present time, there are nine re- 7,000 volunteer firemen involved with 
 
ly, none of the others were as spectacular quests pending for fire knockers and the RFD program. 
 
as the tanker fire, nor did any others re - three requests for quick response vehicles. 
 
During 1979, the Commission began 
 
sult in savings equal to the value of the 
 
At the end of 1979, 52 counties l1ad the design of a 1250 gallon water tanker 
 
co tton seed. 
 
Master Fire Plans in effect, with 11 which should be operational during 1980. 
 
Th e o ve rall value of property saved in having been completed during the year. 
 
Plans are to utilize the present low-profile 
 
Ge o rgr a t h rou gh t he efforts of the rural 
 
Because of th e increased RFD pro- fire knocker tank plan as the initial de- 
 
 e f rgh te rs du ri ng the past calendar year, gram, along with increased training, 25 sign. All R FD units can utilize a larger 
 
r'oweve r, w as ver y significant. The figur e additional communities received an in- water supply in their battle against fire. 
 
amounted to $95. 658.1661 
 
su rance reduction from a Class 10 to a The aim is to be able to supply a stan- 
 
Rura fi-"s in 1979 were fought by Class 9. Training was supp lied to 20 R FD dardized unit which will be leased to the 
 
volun t eer tmrne n op e ra ting units in 140 departments by the Georgia Fire Acade - RFD departments, as are the fire knock2 GPorgia cot"tes. A total o f 680 pieces of my through a Rural Co mmunity Fire ers and quick response vehicles. 
 
Georgia Forestry/ March 1980 
 
 [f] orest Ranger George Lyon, Jr. said he "didn't know anything at all" about the silk-screen process when the Georgia Forestry Commission's sign shop was moved to his DeKalb County Unit at Stone Mountain three years ago. 
He said he did know, however, that he had a lot of learning to do in a hurry. 
The Commission uses a wide variety of signs and decals, ranging from the tiny notice on the dash of all vehicles proclaiming that they are the property of the State of Georgia to the large green and white signs that designate district offices and county units across the state. 
When the sign shop was moved from Macon to the Quonset hut on the grounds of the DeKalb Unit, Ranger Lyon became responsible for the production of the thousands of signs that are used on vehicles, buildings, airplanes, weather stations, towers, gasoline and diesel pumps and other Commission properties. 
The silk-screen process is a stencil method of printing a flat color design through a piece of silk or other fine cloth on which all parts of the design not to be printed are blocked out by an impermeable substance. 
"I had never in my life seen any silk 
screen work done," said Lyon, "and I really didn't know what it was all about." When the equipment and supplies arrived from Macon, however, the ranger and his men were given some preliminary instructions and soon had production underway. 
The late Henry (Hank) Slentz was in charge of the shop when it was located in Macon and he provided early training for the DeKalb personnel. 
Silk screen is a process that requires considerable skill in order to produce quality work and commercial sign men have said the Commission personnel are doing remarkably well in turning out a superior product. 
Ranger Lyon said he has "lost count" of the many signs and decals his sma ll shop has produced to keep the central wa rehouse in Maco n supplied with the wide variety of signs required by the Commission. 
Besides the red and white shield that adorns every vehicl e, the loan signs displayed on fire trucks in the R FD Program, the no smoking signs for restricted 
 
areas, the w1de range of safety notices and all the others, the DeKalb sign mak- 
 
ers also produce the large signs that are mounted along Georgia's highways to in  form motorists that the forest industry in the state is a 5.4 million dollar business. 
The DeKalb Unit, which is not much further than a stone's throw from the base of Stone Mountain, is assigned the normal duties that are carried out by other county units and the sign production is halted at times when firefighting and other services are required. 
Although some of the signs will last for years, many must be repaired, changed or replaced and that keeps Ranger Lyon and crew in the sign business. There is never a shortage of orders. 
 
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Top, Patrolman David Porterfield, left, and Ranger George Lyon operate the heat processing machine while Patrolman Randy Sockwell, background, is at the cutting machine. At bottom, paint is applied to a large sign. 
Georgia Forestry/ March 1980 
 
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Our sincerest thanks for the well organrzed study tou r in Macon and Georgia. We re ally enjoyed being there. 
Enclosed T apios, yearbook and a page of Metsalehtr, inclu dmg some of our notices concerning private forestry 1n the USA. 
Many thanks for the clrpping you sent us over Atlanta. 
Tapani Honkanen Helsinki, Finland 
On behalf of the Quebec Government Delegation in Atlanta, I would lrke to take this opportunity to thank you for hosting our Forestry Mrssion during their study tour throughout Georgia. 
I would also like to thank you for the Energy demonstration which was held at M c Rae, Georgia. 
The group not only enjoyed their two days with the Georgia Forestry Commissron but also found them to be interesting and informative and they will try to apply, wrth modifications, some of the practices they observed wrth you. 
We would also like to reciprocate and extend to you an invitation to visit Quebec. 
JEAN-MARC ROY, Delegate Atlanta, Gcorgra 
We want to thank Mr. Louie Deaton on behalf of our school for speaking to some 60 students on forestry. It is certainly a compliment to you and the department you represent for showing interest in supplying students with first-hand informatron in the areas they are studying. 
Sylvia Baker Career Resource Center Lithia Sprin9s Comprehensrve 
Hi9h School 
Our school would like to express our gratitude for the services and activrties that the Johnson County Forestry Unit staff so graciously rendered us this year. The faculty, staff and students certainly appreciate their efforts 1n broadening our educational experiences 
Roland Thomas, Prrncipal Kite Elementary School 
 
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LARRY BREWE R, who came with t he Commission in 1972, has been promoted to Gener al Tr ades Forem an and is in charge of the Macon Shop. Brewe r is a native of Macon ... F RED ALLEN, former ly of Lithoni a, is now se rving as Forester Specialist in the Commission's Forest Re search Department. He came with the Commission in 1972... Entomologist KERRY THOMAS, employed by the Commission in January, 1978, has been assigned to the Forest Management Department, with offices rn Macon ... RONALD W. ROLAND, employed as patrolman in January, 1973, has been promoted to Ranger in the Randolph -Terrell Unit.. . F. GRAHAM LILES, JR., Field Representa tive for the Georgia Soil dnd Water Conservation Committee since 1974, hdS assumed the position of Execu tive Director. A native of Fitzger aid, Liles is a graduate of the University of Gear gia ... ALLEN SMITH, who served as patrolman in the Lowndes County Unit for 18 months, has been promoted to ranger of the Turner County Unit. He replaces 
Ranger BILLY J. WILLIAMS, who re- 
cently retired ... SAM BUCHANAN, a na~ive of 1\lorth Carolina, has been named Project Forester to serve Crawford, Houston, Peach and Twiggs County ldndowners. He came with the Commission in January ... U.S. Forest Service Chief R. MAX PETERSON has announced the appointment of JOHN A. VANCE as Director of the Area Planning and Development Staff, State and Private Forestry, in the Washington office and the reassignment of ROBERT R. RAISCH to replace Vance as Director of the Southeastern 
 
Area State and Private Fores try office in At lanta. Vance is succeeding PHILIP L. ARCHIBALD, who recently retired after 30 years service. 
 
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PIONEER TREE FARM PROG RA M HAS RAP ID G ROWTH 
 
Th e Pioneer Tree Farm Program, spon- 
 
"The Pioneer Program is one way we into productive acres. " 
 
>ored by the American For est Institute have to involve landowners and get them 
 
Georgia timberland owners interested 
 
111d the Southern Forest Institute, has started toward sound forest manage- in the Pioneer Tree Farm Program shou ld 
 
LJI own to include over 24,000 acres dur ment," said SFI's Tre e Farm Program contact their local forestry unit of the 
 
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manager, Bob Slocum. He said it is one Georgia Forestry Commission, or write 
 
Approximately 140 landowners whose of those tools a forester who deals with David K. Mitchell, Georgia Tree Farm 
 
lands don't qualify for the parent Ameri independent landowners "should have in Chairman, c/o St. Regis Paper Co., 3854 
 
can Tree Farm System hdve joined the his hip pocket. ..Jt is perfect for helping Northside Drive, Macon, Ga. 31204. 
 
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Georgia Forestry/March 1980 
 
 '  AWARDS I 
J. D. Proctor, member of the Cam - 
den County Forestry Board, third frorn left, is sh own receiving an award for 35 years of distinguished service to the board during a recent cer emony in Woodbine. Others, left 
to right, ar e District F o res ter H. L. 
N eal, H. E. Williams, chairman, Georgia Fores try Board of Commissioners, and Ranger James Simpson, Camden County Forestry Unit. 
 
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presented the Woodman of the World 
Conservation Award for 7979 by Silas 
Turner of the Maple Camp No. 70, Ma- 
 
con. Above, Ranger Bobby Holland is 
 
oresented an award of appreciation by 
 
District Forester Rowe T. Wall, Colum- 
 
bus, for 28 years of faithful service. The 
 
event was a retirement ceremony for the 
 
ranger. At left, Forester William H. (Billy) 
 
McComb, retired Research and Training 
 
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An alyst, GFC, shows award he received during recent meeting of tl1e Southeast- 
 
ern Section, Society of American Fores- 
 
ters. Tile honor was made for his out- 
 
standing contribution to fores try 
 
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