Georgia forestry, Vol. 38, no. 2 (June 1985)

Georgia

FORESTRY

USPS No. 217120

June 1985

No.2

Vol. 38

Joe Frank Harris- Governor John W. Mixon- Director
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

Jim L. Gillis, Jr., Chairman, Soperton Felton Denney, Carrollton Eley C. Frazer, Ill, Albany
Patricia B. Robinson, Atlanta Robert Simpson, Ill, Lakeland

STAFF Howard E. Bennett, Editor WilliamS. Edwards, Associate Editor Jackie N. Swinson, Artist

DISTRICT OFFICES

District One 3088 Martha Berry Hwy., NE
Rome, GA 30161
District Two Route 11, Box 37 Gainesville, GA 30501
District Three Route 4, Box 168A Athens, GA 30605

District Four P. 0. Box 1080 Newnan , GA 30264
District Five Highway 49 Milledgeville, GA 31061

District Six Route 2, Box 266 Washington, GA 30673
District Seven Route 1, Box 23A Americus, GA 31709
District Eight Route 3, Box 17 Tifton, GA 31794

District Nine Route 2, Box 722 Camilla, GA 31730
District Ten Route 2, Box 28 Statesboro, GA 30458

District Eleven Route 1, Box 46 ~;'~elena, GA 31037
District Twelve Route 6, Box 167 Waycross, GA 31501
Georgia Forestry is published quarterly by the Georgia Forestry Commission, Route 1, Box 85, Dry Branch, GA 31020. Second class postage paid at Macon, GA.

RENEE DEKLE

MIKE RISHER

TWO GEORGIA STUDENTS AWARDED

NATIONAL FORESTRY SCHOLARSHIPS

There were six national scholarships of $1,000 each to be awarded in forestry at the annual 4-H convention in Chicago and Georgians came home with two of them! Renee Dekle , a 19-year old college freshman and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Dekle of Lou isville , followed in the footsteps of her broth er, David, as a national winner and was asked to address students from throughout the nation on her achievements. Mike Risher, born in Scotland where his father was formerly employed but now very much at home in the pine forests of Georgia, also took top prize in the annual meet. Son of Mr . and Mrs. Thomas Risher of Athens, Mike was the highest scoring in div idual in the statewide Forest Field Day competition.
He is a senior this year at Cedar Shoals High School in Athens and plans to enter the School of Forest Resources, University of Georgia , this fall.
Renee's national award was based on a project her father, a county agent, proposed for his daughter and son back in 1977 . They planted a two-acre Christmas tree farm that year to provide money for their college education. Each year, they added two acres to the project and last year they sold 2,000 trees from their 13-acre farm and grossed $24,000.
Renee was 11 years old when the first trees were planted and she remembers that she had to make some sacrifices to work with her brother in plant ing , weed ing, spraying and shaping the trees on many weekends for the past eight years. She had to turn down schoolmates when invited to many Saturday functions, but she considers the d iscipline and the experience well worth it.
The 4 -H winner and her brother sell most of the trees in a choose-and-cut opera.. tion to people in a 50-mile radius of Louisville, while some are sold wholesale to out of state buyers.
Renee considers herself "strictly an outdoor type." She likes to swim, water ski, and is an expert in arch ery . Although trimming the trees, controlling weeds and insects and planting new trees with a dibble are not easy tasks, Renee said she thoroughly enjoys the project.
Meantime , Mike is also involved in a Christmas tree project. He uses h is knowledge in forestry by planting Christmas trees at a county land fill near Athens. His 4-H chapter expects to harvest about 4,000 trees this Christmas.
He is a member of practically every 4-H judging team in Clarke County and he also received the Young Forester Award and a $500 scholarship from F&W Forestry Serv ice.
The $1,000 scholarships awarded to Renee and Mike were prov ided by International Paper Company , national donor for 4-H forestry awards.

ON THE COVER
This spectacular blaze was one of many that raced through the woodlands of Georgia and the South this spring in one of the most severe wildfire ou-tbreaks in several years.
This photo courtesy of Barry Nehr, U. S. Forest Service, Atlanta.

Georgia has experienced the worst forest fire season since 1981 with more than 14,000 fires that burned over 80,000 acres and kept fire fighting crews throughout the state working round the clock.
Commission Chief of Forest Protection David Westmoreland described the past fire season as a paradox. "In a sense, it was the worst of times and the best of times," he said. "Considering the number and intensity of fires, our state units were pushed to the limit and did an excellent job of preventing a serious situation from becoming a statewide disaster.
During the first week in April a total of 1,000 wildfires broke out across the state. Despite this staggering total, fire fighting units held the loss down to 12 acres per fire. Total acreage previously lost during the year averaged only five acres per fire.
Commission records show that forest industries throughout the state provided vital assistance in suppressing the sweep of wildfires by supplying fire fighting equipment and personnel on a round-theclock basis.
Factors contributing to the serious fire season were three-fold: lack of rainfall,
high winds, and low humidity. With these three factors present to the extent Georgia experienced, there is a tremendous potential for wildfires. Debris burning continued to be the number one cause of the state's wildfires.
As much needed rains came and Georgia's vegetation turned green, Commission fire fighting units began to relax to some extent. However, the resting period was brief.
Within days of Georgia's relief from raging wildfires, Florida suffered an outbreak of fires that burned more than 150,000 acres. One fire, near Fort Myers, even forced the evacuation of a hospital.
Georgia responded to Florida's dilemma with assistance. The Commission sent fire fighters and equipment from North, South, and Middle Georgia to the Ocala area where 130,000 acres were engulfed in flames. Equipment included 12 suppression units (with tractors, fireplows and radios) and two pickup trucks. Twenty-four operators ran the tractors on a 24-hour rotating basis. Commission headquarters in Macon sent two mechanics with the operators.
"Personnel and equipment sent to Florida were strategically selected,'' said Commission Field Supervisor H. L. Neal.
Neal's planning was needed. During the Florida situation, a number of Georgia fires (apparently set by arsonists) broke out. One of these arson fires, along U.S. 441 adjacent to the Suwannee River, burned approximately 1,000 acres before being brought under control.
"Georgia had one of its worst fire seasons," said Neal, "but the excellent performance of our personnel has proved them to be among the best fire fighters in the country."

COMMISSION WINS FIRE BATTLE AND AIDS FLORIDA IN OUTBREAK

Bill Cr ews, pioneer pulpwooder and veteran patrolman, takes a break at the landscaped base of the fire tower at the M er iwether County Unit. He had to beat great odds to lead an active, productive life.

PATROLMAN OVERCOMES HARDSHIP

When Forest Patrol man Bill Crews was 12 years old he was caught in a grist mi II and his legs were broken in 17 places . Now 59 and a patrolman with the Meriwether County Unit, Crews incredibly recovered from his ch ild hood accident and has been an active fire fighter for more than a quarter of a century .
But recovery was not quick or easy. Crews vividly remembers shoveling corn to t h e grindstone of Hall's G rist Mi ll w hen hi s jacket ca ught in t he shaft and he was p ul led in. By the time his jacket was cut off, the damage was done.
"Yeah," Crews said sitting at the base of the unit fire tower, "My legs were broken real bad and my right arm was chewed up, too. I was 1 6 before I got back in shape to do any kind of real work."
But Crews did recover and has only a slight limp . What is even more unusua l than Crews sustained abilities to handle t he rigorous duties of his job is his pulpwood cutting experience.
Crews' experience as a "pulpwooder" is unusual from a historical as well as a physical standpoint . There is a three-toone chance that Crews cut the first stick of pulpwood from Meriwether County in 1947 .
"There were only three of us," Crews said. "So I might have been the one . I just don't remember - didn't think it was important at the time ."
Crews recalls that he and two others cut the pu lpwood with bowsaws and loaded it by hand into boxcars. That was before rail ro ads provided special flat cars for pulpwood.
Although he was told the wood was go ing to be used to make paper , he wasn't
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sure whether to believe it or not; and he's still not sure where it was sh ipped.
"Back then it was just a job," he said. "We cut it off Old Man Duck Roberts ' place. Worked from sunup to sundown."
But now Crews views it differently . "When I think back on it, what reall y gets me is to think how much money people burned up before they knew what pine trees were worth," he said. "We used to burn off the pine woods to kill boll
wee vi Is, and the pine trees turned out to be worth ten times more than the cotton."
Today, Crews and others know the value of pines. He considers his work as a forest patrolman valuable, and he likes it. Crews could retire in five or si x years, but he has no such intenti ons. He plans to stay on the job as long as he can. If being healthy and active has anything to do with it, he should be there for a long time.
Crews said there has been a lot of changes in forestry since he came with t he Commission - changes for the better . "When I started , we had a two-cylinder John Deere tractor with just a plow," he said. "These big, modern tractors we've got now have the down pressure to drive the plow into the ground and wipe out the growth. We can stop these fire s now."
But Crews said the most important change in forestry over the past 30 years is the major econom ic role it now plays in our society.
" It's put a lot of people to work," he said. "The biggest change in this county has been the move from farming to pulpwood . People have learned you can make more grow ing trees than farming. This reforestation thing is getting bigger and bigger."

MARIETTA
NOW
TREE CITY USA
Marietta was recently designated a Tree City USA by the National Arbor Day Foundation and was presented an award by Comm ission Director John Mixon for becoming the third city in Georg ia to earn the distinction.
Marietta also became the first "Clean C ity" in Georgia to be designated a Tree City. Director Mixon presented the award during an afternoon ceremony in Glover Park on the square, in conjunction with Keep America Beautiful Week.
Accepting for the city was Mayor Robert Flournoy. Kathy Harvill, executive director of the Marietta Clean City Comm ission, had spearheaded the project. Volunteers helped plant 1,200 pink and white dogwoods around the Route 120 Loop.
Marietta has been a " Clean City" since 1983, one of 40 communities participating in Georgia Clean and Beautiful, which is part of the national Keep America Beautiful campaign.
To be named a Tree City USA, a community must enact a city tree ordinance, establish a tree governing body, design a comprehensive urban forestry program and observe Arbor Day.
Marietta met all qualifications with the assistance of one of the Commission's urban foresters, Larry Morris.
Other cities previously designated Tree C ities are Avondale Estates and Columbus . Avondale Estates was named earl ier this year and Columbus was awarded the title seven years ago.
Several other Georgia cities and towns have expressed interest in the program and some are actively seek ing the t itle.

MERCK NAMED TREE FARMER

that includes a registered qua il shooting preserve. The forest is a balance of young planted pines and old growth stock . About ten miles of roads and f ire breaks are maintained, prescribed burning is carried out each year and a good annual planting sched ule is established .
For these and many other reasons, Walter Merck has been named Georgia's Tree Farmer of the Year.
The tree farmer has personally planted more than a half million seedl ings on the property and he does his own burning and the cultivation of the game food plots.
He is a member of the Board of Directors for the Camden County Unit, Georgia Forestry Commission, and he encour ages other land managers and forest landowners to participate in a multiple use forestry concept . He has appeared on a television talk show to discuss forestry and game conservation .
Merck receives technical assistance from Forester Roger Campbell through a program sponsored by Union Camp Corporation. He has also taken several short courses to better acquaint himself with forest management.
The tree farmer and his wife maintain an attractive home on the bank of a picturesque bend on St . Mary 's River some five miles from Kingsland . They have two married children, Lisa and Steven.

when Walter C. Merck of Kingsland began working as a dog trainer for a wealthy landowner west of town, some of his friends told him he was in a vocation that had no lasting security and that he should find work with a more promising future.
The young man held on to his duties of training hunting dogs, however, and began to take on many other responsibil ities in managing thousands of acres of forests in the estate along the scenic St . Mary's River .
The land was owned by Mrs. Alicia Guggenheim of New Yo rk City, a promi nent publisher and art patron, who used the estate as a frequent retreat from life in the city.
She often brought friends , including Adlai Stevenson , Senator Edmund Muskie and other nationally known figures, down to hunt on the game preserve that was well tended by Merck.
A close bond developed between the owner and her employee as a result of a mutual respect and love for the land especially the vast tracts of timber. When Mrs . Guggenheim died in 1963 , she left more than 1,500 acres of the estate to Merck.
For the past 23 years, Merck and his wife, Dawn , have maintained the land in a fashion that would have pleased their benefactor. It is an impressive tree farm

Georgia's Tree Farmer of the Year poses at a sign on his attractive multiple use forests.
Tree Farmer Walter Merck stands at an anctent oak on the St. Mary's River. Beneath its branches is a simple stone with this inscription: "Alicia Patterson Guggenheim, Oct. 15, 1906; July 2, 1963. A wish has been fulfilled that her ashes mingle here with the earth ." She left a portion of her estate to Merck.
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Giant export facility warehouse is shown under construction on Colonel's Island. Now completed and operational, the new warehouse was built entirely of Southern yellow pine. Architectural designers determined concrete and steel were ursuitable for construction because of highly corrosive materials to be stored. The pine structure, treated with fire retardant chemicals, is expected to last indefinitely.

AUTHORITY TURNS TO PINE FOR CONSTRUCTION

The Georgia Ports Authority's newest export facility is now operating on Colonel's Island near Brunswick with a 90 -foot high, 134,000-square-foot warehouse con structed entirely of Southern yellow pine. The $32 million project is Georgia's latest addition in modernizing the state' s ports to better accomodate international bulk trade. Governor Joe Frank Harris dedicated the facility with a ribbon cutting ceremony . As part of the ceremony, the road leading from U.S. 17toColonel's Island was designated Joe Frank Harris Boulevard . The warehouse is equipped with ma chinery to automatically discharge stored contents at a high rate of speed. The skill fully designed port fac ility also includes d redging, docks, a shiploader, and transfer equ ipment.
Koppers Company, Inc. , based in Pittsburgh , prepared the basic building design for th e warehouse, fabricated the 180-foot -long wood roof arches, and erected the structure. The arches were formed entirelY from laminated pine produced in Koppers' Raleigh , North Carol ina plant.
James Burns, of Koppers Architectural Bu i ld ing Producers D ivision in North Caro lina , sa id the use of concrete or steel would not be acceptable fo r such a facili ty because of the h ighly corrosive nature of much of the material (such as salt and potash) to be stored .

ALL PINE WAREHOUSE
"The solution was to build a warehouse entirely of wood," Burns said. "Specifically, Southern yellow pine because of it's high strength value - and it's economical. Pine is also readily available in the area." He pointed out that all plywood and most of the lumber used in the facility came from Georgia .
Approximately 640,000 board feet of laminated pine were used to construct conveyor supports, catwalks and other areas of the facility . More than 200,000 board feet of solid lumber is included in roof joists and other segments. Roof decking required 202,000 square feet of 5/8 inch plywood.
Burns said the Colonel's Island facility is not the largest of it's kind, but "it is one of the largest." Koppers has built similar facilities in Florida, Oregon , Louisiana, and Indonesia.
PINE FIRE RESISTANT
Another factor influencing the selection of p ine for the structure is receptivity to being treated with fire retardant chem icals. Southern yellow pine is relat ively easy to treat. Some types of wood have to be specially treated by incising - a process that involves perforating the wood so it will accept fire retardant chemicals .
Except for the arches, all pine used in

the Colonel's Island facility was pressuretreated with Dricon fire retardant chemi cals. The treated pine carries an Underwriter's Laboratories rating for surface burn ing cha racteristics. Dricon has a flame spread rating of 25 or less, based on a scale in which 0 is asbestos board and 100 is untreated red oak. The Dricon treated pine's low moisture absorption makes it suitable for Georgia 's humid coastal climate.
Another architectural plus factor is the large lam inated wood components provid ing inhe re nt fire resistance because of their size.
WOOD LAMINATED
" A lso," Burns pointed out, " lam inated wood members retain their structural integrity long after the sag temperature of steel."
Kopp ers precisely designed construc tion required each curved 127 -foot-long roof member be cut with end finger-joints and t hen bound together . Adhesives, stronger than the wood, were used to form the one-piece laminations which were tested for load capacity and planed to shape. The boards were then spread with glue, mounted on steel frames, and cured to the exact curve designated for construction .
Bu rns said these arch components were designed to be transported on flatbed railroad cars, without having to be

vessels arrive for loading, a 2000 ton-per-. hour scraper reclaimer retrieves products from storage and transfers them to a conveyor belt from flat storage or rail receiv ing to a 600 ton surge bin.

CONTINUOUS LOADING

Specially designed 127-foot-long roof members are transported to Colonel's Island by

flat-bed railroad cars during warehouse construction. Adhesives, stronger than wood,

were used to form the one-piece laminations which were tested for load capacity and

cured to exact curve designated by architectural plans.



cut or respliced. Similar aspects of precise design and architectural planning were emphasized throughout the project.
Such meticulous planning and design was .more than warranted, according to John Powers, trade relations director for the Georgia Ports Authority in Savannah. Powers said that in terms of untapped potential, Colonel's Island is the Georgia Ports Authority's greatest raw resource.
"It's one of the few sites on the east coast offering deepwater sites with rail, highway, and utility services in operation," Powers said.

Island also makes this section well-suited to barge operations," Powers said. "These barge operations become even more appealing in view of the short five and a half mile trip to the intracoastal waterway."
The well planned design of the facility is reflected in operating efficiency. When

The surge bin permits continuous loading despite interruptions in reclaimer operations or railcar discharge, and will continue to accept reclaimed products while the ship is being shifted. A remote controlled proportioning gate controls the flow rate to the waterfront.
The dock measures 580 feet in length and is served by a 2,400 tph travelling shiploader. The unit shuttles to a maximum outreach of 94 feet. A telescoping chute carries products down into the hold where a spoon disperses it and assures a level fill throughout the loading process.
To insure operating efficiency, a computerized control system directs all activity of the Colonel's Island dry bulk facil ity. Two graphic color terminals in the main control building direct flow paths. The computerized system also continuously monitors all machinery and provides instant electronic notification of any problems.
Georgia Ports Authority's studies determine the Colonel's Island facility focused on the pine warehouse - will ultimately add 1.5 million tons annually to throughput total for the Port of Brunswick.

WOOD PAVED THE WAY

U. S. Highway 17 bisects Colonel's Island and connects with major north-south artery, Interstate 95, only three minutes away. The Seaboard and Norfolk Southern rail systems connect with Colonel's Island Railroad. Electricity, natural gas, and water are also available.
Powers said the Georgia Ports Authority spent nearly $4 million to dredge a channel from the existing East River waterway to the bluff at the northern end of the island. This enables six berths to operate for various industrial and transportation purposes.
"This access to the rear of Colonel's
At right, aerial view of Georgia's newest dry bulk facility during latter stages of construction shows size of giant warehouse. Constructed near Brunswick entirely of Southern yellow pine, the 90foot high warehouse dwarfs vehicles and construction equipment around it. More than 640,000 board feet of laminated pine were used in constructing catwalks and other specified sections.

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GEORGIA SETS NEW RECORD IN REFORESTATION

HIGHLIGHTS OF 1984-85 PL ANTING SEASON
* 432,929 acres planted in pine seedlings. * 214,311 acres planted on non-industrial private forest lands. * 46,911 acres planted by forest industry landowner assistance programs. * 12 forest industries have active landowner assistance programs. * 16,183 acres planted under Forest Incentive Program. * 12,397 acres planted under Agricultural Conservation Program. * 28,580 acres planted under cost-share programs. * 35,007 acres received planned harvesting for natural regeneration . * 9,320 acres were direct seeded .

The Commission's second year in a concerted county -by-county campaign to promote reforestation has resulted in a record breaking tree planting season.
Records compiled by the Management Department show that Georgia landowners and industry during the 1984-85 season set out more than 432,929 acres in pine species, the greatest number ever planted in a single season.
Commission Director John Mixon said "this tremendous effort by our personnel, with the cooperation of other agencies, organizations and individuals, proves that we can indeed close the gap between the
GEORGIA'S ACREAGE PLANTED IN PINE SEEDLINGS

trees we are planting and the mature stands that we are harvesting."
Druid Preston, Chief of Forest Management, said 214,311 acres represented non-industrial private landownership, 213.712 acres is land owned by forest industry and the remaining 4,906 acres is under federal , state and municipal government ownership.
Preston also said 9 ,320 acres of direct seeding and 35,007 acres of natural regeneration across the state during the season brings the total pine reforestation effort to an impressive 477,256 acres.
The drive for greater reforestation was launched in 1983 for the 1983-84 season, with the Commission spearheading county committees in which agencies, industries and landowners worked to encourage the planting of trees on marginal, sub marginal and low productive croplands. The program resulted in the planting of more than 370,000 acres.
In topping last year's record plant ing, it was pointed out that this season's effort included 16,183 acres planted under the FIP program and 12,397 acres planted under the ACP program, or a total of 14 percent of the non-industrial

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private land acreage planted under a costshare program. Also, 46,911 acres of the non-industrial private lands were planted by forest industry under their Landowner Assistance Programs. This is 22 percent of the total non-industrial private land acreage planted.
Mixon and Preston also praised Georgia's forest industries fo r the ir effective Landowner AssistancePrograms. "It is int eresting to note th at 12 compan ies in Georg ia have an active program to assist landowners," said Preston, "and I know of no other state having such accomplishments."
The . record planting far exceeds the peak years of the So il Bank Program from 1956 through 1960 when planting hit approximately 279 ,000 acres annually.

A rapidly maturing stand of pine will soon be ready for h arvesting , wh ile a large field of newly planted seedlings begin growth to help close the gap between harvested tim ber and trees planted.

YEAR IN STATEWIDE CAMPAIGN

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NEW LAW PROTECTS SELLERS OF TIMBER

Several hundred residents of Habersham County and vicinity, and busloads of students from the nearby North Georgia Vocational School, came to see the Commission's portable sawmill and they were impressed with the versatility of the machinery as it sliced pine logs into thick planks which the students will finish into table tops and furniture. The field demonstration was held near Clarkesville and was coordinated by Forest Ranger Brion Williams and Mike Smith , head of the school's Continuing Education program. The demonstration was held in a heavily wooded site owned by the school and the location will be developed into an experimental forest. The Commission's Habersham -Rabun-White County Unit will aid in the development of the project.

FIRE EQUIPMENT SHOW HELD

The Commission recently sponsored its fifth Fire Equipment Show at Macon Coliseum and hundreds of professional and volunteer firemen, city and county officials and others from around the state were on hand to see exhibits and demon-
SOILS MANAGEMENT WORKSH OP PLANNED
A workshop entitled Soils and Forest Management will be held at the Un iversity of Georgia Center for Continuing Education July 10-11. The 1'/,-day course will introduce practicing foresters to con cepts of site quality maintenance and improvement through silv iculture and soil conservation .
Topics to be covered include Forest Soils and Site Quality, Influences of Silvi culture on Soils, Impact of Regeneration Methods and Their Influences on Site, Using Soil Mapping Information as a Silvicultural Tool in Forest Management and small group assignments.
For more information contact Dr. Leona rd A. Hampton , 237 Center for Continuing Education, The University of Georgia , Athens, Georgia 30602 - phone 404/ 543-3063 or Mr. Andy Little , Conference Coord inator , 251 Center for Con tinuing Education, The Un iversity of Georg ia, Athens, Georgia 30603 - phone 404/ 542-1585.
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strations staged by suppliers and manu-

facturers.

The last show of its kind was held by

the Commission five years ago and since

that time several important innovations

have been made in firefighting equip-

ment, according to officials. They said

most of the visitors were impressed with

strides that have been made.

The Commission coordinates the Rural

Fire Defense program in Georgia and in

recent years the state agency has assisted

many rural and small towns in securing

fire trucks and other equipment and in

aiding in the training of volunteer fire-

men. Many of the R FD units brought

their equipment and personnel to the

one-day show in Macon .

David Westmoreland, Chief of the

Comm ission's Forest Protection Depart-

ment, was moderator for the morning

session of the event and others appearing

on the program included John Mixon,

Director of the Forestry Commission;

Major Tom Richmond , Chaplain, Geor-

gia Stat e Firemen's Association; State

Representat ive

Lauren

(Bubba)

McDonald, Jr. ; Scott Wood, Executive

Ass istant to Mayor George Israel, Macon

and Harold Thompson, Superintendent,

Georgia Fire Academy.

The afternoon was devoted to demon-

strations on the parking area of the

Coliseum.

The 1985 session of the state legisl ature passed a bill of major importance to woodland owners in Georgia .
House Bill 232 , which requires certai n purchasers of trees or timber to report the volumes cut to the landowner, will become law on July 1, 1985 .
The new law applies to any person , company, or corporation which cuts trees or timber from lands in Georgia and who buys this timber by weight, cord, or measure of board feet. Those who buy timber in this manner will now be requir ed to furnish the owner of the land where the timber was cut a wood load ticket fo r each load cut and taken from the proper ty.
If the timber is purchased for a lump sum, or if the landowner harvests his own timber, this law will not apply. Likewise, if the wood is sold for firewood only, no ticket will be required.
The wood load ticket furnished to the landowner should be clearly understandable and contain certain basic information. Each ticket should be numbered and should give the name and address of the company and its facility where the load of wood is received and measured . The ticket should also be dated and show the landowner's name, address, and tract name, including county and state of origin . If a wood dealer was involved, his name should appear along with the name of the producer or logging company.
If the wood is sold by weight, then the ticket should indicate the weight of the loaded truck, the weight of the empty truck, and the net weight of wood delivered. When wood is sold by scale, the total volume should be shown. Should any wood be deducted from the load, then the amount and reason (i .e. cull, containing metal, knots, etc .) should be stated.
It is also required that the individual who weighs or scales the load include his name on the ticket .
In the past, many landowners who sold wood on a unit basis had to rely on the honesty of the loggers to report what was cut from their lands, or else have the timber carefully measured prior to cut ting. Legislators feel the new law should help reduce the occasions when wood being cut is unreported and will provide the landowner with better information for his records. Failure to comply with this law constitutes a n:tisdemeanor .
Landowners with questions concerning the new law should contact their county forestry unit or nearest district office of the Georgia Forestry Commission.

FOR THE SECOND YEAR!
GEORGIA FORESTRY NIGHT
(Make checks payable to FORESTRY BASEBALL)

Laura Bass Oglethorpe County

Angie Brewer Wheeler County

Michelle Carman Porterdale

JEKYLL ISLAND-JUNE 9-11

This year, young ladies representing 42 counties- the largest number to compete since the program was inaugurated- will vie for the Miss Georgia Forestry crown at the annual convention of the Georgia Forestry Associat ion.
The Jekyll Island event, to be held June 9 -11, will feature the girls in sports attire at a Sunday night seafood dinner and in evening gowns for final judging at the banquet on Monday evening.
The contestant chosen for the state title will ride the Georgia Forestry Commiss ion's float in the Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium on Forestry Night July 12 and also be featured in the July 4 parade in Atlanta. She w ill represent the Commission and forest industries in parades, festivals and other forest related events around the state during her reign for a year.
Part icipation in the contest on the local level is the first experience for many girls to wear a pretty gown and appear before an audience . It's an introduction to poise and self confidence . It is an opportunity for the county winner to meet other young ladies from across the state and often form lifetime friendships .
The pageants also spotlight the importance of forestry in the various counties as the finest young ladies compete to help promote forestry locally and statewide.

Penny Freeman Lincoln County

Teresa Lynne Grooms Charlton County

Michelle Humphrey Montgomery County

Dottie Kohn Henry County

Lisa Gunter M iss Winder-Barrow
Kathy Jo Lee Richmond County

Flora McCiarin Ware County

Tammy Meek s Toombs County

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Julie Ann Meunier Oconee County

Jennifer Pittman Jackson County

Penny Proctor Treutlen County

Ansleigh Riddle Macon County

Angela Lynn Rogers Towns County

Carla Jane Satterfield Sumter County

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Teresa Scarborough Pierce County

Mary Frances Ussery Telfair County

Jerret Lee Watson Crisp-Dooly

Pictures of contestants received prior to press time are featured on this page.

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Penny Whitley Taylor County

FESTIVALS ARE HELD
AROUND THE STATE
Forest festivals held throughout the state were highlighted by competitive events, keynote speakers, parades, educational programs, awards, craft shows, and a man who broke his own tree-sitting record.
The Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe Festival packed the area with 250 students from seven area high schools competing in the Lumberjack Contest. The contest is designed to promote interest in forestry and provide students with practical experience.
Northwest Georgia High School sawed, axed, and climbed its way to first place in the Lumberjack Contest.
Special guests for this year's contest were John W. Mixon, Georgia Forestry Commission director, and Senator Sonny Huggins of LaFayette.
The Barrow-Jackson Field Day, held near Arcade, concentrated on educational programs ranging from marketing to herbicides. This day's educational approach emphasized the Barrow County's Board of Commissioner's earlier resolution designating 1985 as "Year of the Tree ."
Druid Preston, Chief of Forest Management for the Georgia Forestry Commission, started the series of sessions with a look at future potentials. Preston's program was titled, "Trees - Tomorrow's Needs."
District Forester Theron Devereaux approached the future from another angle with "Pine Potential Growth ."
The University of Georgia provided the basics on how to make money from pine trees. Professor Reid Parker, of the University's School of Forest Resources, discussed marketing with emphasis on the vast financial potential involved.
The festival moved to a f ield site for afternoon sessions, .which included prescribed burning, planting, scarifying, and wildlife.
Commission Director John Mixon reflected the state's enthusiasm for it's booming forestry market when he addressed the first annual Patterson Forest Festival.
"People are making money with timber," Mixon said . "This is the timber basket of the world . We can grow trees faster than anywhere else in the world ."
Among the awards presented at the Patterson Festival and the Million Pines Festival in Soperton are the state's largest celebrations honoring forestry and forest industries.
Swainsboro pulled out the stops for its forest festival which included a parade, pet show, flower show, golf tournament, arts and crafts exhibit, car race, and a man who sat in a pine tree for 32 days to promote forestry.
The growing Swainsboro Forest Festival attracted some 12,000 people to this year's parade.

The Harlem High School Chapter of the FFA won first place in the Annual Statewide Forestry Field Day. Front row, left to right, are Stephen Meyers, Kenneth Rockefeller, Kevin Floyd, Bubba D ickens, Jimmy Moore and Kenny Green. Back row: Larry Moore (adviser) , Jeff McNair, Trent McDaniel, Mark lvey, Patrick Lusk and Brad Collins.

HARLEM STATE FFA WINNER

After nine regional forestry meets throughout the state, competitors were weeded down to the cream of the high school FFA crop . Harlem High and Louisville High emerged as winners in the 26th Annual State Forestry Field Day held near Covington .
Harlem took top honors in the intense competition. Louisville placed second. Both winning schools, less than 40 miles apart, are from the same FFA region .
Competit ive events in the meet includ ed tree planting, standing pulpwood estimation, standing sawtimber estimation , tree identification, ocular est imation, land measurement, compass, insects and diseases, forest management, and selective

mark ing . Sponsored by Trust Company of Geor-
gia and its 19 affiliates, the annual meet was held at the State FFA-FHA Camp. State FFA President Craig Padgett presided over the meet.
D. M. Dillard's introduction of regional teams was followed by Don Reg ister's introduction of the judges. Mark Parker, of Trust Company Bank of Atlanta, presented awards to the w inning teams .
The Ha'rlem FFA Chapter, directed by Larry Moore, received an inscribed plaque and $100. The Louisville FFA Chapter, directed by Robert McG ill , received an inscribed plaque and $50.

Regional winning FFA teams fro m throughout Georgia pack dining hall of State FFA -FHA Camp near Covington following annual st atewide meet as they wait for state winners to be announced.
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sity of Georgia, with a degree in forestry, was recently employed by the Co mmission and is stationed at the Tre utlen County Unit. He is a member of the F irst Baptist Church in Thomaston. The for ester previously worked with timber companies in Athens and Wayc ross .

VERNON OWENS, formerly assistant ranger of the Candler-Evans-Tattnall Un it, has been named ranger of the Bulloch County Un it. A native of Evans County and a graduate of Claxton High School, he came with the Commission in 1981 as a patrolman. The ranger and his wife, Delores, have an infant daughter . He succeeds Ranger PAUL MOORE, who re cently retired from the post ...JAM ES ALEXANDER, who came with the Commission as a patrolman in Talbot County in 1979 and two years later was named assistant ranger of the HarrisMuscogee-Talbot Un it, has been named district ranger of the Americus District. He was serving as ranger of the Taylo r County Unit at the time of his promotion. A native of Carroll County , he is married to t he former Miss Gisele Newsom of Wyoming. They have two young sons, Billy and Andy, and the family is acti ve in First Baptist Church of
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Americus ... BERYL BUDD, who came with the Commission as a patrolman in the Coweta County Unit in 1981, has been named ranger of the Newton -Rock dale Unit. A native of Griffin, he is a graduate of Griff in High School and attended Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College. Ranger Budd succeeds JIMMY SMITH, who was recently named district ranger of the Gainesville District ... Forester MELINDA CAY THOMPSON , a native of Atlanta and a graduate of the School of Forest Resources, University of Georgia , came with the Commiss ion May 5 and has been assigned to the Urban For 14

estry Project, Stone Mountain . She has prev iousl y worked as assistant forester with a pulp and paper company . The forester is a member of Skyland United Methodist Church and is active in youth work ...Foreste r WILLIAM L. (BILLY) WIGHT, JR ., a native of Warner Robins and a graduate of Auburn Un iversity with a degree in forest management, came w ith the Comm issio n recently and has been as sig ned to t he McRae Di strict. He served for a time as an intern at the Commission's Morgan Nu rsery. The new forester is a member of Evergree n Baptist Church . Warner Rob ins... Forester LANE R!CH ARD GARLAND , who has worked w ith timber and engineering companies in

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South Caro lina and V irgi nia, came with the Commission recently and has been assigned to the Athens District. The forester , a nati ve of Macon , is a graduate of Central High School and the Univers ity of Georg ia. He served 11 years in the Army Natio nal Guard . Garland is married to the former Miss Betty Elaine Hubbard of Meadows of Dan, Va . They have three ch ildren and the family attends the Catholic Church ... Forester JEREL (DENNIS) POPE , a native of Prattville, Al aba ma, came with the Comm ission May 1. He is a graduate of Auburn University, w it h a degree in forest management. The new forester, who has been assigned to the Statesboro District, is married to the

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former Miss Joy Turner of Pratt vill e . The couple attend the Bapt ist Chu rch ... For ester BRYAN H. SNOW , a native of Thomaston and a graduate of the Un ive r-

CICADA SERENADE
HEARD IN FORESTS
It's time for the 13-year cicada to swarm over Georgia's forests again with their pulsating whir . Why now? Because it's been 13 years since their last trip to the outside world from the darkn ess of their underground home.
Oftentimes, damage can be rath er severe on individual trees in forest stands. Fo rest trees that are attacked frequent ly are various species of oaks. Fruit orchards can be damaged severely in some locati ons .
Terry Price, entomologist for the Georgia Forestry Commiss ion , said the now widely publicized insect was mistak enly considered a locust by early American settlers because of its periodical appearance in great numbers.
Price explained that this pecul iar insect spends 13 years in total darkness, feeding on the sap of tree roots. Then, it emerges to shed its skin and become adult. The adult cicada is now free fro m its subterranean confinement to fly around making its whi rri ng serenade, mate, and lay eggs.
But that's the end of it," Price points out. "This activity lasts only a few weeks and the insect dies."
Despite its brief flurry in the outside world , Price said the cicada has the longest life span of any insect in the Un ited States - maybe the longest in the world .
A two-inch cicada with two , red bulbous eyes and orange fringed wings looks like a creature not to be trifled with , but the cicada is a lethargic insect not even capable of stinging.
When the insects emerge from the ground, the females lay eggs on the twigs of forest and fruit trees by making a slit in the bark. Although some damage can result from too many slits, Price said, this is rare and cicadas are considered generally harmless to our forests.
The nymphs hatch in a few w eeks and drop to the ground where they bu rrow into the soil and suck the juices of tree roots; and the 13-year cycle beg ins all over again.
"The last swarms of the 13-year cicada in Georgia occurred in 1972," Price said. "May and June are the ir months to swarm, and as usual, they're right on
time .

Forester Brian McDavid stands on deserted street corner of Juliette where New York crew completed filming movie. McDavid, who runs a forestry consulting business in the small community, coordinated area contacts for the film crew and worked as extra. Abandoned grist mill in background was a major site and influenced producers to film in Juliette.

FORESTRY CONSULTANT CAUGHT UP IN MID GEORGIA MOVIE PRODUCTION

A Georgia forester has turned actor. Not really - but pretty close.
Brian McDavid, who runs his forestry consulting business out of Juliette, worked as an extra and coordinated contact efforts for a New York production company that filmed key scenes for an upcoming movie in this quaint Georgia town.
McDavid's business, Forestry Consultants of Georgia, Inc., provides services ranging from land management to timber tax consulting . His office, located in a rustic country store building, reflects a nostalgic atmosphere.
"The producers liked the office and used it for the sheriff's department in the movie," McDavid said. "In fact, they liked the whole town so well that they renovated everything for a 1940s look ."

The Juliette forester's knowledge of the local area and residents made him a natural to assist in production efforts and contact work. McDavid was put on the film company's payroll for this contact
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work as well as his daily duties as an extra . McDav id's business associates, Jim Wells and Benjy Griffith {who handle the real estate side of his business), also worked as extras in the film .
"Benjy even managed to get his wife and son in the movie," McDavid said.

"They really enjoyed it." The movie, titled, Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday, is descr ibed by producers as an "action-suspense film" which follows the ordeal of a woman who finds her husband murdered and is isolated from the nearest town . The year is 1943 and the setting is "rural, backwoods America ."
McDavid said the atmosphere of Juli ette was so nearly perfect for the needs of the movie that when some film crew members saw the town of Juliette, they thought that it had been built as a set.
Director David Saperstein had to take only one look at Juliette and it's isolated wooded locale to decide on it. Saperstein adapted his script from the novel by Alabama writer Robert Houston . In a few days, Saperstein had transformed Juliette into the 1943 working mill town of Parrish, West Virginia.
The film stars Peter Weller and Kathy Baker. Both have performed in numerous television, stage and movie productions. Baker received an Obie Award for her role in Sam Shepherd's play, Fool For Love.
McDavid said the gigantic old mill which figured prominently in the plot was probably the most influential factor in having key scenes filmed in Juliette . Numerous rumors are circulating in the area that other production companies are interested in using the mill as a filming site.
"Scouts for the movie had been fly ing the Ocmulgee River in a helicopter looking for locations when they saw the old mill from the air," McDavid said. "After that, it wasn't long before I had a visit from some film people and we had everything arranged. These people worked fast and efficiently - they really knew what they were doing."
For a forestry consultant, working on the movie set was a drastic change. He described it as a "hurry up and wait" process that somehow tied up all the loose ends and wound up w ith quality results.
"But I enjoyed it," he emphasized, "and I would definitely do it all again."
McDavid's biggest interest in the film now is seeing how it turns out after being cut and edited . The film is scheduled to be released in the fall.
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