Dr. Rich Does lt Again

by Al Bell, publisher

Every year the Forest Industries Management Center of the College of Business Administration, University of Oregon, under the brilliant direction of Dr. Stuart U. Rich, MBA'60 and DBA'70 Harvard (and this year assisted by the Division of Continuing Education, Oregon State System of Higher Education) organizes a Current Issues Conference in the interest of the timber industry.

Relevant was the word that described the 1973 Conference titled "Public Relations in an Era of PubLic Inuoluement: Challenge for the Timber Industry". Fascinating must be used to describe the 1974 Conference: "Adapting to Enuironmental Pressures: Response of the Timber Industry".

Held at the Ramada Inn in Portland, the all-day session began at 8:20 a.m. March 19, ending in a flurry of excitement at 5:00 p.m. when Douglas Scott, a forester himself, gave the industry some idea of the thinking of the environmentalists in his capacity of Northwest Representative, Sierra Club and Federation of Outdoor Clubs, Seattle.

Scott was counterbalanced by the assistant director, environmental resources, Weyerhaeuser

Co., young John S. Larsen, who offered a well thought out plan for industry organization to meet legal challenges and develop coordinated programs. The title of this section of the program was "Improving Industry Response To Environmental Pressures".

Section I, labeled "The Accelerated National Forest Harvesting Quotas and Environmental Impact Statements," brought out the frustrations of the Forest Service, represented by C.G. Jorgensen, assistant regional forester, timber management, U.S. Forest Service, Portland, in preparing impact statements for the Environmental Protection Agency, brilliantly represented by its regional chief from Seattle, Walter Jaspers.

This discussion was followed by a session on "Land Use Planning and What It Means For The Timber Industry". Oregon has a land use planning law, S. 100, recently passed, which as described by Kessler R. Cannon, assistant to the governor, natural resources, appears to be the epitome of land use laws.

It is apparent the U.S. Forest Service is cooperating 100% with the state with respect to planning on National Forest Land. Robert

R. Tyrrel, land use planning coordinator, U.S. Forest Service, Portland, painted a clear and concise picture of the U.S. Forest Service posture.

In the early afternoon, two more U.S. Forest Service representatives discussed "Response to Demands for Wood, Wilderness and Recreation". Con Schallau, associate director, Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, Ogden, Utah, told of the problems of increasing the allowable cut on public lands in view of many legal restrictions and a lack of money. His compatriot, Dr. John C. Hendee, recreation research project leader, Seattle, outlined most interestingly the new U.S. Forest Service thrust in the area of wilderness and recreation and its relation to the public. The foresters public image will be greatly enhanced when these new projects get under way.

The meeting was highlighted by a scathing attack on the "sheikdoms" within the U.S. Forest Service bureaucracy which prevented progress. This talk, by Portland attorney Leonard B. Netzorg, was so spicy and to the point that we hope to print it in a future issue.

This writer got the impression that the major need of the industry is to restore public confidence in the validity of our forest programs. There are a lot of people working on this. Dr. Rich is to be highly complimented for making possible this necessary dialogue. We will do our part to see that it gets a wider audience.

Arizona Convention, M 16-18

Leading off a strong roster of speakers at the upcoming Arizona Lumber & Builders Supply Assn. convention will be the Honorable John J. Rhodes. member of the United States House of Representatives and the House Minority Leader in Washington D.C.

The convention will be held at the Scottsdale Hilton, Scottsdale, Az., May 16-18. Ray Spelts, current ALBSA president, will preside at the 53rd annual convention.

Other speakers include keynoter Harry E. Olson, Jr., director, Executive Program Center, Minneapolis, Mn.; Richard Snyder, exec. v.p., National Lumber & Building Material Dealers Assn., Washington D.C.; Chuck Bivenour, exec. v.p., Thoren Consulting Group, Inc., Tempe, Az.; Arthur Holst, president, Promotivation, Inc.; and Chet Nortz, president, Management Consultants, Inc., Salt Lake City.

Social events include golf at the McCormick Ranch Country Club, a Western Steak Fry, a ladies luncheon, a dinner on Friday evening and the Annual Banquet and industry awards Saturday night, followed by dancing.

Big Oregon Tourney Set

Progress is well underway for one of the West's biggest lumbermen's golf tournaments, the Rogue Valley Hoo-Hoo club's annual, set this year for August 2, at the Rogue Valley Country Club in Medford, Or. More than 350 are expected to attend.

Ed Nolte, club president, has named Lew Merrill, Lew Merrill Lumber Sales, Grants Pass, Or., as this year's chairman. Co-chairmen are John Hammons, Southern Oregon Lumber Distributors, Grants Pass and Steve Campbell, Rogue Forest Products, Medford, Club arrangements and refreshments: lvan Harrington, Olson-Lawyer Lumber Co., Medford; awards and favors: Jack Mitchell, Olson-Lawyer.

Activities committee: Lynn Offord, Rogue Forest Products and Dean Derryberry, Cleveland Wholesale Co.; hospitality: Ben Evans, Wilson Lumber Co., Medford; registration: Dean Norman, Bud Brennan, Bob Fremdo Mel Cotton, Mark Dipple and John Austin. Hotel and motel reservations will be headed by Jim Shaw, Shaw-Mickelson, Medford.

AnotherL-PAcquisition

An agreement in principle has been announced for Louisiana-Pacific Corp, to buy Evans Products Co. stud mill at Trout Creek, Mt., according to Harry A. Merlo, !P president and Peter H. Koehler, Evans exec. - v.p. - manufacturing , building materials group. Assets include the mill with approximately 35 million board feet annual capacity, logs and lumber inventory and rights to timber from exising U.S. Forest Service cUtting contracts.