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acres in the Redwood Region. "And we are continuing our aggres-
sive land and timber acquisition pro-
$50 Million in Redwoods Simpson Timber Co. is in the midst
of a $50 million plus program at its Northern California operations to assure a long term future supply of red-
wood products.
"Our program is moving full speed
gram," Oswald said. In refmestation, Simpson owns and operates the largest private nursery in
California, growing 9 million seed-
ahead in spite of the current poor markets for wood products," notes President G. L. Oswald. "It emphasizes Simpson's permanent commitment to
lings annually.
Completing Simpson's reforestation effmt is a tree improvement prosram. Great strides are being made in
iieveloping superior trees that will
the redwood business. We believe it is the largest and most comprehensive program of its kind in the red-
grow taller, faster and straighter. Simpson's Intensive Forest Management program, one of the most comprehensive in the industry, is carried out on young growth forests. Through various treatments the company expects to double timber yields
wood industry." Key investrnents include:
o Over $20 million for land and timber in 1978 and 1979 and still more planned.
per acre.
o $5 million annually for refores-
Lumber and plywood mills are
tation and intensive forest manage-
being modified to handle a changing
timbtr supply. Simpson's Korbel. Ca., sawmill is being converted to handle redwood and Douglas fir logs from 5" -24" in diameter, while the sawmill at Klamath, Ca., will
ment.
. $33 million to modernize red-
wood region lumber and plywood
manufacturing facilities and to begin logging young growth timber. "The creation of Redwood National
handle larger logs. The firm's Fairhaven Plywood Plant
Park in 1958 and its expansion in 1968 resulted in Simpson's losing
S1.5 illttlOl{ cant quad resaw at Simp-
son Timber, Korbel, Ca., sawmill is typical of modern equipment installed to improve lumber manufacturing. New saw
features thinner saw blades. The payoff: more lumber from every log.
is also being modernized to combine production of Ruf-Sawn Redwood plywood and Simpson's Ruf-
14.m0 acres and a substantial amount of mature timber. We've more than replaced the land, but most of it con-
Sawn 316 embossed overlay plywood.
Simpson is the largest producer of both of these specialty siding prod-
tains young timber that won't be ready to harvest for several years. Simpson now owns about 300,000
ucts.
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