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Gene Pietila

Coirst Wood Prcselving, Inc.

['.O. Box 673 Ukrrtr, Cla. 95,182

I'eter Virliant Speek rh 1t)llrt(lar lnd owner ol Frcntont Forcst l'roducts. Whittrer. Cla.. dicd ttl clltccr Oct. l2 rn Whittier.

A native of Washington. D.C., hc graduated in 1943 l'roln thc University ol' Michigan with a Il.S. rn F-orcstry. He received l.tis Itrasters dcgrce in 1946. He scrvcd irt thc rnilitary during WWll and lirunded Frcntont Forest Products in l95tl.

Hc was 1967 presidcnt of thc Lumber Association ol. Southern California, now LACN.

Wilf iam T. "Bill" Carter,12, owncr. Cartcr Forest Products, Ukiah, Ca., dicd ol congestive heart failure Oct. I in Ukiah.

"\I/a hrrrr Codrr ferrninq meteri:lc in diffcrent pradeq in widths rlnring frorrr 3 l/2" to l2'. and lengths from -l to 8'. Adams is the only sollrce lor sonre o[ that rnatena]. They're prompL. s]rip ott ollr schedtlle. are consis tent in grade, ald allow tts to mlr truck-loads of drfferent sizes and grades.

A graduate of the UnivcrsitY of San Francisco, hc served in the U.S. Navy beforc be-sinning his industry career with J.E. Higgins Lumber in thc 1950s. He iounded Agwood Mill & Lurnbcr Co., Ukiah, and worked for Higgins in the 1960s and Little Lakc Industries Iiom 1969-1976. prior to opening brokerage Carter Forest Products.

He was a past president of Black Bart Hoo Hoo Club #181.

Thomas Charles "Chuck" Rowe, 83, industry vcteran. died ol pneunlonia Aug. l6 in Laguna Hills, Ca.

A Univcrsity of Washington graduatc, he scrvcd in thc U.S. Artny fronl 1945-1946. He was office rnanager and trcasurer lirr Sirnpson Logging Co., Se attle, Wa., fiorn 194 l- 1946, served as nresident of Lumbermen's Mercantile in 1949 and president of Lumbermen's of California in 1962.

Hc was a 40-year Westem Building Material Association member.

Richard H. Learned, 88, former owner, Learned Lumber Co., Hermosa Beach, Ca., died Oct. 23 in Palos Verdes, Ca.

A native of Seattle, Wa., he graduated from USC in 1932 and attended law school at Southwestern University. He served in the Navy frorn 19421945, retiring as a lt. cornnlander.

He ourchased Learned Lumber from his father in 1947 and retired 50 years later. The firm is now headed by his son Michael Lcarned.

Paul U. Pond, Jr., 84, retired assistant chief inspcctor of thc Redwood Inspection Servicc, Novato, Ca., died Scot. l5 in Fortuna. Ca.

He besan work for Pacific Lurnber, Scotia, C-a., afier high school, eventually becorning a lumber grader. After serving as a flight engineer in the U.S. Army frorn 1940-1945, he joined RIS in 1941. retirins in 1980.

Split On Glinton's Forest Plan

In a mid-October speech, President Clinton said he wants to permanently protect at least 40 million acres of f'ederal forest land from road building, logging and mining.

The President's plan calls for the Forest Service to rush through hearings and issue regulations by year's end, prohibiting development in the remote, non-road sections of national forests and in other undeveloped acres as well.

The majority of the newly set-aside land would be in undeveloped tracts of no less than 5,000 acres. currentlv not protected by formal wilderness designation.

Timber and paper industries and legislators from logging states decried the plan, while conservation groups lauded it.

While the Forest Service governs 192 million acres of timberland, about 34 million acres, roughly l8%o, have been designated "wilderness areas" by Congress.

Over the past decade, the role ofthe nation's forests has shifted away from timber supplier, evidenced by a 70Vo decline in timber harvests on federal lands.

BC Closes U.S. Timber Deal

Boise Cascade, Boise, Id., has closed its $60 million sale of 56.000 acres of central Washington timberland to U.S. Timberlands Co.

"The newly acquired properties add approximately 460 million board feet to our timberlands," said John M. Rudey, chairman and ceo of U.S. Timberlands. "It's a win-win for both companies."

Separately, Boise Cascade signed a five-year agreement to buy 79 million bd. ft. of logs from U.S. Timberlands' Yakima L.L.C., subsidiary.