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Pere Speek Doryl Bond

Bill Broley

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745 Cortez Rood

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IFA Certifies Record Tree Fqrm Acreoge During 1957

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Arr MilhouPr

Vcrn Dyke 2-O387 l22l 8rh St. Arccrtq, Colifornicr

"Nevei in one year, since we started the now nation-wide Tree Farm Progr-am in 1942, have we certified as much farm acreage as in 1957," said Nils B. Hq!, president, Industrial Fores-try Association, last month. The leader of the twostate Dbuglas fir industry's forestry organizat\oq lgp-o1!l that so far" this year the-Association has certified 527,663 acres of West Coast tree farms in western Oregon and Washington.

The tiee farm acreage \^/as sweiled by action of the association of the association's board in Portland by certification of the Max D. Tucker Memorial Tree Farm oI Cascades Plvwood Corporation of.29,445 acres in Linn county, Oreson, and the Scott-Skagit Tree Farm of Scott Paper Com6any of 102,854 acres-in Skagit and Whatcom counties, \\raihington. The board also approved additions ol25,145

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Knute Weidmon

Bob Eldredge

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535 Rqmono Slreel Polo Alto, Colifornio acres for 13 existing tree farms in western Washington and SZ,tSt acres for Z0"existing tree farms in western Oregon' -

Today's action pushed the total area of certified tree farms i"n the region to 5,359,34O acres.. -These include 203 lie" fur*s in r,vJstern Oregon with 2,243,076 actes and263 tree farms in western W-ashington with 3,116,264' Hu'lt said the tree farm acreage now includes half the industrially-owned forest land in the region. ' mao for a 1.S-home subbetween Nicholas and

H,ift said the half million treelarm acres certified this vear can grow 350 million board feet of timber annually, '*fri.ttwiliprovide a permanent economy for a community of 35,000 pebple. Hult cited the industry's tree farms as an example "i tit" long-term faith private forest owners have in America's economy.

Fullerton.-ApProved was a tract division south of Commonwealth Woods avenue.