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Forcrt Scrvics Annual Rcport Strccgcr Rcrcarch Work

More than 40 years of F'orest Service research, rvhich has resultcd in saving nrillions ttf dollars for llrivnte in,riusiry arrti iri ihc lieiicr man:igcmcnt :rtt<! ltse of forest res()urccs, is traced in the annttal rePort by Lylc I". Watts, Clhief of the l"orest Service, U,S. I)epartment of Agrictrlture.

Irr thc rctx)rt, addressed to Secretary of Agricttltttre Charles F. l'lrannan, I\[r. Watts declares that public arrd llrivitte frlrcsters are learnirTg thrtlugh organizerl researclt horr' to increase fttrest pro<luctivity itnd aclriel'c trrore effectivc c()nservati()n. He sees tremend<lus llossillilities

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Since l90tt, when the first Forest Service experiment station was set up in Arizona, research work has grown steadity, Today, the Forest Service has eleven regional forest and range experinrent stations in the United States, a Tropical liorest lixpcriment Station at Rio l'iedras, ituerto itico, tn .'\iaska liorcst Iicse;iicli Centcr ''vith heaCquarters irr Jttrreau and thc Forest l)rodttcts Laboratory at I\la<lison, Wis.. operated in c<xrperation rvith the University of Wisconsin.

All over tlre nation, Forest Servicc research is leading to rviscr nliulagemcnt of forest atr<l range resottrces and to bctter control of lirc, insects, disease and noxirltts plants, ('hicf \\/atts rcl)orts.

. On the 1.52 national forests, the tirrrber cut tluring fiscal year 1949 rvas 3.7 billion board feet. approximately the same as that ()f l!).1t1. lteceipts from timber sales increasecl fr<rrn $20,.591,286 in l94tl to $2t,,927,220 in 1949.

With more irrtcrrsivc management and the lruilding of :r<l<litional :rccess roa<ls, the national forests coul<l supply :r sustained :rnnual timber cut at least .50 percent above the preserrt cut.

At midyc:rr of 19.19, the Forest Scrvice had fought 3,740 fires ir.r national forests. All llut 2l of these *'erb controlle<l rvithin the hrst 24 hours, ancl the burned area was hekl to 41,791 acres.

New Western Pine Directory Published

I)ortland, Ore., Jan. 4-The Western l)ine association today announced publication of its 1950 Directory of Membership listing 308 sarvmills, their locations, sales office arklresses an<l a percentage breakdown of their productions by species.

Tlre 16-page 9fuxll" booklet, date Jan. l, also gives a listing of the staple and factory products and specialties manufactured and handled. It lists five more rnills than u'cre contained in the 1949 edition.

Member mills listed are manufacturers of lumber and related products from Western Pines and Associated Woocls inclucling Idaho White Pine, Ponderosa I'ine, Sugar I'ine, White Fir, Douglas Fir, Larch, Engelmann Spruce, l-odgepole Pine, IRed Cedar and Incense Cedar.

Ciopies of the directory may be secured rvithout charge from \Arestern Pine Association, 510 Yeon Building, Portland 4. C)re.