by Major Product for California

Colorado, Nevada and \(/yoming Join' Trce Farm Program

Washington, D.C.-The American Tree Farm System welcomed three new member states as 1951 drew to a close. They were Colorado, Nevada and Wyoming. The three states came in under the Western Pine Association's banner during the Tree Farm program's tenth anniversary year, bringing Tree Farm enrollment to 33. The program is encouraged nationally by Americar-i Forest Products Industries with headquarters in Washington, D.C.

Nevada's first certificates went to Fibreboard Products, Inc., owners of the l2,784acre Floriston Tree Farm in Washoe County, and Sierra Pacific Power Company's Tahoe-Sierra Tree Farm of 14,450-acres. Only 200 acres of this property are in Nevada.

Colorado's first Tree Farm certificate went to Broderick Wood Products Co., of Denver, f.or a 3,200-acre woodland tract in I-arimer County.

Wyoming's first Tree Farm is a 240-acre tract in Carbon County owned by N. A. Swenson, coal and woodland operator.

Use By Species

His objective is continuous production of forest crops through wise management anC planned harvests.

All four properties were inspected and approved by the Western Pine Association's forest practices committees in accord with standard certifying procedure. Certification announcement was made in Portland, Ore., by E. L. Kolbe, chief forester for the association. District forest engineers helping process applications r,"ere Ralph Hodges, for the Nevada area, and Arthur T. Upscn, for Colorado and Wyoming.

Fibreboard Products'new Tree Farm lies just north of Lake Tahoe bordering the California line. C. L. Morey is manager of the firm's timber division. The Sierra Pacific Power Company's tract is operated and managed by the Tahoe Timber Co., of Reno. Long range management plans foi the traci have been outlined by C. E. Favre and John Ohlsen, of the timber company and F. K. Tracy of the power firm.

Manager S. A. Tait, of Broderick Wood Products Co., has an intensive tree-crcpping program in action on Colorado's first Tree Farm. All cutting operations are on a thinnning basis. Stumps are never more than 12 inches high. Young growth is protected, Brush is scattered and all firds are suppressed. Part of the a.rea is under lease from the Union Pacific Railroad. Currenth' timber harvests go into various treated items. The Broderick Wood Products Co. is expanding into sawing and treating of lumber.

Bill Chantland, "Hank Quentmeyer, and Bill Chantland, Jr., P. W. Chantland & Associates, Los Angeles, made an air trip to Portland and Klamath Falls where they called on the mills.

400 Units oI Delense Housing Slated For Camp Cook-Camp Roberts Area

John E. McGovern, District Director of the Federal Housing Administration, today announced that his office is ready to receive applications for exceptions from credit restrictions from builders for the construction of 400 units of defense housing programmed by the Housing and Home Finance Agency for the Camp Cooke-Camp Roberts critical clefense housing area. Applications rvill be received by the FFIA office located at ll2 West 9th Street, Los Angeles, Califorr,ia during a 15 l,orking-day period, beginning February 4, 1952 and ending February 25, L952, afterivhich all applications received rvill be considered and selective approvals rvill be made.

The defense housing program No. 4 for the Camp Roberts-Camp Cooke, California area, as announced by Administrator Raymond N{. Foley of the HHFA, represents the estimated number of additional permanent housing units needed for in-migrant personnel of specified defense plants and installations. Construction o{ this housing 'ivill 'be assisted by suspension of real estate credit restrictions and by the aicls authorized by the Defense Housing and Commtrnity Facilities and Services Act, mainly a new and more liberal form of FHA mortgage insurance under Title IX of the National Housing Act. Mr. McGovern anrrounced that these aids are now available for the housing which is approved for construction on the basis of the applications that may now be filed u'ith his office.