Redwood Region Conservation Council Holds Annual Meeting

Robert !fl. Matthews Elected President

Eureka, January 14-Robert W. Matthews of Eureka rvas elected president of the Redu'ood Region Conservation Council at its annual meeting at the Eureka Inn, Eureka, January 10. In his acceptance speech Matthervs pledged the Council to the aim: "One Ntillion Trees in '53." He called for public support to see that one million nel trees, fir and redwood, are started grou'ing this year in the redu'ood region.

Matthews pledged the support of the Council to perpetuating the timber industry in the region, from Santa Cruz County to the Oregon border, assuring sustained production and a permanent tax base.

Other officers elected were: Philip T. Farnss'orth, San Francisco, executive vice-president; Ben S. Allen, San Francisco, secretary; and F. C. Riley, Eureka, treasurer. E. T. F. Wohlenberg, Ukiah, is the retiring president of the group.

Directors elected u'ith terms expiring in 1956 rvere: Wohlenberg, Riley, Sherman A. Bishop, San Francisco, and E. E. Carriger, Santa Cruz. Larry I\farshall, Arcata, lvas appointed to serve on the executive committee.

Two directors were elected rvith terms expiring in 1954: A. E. Galli, Cloverdale, and Henry Trobitz, Klamath. They u'ill fill vacancies caused by the resignation of Ed Lessard, San Francisco, and Jack Fairhurst, Eureka.

Marvin Krei, chairman of the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors, and Robert }fadsen, I\fayor of Eureka, u'elcorned the 60-odd members of the Council in behalf of Humboldt County and the City of Eureka.

Guest speakers included W. D. Pine, Eureka, Humboldt County Farm Advisor; Richard Gearhart, Portland, representative of American Forest Products Industries and the West Coast Lumbermen's Association; George B. I\[cLeod, San Francisco, chairman of the California Reds'ood Association conservation committee, and Dr. Hon.rer P. Balabanis, Dean of Instruction, Humboldt State College, Arcata.

Pine traced the development of the recent study of timber depletion made by the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors and his report r,r'hich follorved. As a result of the report, he said, a committee has been formed to study the forest problem in the county. The group hopes to be able to hire a consulting forester in the future to set up a plan for sustained timber production.

Gearhart and I\IcLeod emphasized the fact that the Redrvood Region Conservation Council rvas dedicated to the conservation of all region forest resources, including fir as u'ell as redu'ood. Gearhart said that the Council rvas unique in the entire nation, in that it tvas the only known organization rvhich brought the general public and representatives of an industry together dedicated to a common objective, conservation.

The Council meeting consisted of committee sessions at l0 A.N{. and a general meeting of directors and members at 2 P.M. Committee chairmen rvere as follows: fire prevention, Henry Trobitz; forest management, A. O. Lefors, Samoa; program, Walker B. Tilley, Ukiah; membership, Robert Jensen, \\'illits; and youth s'ork, Mrs. Fern Freeman. Eureka.

Some of the program suggestions for 1953 as outlined by program committee chairman Tilley s'ere as follorvs: continued sponsorship of "Keep The Reds'ood Region Green," a Junior Logging Congress for high school forestry students (to be held at llasonite Corporation guest camp, Ukiah, April 29, 30, I\Iay l, 2), high school essay contest, tree farm promotion, preparation of conservation education materials for schools, additional high school forestry courses, continued fire rveather forecasts, community forests, and a further study of the timber taxation problem.

Several resolutions rvere adopted by the Council in its general afternoon session. The group commended W. D. Pine, Humboldt County Farm Advisor, for his "thoughtprovoking" study of county forest conditions and urged that the county Board of Supervisors appropriate the necessary funds to implement the rvork of the nervly-formed committee to study forest conditions.

Resolutions of thanks lvent to the State Division of Forestry, California Forest Protective Association, U. S. Forest Service (Six Rivers and lUendocino National Forests), U. S. \\reather Bureau. and American Forest Products In-

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