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A Solution to the Redwood Pqrk Problem

I rllltrt,ln name to lumbermen is Eureka, hub of la' thg redwood producing region. Less familiar is the fact tfrat "Eureka" is the state rnotto of California. Even less familiar is the knowledge that Eureka is derived from the Greek and means o'I (we) have found it."

WeII-EUREKA!!!

The American Forestry Association has found it -1hg answsr to the redwood national park problem.

Late in 1964 AFA commissioned Dr. Samuel T. Dana, dean emeritus of the School of Naturyal Re' sources at the University of Michigan, assisted by the association's chief forester, Kenneth B. Pomeroy, to study various proposals for perpetuating California's redwoods, including the Interior Departmentos three alternate plans' With local council and assistanie lrom Dean Solinsky, the impartial and well-informed forester, a thorough survey was conducted. Recommendations were made with resultant resolutions adopted February 26, by the AFA board of directors. We doubt that Messrs. Dana, Pomeroy and Solinsky are direct descendants of Solomon, but they certainly came up with recom' mendations worthy of that great biblical figure.

Let's look.

(l) Prompt establishment of a redwood' national park to protect one of America's natural wonders.

(2) In the opinion of the directors of AFA, and we guote, "establishment of such a national park can be achieved most advantageously by convert' ing Humboldt Redwood State Park to a national park dtatus with appropriate adjustment of boundaries. Such a transfer should be on a negotiated basis between the federal and state governmentso subiect to the approval of the people of California and acceptance by the Congress of the United States.

'oThis area is recommended for national park status because:

(a) It contains the most outstanding communities of trees in the entire redwood region, such as those in Bull Creek Flat and Rockefeller Grove.

(b) This inland area has a much better climate for recreational purposes than other coastal state parks farther north.

(c) It presents a compact administrative unit.

(d) It is within easy access by major high' ways of the Interstate Highway System.

(e) It ofiers the traveling public a marvelous view of magnificent redwoods along the Avenue' of the Giants and elsewhere.

(f) It provides recreationists with a substantial mileage of river frontage in a region where water is an importlrnt adjunct to recreation o'The association will call an invitational conference of agencies and organizations interested in redwood park programs fo1 the purpose of pre' senting these recommendations."

(g) Its establishment as a national park causes little impairment to an economy that already is in precarious balance, 'oA corollary step by the federal government should be the acquisiton of the'Tall Trees' area on Redwood Creeko as made famous by the National Geographic Society, for preservation as a national monument.

"The American Forestry Association urges that scenic highways, with adequate scenic corridorso be developed as recommended by the California legislature in a concurrent resolution in 1961 and by the Federal Recreation Advisory Council in 1964.

We couldn't agree more. Here is a plan that all interested parties can live with in harmony and that will benefit everyone. We sincerely hope the proposed conference, now scheduled for April 5 in San Francisco, adopts these recommendations and that the misinformed propagandists of some private conservation groups are men enough to stand up- and be counted. We have a hunch the Interior Departnient will see it this way too.