Redwood Outlook After the Flood

As 1965 moves on, the redwood industry coritinues working hard to recover from the disastrous floods of Christmas 1964. Damage to production facilities and lum' ber inventories was extensive in some in' stances, slight in others, but in many cases firms are still trying to determine total damage. Shipment of redwood lumber is still limited and the Northwestern Pacific Railroad expects no lumber shipment from Humboldt County until June.

With the supply of redwood restricted for the. present by inability to make shipment, California Redwood Association members are making whatever shipment is possible and are building up inventories so ih"t rhip-"nts can be made quickly when the highway and rail routes open up. Although redwood supply may be limited, association efiorts will be directed at niain' taining consumer and specifier interest in redwood. Four ateas of redwood use are particularly important to the dealer: the residential market, both new construction