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Arcolcr Gommunity Forest ls Dedicqted to €olifornions

The Arcata Community Forest, an area of 600 acres of second-growth timberland owned by the city of Arcata, llumboldt county, California, was dedicated May 19 as the first community forest in California. The forest was set aside for the use and benefit of the communitv bv the city council

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Phones: PL 2-3796 TH 0183 last December 16, under a resolution presented by the Arcata Circle of the Redwood Region Conservation Council, under Chairman Brousse Brizard.

The new community forest will be used as a demonstration and study forest by the forestry students of the Arcata Union High school and Humboldt State college, whose carnpus adjoins the forest to the north. Francis H. Raymond, acting state forester of California, who gave the principal address at the dedication, said: "The Community Forest brings to our citizen's front door the opportunity to see forestry at work. In fact, he not only may see it operate but rnay also participate in the planning and benefits of forest projects."

Woodbridge Metcalf, extension forester, University of California, who first visited the forest in 1914, traced the history of the forest since its logging in 1872 and gave significant figures from growth studies which he has conducted in the second growth (redwood and other species) since 1923. The average present age of the stand is 78 years and a study of two one-acre plots in 1953 shor.r'ed a total board-foot volume per acre of more than 120,000 and an average annual growth rate per acre for the period 1943-53 of 2150 board feet.

This is particularly impressive in view of the fact that this is not a high quality growing site nor are there a large number of trees per acre (108 trees in one plot, 180 in the other).

Robert W. Matthews, member of the State Board of Forestry and past-president o'f the Redwood Region Conservation Council, congratulated the Arcata Circle for its foresight in carrying the community project through to realization and said, "Today we are seeing a lot of second growth timber being put on the market and, with our good growing climate, we have great hopes for plans which will be tried out in this forest so that we will have Trees for Tomorrow."

Wilson Holden, Munnell & Sherrill 'of California, Arcata, was the dedication chairman; James W. Timmins, chairman of the Arcata Redwood Circle, introduced Waldron Hyatt, resident manager, Hammond Lumber Company, Samoa, who acted as master of ceremonies.