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Here, by virtue of the high regard in which the big 

 timberland owners held Jim Girard, we were able to 

 obtain from most of them their confidential timber 

 cruises, which Girard would then spot check. This 

 information was combined with existing data on 

 national forest timber and other holdings and the 

 gaps were filled by spot cruises, by the Survey staff 

 or others. For areas bearing young growth or deforested 

 forest land we used the sample plot method similar 

 to that employed in the South. 



Fry: Can you add anything about the process of data 



gathering for the Forest Survey in the California portion? 



Granger: As I recall, a combination of methods was used: cruises 

 obtained from timber owners, Forest Service cruises, 

 line and plot techniques. 



Gradually, as funds became available, the Survey 

 was extended to other areas, using whatever methods 

 were best adapted to the conditions. 



Civilian Conservation Corps 



At the inception of the CCC in the Spring of 

 1933 I was called in from a Forest Survey field trip 



