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field. The genius of its manager, Ed- 

 ward T. Allen, gave western forestry 

 far-reaching national, as well as local, 

 leadership. 



Its activities illustrate the changing 

 emphasis resulting from changing con- 

 ditions. Originally, it was to be a clear- 

 ing house to promote cooperation in all 

 private, Federal, State, and provincial 

 forestry activities chiefly fire in 

 Idaho, Washington, Oregon, Montana, 

 California and British Columbia. In 

 its early days it concentrated largely 

 on forest fires, and exchanged informa- 

 tion on fire-control problems, reports, 

 and statistics. It sponsored and pro- 

 moted State forest codes. It won quick 

 recognition for effective work. 



In the years since, the association 

 has undertaken various educational 

 tasks. It published a textbook on west- 

 ern forestry; made basic studies in 

 forest taxation, which led to later im- 

 provements in land taxes ; investigated 

 timber insurance problems; studied 

 pine blister rust; and provided profes- 

 sional foresters to help western com- 

 panies get better forest production. 



Today its emphasis is on education 

 in forestry, improvement of manage- 

 ment practices on small holdings, and 

 other silvicultural activities that tend 

 toward a sustained-yield program for 

 its area. It serves as a coordinating 

 force among private, State, Federal, 

 and provincial agencies. Its annual 

 meetings have become notable in its 

 region as forums on forest subjects. 



THE NATIONAL LUMBER MANU- 

 FACTURERS ASSOCIATION established a 

 permanent forestry committee pursu- 

 ant to a resolution adopted on April 

 20, 1920. The resolution recognized 

 that "both national and industrial wel- 

 fare demand early development of an 

 American forest policy which shall 

 substitute for indifference or accident 

 an intelligent, practical, equitable, and 

 concerted program for the perpetua- 

 tion of forest supplies." 



The association is a federation of 

 regional lumber associations and rep- 

 resents these associations in broad na- 



tional policy and action. The work of 

 its forestry committee and conserva- 

 tion department has been largely in- 

 formational, statistical, and legislative. 

 The association has usually employed 

 one or more foresters to assist in these 

 activities. 



In the field of practicing forestry, 

 the organized efforts of the lumber 

 industry have been concentrated in 

 the regional groups. In the field of gen- 

 eral education along forestry lines, the 

 national association has given support 

 to the American Forest Products In- 

 dustries. 



THE SOUTHERN PINE ASSOCIATION 

 created its conservation department in 

 1934, but its interest in forestry goes 

 back many years before that. In 1916, 

 it was instrumental in calling the first 

 Southern Forestry Conference, one of 

 whose objectives was to initiate and 

 support State legislation to promote 

 forestry in the South. Five Southern 

 States had forestry departments then; 

 the conference and subsequent activi- 

 ties played a part in creating such de- 

 partments in all Southern States. 



The organization of Southern Pine's 

 conservation department in 1934 was 

 further recognition of the fact that the 

 permanent existence of the lumber in- 

 dustry in the Southern States depended 

 on the continuous production of timber 

 crops on privately owned woodlands. 

 The conservation department has rep- 

 resented the southern pine lumber 

 industry, in 12 States, in efforts to 

 develop adequate control of forest fires, 

 adopt sound cutting practices and equi- 

 table taxation of forest lands, strength- 

 en State forestry organizations, and 

 develop legislation relating to forests. 



The conservation committee consists 

 of members from each of the southern 

 pine-producing States. Its activities are 

 directed by a technical forester and an 

 assistant forester. 



An outstanding phase of the commit- 

 tee's work is the Tree Farm system in 

 the South, in cooperation with State 

 organizations. This program resulted in 

 the certification, by October 1948, of 



