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Yearbook^ of Agriculture 1949 



TREES FOR TOMORROW, INC., is one 

 of the more recent and unusual de- 

 velopments in industrial forestry. Its 

 activities are confined to the Wisconsin 

 River Valley. 



An outgrowth of wartime campaigns 

 to step up production of pulpwood, it 

 is concerned, as its name implies, with 

 growing tomorrow's trees. So success- 

 ful was the tree-harvesting campaign 

 in the area that a group of pulp and 

 paper mills in the valley decided that, 

 by somewhat similar methods, they 

 could encourage better forest practices 

 and planting of trees in their primary 

 supply area of Wisconsin. So, on Feb- 

 ruary 29, 1944, Trees for Tomorrow, 

 Inc., was organized. 



Its members include 10 pulp and 

 paper mills, which own 350,000 acres 

 of industrial forest land, on which 35 

 million trees have been planted. They 

 are the Consolidated Water Power & 

 Paper Co., Whiting Plover Paper Co., 

 Mosinee Paper Mills Co., Marathon 

 Corp., Wausau Paper Mills Co., Ward 

 Paper Co., National Container Corp., 

 Tomahawk Pulp Co., the Rhinelander 

 Paper Co., and Flambeau Paper Co. 



Its program is in two parts. The 

 immediate phase, carried on in seven 

 north-central Wisconsin counties, is di- 

 rected to the owners of forest land. 

 Since 1944, 2 million trees have been 

 distributed to many private forest-land 

 owners to plant unproductive acres. 

 Planting sites are checked and survival 

 count is taken to insure the best re- 

 sults. Since 1946, 25,000 acres of pri- 

 vate woodlands have been mapped and 

 management plans developed for them. 

 A long-range program has adopted 

 education methods, some of which are 

 unique. Schools have been drawn into 

 the project to the greatest possible ex- 

 tent. Each year, $2,500 is awarded in 

 forestry scholarships. Help has been 

 given to establish and manage 25 school 

 forests. A Trees for Tomorrow con- 

 servation camp is held; in connection 

 with it, an annual award of $200 is 

 made to the outstanding boy in 4-H 

 Club forestry projects. 



The establishment of memorial for- 



ests is encouraged, partly to help create 

 a conception of forestry among citizens 

 who do not own forest lands. Assistance 

 has been given to three such projects, 

 totaling more than 11,000 acres. A 

 monthly bulletin, Tree Tips, advances 

 the general educational program. 



In 1947, 1,265 persons from 67 Wis- 

 consin counties and 42 States regis- 

 tered at the conservation camp, which 

 opened May 12 and continued until 

 October 24. It is operated by Trees for 

 Tomorrow in cooperation with the 

 United States Forest Service. 



The organizers of Trees for Tomor- 

 row, believing that Wisconsin's forest 

 wealth can best be restored through 

 understanding coordination between 

 industry and other agencies in the field, 

 have sought cooperation with repre- 

 sentatives of the Forest Service, the 

 State conservation department, and 

 the University of Wisconsin Extension 

 Service in shaping its policies and its 

 activities. They recognize, as a major 

 part of the problem, the necessity of 

 creating a practical understanding by 

 the public of the value and possibilities 

 of the State's forest resources. 



THE FOREST INDUSTRIES COUNCIL is 

 a joint body, set up by various forest in- 

 dustries, to consider broad policy affect- 

 ing all those industries. Its statement 

 on forest policy declares : 



"Permanent industries capable of 

 producing continuous supplies of forest 

 products are essential to the national 

 welfare. The necessity for wise use of 

 our forest resources in maintaining 

 such industries and the communities 

 dependent upon them is recognized. 

 Having faith that private enterprise 

 and initiative can provide the most ef- 

 fective management, use, and renewal 

 of our Nation's forests, the Forest In- 

 dustries Council pledges united lead- 

 ership for betterment of America's 

 forests, and the attainment of continu- 

 ous forest production." 



To further this policy, the Forest In- 

 dustries Council has approved these 

 objectives: 



1. Extension of permanent and de- 



