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Washington, D. C. 



REFORESTATION IN WASHIIfOTON 



Greater interest than ever before in the 

 preservation of the forests of the State of 

 Washington is being taken by lumbermen, 

 legislators, and the general public. This is 

 due largely to the depletion elsewhere in 

 the United States of the timber supply and 

 the ever-increasing cut on the Pacific 

 Coast. At the present rate of cutting of 

 over 5% billion feet of timber annually, 

 and with little regard for reforestation, the 

 time is not far distant when the supply of 

 timber will be exhausted. If the State 

 early adopts measures to secure reforesta- 

 tion of the cut-over lands suitable chiefly 

 for the production of timber, it is esti- 

 mated that the present cut may be con- 

 tinued indefinitely through growth of young 

 timber, thus maintaining the chief indus- 

 try of the State. 



Since the meeting of the Forestry Con- 

 ference held in October, 1921, under the 

 auspices of the State Development Bureau 

 in the Seattle Chamber of Commerce for 

 the purpose of laying the foundation for a 

 thorough and definite State Forestry Pol- 

 icy, Advisory Committees have met on a 

 number of occasions. 



A general conference will be held in the 

 fall at which the reports and recommenda- 

 tions will be submitted, looking towards a 

 well-defined State Forestry policy. It is 



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 then be submitted to the January, 1923, 

 session of the State legislature. 



After an address given in April by Geo. 

 S. Long before the Tacoma Chamber of 

 Commerce and Commercial Club, a com- 

 mittee was appointed to further the idea 

 of a State Forestry policy. A tax inves- 

 tigation committee has been appointed by 

 Governor Hart, with duties covering a 

 broad field of investigation. In addition 

 to other matters, this committee is now 

 considering legislative measures looking 

 towards reforestation on both state and 

 private cut-over lands. 



TIMBER PRESERVATION 



The increased demand for permanent tim- 

 ber structures is shown in a recent re- 

 port of the Service Bureau of the Ameri- 

 can Wood Preservers' Association. Over 

 2,400,000,000 board feet of timber for va- 

 rious purposes were pressure treated in 

 1921 by the 122 wood preserving plants in 

 operation throughout the United States, 

 thereby surpassing the 1920 record by 

 nearly 17 per cent. Approximately equal 

 amounts were treated with coal-tar creo- 

 sote and with zinc chloride, the standard 

 wood preservatives. 



To treat this wood 51,375,360 pounds of 

 zinc chloride, with an absorption of one- 

 half pound per cubic foot, and 79,384,326 

 gallons of creosote, with an absorption of 

 5 to over 20 pounds per cubic foot, were re- 

 quired. Ease of handling and the perma- 

 nence of well-treated wood at low cost are 

 given as the reason for the increased de- 

 mand. The proper use of a wood preser- 

 vative adds a new quality to timber which 

 enhances its value as a construction mate- 

 rial. The material treated consisted main- 

 ly of construction timbers for wharf, bridge, 

 highway, mining and building purposes, 

 piling, telephone and power poles, ties, 

 fence posts, wood blocks for street paving 

 and for factory floors, and timber for mis- 

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PENNSYLVANIA FIRE WARDENS 



A very interesting meeting of the Fire 

 Wardens was held under the auspices of 

 the Pocono Forestry Association at 

 Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. Forty-two of 

 the forty-five fire wardens of Monroe 

 County were there, at this ninth meeting of 

 their organization. There were excellent 

 addresses by Mr. Charles W. Meek, Dr. 

 W. R. Fisher, Mr. E. A. Hoops, Mr. J. H. 

 Kunkle, Secretary of the Pocono Associa- 

 tion, County Superintendent of Schools 

 Frank Koehler, District Forester Stadden 

 and others. Much interesting information 

 regarding the development and progress of 

 fire protection work in the state was pre- 

 sented and enthusiastic appreciation of the 

 work of the wardens was expressed. 



