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end, that before long the maxdmoim acreage shall have 

 been placed under permanent forest management. And 

 what, after all, could be more natural, when all people 

 are feeling concern over vanishing timber supplies, 

 than for far seeing men to make immediate plans to 

 meet part of that future lumber shortage by taking ad- 

 vantage of conditions in this favored region and grow- 

 ing new giants to take the place of old ones. Here is 

 another chance for the west coast to profit by the ex- 

 ample of some older parts of (the counttry and take ac- 

 tion while there is yet time, to insure permanent maxi- 

 nmm production at least on all redwood lands. The 

 stage is set, the propyenties are ready and the first act 

 in this forest drama is drawing the interested and sym- 

 pathetic attention of a large audience. They, the 

 American people, are hoping and expecting that it will 

 prove to be a problem play with a happier ending than 

 the forest tragedies of the past and I, for one have 

 faith enough to believe that, in the land of the giants 

 at least, they are going to see things turn out to their 

 entire satisfaction. 



In closing I would like to say just a word about an- 

 other very important asipect of the redwood region. 

 California has long been known as the play-ground of 

 the nation and among all of lits beauty spots and won- 

 ders the redwoods probably take first rank. Their size 

 and beauty ; the coolness of the summer climate in the 

 region, and above all, its great accessibility, have com- 

 bined to make the redwood country a mecca for tourists 

 and pleasure seekers. The two best known groves, 

 Muir Woods National Monument, and California State 

 Redwood Park are so close to San Francisco that 

 thousands of hikers and automobilists visit them each 

 week. Through the efforts of the Save the Redwoods 

 League, backed by private gifts and a $300,000 appro- 



priation from the le^slature, a considerable acreage of 

 Humboldt's finest redwoods has been added to the pub- 

 lic playground area during the past year. These last 

 purchases were made to include a strip of considerable 

 width bordering the new state highway along tlie south 

 fork of the Eel River; a drive which is already famous 

 for its great beauty. One particularly noble grove has 

 been dedicated to the memory of a gallant American 

 officer who fell in France, and undoubtedly others will 

 be given to the public in a like manner. Many people 

 hope that Congress will provide money for the pur- 

 chase of a National Redwood Park of several thousand 

 acres but whether this much desired end is accomplished 

 there is no danger that all of the old redwoods will be 

 wiped out by logging. 



Important as these old groves are, the second growth 

 areas are destined to be of even greater importance from 

 a recreational point of view. Already hundreds of sum- 

 mer resorts are being developed in cut-over areas and 

 this is just a beginning. Mount Herman, Brookdale 

 and other famous beauty spots in the Santa Cruz moun- 

 tains ; Mill Valley and the other towns clustering at the 

 foot of Mt. Tamalpais ; a'll of the crowded resorts along 

 the Russian River and other places too numerous to 

 mention have as their chief charm the beauty of red- 

 woods among which they are built and all these are 

 second growth stands, though many people do not 

 realize this fact because of the size and 'beauty of the 

 trees. More and more people are each year looking to 

 the redwoods to supply that contact with the quiet 

 force of nature so indispensable to a perfect vacation 

 and we may confidently look forward to a wide exten- 

 sion of this important use of the land of the giants. 

 (Photographs by the author.) 



Proposed Memorial Tablet to Dr. Joseph Trimble Rothrock 



The friends of Dr. Rothrock are arranging to 

 place a memorial tablet to his memory in the De- 

 partment of Forestry of Pennsylvania, in the Cap- 

 itol Building at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. 



The State Commissioner of Forestry, Major R. 

 Y. Stuart, has appointed the following committee 

 to take this matter in hand: Dr. Henry S. Drinker 

 and Colonel Henry W. Shoemaker, members of the 

 State Forest Commission; Mr. George H. Wirt, 

 Chief Forest Fire Warden; Professor Joseph S. 

 Illick, Chief, Office of Research; and Major Stuart, 

 ex-officio. 



It is hoped and expected that sufficiently large 



contributions to this fund will be received to en- 

 able the committee to procure a large bronze tablet 

 containing a medallion portrait of Dr. Rothrock, 

 executed with artistic taste, and including an in- 

 scription giving a succinct record of Dr. Rothrock's 

 great and valuable services to the cause of forestry 

 and to humanity. 



Friends desiring to contribute will please do so 

 by mailing check or postoffice money order to Dr. 

 Henry S. Drinker, chairman, Merion Station, 

 Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. 



It is es/imated that the cost of the memorial 

 tablet will be about $1500. 



