STATE NEWS 



183 



STATE NEWS 



CALIFORNIA 



A T the eighth annual meeting of the 

 California Forest Protective Associa- 

 tion Secretary and Treasurer George H. 

 Rhodes in his report for 1919, reviewed 

 the forestry legislation enacted by the Cali- 

 fornia Legislature of 1919, and directed 

 particular attention to that which provides 

 for a State Board of Forestry, consisting 

 of "Four persons, one of whom shall be 

 familiar with the timber industry, one with 

 the live-stock industry, one with the grain 

 and hay industry and one at large, who 

 together with the State Forester, shall 

 constitute the State Board of Forestry, 

 which shall supervise and direct all mat- 

 ters of state forest policy, management 

 and protection." 



All the members of this board are ap- 

 pointed by the governor and serve at his 

 pleasure. This board, having supervision 

 and direction of all matters of state for- 

 est policy, management and protection will 

 not only be an effective means of taking 

 care of forest problems in California, but 

 will also be in a position to co-operate 

 in working out National Forest Policies 

 and Legislation. 



In the matter of forest fires, the report 

 of the United States Forest Service cov- 



ering the National Forests in California 

 for 1919 showed that there were 1108 fires 

 within the boundaries of the National For- 

 ests of which 19 caused a damage of more 

 than $1000, 55 caused damage of from $100 

 to $1000 and 254 caused a damage under 

 $100, leaving 780 which burned less than 

 10 acres and did no damage. There were 

 59,755 acres of timberlands burned over 

 and 191,543 acres of open land. The 

 amount of timber burned was 55,999 thou- 

 sand feet, with a value of $133,025; the 

 average amount of timber burned per acre 

 was 982 feet, with an average value of 

 $2.24 per acre. 



Reports from private owners of timber- 

 lands outside and inside National Forests 

 showed 19 thousand acres burned over, 

 with a total damage of $40,000 $19,000 the 

 cost of fighting fires, $45,000 the cost of 

 protection against forest fires and 3,000 

 men available for fighting forest fires in 

 emergencies. 



There are 27 timbered counties in Cali- 

 fornia and in 17 of these no timberlands 

 were burned over during 1919, and this 

 was the worst forest fire season since 1910. 



There are approximately 15 million 

 acres of timberlands outside and inside 

 the National Forests in California and 



the reports of the United States Forest _ 

 Service and the State Forester show that 

 75 thousand acres were burned over, with 

 an average loss of approximately $2 an 

 acre. 



The secretary directed attention to the 

 announcement of the State Board of For- 

 estry that it has adopted four clauses for 

 legislation to be considered and presented 

 to the Legislature of California in 1920. 

 These four clauses are : 



1. Appropriation by the State Legisla- 

 ture of sufficient funds for the prevention 

 and suppression of forest, grain and pas- 

 ture fires outside of National Forests. 



2. Acquirements of logged-off areas, 

 both in the redwoods and pine forests, as 

 a nucleus of state forests for future timber 

 supply. 



3. Acquirement of watersheds necessary 

 for the conservation of water for domestic 

 and irrigation purposes. 



4. Renewal of forests on logged-off 

 areas and watersheds that are in need of 

 reforestation. 



Board members pointed out that the 

 forests of the United States are melting 

 away at the rate of 40 billion feet board 

 measure per annum in excess of what is 

 grown, and that the next decade will see 



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SAFETY-FIRST 



No great industry like that for the manufacture of Southern Pine can be 

 developed without due regard to the welfare and comfort of the persons employed. 

 Every sort of welfare work calculated to increase efficiency and improved standards 

 of living among the workers is encouraged by the manufacturers of Southern Pine. 



Our DEPARTMENT OF SAFETY-FIRST, under the supervision of a capable 

 and experienced engineer, is very actively engaged in work tending to reduce and 

 eliminate injuries to workers in Southern sawmills and woods. 



SOUTHERN PINE ASSOCIATION 



NEW ORLEANS, LA. 



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