The End of World War II to 

 the Present 



With the end of World War II the 

 forestry association movement in the 

 South accelerated into high gear once 

 again. The dormant Georgia Forestry 

 Association was reorganized in 1945, 

 the Louisiana Forestry Association 

 was revived in 1947, the Arkansas 

 Wood Products Association was 

 formed in 1947, and the Alabama 

 Forest Products Association, in 1949. 

 The Arkansas and Alabama groups 

 were later redesignated as forestry 

 associations and their membership 

 broadened. All of these bodies were 

 created, primarily, to advance the 

 cause of forestry in their respective 

 States. Each directed at least a 

 portion of its efforts toward 

 strengthening its State forestry 

 agency. Another important goal was 

 to provide members with a united 

 voice in local and national affairs 

 affecting their interests as timber 

 growers and producers of wood 

 products, a major industry in every 

 Southern State. 



Meanwhile, other Southern State 

 forestry associations were being 

 revitalized with the return of war 

 veterans and the general beefing up 

 of forestry activities. The Southern 

 Pulpwood Conservation Association 

 resumed its conservation activities, 

 with Henry J. Malsberger, former 

 Florida State Forester, taking the 

 general manager's job in 1945. By 

 1948, programs of the Southern 

 Pulpwood Conference Association 

 had regained their former impetus, 

 and conservation foresters in the 

 South employed by member 

 companies had increased from 12 in 

 1946 to 126 in 1953 (Malsberger 



1955 unpubl.) The work of these 

 company representatives, plus that of 

 the Southern Pulpwood Conference 

 Association's field staff, was to have 

 a major impact on forestry education 

 and adoption of better management 

 practices in the region over the next 

 several decades. In addition, the 

 Southern Pulpwood Conservation 

 Association resumed publication of its 

 very informative magazine, The Unit, 

 and produced numerous excellent 

 forestry educational movies. One of 

 these movies captured a top award at 

 the sixth World Forestry Congress in 

 Madrid, Spain, in 1966. 



In 1961, a large group of Southern 

 Pulpwood Conservation Association 

 company members, together with 

 several nonmember companies, 

 established the Southern Forest 

 Disease and Insect Research Council. 

 In 1967, the similar Hardwood 

 Forestry Research Committee was 

 formed. Both groups were funded 

 independently by the participating 

 companies but were administered by 

 the Southern Pulpwood Conservation 

 Association. 



The primary purpose of these two 

 bodies was to foster broader research 

 and encourage the training of 

 additional scientists in the fields of 

 forest entomology and pathology and 

 southern-hardwood management for 

 possible employment by private 

 industry. 



Goals of the two groups were 

 implemented principally through 

 programs of competitive grants and 

 fellowships to southern universities. 



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