research related to production of gum 

 naval stores and development of new 

 products from them. 



During this period, the conservation 

 movement began to take root in 

 Mississippi, resulting in the formation 

 of the Mississippi Forestry 

 Chemurgic Association in 1938. 

 Former State Senator Frank B. 

 Pittman was named association 

 executive, and headquarters were 

 located in Jackson. This was to 

 become a highly effective 

 organization of individuals and 

 companies interested in development 

 of the State's forest and related 

 resources. While in the legislature, 

 Frank Pittman had served as secretary 

 of a joint committee to study forestry 

 conditions of the State. This 

 committee held numerous hearings all 

 over Mississippi seeking proposals on 

 legislative remedies to the State's 

 forestry problems. When the 

 committee finally filed its report in 

 1940, it recommended 12 bills, most 

 of which were enacted and have 

 subsequently aided greatly in 

 strengthening Mississippi's forestry 

 program. 



As the pulp and paper industry 

 expanded rapidly in the South in the 

 1930's, it became apparent that a 

 highly visible education and 

 conservation program should be 

 undertaken. Industry leaders felt that 

 the alternative would be a strict 

 program of government regulation of 

 their woods operations. The result 

 was formation of Southern Pulpwood 

 Conservation Association. 



The initiative for forming this 

 regional association came from 

 certain southern members of 

 American Pulpwood Association, 

 including CO. Brown, International 

 Paper Company; Charles Luke, West 

 Virginia Pulp and Paper Company 

 (now Westvaco Corporation); Walter 

 J. Damtoft, Champion Paper & Fibre 

 Company (now Champion 

 International Corporation); and James 

 Allen, Union Bag and Paper 

 Company (now Union Camp 

 Corporation). 



After a series of meetings with other 

 key leaders from industry and the 

 State and Federal Government 

 beginning in 1937, the Southern 

 Pulpwood Conservation Association 

 was formed in February 1939, with 

 headquarters in Atlanta. Frank 

 Heyward, Jr., former Georgia State 

 Forester, was named first general 

 manager. 



The formation of this association, 

 with its aim toward a constructive 

 forestry program, was widely hailed. 

 The association directed its work 

 primarily toward helping the 

 individual grow wood on his or her 

 land through a program of 

 information, demonstration, and 

 assistance. One of the first actions of 

 the association was to proclaim a 

 statement of minimum cutting 

 standards. This was a voluntary guide 

 for landowners and wood operators to 

 help assure future growing stock on 

 the land. The results, while far from 

 perfect, proved quite satisfactory in 

 encouraging better management 

 practices. 



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