An average of more than a billion board feet has been 

 harvested annually since 1 969, from land that was barren in 

 the 1920's. . . . When one sees the progress made in the 

 span of a working lifetime, it's difficult to sum it up better 

 than in these two words: THE MIRACLE. 



-Arthur W. Hartman (1892-1982) 



Assistant Regional Forester for 



Fire Control, Southern Region, 



USDA Forest Service 



