harvest cuts are primarily 

 clearcuts with scheduled 

 site preparations of various 

 forms, followed by planting 

 with genetically improved 

 seedlings. By 1971, 

 International noted its 

 millionth acre in pine 

 plantations by symbolically 

 planting an acre at its 

 research forest located 

 near Bainbridge, GA. The 

 two millionth acre was 

 planted just 1 1 years later, 

 in 1982. 



While some of these 

 plantations were disposed 

 of in various land 

 transactions over the years, 

 the company's 1984 annual 

 report indicates 1.8 million 

 acres in plantation 

 ownership, with 1 million of 

 it in genetically improved 

 seedlings. The report shows 

 153,000 acres planted to 

 superior pine seedlings in 

 that 1 year--a typical amount 

 of annual planting on these 

 lands. Ten years ago, all 

 seedlings were purchased, 

 primarily from State-owned 

 nurseries. Today, all 

 seedlings are generated 

 from genetically improved 

 seed grown in 



company-owned-and-operated 

 nurseries. 



The backbone of forest 

 management has not been 

 forgotten, as evidenced by 

 the company's southwide 

 fire-control efforts. While 



still working cooperatively 

 with State and Federal 

 Governments and other 

 industries in wildfire control, 

 International uses much of 

 its fire equipment in 

 prescribed burning for fuel 

 reduction, hardwood 

 control, and site-preparation 

 activities. Company-owned 

 helicopters are used for 

 aerial ignition of prescribed 

 burns. 



The company relies on the 

 results of Bainbridge 

 research in arriving at initial 

 spacing and later thinning 

 activities. Like other 

 companies, International 

 continues to investigate the 

 advantages of various 

 spacings and thinnings. 

 Champions of wide spacing 

 and no thinning oppose 

 supporters of close spacing 

 and thinning at various 

 ages while these 

 investigations continue. 



The industry is utilizing the 

 results of cooperative 

 studies in genetics, 

 fertilization, insect and 

 disease control, nursery 

 management, smoke 

 management for prescribed 

 burns, and other areas of 

 silvicultural investigation in 

 day-to-day management of 

 timbered lands. The current 

 crop of foresters must be 

 well versed in all aspects of 

 computer use because all 

 management regimens and 



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