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Sierra Club Bulletin 



California Redwood Association 

 There are twenty-two sawmill operators now cutting the coast redwood. 

 The California Redwood Association includes sixteen of these opera- 

 tors. The association is conducting a national educational campaign 

 regarding the properties and uses of redwood. Its engineering depart- 

 ment has been active in developing the use of redwood for wood-block 

 flooring. A Redwood Emergency Bureau was organized to assist the 

 Government in its war program. 



War and the Forest Service 

 War caused many changes in the United States Forest Service. Non- 

 essential work was suspended. Many projects were postponed until the 

 return of normal times. Short-cut methods have been adopted. Men 

 eligible for military duty were replaced by women or by men not eligi- 

 ble for such service. Much direct help has been given to the various 

 war boards and to the War Department itself. 



Tahoe-Yosemite Trail 

 Among the Forest Service projects postponed because of the war is the 

 completion of the Tahoe-Yosemite Trail. It is but one of the many 

 things on which no work was done in 1918. 



Forestry at the University of California 

 One hundred per cent of the juniors, seniors and alumni of the Division 

 of Forestry of the University of California joined the colors, and most 

 of the men are still in France. Instruction in professional forestry was 

 therefore almost discontinued in 1918, but work in the elements of for- 

 estry for non-professional students was given as usual. In the fall of 

 1918 the forestry faculty gave a course in military mapping to over two 

 hundred men of the Students' Army Training Corps. The normal work 

 of the forest school will be resumed in August, 1919. 



Memorial Trees for Sailors and Soldiers 

 Memorial trees for sailors and soldiers who gave their lives in the 

 struggle to overthrow autocracy are called the finest tribute that can be 

 paid those heroes in hundreds of letters to the American Forestry Asso- 

 ciation in Washington. The association is urging the proper setting of 

 memorial trees for whatever memorial may be adopted by the various 

 municipalities. An "Avenue of the Allies," lined with trees in honor of 

 the allied nations, is one suggestion. Another plan being worked out is 

 for the planting of memorial trees along the transcontinental motor 

 highways by the various counties through which such highways pass. 

 The Lincoln Highway Association has taken up this plan. 



