The Coolidge examiner., 1934-04-20

hIsfi-1farre tHis year. Tor tf has been her3ed
by several thausaud husky young Americans 60
such good effect thar before the year Is ended
they Hi.i have planted some 5000 acres with
more than 2D1uooOoO trees! Fifty years from
nos this wiH De merchaniable timber worth
t-1m1pQ0 even az present low prices Bot the
timbcr vaiue % these trees Is not their only
value Much ~ this gigantic tree ecp3anilnE proj
eci has a dual value In that u provides pro.
tsctou % watersheds checks erosion and plays
IN Important part In food coutrol-ail o, them
ennserf alton problems of great moment in this
country.
Who are these young Americans who have
done. and are doing. this worthwhile jot1 They
are the members % Civilian Conservation CORPS
called into being last year ln a special message
e. congress By President Roosevelt and their
ceplanilnE activity important as Il IT, Is only
ore part % the Emergency Conservation Work
program and represents only about 3 TeF cent
- the CCC work
The far.rrachinE results % that program are
Indicated Ia recent report % Director Eobcri
fechnsr. covering n. FIRST SIX months 81 the
ccC which appeared in a recent issue ~ the
Forestry News Digest published by the Amer
can Tree association Tie produces figures which
Show that the Civilian Conservation corps put
tn Fe0aia2 days nEhiinE forest fires. The men
put 10 ~ days hunting FOR missing per
sons These items % course did not come under
The mapped program one big item ia the pro
gram ~ the 80 camps vas planting. IN which
5s50e acres we're covered In addition 67Tss
man days we're devoted 10 tree nursery work
Included IN the program affecting six hundred
million acres % forest land are:
Removal - lnnammahle Gre hazards FROM
i21nG2 acres.
Construction os I0nss miles % truck trails
Construction OF 50ss miles Of telephone lines
Construction ~ a.eiT miles ot Gre breaks
Clearing cor miles % roadsidcs Gre pre-
veniion move.
Construction Of loo iookou, towers. lookou,
housrs and tool houses
Completion % insect pes; controi over Soo.i5o
acres
Completion o. tree and plant disease control
operations on i.6Taaii acres
Rodent control campaigns completed on 3.'sSa.
gis acres
Work performed under the general title of
forest stand improvement Included thinning for
80 sreas to improve the stand Of valuable trees
trec planting aud construction of needed build.
lngs and bridges. The general attn % this forest
stand Improvement wax 90 put the stand of
timber into such condition that the desirable
trees viii make faster growth and the stand a.
n whole win produce material of better quality.
Under this general heading. work projects com
pieied Included:
Forest stand improvement on 2O5.i5a acres
Planting % trees upon 25.T5o acres and the
partial completion OF tree planting on an add
tional 5f.il5 acreS
Completion OF 67.7sl man days OF work AT
nurseries.
Construction of 4eao bridges 347 headquar
tiers buildings COS tool houses and ~ barns
Erosion control the third major classification
% work projects. Developed into one of the
nh ~ u Mat
work performed in this field Included:
Completion % erosion control on SSso34 acres
and the partial completion OF control work on
an additional i5iaS5 acres.
Construction OF 6s.45O erosion control dams 10
regulate stream aow and to check the run-or
from heavy rains
Revegeiatlon work was completed on 2l,524
acreS
Soil erosion and soil saving programs have
proved OF great Importance 10 all the co-operat
ing services in this work. The forest service
with It's i62.OO0ooO acres OF forest land. the
national park service. the Indian service con
trolling several million acres OF Indian reserva.
tions. as well as state and private officials on
whose land the conservation workers have oper
aied. all agree that the work done 20 save top
soil has been extremely valuable.
Forest service officials refer 10 this type Of
work as perhaps as important any done Ma
tional parks officials refer TO the erosonal con
troll program as one of the most Important
undertaken by the CCC.
r. A. Silcox chief OF the forest service states
the work performed by the CCC youths and
veterans has accomplished much needful NJ
valuable work In the national forests. has served
to bring the American public closer TO forestry
Itself and 20 conservation generally. He points
out that FIRE losses were more than cut In half
In national forests during the first ten months
of 1898 and attributes much Of this saving to
the CCC boys officials stated that less than
10000 acres OF national forest land was burned
over last year prior To November l. compared
with an annual average for the FIVE preceding
years OF 5i2.7a3 acres.
ArnO r. Cammerer. director OF the Office Of
national parks. buildings and reservations joins
with Silcox in praising the fire prevention activi-
ties 81 the men. Tie points ont the were
largely responsible for a reduction OF the forest
FIRE loss in the parks OF 81 per cent over the
same period Of 1892. A tremendous amount Of
conservation and general Improvement work also
was accomplished I'm national and state parks.
Improvements required for years. but imp0s
sible 81 entire achievement for ten twenty
Years In the national park areas. and probably
nc that soon in state park areas have been nc