The Wilmington morning star., 1940-01-02

uIII come Hi'o
v;risions of the Department OF
observation and Development
'V aha Forestry and the Game
-'a Inland Fisheries Divisions.
u ahS the departments director
'ooribes the work of those two
u@oncies in 1899. Other activities
a. the department will be cover
ID in a later article.)
Rv R. BRUCE ETHERIDGE
h..astor, n. c. Department Of Con.
ssryation and Development
,r,;tteu For The Associated Press
p,TEIGH, Jan. 1-LP-A notice
Mo Increase in public interest in
sa conservation of forests, game,
~ recreational and other renew.
hIe resources has been apparent
1 rouchout North Carolina during
Iogo As never before, the people
~ tho state seem to be realizing the
romendous value of these resources
- 70 tho need for their proper use
Ind conservation.
IN Among the various factors that
pdicate this growing interest in
Conservation are:
IN The increasing demand for for
s+ tree seedlings for use in refor.
ssting cut.over and non-productive
end.
. The growing interest in forest
lire protection as evidenced by new
k@ounties which want to come into
he state protective system.
8, The demand for more strict
hunting and fishing laws, so that
Eanle and fish will be given an op.
hortunity to increase naturally.
4. The creation Of additional ref
uges and game management areas
bn which hunting and fishing are
either prohibited or permitted on a
aimited scale, under strict supervi.
eion.
5. Increased popularity and inter.
list in state parks to which the PEG.
bic Of the state may go for outdoor
recreation and relaxation.
6. Expansion of the forest man.
egement program program directed
howard the general idea of looking
N and handling the forests as an
annual crop.
Last winter the division Of for.
estry grew approximately 5000, 900
forest tree seedlings in the state
nursery near Clayton, which were
Fold principally to farmers for the
4eforestation of denuded lands. Some
large land owners planted from So
poo to 100000 each. This year the
capacity Of the clayton nursery was
Expanded, while the mountain nurs-
ery near Hendersonville has come
UNTO production, and more than H.
100000 forest tree seedlings are ex-
fected to be available this year.
The Riegel Paper Co., has order
fd 1,000,0 900 seedlings with which to
feforest some Of its holdings in
Brunswick and Columbus counties,
while the North Carolina Pulp com
tany in Plymouth is planting 49,
poo seedlings this year.
An increasing number of farmers
end small landowners have become
Interested in raising trees as a crop
end orders have already been re-
felved through county agents and
Fhe N. G. State college extension d.
Vision for several hundred thousand
Ffees' Indications are that the de-
fnand for seedlings will again ex.
feed the supply and that the nurs-
efles will need to be expanded next
year.
surveys made by our own forest.
Frs and by foresters of the U. S.
forest service, indicate that both
farmers and the pulp and lumber
companies are using better cutting
EpFactlces and leaving more trees
FFVahalng than heretofore, in orda'
70 re-seed the cut-over areas. Farm
FFs are at last realizing that by more
tareIul cutting they can harvest a
Fiinoer crop every year or every few
and thus be assured of a
P'eduy income from their woodlands.
Extension of the forest manage
NVit program was made possible as
result OF the additional appropria-
fion Oh $4,000 a year by the 1899
1"elal assembly, which has made
pUSSlole the employment of an addi-
l0ilal forester in cooperation with
LIZ U, S. Forest service. This for
HAS surveyed some $4,000 acres
1'fln forest lands for the owners
~ advised them how to cut their
ana how to plan a forest crop
So,"il' AT additional forester has
tlso oeen employed to supervise and
manage the Baden Lakes area of
fle 4V'VoO acres leased this year
a rom the federal government. He
an devote half of his time to edu-
la.ional work and to demonstrations
uvng private landowners.
approximately 12,ooo.ooo acres of
West lands in 50 counties have been
foras. o'ea against forest fires by the
st.% NE protection branch of the
sias se forest service. Some six or
4' sadltional counties have want.
~ come into the forest fire pro.
.,a system, but lack of state
,,,n with which to match COUNTY
ba .aS made it impossible to include
counties. Forest fire losses in
elal OF these counties have been
Usually heavy and it is honed
49, SOM means may be worked ont
y include these counties in the fire