The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1946-06-20
CLARENCE STRONG
SUCCEEDS McHARG

Missoula, Montana, May 80. 1916.
Clarence c. Strong, supervisor of
the Occur d'Alene National Forest
in northern Idaho, is selected to
succeed c. K. McHarg, who recently
retired as assistant regional forester
in charge of the division of state
and private forestry, with head
quarters in the regional office at
Missoula, Regional Forester P. D.
Hanson announces.
Strong, who assumes his new
duties June 8, has had more than
20 years experience in this region
in blister rust control, fire control
and forest management work. This
experience is a necessary back
ground to supervision of the CO.
operative activities of the division
of state and private forestry, Han
son states. Good management of
state and privately owned lands is
particularly important in this region
because of the large timbered acre
ages involved, he explained. Both
Montana and Idaho, for instance,
have more commercial sawlog tim
Der In state ownership than has
any other state except Washington
and a part of that state is in this |
region. according to Hanson. He |
points out that the Importance of
these large volumes of timber to
the economy of the states and the |
need for keeping state and privately |
owned lands in permanently pro-
ductiVe condition, prompts the For
est Service to maintain a strong |
division of state and private for
estry through which the coopera-
tive assistance of the Forest Service
may be made available. Serious
overcutting of forest lands in other
parts of the United States makes it
doubly essential that all western
timber lands be wisely managed,
he added
ExpaTs81on of the work of the
division to give more technical as
sistance to farm woodlot and other
owners of small tracts of timber
land is also contemplated, accord II
ing to the region forester. The
Forest Service believes that small
owners can realize more out of
their investments through timber
cutting that follows good manage
ment practices than they do to-
day. This is the best assurance
of keeping those lands in private
ownership and on the tax rolls"
he said. Considerable progress has
already been made in developing
markets for posts, poles, cordwood,
apple props, pulpwood, Christmas
trees and for formerly low-value
lumber products.
Strong completed his profession
al training after his discharge from
the Army following World War l,
graduating from Oregon State Col
lege with a degree in forestry in
1924. For 10 years he worked with
the Bureau of Entomology and
Plant Quarantine as a forester on
blister rust control transferring to
the Forest Service in 1894 as chief
of planting to supervise the reforsta-
ton program for the region. Later
he served as assistant regional for
ester heading up the division of
operation in the regional office un
til his appointment as supervisor
of the Occur d'Alene National For
est in 1910
In his new position Strong will
be responsible for the ALLEGATION of
Clarke-McNary funds to coopera-
tive forest protection agencies and
of contributions to the states for
the production of NURSERY stock for
He will supervise the
farm foTesters who work with pri-
vate timbered owners, mostly far
mers, in improved management of
and in general will
work with state and private agen-
cies to help in establishing perman-
ant management of all forest lands
on productive and profitable basis.