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THE NEW BERN MIRROR, NEW BERN, N. C.
Friday. July 23. 1971
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More Tree Farms
Needed in America
MIRTH
Thirty years ago this month, a
tract of 120,000 acres of young
trees in western Washington
state were designated as the
Tirst American tree farm.
Today, more than 33,000 tree
farmers are growing healthy
forests on over 72 million acres.
But, according to American
Forest Institute, (AFI), that
tremendous increase isn't
nearly good enough if the nation
is to meet future needs for
wood.
The Institute says this is
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because the biggest portion of
privatdly owned forest land is
not being maintained to insure a
future crop of growing trees.
The Institute, which manages
the American Tree Farm
System on behalf of the forest
products industry, points out
that nearly 300 million acres of
timber are owned by four
million individuals, many of
whom either can’t afford to
maintain their forestland or
don’t have the necessary
knowledge.
Certified tree farmers are
woodlands owners who have
permanently dedicated their
land to the growing and
harvesting of trees. Tree far
mers are encouraged to utilize
their timberlands for
recreation, watershed
protection and scenic values as
well.
AFI says that today the nation
is growing more trees than it
was just a decade ago. AFI
states that tree farms have
played a significant role in this
improving situation.
The Institute points out that in
1941, when the first tree farm
was established, less wood was
being grown on American
forests than was being har
vested. Today, that situation is
reversed. For every eight cubic
feet of wood fiber removed by
harvesting, nine cubic feet are
growing.
AFI says that demand for
paper and wood building
materials is increasing rapidly
and that, despite the emergence
of recycling and substitute
materials, we will still need to
have all our commercial forests
scientifically managed in order
to insure there will always be
enough trees.
More woodlands owners must
be convinced of the merits of
managing their forest land
acres to keep a healthy, thriving
forest alive, AFI believes. The
tree farm program costs
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nothing to join, the Institute
says, and can even make money
for the landowner. But since
trees are the only renewable
natural resource, it is im
perative that all the lands be
kept as productive as possible
for the greatest good of the
greatest number of people.
Thirty years of tree farms
have shown what we can do,
AFI concludes. If we can
continue to do as well in the next
few years, we won’t have nearly
the problem, as a nation, in
meeting the demand for wood
nber and keeping our forests
growing and thriving.
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unless both get letter mates
than they deserve.
If you can spend a perfectly
useless afternoon in a perfectly
useless manner, you have
learned how to live.
Ignorance of the law is no
excuse, and neither is the
ignorance of lavinakers.
A kiss is what the child
receives free, the young man
steals, and the old man buys.
You can mark it down that the
girl who looks like a dream
always gives a fellow insomnia.
It’s a fact of life that a rich
husband is always a rich man,
but a rich man is often a poor
husband.
’Riere are four kinds of girls,
the mental, temperamental,
accidental, and experimental.
The future is often bright for
those >(410 work hard, but that
can scarcely be called bright..
Children almost always laugh
at a fat man. They have fun at
his expanse.
There are two reasons for
drinking. One is, when you are
thristy, to cure it. The other.
when you are not thirsty, to
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A critic is a person who can
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doesn't like, and depreciate
something everybody else likes.
The reason women buy so
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An antique is the only thing
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