Forestry as a Michigan conservation cornerstone
Forester John L. Arend explains forestry as a complex, economic, and scientific enterprise. He details Michigan's 19 million acres of forest, private and public ownership, pine plantations, and the shift from fire and disease threats to improved protection, better management, and public awareness.
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John L. Arend
Lower Peninsula
Michigan
Upper Peninsula
Department of Conservation
Lower
Peninusla
Lower Michigan
The Science and Need of Forest Management in Michigan
Foresters discuss cutting choices and spacing to maximize stand value. They note limited state funding for forest research, federal aid efforts, and the role of public understanding in advancing scientific management for timber, fire protection, and recreation.
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Michigan
Lower Michigan
Lake States
Grapefruit Halves and Timber Talk in February
Florida grapefruit halves flavored for Valentine themes provide vitamin C and festive garnishes for meals. A Michigan professor urges light and space in hardwood woodlots, suggests disking around oaks, and promotes Christmas tree potential as a long term money maker.
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Florida
Farm Wood Lots Hold Key to Michigan Timber Supply
Leigh J. Young of the University of Michigan warns that farm wood lots form a large share of Michigan’s timber land and must be carefully managed to sustain lumber supply. He notes soil deterioration from grazing and haphazard cutting has produced low grade stands with poor propagation of desirable species. Rehabilitation is slow but farmers can get help from the U S Forest Service, county foresters and soil conservation officials.
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Michigan
Young
Leigh J. Young
University of Michigan School of Natural Resources
U. S. Forest Service
Soil Conserva
Farmer urged to halt grazing to save seedling trees
Professor Young advises Michigan farmers to delay wood lot management results. He stresses removing cattle from the woods first to stop grazing that harms seedling trees and allows reproduction of trees.
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Tion Service
Michigan
Professor Young
Schedule No 1 Team Captains Match Readouts
Lodi snaps Ruth Miller. team captains list Peg Steiner Wanda Crittenden Dorothy Stimpson Selma Swanson Marion Gillespie for Slick Chicks Universal Rockets Flippers Hot Shots and others in order.
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Ruth Miller
Slick Chicks
Peg Steiner
Universal
Wanda Crittenden
Rockets
Dorothy Stimpson
Selma Swanson
Marion Gillespie
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Fred Arend
Saline
Grand Rapids
Edward Beechem
Ard
Thomas Brooke
Beaver House
Roscommon
Conservation Department
Hirth Bros. Dairy
West Washington
Ann Arbor
the Proderick
Broderick Crawford
Columbia
Ord’s
Nyson
Mrs. Crawford
Edison
Detroit Edison
Michigan Associated Telephone CO
General Telephone System
Adrian
Gilbert’s Cities Service
Saline — Corner
U.S
Shane
Saline Mercantile Company
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