Weyerhaeuser Celebrates 60th Anniversary of Clemons Tree Farm; Nation's First Tree Farm Changed Forest Management Practices.Business Editors NOTE TO MEDIA: Photos are available in a Smart News Release(TM) on Business Wire's Home Page at www.businesswire.com and at www.newstream.com FEDERAL WAY, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 12, 2001 Sixty summers have passed since hundreds of Washington state residents took Weyerhaeuser Company-sponsored tours (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :WY) over dirt roads dirt road n (US) → camino sin firme dirt road n → chemin non macadamisé or non revêtu dirt road dirt n to view a replanted forest area near Montesano, a small coastal town west of Olympia. Today, replanted forests hardly generate a second look, but 60 years ago this sight represented a turning point in how Weyerhaeuser and forest landowners would manage their lands based on rigorous fire prevention and the idea that trees are a long-term, renewable resource Noun 1. renewable resource - any natural resource (as wood or solar energy) that can be replenished naturally with the passage of time natural resource, natural resources - resources (actual and potential) supplied by nature . On June 12, the Clemons Tree Farm -- a 129,000-acre site named for Charles Clemons, a Grays Harbor Grays Harbor is an estuarine bay located 45 miles north of the mouth of the Columbia River, on the southwest Pacific coast of Washington State, in the United States of America. The bay is 15 miles long and 11 miles wide. pioneer logger -- marks the 60th anniversary of the nation's first certified See certification. tree farm. "The idea of replanting after harvesting was not new for Weyerhaeuser in 1941," said Jim Crotts, area team leader for the Aberdeen Forest Area Operations In maritime usage, operations conducted in a geographical area and not related to the protection of a specific force. . "From its early years, the Years, The the seven decades of Eleanor Pargiter’s life. [Br. Lit.: Benét, 1109] See : Time company saw the value of sustainability." By the 1930s, encouraged by fairer tax laws and improved fire prevention methods, the company started looking seriously at reforestation Reforestation The reestablishment of forest cover either naturally or artificially. Given enough time, natural regeneration will usually occur in areas where temperatures and rainfall are adequate and when grazing and wildfires are not too frequent. . By 1941, the company was giving tours on its newly replanted land in southwest Washington to publicize pub·li·cize tr.v. pub·li·cized, pub·li·ciz·ing, pub·li·ciz·es To give publicity to. publicize or -cise Verb [-cizing, -cized] its thriving forests. Other landowners were encouraged to join. By 1943, 19 tree farms totaling over 1.7 million acres were established in Washington and Oregon, thus planting the roots of the American Tree Farm System Forest farming is an agroforestry practice characterized by intentional, integrated, intensive and interactive management of an existing forested ecosystem wherein forest health is of paramount concern. It is neither forestry nor farming in the traditional sense. . Since the dedication of Clemons, the American Forest Foundation, sponsor of the system, has certified 70,000 private forests, covering 90 million acres in the U.S. Forest management has changed in the 60 years since the tree farm system began at Clemons. "Our forestry practices have evolved far beyond those addressed in 1941 by the people who had the vision to see that we could control fire and manage forests for future generations," Crotts said. "By the late 1980s Weyerhaeuser realized it needed to better manage all forest resources on our lands. Consequently, we now include strategies to protect natural resources, including water quality, fish and wildlife habitat, and soil. We also consider cultural, historic and aesthetic values in our land management. "At Weyerhaeuser, we are proud to have been there at the beginning, at the establishment of the nation's first certified tree farm, which has provided the model for thousands of private forest landowners," Crotts said. "It represents all that is good about working with renewable forest resources and the forestry profession." Weyerhaeuser Company (NYSE:WY), one of the world's largest integrated forest products companies, was incorporated in 1900. In 2000, sales were $16 billion. It has offices or operations in 17 countries, with customers worldwide. Weyerhaeuser is principally engaged in the growing and harvesting of timber; the manufacture, distribution and sale of forest products; and real estate construction, development and related activities. Additional information about Weyerhaeuser's businesses, products and practices is available at www.weyerhaeuser.com. Note: Photos are available at URLs: http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.061201/bb6 and http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.061201/bb6a |
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