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Greeting drawn by
Dawn Wood
4th grade, Mt. View
Publication of "A Forester's
Log: Fifty Years in the Pacific
Northwest," an oral history
interview with George L. Drake,
has been announced by the Forest
History Society, headquartered in
Santa Cruz, California.
Drake retired as vice president
of the Simpson Logging Company
in 1954.
The volume indudes a short
interview with the late Charles S.
Cowan, onetime executive
secretary of the Washington
Forest Fire Association. The
interviews were conducted by
Elwood R. Maunder, executive
director and oral historian with
the Forest History Society.
George Drake began his
forestry career in 1912 with the
U.S. Forest Service, cruising
timber near Klamath Lake in
Timbers Restaurant southern Oregon. In 1914 he was
transferred to Alaska, where he
...... erved a four-year stint before
returning to a new forest service
019 . I IP qI S assignment in Oregon.
oI In 1930 Drake joined
" --" Simpson, working as assistant to
A its president, Mark E. Reed.
Drake's work involved him in
!'" ".'," ' " " :o•" 2 Ii lab°r relati°ns' land acquisiti°n'
sustained-yield management,
P L community relations, safety
iii !i. i!°. ° °°" iili• • Congress.Pr°grams' and the Pacific Logging
In his interview he discusses
friends and associates such as
William B. Greeley, onetime chief,
U.S. Forest Service; Da d T.
Mason, the "father' of
° ° • • sustained-yield management;
° • •
• " ' ° trade journal publisher George
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Shannon Carr
grade, Bordeaux
Morgan
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Tim Higgins
grade, Evergreen
Howard & Eva Swope
Bedell Drilling
Greeting drawn by
Dallas Shawver
5th grade, Evergreen
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Greeting drawn by
Deborah Sue Schmitt
4th grade, Mt. View
Greeting drawn by
Mike Simms,
5th grade, Evergreen
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Greeting drawn by
Kathy Herman
6th grade, Evergreen
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Greeting drawn by
Robin Cooney
4th grade, Mt. View
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