Scouting, Volume 58, Number 5, September-October 1970 Page: 24
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FORESTRY
FUTURES...
A NOW THING
FOR THESE EXPLORERS
By ALLAN H. TAYLOR
Explorer Advisor, Posf 455, St. Poul, Minn.
Whether the resource is wood, water, soil, or
wildlife, these young men act now to control
their future environment and careers.
MANY TROOPS PLANT TREES as a conservation
project. But how will the trees be raised and
managed for 30 years or more? This is only one
of many questions Post 455 is investigating in its
special interest of forestry.
The Explorers study tree growth and timber im-
provement. They learn about fire and what may hap-
pen to the mature trees.
This forestry management project is a sample of the
many resource activities conducted by Post 455. All
our members plan careers in forestry or related fields.
Guiding the activities are staff members of the post
cosponsors, the University of Minnesota School of
Forestry and a research unit of the U.S. Forest Service,
U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Early in their program, Explorers were shown how
to thin a crowded stand of 30-year-old white pine
north of St. Paul. The future foresters learned how to
use chain saws to fell poor-quality trees and give
better trees more growing room. Some of the nearby
hardwoods were cut into fireplace length for sale, and
the brush was stacked for wildlife cover.
Another timber project was pruning lower branches
to improve future quality of lum-
ber from the trees. Advisors
showed how knot-free wood adds
to a tree's width after a branch
has been removed. The project
demonstrated how wise forestry
practices produce better trees, im-
prove wildlife habitat, and still
keep the woodlands looking
natural.
The heavy snows in the winter
of 1968-69 threatened the survival
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Don Olmsfad, a member's dad,
instructs Explorers in boiling
sap for maple syrup and sugar.
Explorer Dick Miller, who plans
on a forestry technician career,
follows a ranger up a fire
tower to learn about fire spot-
ting.
Future foresters put finishing
touches on wood-duck box.
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Boy Scouts of America. Scouting, Volume 58, Number 5, September-October 1970, periodical, September 1970; New Brunswick, New Jersey. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth331808/m1/30/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Boy Scouts of America National Scouting Museum.