FORESTRY OFFICIALS.
ID01LD. PRATT.
TRANSFERRED SOUTH
REORGANIZATION OF ALASKA
FOREST SYSTEM NOW
UNDERWAY
Charles H. Flory, Commissioner
of the Department of Agriculture,
announced in the Cordova Times
tthat the Forestry Service in Al
aska was being completely reor
ganized on an entirely different
ibasis than the present system of
forest supervisor administration,
with a view to increasing the ef
ficiency and service rendered by
that branch of the Department of
Agriculture. A copy of the an
nouncement follows:
Under the proposed changes in
administration two Cordova men,
Forest Supervisor W. J. McDonald
and Assistant Supervisor Lee C.
Pratt, will receive reassignments
in the service and probably will
leave Cordova.
The reorganization of adminis
trative affairs will not in any way
reduce or impair the present serv
ice and the changes will not throw
any cost on local communities.
The established organization of
the service will handle the for
estry work under the new plan
but in such a way that the force
will be more elastic and flexible
so that the public will receive
more prompt and efficient service.
In other words, the same amount
of money and the same number of j
men, or even less, will accomplish j
more work than in the past.
If the reorganization calls for a j
small reduced reduction of forces!
in Alaska, Mr. Flory said, this will j
, affect two men and one clerk in j
Juneau and Ketchikan and these!
will continue with the service, be- ;
ing transferred to the States. The ;
changes will not result in increas- j
ing unemployment.
Briefly, the plan calls for cen- j
tralizing all office work, or as much j
as possible, in the Juneau head- I
quarters. Mr. Pratt who will have j
supervision over the accounts work j
lor the Forestry Service under For
est Service fiscal agent will have |
similar responsibilities over the fis- j
cal work for the other branches j
of the Department of Agriculture, j
ns well.
This change will permit the field j
men to devote more of their time
to active service in forest projects.!
such as timber cruising, trail loca
tion and trail work, and plotting
out suitable logging areas so that 1
when application is made for tim- !
ber the applicant can obtain in
formation suitable to his needs.
Foremost among those handling
the field work will be Mr. McDon
ald, who probably will be trans
ferred to Ketchikan. In Ketchi
kan Mr. McDonald would have di
rect charge of the marine station
there, with its fleet of nine boats,
and marine ways, and also would
be in charge of the entire South
ern division of the Tongass Na
tional Forest, now defined as the
Craig and Ketchikan districts, the
two most imortant in Southeastern
Alaska. Mr. McDonald would have
a ranger working directly under
him, and has been selected for
this tentative move as one of the
key men in the Territory.
In event that Mr. McDonald is
transferred to Ketchikan, the serv
ice would send ot Cordova a man
of many years’ experience in Al
askan forests, who is now in Ju
neau.
Charles Forward, ranger, whose
activity in the Chugach Forest
has made him one of the most
valuable field men, will be trans
ferred to Juneau for general proj
ect work, going to all arts of the
two national forests of Alaska,
when required.
This change will reduce the Cor
dova force by two, leaving the
new man in charge of that division,
and Captain Jacobsen in charge
of the launch Chugach, which will
remain in service in these waters.
Since the accounting and clerical
work is being concentrated in Ju
neau, however, and project work
will be handled by trained field
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