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Russell Roy "R.R." Reynolds will be inducted into the 2021 class of Arkansas Agricultural Hall of Fame for his efforts with the Crossett Experimental Forest.
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Crossett's Russell Roy "R.R." Reynolds will be one of six inductees into Arkansas Agriculture Hall of Fame during 2021 due to leadership and service to the state's largest business sector.
The newest class represents agriculture education, the seed industry, agri-business, row-crop production, agricultural/political advocacy, timber management, plus agricultural research and outreach.
The newest inductees include retired Cooperative Extension Service Director Rick Cartwright of Fayetteville; long-time ag educator Joe Don Greenwood of Hermitage; the late Russell Roy Reynolds, the director of the U.S. Forest Service Crossett Experimental Forest for 34 years; former Arkansas Farm Bureau President Randy Veach of Manila; Mark Waldrip of Moro, founder of Armor Seed Company; and Andrew Wargo III of Watson, farm manager for the 15,000-acre Baxter Land Company for more than 50 years.
Induction ceremonies for Class XXXIV have not been set. The Arkansas Agriculture Hall of Fame board of directors has decided to forego the traditional timeframe of early March and is working to secure a date for mid-summer.
"Arkansas agriculture is one of the great success stories of our state, and that is sometimes overlooked in today's society," said Butch Calhoun of Des Arc, chairman of the Arkansas Agriculture Hall of Fame.
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"This class reflects a remarkable line of success that connects everyone selected for the Arkansas Agriculture Hall of Fame.
"Like almost every program, we have been forced to adjust our schedule and plans, though we very much hope to have an in-person event to celebrate this marvelous class of inductees. When you pull together all parts of agriculture in celebration of our state's largest industry, and to recognize those who have made such a meaningful contribution, it is a special, special day."
The new selections will bring to 176 the number of honorees in the Arkansas Agriculture Hall of Fame, begun in 1987.
Reynolds' contributions to modern, sustainable forest management are numerous, according to information from Arkansas Farm Bureau, which continued on to say, "if not for visionary men like Reynolds, and the founding fathers of the Crossett Experimental Forest, sustainable forestry as we know it today might not exist."
A forest economist by training, Reynolds had the quantitative skills to conduct inventories of standing timber, time-and-motion studies related to logging practices, and the efficacy of using trucks to haul logs to the mill – all new concepts in the early 1930s. He worked closely with the management of the Crossett Lumber Company (and its successor, Georgia-Pacific) from 1933 until his retirement from the Forest Service in 1969.
Russell Roy Reynolds
Arkansas Agriculture Hall Of Fame
Crossett Experimental Forest
Rick Cartwright