[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 34 (Tuesday, March 24, 1998)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E448-E449]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  HONORING THE 60TH REDWOOD REGION LOGGING CONFERENCE AND DON ANDERSON

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                            HON. FRANK RIGGS

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, March 24, 1998

  Mr. RIGGS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the 60th 
Anniversary of the Redwood Region Logging Conference and its 1998 
Achievement Award Winner, Don Anderson.
  For over 60 years the Redwood Region Logging Conference has provided 
a forum for the exchange of ideas by focusing on the improvement of 
forest management and harvesting practices in the redwood and Douglas-
fir forests of Northwestern California. The Conference provides an 
opportunity to showcase the men and women of the logging industry to 
the communities in which they work and live.
  The organization was founded in 1936 by Professor Emanuel Fritz. 
Thirty-six men attended the first meeting a the Eureka Inn in Eureka, 
California. Professor Fritz thought a logging conference was a great 
opportunity to bring loggers together for an exchange of ideas and to 
become better acquainted with one another. That first meeting was an 
unqualified success, and the Conference has been an annual affair since 
1936, with only a short lapse during World War II.
  The Redwood Region Logging Conference is an industry leader because 
of its exemplary education program. The goals of the program are to 
educate the public and students on forestry and logging practices in 
the Redwood Region. The Conference is the major sponsor of the Redwood 
Forest Institute for Teachers, the Temperate Forest Teacher Tour, the 
northcoast section of Future Farmers of America Forestry judging 
contest. Additionally, the Conference funds the transportation needs 
for the field trips which give children a better understanding of the 
forestry and logging industry. Each year, over $10,000 of academic 
scholarships are awarded to forestry students from accredited forestry 
programs throughout California. Also, approximately two thousand 
children attend the annual Forest Education

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Day which is held during the Logging Conference.
  I would also like to recognize this year's Redwood Region Logging 
Conference Achievement Award winner, Don Anderson. Don was born in 
Wisconsin in 1926 and at the age of seventeen had his first taste of 
logging while working for Peterson Brothers Logging at a logging camp 
near Mercer, Wisconsin. After a stint as a Merchant Seaman from 1944 to 
1946, Don landed in Fort Bragg, California where he met his future 
wife, Marie. Don and Marie have three children, Donna, Mike, and Joe, 
six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. The Andersons 
celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary last year.
  In 1947, Don was reunited with the logging industry, working a myriad 
of jobs within the industry. In 1963, Don and Marie refinanced their 
home and went into the logging business as a junior partner in Eastman 
Logging. Don went into business on his own and Anderson Lagging was 
born in 1977. By 1983, it became obvious to Don that his sons, Mike and 
Joe, were ready and able to run the company he had founded. Mike and 
Joe took over the business in 1983 and have built it into a very 
successful company.
  There have been many hard working men and women over the past 60 
years, who, just like Don and Marie, have worked in and cared for the 
forests of northern California. These men and women have contributed 
much to the communities where they have lived, worked, and raised their 
families. The Redwood Region Logging Conference has done the logging 
industry a great service by highlighting these individuals through 
their Annual Achievement Awards.
  Once again, I salute the Redwood Region Logging Conference and its 
1998 Achievement Award winner, Don Anderson.

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