Show New Trees To Beautify Hills Some 2000 Monterey pine and Douglas fir trees soon will provide a colorful splash of greenery to the hitherto barren and rugged Marin Mann County headlands just beyond beyond beyond be be- yond the northern end of San Francisco's famed farned Golden Gate Bridge THE travelers and commuters who daily cross the bridge can give thanks for their glimpse of arboreal beauty rath rather than bare hills hillsand hillsand and rocks to Tom C. C andsen the imaginative young advertising agency executive who was responsible for the tree planting I just tired of looking at atthe atthe atthe the unattractive landscape explained S So I decided to do something about putting green greeni growing trees on those rolling hills WHAT did within with with- in 26 hours was to research the history and botany of the area owned by the US U.S. Army as the headquarters of Fort Baker Foresters from industry the University of California and the Army described for the s species that should grow well as Monterey Monterey Monterey Mon Mon- terey and Bishop pine Monterey Monterey Monterey Mon Mon- terey cypress the coastal redwoods redwoods redwoods red red- woods and Douglas fir THE FOREST industry co cooperated cooperated co- co o- o operated through the Crown Corp which donated donated do do- donated 1000 Douglas fir trees And advertising agency contributed plus tax to buy 1000 Monterey pine year-old year seedlings from the State Division of Forestry A call by to the Marin Mann County Boy Scout Council Council Council Coun Coun- cil brought power boy-power 50 strong with shovels THE SCOUTS plus volunteers volun- volun from the advertising agency staff spent their Sundays Sundays Sundays Sun Sun- days with the shovels hoes picnic lunches and liniment They planted the 2000 trees in what henceforth will be known as the Eisenhower Grove Demonstration Forest now is working working working work work- ing with the Boy Scouts and Marin Maria County conservation organization to provide the watering feeding and care of the trees so necessary to assure their continued growth He also is collaborating with Crown the American Ameri Ameri- can Forest Institute and other groups and individuals to convert convert convert con con- vert the tree planting from an ann annual al to a continuing pro pro- program gramI gram I SEE NO reas reason n Tjerand Tjerand- sen declares why w we cannot gain a beautiful green belt in inthis inthis inthis this spectacular area forever dedicated to public enjoyment by commuters and picnickers picnickers picnickers pic pic- pic- pic alike Ernest J. J Hodges AFI president president president pres pres- ident at Washington agrees and points out example example example ex ex- ex- ex ample of personal involvement by the silent majority should inspire similar such efforts to enrich the countryside of America America America Amer Amer- ica in all of its counties and andin andin andin in all its states |