Columbia Center for Oral History Portal > Oral history interview with Robert E. Tucker [electronic resource], 1975Biographical NoteForester.
Scope and ContentsEducation in forestry, ornithology; growth of Woodland Operations in Hodge, Louisana; problems of fire, disease protection; advs. of long term cropping and row thinning; use of abandoned farms for land base expansion; effects of merger with Gair, then Continental Can Company [CCC]; plantation management program; nursery operations; CCC's Woodland District organization; comparison of hardwoods to pine for pulp mills; demands of forester's job; responsibilities of land management position.
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