September 2000, Volume 1, Issue 1

The Center for Forestry is fortunate to be able to sponsor three seminar series each year which bring students, faculty, alumni, and the public together to discuss current forestry issues with leaders in policy and management. For details see: http://www.cnr.berkeley.edu/forestry/lecture.html

Horace M. Albright Lecture in Conservation

This Lectureship was established at the University of California in 1959 through a permanent endowment provided by contributions from Albright's friends and admirers. Horace Albright was a member of UC's class of 1912. He joined the Department of the Interior in 1913 and in 1916 he helped create the National Park Service. He was the first civilian Superintendent of the Yellowstone National Park and the second Director of the National Park Service. He served as Director until 1933 when he left to join the US Potash Company from which he retired as president in 1956. Among the 33 past Albright Lecturers are Stewart Udall, Ansel Adams, Rene Dubois, David Brower, Henry Vaux, Ann and Paul Ehrlich, and Marion Clawson. The 2000 Albright Lecturer was Carl Pope, Executive Director of the Sierra Club since 1992. His talk, entitled Common Ground: Environmental Protection In The New Millennium was co-sponsored by the Environmental Law Program of the School of Law.

S. J. Hall Lecture in Industrial Forestry

The S.J. Hall Lecture in Industrial Forestry was initiated in Berkeley in 1969 by Mrs. Dessie Hall and the Board of the Forest Economics Foundation in honor of the late S.J. Hall. Mr. Hall graduated from the New York State College of Forestry at Syracuse University in 1920. He played an important role in the development of industrial forestry in the southern United States in the 1920s and 1930s. After World War II he moved to the West Coast and, with two partners, established the Gualala Redwood Company which became a leader in the industrial management of young growth redwood forests. The 1999 Hall Lecturer, jointly sponsored by the Cal. Alumni Foresters as part of its annual fall banquet activities, was Dr. Patrick Moore, a leader in the international environmental field for over 25 years. Dr. Moore is a founding member of Greenpeace and served for nine years as President of Greenpeace Canada and seven years as a Director of Greenpeace International.

William Main Distinguished Visitor Program

This Program was established in 1986 by William Main's wife, Berkeley graduate Rocky Main, and the couple's sons to provide a forum for exploring topical issues in forestry and natural resource management. William Main was a community leader and president of the Main Industries, Inc., in Bieber, California. The 2000 Main Distinguished Visitor Program had an outstanding collection of speakers including: Mike Dombeck, Chief of the USDA Forest Service; Mary Nichols, Secretary of the California Resources Agency; Andrea Tuttle, Director of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection; Sandy Dean, President of Mendocino Redwood Company; and Roger Sedjo, Forest Economist with Resources for the Future.