Save the Forests
M McKinty
“ In the terrible forest fires of 1939, seventy-one persons lost their lives in Victoria, sixty-nine mills were burnt, whole townships were destroyed ; houses, bridges, tram-ways and machinery were burned to the ground. Water storage in one reservoir alone was reduced by 1000 acre feet, due to siltation caused by forest fires. Again in 1944, fifty persons lost their lives through forest and grass fires.
These tragic events brought about a meeting in 1944 of a group of Melbourne citizens who were alarmed at the situation. From this meeting sprang the organization known as the "Save the Forests" Campaign. ” [A. Ker – see below]
The 'Save the Forests' campaign received input from a wide range of Government and private organisations.
In March of 1944, the Campaign Council published the booklet - 'Victorian Forest Facts' - to make available "factual information regarding the salient features of the Forestry situation in Victoria."
Roger Smith provided a collection of pamphlets about the Campaign that were held by his father, Frank Smith, who, in 1946, was the organisation's 'Field Officer'.
An Inseparable Trinity - Save the Forests Campaign Annual Report 1949
Second Report of Activities
Structure
Country Organisation
Activities
Growing Eucalypts
Field Report -Smith 1946
Forest Week 1945
School Camps
Water
Publications & Activities
Seed Collection
Forest Facts
See Also
Maffra Newspaper Article 1946
Save the Forests A Ker, 1950 (Empire Forestry Review, Vol. 29, No. 2)
Save the Forests - Scout Involvement CE Isaac, 1945
Principal Timber Trees. FCV 1925
Principal Australian Eucalypts. FCV. 1924
Campaign Poster - Around 1945