Woodbridge Metcalf was a California conservationist and Extension Forester, Emeritus who was well known for his work with the UC Agricultural Extension Service. He was born in Grosse Point, Michigan in 1888 and raised on a small farm before attending the University of Michigan. After graduating with a masters degree in forestry in 1912, he worked in the Snoqualmie National Forest in Washington and aided with reforestation efforts. Metcalf was married in 1914 and while on his honeymoon in Berkeley, California he joined the UC Berkeley staff and in 1926 became the Extension Specialist in Forestry for the UC Agricultural Extension Service. Here he worked with organization and administration, cooperated with private industry foresters like Emanuel Fritz and State Forester Merritt Pratt and taught fire prevention and protection. Metcalf also participated in the California Christmas Tree Growers Association, 4-H clubs, the California Conservation Council and other agencies like the US Forest Service and the Soil Conservation Service. In this interview Metcalf discusses the UC Agricultural Extension Service, financing, administration, cooperation with other foresters, projects of extension foresters like planting eucalyptus windbreaks, and research on cork oak, other projects, forestry legislation and his accomplishments. This interview is part of a group of interviews documenting forest history in the United States from 1900 to 1950.