The Goddess of the Forest, a massive sculpture created by Dudley Carter from a large redwood log as part of the Art in Action program during the World s Fair held in San Francisco 1939/40, was later placed into the city s Golden Gate Park where it remained until 1986. By then the Goddess, which stood 26 feet tall and had a girth at the base of 21 feet, showed serious signs of distress in the form of extensive decay and stood with the aid of props. It was decided to take the Goddess down and move it to San Francisco City College which already had another Carter Sculpture, the Ram. City College also owns a major mural by Diego Rivera, created at the same time as the Goddess, which shows Carter in the process of creating the Ram with his double-bitted axe. Dudley Carter, who was 95 in 1986, was called to City College to devise a plan for rescuing what could be rescued, and subsequent work was carried out according to his instructions. It involved cutting about 10 feet off the bottom, and retaining only a half shell of the upper part, since extensive interior decay had left only and outer shell of sound wood 1 to 4 inches in thickness. An armature was constructed to support this shell. Areas of major damage to the exterior were filled and inpainted. At present the Goddess has been set up temporarily in the lobby of the City College Little Theater, facing the Rivera mural. There it will await being moved to a permanent location yet to be decided, but with the stipulation that it must be an interior location to avoid further decay.