Show L Lumber r Industry Seeks To Save Timber Damaged toy by y Decay I ri ugh timber r to rebuild every everT house In Logan was wan harvested 1 front from forests last tast year ear but new growth exceeded the cu cuby cut by a whooping margin I IThe The harvest totaled million mUtton oard board l t feet much of It In fn salvage I cuts culs of ot nature killed timber In stagnated old growth forests Taking Its IU Toll This cut cuL was wail considerably less leM than the estimated 89 99 million i board Ward feet of ot annual growth li lithe In Inthe I Ithe the Beehive States State's commercial tares forests Is Ward W VV Blazzard of ot lamas Kamas Valley Vattey Lumber Co Kamas Kama chairman chairman chairman chair chair- man man of Western Pine Associations Association's Associations Association's tion's Utah Tree TreO Farm subcommittee said that alth although ugh nearly bait half of ot the original virgin virgin timber Umber in Utah Ulah is le still 1 standing today the hand or at of death and decay Is taking a toll toU of at about 52 million board feet annually and a considerable con portion of at the harvest cut Is centered upon salvaging this thid wood for mans man's use Utah's commercial forests covers cov cove ers ere somo ome 3 million acres of at the tho states state's acre million land area Results of Good l Forests Blazzard lazzard pointed out that though timber Umber production Is the dominant use of commercial forests for for- ests cots they also provide hunting fishing and camping and serve as wildlife habitat l grazing ranges ranged and watersheds Good forestry on such lands he said produces healthy managed forests which enhance the value of these timberlands timber timber- lands for multiple uses The industry man said about one sixth of the states state's commercial commercial commer commer- cial forest area some area some acres consists acres consists of second-growth second I forests of size which have sprung up naturally following follow ing harvest of the original timber I I I I Ind They are ar vigorous leet 11 growing fast growing and nd hardy bardt he be said eald and a splendid did demonstration of ot the ability of the states state's forests to 10 reestablish re lish Ush themselves when adequate tire fire protection la le provided |