Show I Timber Inventory I Survey Starts on n Ashley Forest Specially selected and trained two two- man crews will be tramping over much of the Ashley National Forest this summer summer summer sum sum- mer gathering data for a brand new timber timber tim ber inventory A special task force of technicians technicians tech tech- twenty one foresters and forestry will complete the on-the ground studies this fall OVER FIVE hundred sample locations were elected using a computer These plots are scattered more or less uniformly over the Forest The foresters forest ers and technicians conducting the survey survey sur sur- vey will go to each of these locations and make a det detailed analysis of the standing live timber by species size age quality growth trend distribution in the plot and damage or disease The new inventory of the timber resources resources resources re re- re- re sources on the Ashley will give us much more reliable information on which to base our management plans observed ed Forest Supervisor Andrew R R. R McCon McCon- kie FIRST THE foresters feed a large volume of selected land data into the computer This information included areas such as the proposed High Wilderness geologic and hydrologic types special management zoning units and direction of slopes This accumulated ed information will be combined with the data gathered in the field and nd analyzed for the best possible combinations combinations for multiple use and timber management management mana gement planning Multiple use and timber planning r i V jU Sf r 1 1 V 4 A e rf b I SN i it t t t r ri r tt i l REVIEWING TIMBER INVENTORY instructions at the Yellowstone Guard Station on on- Ashley National Fo Forest yr fi are George Ager left Bill Wade Jerry McGee John and Frank Cross J. J needs have changed markedly since the thelast thelast last timber inventory was made on the Forest in 1958 stated Mr McConkie The present inventory area excludes the i Flaming Gorge National Recreation I Area This area will be inventoried at some date under a special procedure |