Show Proposed Timber Sales Will Double Present Cut A proposed five year five year timber action plan for the Ashley National Forest that would nearly double the amount of timber timber tim tim- ber cut this year was presented to sawmill sawmill saw saw- mill operators of the basin at a public meeting Friday REPRESENTATIVES of timber operators oper oper- and governmental agencies met metIn metin metin in the Ashley Forest Supervisors Supervisor's office in Vernal and heard Don Goodrich Forest For est Service timber manager present the future timber sales program of Ashley National Forest The timber sale program presented has been set up to sell the following proposed quotas during the fiscal years 1971 Amounts are in million board feet 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 and 1976 These figures will depend mainly on timber access money to build roads into timber areas stated Mr Goodrich Good Good- rich Unless management plans are changed the stated volume should be achieved he stated THE AMOUNT of timber cut on the Ashley National Forest in previous fiscal fiscal fis fis- cal years was given as follows in 1968 1969 1970 and the estimated 1971 cut is Volume of timber under contract to timber purchasers as of October 1 I 1970 is and by July 1 I 1971 this will be when the proposed timber sales are made stated Mr Good Good- rich SEVERAL TIMBER operators asked the Forest Service to expedite the sale of the easier access timber that can be logged during the winter months so they could keen keep their crews busy when closed off from the drifting snow areas Mr Goodrich said It It is going to be tough to find of saw timber timber tim tim- ber for the coming 1971 sales program but we will do our best to sell this amount IT WAS reported at the timber sales meeting that the new proposed East Park road was surveyed and had been shown to a number of contractors for forbid forbid forbid bid preparations The timber access rood would connect onto the Red Cloud Ix Loop op eight miles of which would be blacktop black top surfaced The stated that future Umber Um ber her sales were very important to them in planning for future operations and expansions FEDERAL timber Umber access road money is available if projects are planned and submitted for approval These roads can be multi purpose multi purpose roads that will open up new recreation areas also it was pointed out The local timber operators expressed approval of the proposed timber harvest har bar vest plan which would nearly double their present operations |