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Show PAGE 3 — Day City Nefss J DOUGLAS FIR BERTLE HAS THE LAST WORD WITH NEPA. JUNE 17, 1994 at that altitude because the air is so thin. In Portland, the same chopper would be capable of lifting 10,000 pounds," he said. It takes approximately 10 helicopter loads to fill one track. The terrain at the stumpage site is steep and rocky; a road would tear up the ground and damage foliage. The cost? "It is way more expensive to use the chopper," Horrax said. The National Forest Management, President Logs from the Panguitch Lake timber sale are passing through Milford enroute to Boise Cascade mills in Idaho. Douglas fir logs will be processed at Emmett, Idaho. The pine logs will be made into shop grade lumber and moldings at Horse Shoe Bend, Idaho. The original contract was for 2.2 million board feet of lumber at $73. per 1,000 stumpage. Approximately 50 additional acres from the Skoots Creek Area, north and west of the lake have been added to the contract. An accurate estimate of the footage from that area is not yet available. The timber was infected with Pine Beetles and Douglas Fir Beetles. Several years of drought followed by abnormal snowfall created a suitable habitat for the insects. Don Tinsley, Forest Service management expert, said the addition acreage was included in the contract because at least 5 percent of the trees in the parcel are infested. Crews will go and designate the trees week. "It is responsibility to keep getting out this our the beetles from private these land adjacent to infested trees." on you don't groom the it, the trees die," he said. Dead trees are more prone to fire. Dave Horrax, public relations executive for Columbia Helicopters of Tinsley said. Tinsley explained that forests will always have infestation. "Through management we can eliminate insect epidemics," Portland, Oregon, said Columbia has been using helicopters in forest he said. There are thousands of acres in danger of being effected by the Spruce Bark Beetle and the Mountain Pine Beetle. Management at the Panguitch Lake project means cutting the infested trees and moving them by helicopter from the site to an existing designated road, management for twenty years. "This is our first time in Utah. The choppers are lifting about 5,000 pounds Ice Cream loaded on trucks for transportation to the Milford railhead. Forest Service employee Dave Ricks is responsible for taking a random measurement of the logs before they are loaded on the railroad cars. "We don't measure every truck load. We check one in five -on a completely random basis," he said. The trucks average approximately 5,000 board feet per load. Ricks explained that _ Forest Service management doesn't allow for clear cuts. "We thin the stands and leave seed trees. The forest has a natural rotation, if Pop in by 1976, authorized the use of land management in the National Forests - all 155 of them. The Dixie National Forest adopted an Land and Resource Management Plan in 1986, which designated the specific direction for future land management. The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) coordinators are required to inform the public quarterly of proposed management Sale is pending. Meanwhile, the _ infested trees are degrading _and drying out. According to Horrax, private industry and government agencies have __ trouble getting together on a management program. "Right now. the sales are being held up because of an Arizona Willow. Some of the trees . may already be too far gone. Blue stain in the pine decreases the feasibility of salvaging the product," he said. Horrax would like to see more "generalists" and fewer "specialists" in the industry actions. Acreage in Sidney Valley and Rainbow Meadows, east of Brian Head, has been evaluated and determined to be affected by MILFORD approximately one-half mile away, where they can be signed Ford Beetles. Mountain Pine 13-Year-old. Justin Ricks helps his father measure logs for the Forest Service CHEVRON Milk, Eggs, Bread & Fresh Dairy Products Burritos Goodies Cold Beer Sandwiches (Must be 21) Open 7:00 A.M. til 8:30 P.M. Mon. thru Sat. 7:00 A.M. til 5:00 P.M. on Sunday 402 S. Main, Milford 387-5566 | |
