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February 5, 2016 9 CapitalPress.com California 7KLQQLQJLPSURYHVIRUHVWKHDOWKEXWFDQLPSDFWZLOGOLIHVWXG\¿QGV Subscribe to our weekly California email newsletter at CapitalPress.com/newsletters By TIM HEARDEN Capital Press '$9,6&DOLI²&OHDULQJ shrubs and woody debris from IRUHVWÀRRUVFDQLPSURYHWUHH JURZWK HI¿FLHQF\ DQG UHGXFH WKHVHYHULW\RIZLOG¿UHV8QL- YHUVLW\RI&DOLIRUQLDVFLHQWLVWV concluded after a 10-year study of forest management. +RZHYHU IRUHVW PDQDJHUV must also consider a thinning project’s impact on wildlife that rely on dense forest areas for habitat, the scientists ob- VHUYHG For instance, treatments must be done outside protect- HGDFWLYLW\FHQWHUVIRUWKH&DO- ifornia spotted owl and away IURP 3DFL¿F ¿VKHU GHQV EXW should be close enough to pre- YHQW KLJKVHYHULW\ ZLOG¿UHV NQRZQ DERXW SURSRVHG )RUHVW 6HUYLFH ODQGVFDSH PDQDJH- Sierra Nevada Adaptive ment treatments for them to Management Project: http:// be implemented in Sierra Ne- snamp.cnr.berkeley.edu YDGDIRUHVWV ³7KHUH ZDV YHU\ FOHDU from burning those areas, the HYLGHQFH WKDW WKH IXHOV WUHDW- scientists wrote. ments really did demonstrate The recommendations WKH SRWHQWLDO WR FKDQJH ¿UH were among 31 points of con- EHKDYLRUDQGUHGXFHLQFLGHQWV sensus outlined in a 1,000- RIFDWDVWURSKLF¿UHDORQJZLWK SDJH ¿QDO UHSRUW IURP WKH WKHORVVHVDI¿OLDWHGZLWKWKRVH 6LHUUD1HYDGD$GDSWLYH0DQ- ¿UHV´ VDLG .LPEHUO\ 5R- agement Project, which the drigues, a UC forest resourc- UC conducted at the request HVH[SHUWZKRZRUNHGRQWKH RIWKH86)RUHVW6HUYLFHWKH project. 86 )LVK DQG :LOGOLIH 6HU- “I’m hopeful that the For- YLFHDQGWKH&DOLIRUQLD1DWX- HVW6HUYLFHLVWUXO\FRPPLWWHG ral Resources Agency. to engaging with the com- The researchers — which munities” near forests, she included an outreach team VDLG³,WKLQNWKHUHDUHGLVWULFW that hosted public meetings rangers in California who are DQG¿HOGWULSVLQWKHZRRGV² absolutely committed and are concluded that enough is now GRLQJ WKDW NLQG RI FROODERUD- Online WLYHZRUNZLWKWKHFRPPXQLW\ to integrate local impact.” 7KH)RUHVW6HUYLFHZDQWHG D FRPSUHKHQVLYH XQLYHUVLW\ VWXG\ DIWHU SURSRVLQJ LQ to use fuel reduction treatments — such as prescribed burning, mechanical thinning and har- YHVWLQJFHUWDLQWUHHV²LQVWUD- tegically placed areas to slow GRZQ ZLOG¿UHV DQG LPSURYH forest health, UC experts said. The project was funded with $15 million in grants, mainly IURPWKH)RUHVW6HUYLFH In their 14-page response to the UC’s report, the re- source agencies noted that in- formation from the scientists was immediately useful to forest managers. For exam- ple, California’s Department RI)LVKDQG:LOGOLIHVWDWHGWKH research helped them adapt to changing conditions in the for- ests. The report comes amid in- creasing calls for better forest PDQDJHPHQW DIWHU GHYDVWDW- LQJ ZLOG¿UHV LQ UHFHQW \HDUV WKURXJKRXWWKH:HVWLQFOXGLQJ in California, where two major ¿UHVODVWVXPPHUFDXVHGPRUH than $1 billion in insured loss- HVDQGPRUHWKDQELOOLRQLQ total losses, according to the state’s insurance department. Legislation to protect the )RUHVW 6HUYLFH¶V IRUHVWPDQ- agement funds from being XVHGWRFRYHU¿UH¿JKWLQJFRVW RYHUUXQV ZDV OHIW RXW RI WKH $1.1 trillion omnibus federal VSHQGLQJELOODSSURYHGLQ'H- cember. Susan Kocher, a UC Co- RSHUDWLYH ([WHQVLRQ IRUHVWU\ DGYLVHUZKROHGWKHSXEOLFRXW- reach team in the last two years of the project, said the report showed that different objec- WLYHVLQWKHIRUHVWFDQFRQÀLFW HYHQ WKRXJK WKH H[SHUWV GLG WKHLUEHVWWRSURYLGH³ZLQZLQ recommendations.” Kocher said in an email the WHDP PD\ KRVW DQ HYHQW QH[W IDOOWRFKHFNLQZLWKUHVRXUFHV to see if the science is being in- corporated in projects. “My hope is that the report will be used to inform direc- tion of national forest man- agement throughout the Sier- UD 1HYDGD UHJLRQ DV D ZKROH EXW , WKLQN IRU WKDW WR KDSSHQ there would need to be an ac- WLYHSURFHVVE\ZKLFKUHJLRQDO managers incorporate the rec- RPPHQGDWLRQVDQG,KDYHQRW heard of any such forum being planned,” she said. 305 bulls sell for $1.49 million at Red Bluff sale 6LHUUD3DFL¿F,QGXVWULHVWR close California sawmill By TIM HEARDEN Capital Press RED BLUFF, Calif. — Con- signers at this year’s 75th annual Red Bluff Bull and Gelding Sale said they expected this year’s prices to come close to matching last year’s record receipts. They were right. Bidders shelled out nearly $1.49 million for 305 bulls on -DQ FDSSLQJ ¿YH GD\V RI OLYHVWRFN DXFWLRQV DQG RWKHU DFWLYLWLHVDWWKH7HKDPD'LVWULFW Fairgrounds. The top-priced bull was a Simmental named My %URNHUZKLFKVROGIRU WR .HQ DQG $UWLV )DXONPHU RI Powell Butte, Ore. The haul nearly matched last year’s all-time high total of PLOOLRQIRUEXOOVWKDW passed through the Don Smith 3DYLOLRQ :LQQLQJ ELGV DYHU- DJHG WKLV \HDU FRP- SDUHGWRDQDYHUDJHRI SHUEXOOLQ 0HUOH(DNLQRZQHURI/D]\ - 5HG $QJXV LQ 3ULQHYLOOH Ore., was selling 10 bulls in the auction and expected pric- es to be fairly strong. This was the sixth straight year the bull sale topped the PLOOLRQ PDUN 7KLV \HDU¶V total was the second-highest HYHU EHDWLQJ WKH PLOOLRQ FROOHFWHGIRUEXOOVLQ The bull sale was the last of IRXUDXFWLRQVODVWZHHNLQ5HG Bluff. The bidding began with the eighth annual online feeder and replacement heifer sale on -DQLQZKLFKDERXWORWV were sold. /RWV LQ WKH :HVWHUQ 9LGHR 0DUNHWKRVWHG VDOH ZHQW IRU DVPXFKDVSHUKXQGUHG- weight for weaned heifers and SHU KXQGUHGZHLJKW IRU weaned steers — well below last year’s high prices per hun- Tim Hearden/Capital Press GUHGZHLJKWRIDQG Merle Eakin, owner of Lazy J Red Angus in Prineville, Ore., looks UHVSHFWLYHO\ over his bulls at the 75th annual Red Bluff Bull and Gelding Sale The 104 geldings auctioned on Jan. 29 in Red Bluff, Calif. RII-DQJHQHUDWHG in combined sales, besting last “They’re an awfully good to approach last year’s totals. \HDU¶V WRWDO RI IRU set of bulls and they graded ex- ³3ULFHV KDYH EHHQ VWHDG\´ KRUVHV 7KLV \HDU¶V DYHUDJH RI WUHPHO\ZHOO´VDLG(DNLQZKRVH he said before this year’s sale. $10,070 per horse topped last SRXQG EXOO +RUDFH ZDV D “In general, cow prices are year’s $9,531. The high-selling grand champion in its class. down a little bit from a year ago, horse was bought for $35,000 5REE\ +DUIVW RZQHU RI but they’re still pretty strong … by Trenton McCuen of Loomis, +DUIVW +HUHIRUGV LQ -DFNVRQ- People still need bulls to breed Calif., and four other geldings YLOOH2UHDOVRH[SHFWHGSULFHV their cows.” VROGIRUPRUHWKDQ By TIM HEARDEN Capital Press ARCATA, Calif. — Re- GXFHGWLPEHUKDUYHVWVDQGD GLIILFXOWOXPEHUPDUNHWZLOO force Sierra Pacific Indus- tries to close its 55-year-old VDZPLOODIIHFWLQJMREV the company announced. The largest factor in the closure was that the type DQGVL]HRIORJVWKDWWKHPLOO FXWVZHUHQ¶WDYDLODEOHLQDG- equate supply from the re- JLRQ 63, VSRNHVPDQ 0DUN 3DZOLFNLVDLG The company tried to NHHS WKH $UFDWD PLOO UXQ- ning by bringing in logs from the interior of Cal- ifornia and barging them from British Columbia and :DVKLQJWRQ VWDWH EXW WKRVH HIIRUWV SURYHG WR EH XQHFR- nomical, company officials said. “This is a particularly sad day for Sierra Pacif- ic and for my family,” SPI Chairman and President Emeritus A.A. “Red” Em- merson said in a statement. “Our company started in the Arcata area when my farther and I leased our first mill there in 1949 near Jacoby &UHHN ³:HZHQWRQWREXLOGWKH Arcata mill on the Samoa 3HQLQVXODZKLFKZH¶YHUXQ steady since 1951,” he said. Crew members are being offered jobs elsewhere in the company as well as relo- cation assistance, a news re- lease said. SPI has 13 other sawmills in California and :DVKLQJWRQ LQFOXGLQJ D new one being built in Shel- WRQ:DVKDQGKDVZLQGRZ renewable power, sales and lumber remanufacturing fa- cilities in multiple states, the release said. In all, the Anderson, Ca- lif.-based company employs more than 4,500 crew mem- bers and owns and manag- es 1.9 million acres of tim- berland in California and :DVKLQJWRQ 6-4/#4N
