Aerial Photos
Valuable For
Forest Study
STA T E M IN ER A L
B U L L E T IN O U T
O regon S ta te C ollege—By using
aerial p h o to g rap h s in m ak in g
tim b e r inventories, N o rth w e st fo r
e ste rs a re c u ttin g costs and tim e
and labor re q u ire m e n ts to a fra c
tion of p re w a r days w hen surveys
w ere no rm ally m ad e by ground
crew s.
• he photos also serv e as a v a l
uab le tool in ma.p m aking and d e
velopm ent of g en e ral forest m a n
agem ent pro g ram s, according to
J. R. D ilw orth. O regon S ta te col
lege fo re ste r who helped introduce
fo resters of this region to photo
benefits and techniques.
A erial photos a re also useful
for p lann in g fire co n trol, road lo
cation, re creatio n , fish and gam e
m an ag em en t, soil su rveys and in
d u stria l developm ent.
P ra c tic a lly all la rg e com panies
in th e N o rth w est now use th e a ir
photos, su p p lem en ted by ground
cruises, in th e ir in v en to ry p ro
gram s. U sing th e photoes, in
ten sity of ground ex am ination can
be reduced by as m uch as 50 id
60 percen t w ith the sam e accuracy
of results.
Jobs th at once required w eeks
or days can now be done in days
or hours.
The photos a r e n ’t likelv to ever
replace ground crew s en tire ly be
cause such specific d etails as log
grades, d efects and percen t of
volum e by species in m ixed
coniferous stan d s m u st com e from
on - th e - s p o t ob servations and
m easu rem en ts. B ut the photos
will be used fa r m o re extensively
in the fu tu re and fo r m ore p u r
poses. D ilw orth predits.
t o s t of a e rial photography
varies from about 1 to 5 cents per
acre, according to size of tra c t and
scale of photo. Most N orthw est
forest lands h av e been photo
graphed by federal governm ent
agencies, how ever, and p rin ts
no rm ally can be bought from
them . In fo rm atio n on available
ph o tographs can be o btained from
th e P o rtlan d regional office of the
U.S. forest service o r local ASC
—fo rm erly P M A —offices.
A s ta n d a rd 9 by 9 inch photo,
which shows ab out 9 sq u are m iles,
costs ap p ro x im a te ly 60 cents.
OS( s ta rte d a sp rin g photo
short course for in tere ste d N o rth
west fo re ste rs an d logging en g i
neers in 1949. M ore th an 100 have
com pleted th e cou rse since then
and re g istra tio n dem and still ex
ceeds av a ila b le tra in in g facilities. |
A course in a e rial photo in ter- I
p retatio n was estab lish ed in 1949
by the OSC school of forestry.
O ne of th e m ost p o p u lar S ta te
D e p artm en t of Geology and M in
e ra l In d u stries publications, B ulle
tin 16, “ Field Id e n tificatio n of
M inerals for O regon P rospectors
and C ollectors.” has ju st been is
sued in its fifth edition. T he b u l
letin co n tain s d escriptions of n e a r
ly 200 m inerals to g e th e r w ith
ta b le s w hich aid in th e d e te rm in a
tion of unknow n specim ens. A sec
tion of the 133-page bulletin is
devoted to descriptions of m in
e ra l-te stin g eq u ip m en t and basic
prospecting tools. S ev eral radio
active m in erals have been in
cluded for the first tim e as well
as o th e r m inerals w hich have be
com e im p o rtan t in recent years.
The b u lletin is an elem e n ta ry re f
erence book and the m ore easily
understood physical te s ts a re
stressed ra th e r th an chem ical
tests. Copies m ay be o b tained a t
the P o rtla n d office of the D e p a rt
m ent in the S ta te Office Building
or a D ep artm en t field offices in
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