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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (June 11, 1976)
JUNE 11, 1976 WARM SPRINGS, OREGON PAGE 7, Logging Season in Full Swing Logging areas on the res- | ervation are once again alive | with the sound of chain-saws, e axes, hooting whistles, heavy | machinery, and the crack of falling timber. Logging season starts r about a month later on the I reservation than in other areas [ due to the high elevation and late snow-melt. The season us- | ually begins in May and ends I in November. Just about everyone in- | volved in the logging business I agrees that it is a risky oc- r cupation. Heavy equipment | with moving parts, rough and i sometimes steep terrain, fall ing trees and limbs, and huge I logs being moved about | combine to form the elements | of danger. According to Hank Palmer, I logging manager of WSFPI, I driving a log truck is hazard- | ous and ranks high under bee I stings. He said that he has | been stung a number of times, | and knew of one fellow who i- was stung 42 times while un- I happily tangling with a bees I nest. Palmer said that just about - everyone who has wqj’ked in i the forest for a time has been [ stung. “We require those with I allergies to notify us in ad vance’s© they can be properly cared for should they be stung on job,” he said. There is on-the-job training to reduce the risk of danger, and safety features are ex* plained to the inexperienced. The possibility of the unex pected is always present, though. “I saw one guy fall a tree with a bear in it,” said Palmer. A number of logging outfits are under contract with WSFPI (Warm Springs Forest Pro ducts Industries). The three largest are; Russell Smith Log ging Company, Zane Jackson Logging, and Harold Barclay of Sisters. Other outfits include; Al bert Comedown, Alfred Smith (J.R.), and Johnnie Gurerin. YBY of Oakridge, Oregon does specialty logging (cable log ging) for specific terrain and steep areas. Operators doing salvage work on the reserva tion are Bruce (Mickey) Brunoe, and Robert Couch. All logging contracted through WSFPI is done within the “old reservation’ ’ bound aries, according to Palmer, and does not include the Mc- Quinn Strip. The logging process itself is an interesting and compli cated procedure. Before any logging »crews go out into the woods, aerial photos are stud ied to help determine the amount of each sale and lo- » cation, and the areas where ’ contractors will be working. On the reservation, the BIA determines where sales will be. They are in charge of sale set-up, boundaries, and the type of trees . to be har vested. After information about possible sales have gone through an Environmental Im pact Study, and have been approved by the area office in Portland, they corné back to be JIM WOODWARD is shown falling a Douglas Fir in the South Fork Boulder Creek area. He works for Russell Smith Logging Company and his cutting contractor is Sam Danzuka. Photo by Sandy Rangila looked over by the Timber Committee. When the go-ahead has been given, a logging plan is drawn up, and roads have to be put in. Often, temporary roads (logging spurs) for skid ding or for easier loading are needed. The harvestable trees are usually marked in the winter with BIA forestry officials trudging through the^snow with their blue markers. All must be in readiness for May - the beginning of logging season. Loggers start out as early as possible in the morning (usually at day-break) so they can quit early because of the heat and fire danger. Each contractor assumes the re sponsibility of “fire-watch”, which generally lasts about two hours after the day’s log ging operations have ended. The logger categories are; falling and bucking of the trees, skidding, loading, haul ing, and slash treatment. There is road maintenance work including road grading, and water trucks help keep the dust down. according to a WSFPI spokes man, they are getting more into specialty logging because of conditional use areas where the topography consists of steep hills, gullies, and difficult terrain. Helicopters and' balloon yarders are used on slope per cents of 40 - 1O0 percent, and “skyline” is needed for a slope of 30 - 90 percent. In both of these cases, the logs are moved through the air, off the ground, on a cable. In high- lead logging do - 70 percent slope), there is a cable, but the- logs are dragged on the ground. A jammer is u&ed on a 30 to 55 percent slope, a heel boom on a 20 to 40 percent slope, and the skidder and tractor are utilized trom 0 to 25 percent and 0 to 35 percent slopes, respectively. The species of trees brought into WSFPI are gen erally Ponderosa Pine ( a lumber product), Douglas Fir - a peeler, plywood and chip product, and, recently, White Fir - also a peeler and chip tree. There are also other varieties of pine, fir, spruce, larch, hemlock, and cedar. The whole logging opera tion requires skilled, exper ienced people as there is much more to the business than meets the eye, according to logging experts. It is not with out its risks, but from the way those involved talk about it, it seems fascinating and worth while. A Good Will is on Up-To-Date Will An out-of date Will can ' profit-sharing plan? Have I cause confusion and disappoint already disposed of articles ment. Your Will should be re specifically mentioned in my viewed every year or two to be Will? Does my Will take ad sure it accomplishes what you vantage of taxsaving plans? Will my executor have to sell want it to. For your assets to be dis , property to pay taxes? Have tributed according to your tax laws changed that will af wishes, a good Will drawn by a fect rhy Will? Is my executor competent attorney is neces still alive, able, and available sary. A good Will is an up-to- to serve? Have I made a de Tree cutters fall the trees, date Will. Changed personal cision to make a charitable gift limb them, and buck them into and financial circumstances through my Will? specified lengths, then the Will review need not take often call for a revision in your scaler - tallies . the- board feet. Will. long. It may be that your Will Choker setters come in next (a still achieves your purpose. dangerous job) and prepare for Questions to answer when However, if revisions are the skidding with the cat. reviewing your Will: Has my needed, see your attorney. If I The logs are then hauled to family situation changed can be of help to you as you a landing site 'to be stacked through marriage, divorce, review your Will. jdo not hes and the knot bumper saws off death, birth, or disability? itate to ask. Remember, only remaining limbs, lumps, and Have the needs of those named by taking the positive, action of knots. Next, the loader moves in my Will changed with time, maintaining a valid Will can in and the timber is stacked on e.g., children become financial you be assured your property the log truck. Finally, the log ly independent? Have my as will go to those you wish. DRIVING. A. LOG TRUCK is a dangerous job and this is an truck driver hauls away the sets changed due to inheri James E. Womack, Direc example of what can happen. The stake broke on George Picard’s swaying load on the truck to I truck as he rounded a bend, causing part of his load to come the mill. tance, purchase or sale of pro tor of Planned Giving North perty or insurance, increased - west Christian College, Most of the logging on the tumbling down. A very unhappy George is inspecting the damage, Oregon 97401 (503) K ’ while the loader unloads the shifted logs. > • . • ,resqry,atjpn is done with a v decreased _tV ,, valuation of: pro- Eugene^ - f’ ' ’ v._ .v?, ^<toby^<frlftrigil< tr^^ 3434641.
