The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, November 17,1977 FIVK
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The task of keeping 240,000
acres of timber-producing
land green and growing isn't
something that can be accom
plished in one shot. For the
Kinzua Corp. foresters, it's a
' ' full time job and the number
and logistics involved is
enough to send anybody back
"::q the woods.
Kinzua recently took advan
- tage of the break between deer
and elk seasons to seed about
6,400 acres of land in the
Willow Creek and Rea Creek
areas. Some 15,000 pounds of
grass seed mixture including
intermediate and crested
wheat, orchard and timothy
grasses, yellow blossom sweet
clover, sainfoin and ladac,
nomad and rhizoma alphalfa
were dropped by helicopter.
Most of the seed was
supplied by Kinzua with a
portion coming from the
Oregon Wildlife Commission.
The total cost of the seed and
the application amounts to
about $10 per acre and is only
part of the reforestation
process carried out by Kinzua.
The results are shared by man
and wildlife alike.
Writing in the September
issue of "Oregon Wildlife,"
game biologist Glen Ward
said, "All of Kinzua lands are
valuable for the production
and survival of many species
of wildlife found in the eastern
Oregon area. In order to
' increase production and survi
val of these wild species of
. mammals and birds, a cooper
ative range reseeding project
has been planned and carried
out on an annual basis
between the Kinzua Corpora
tion and the Department
(Oregon Wildlife Commis
sion). After the slash is
removed from the logged
areas, grass is seeded to the
disturbed soil to slow water
runoff. New forage production
provides valuable food for
domestic livestock and habi
tat, food and protective cover
for wildlife species."
In addition to the 60,000
pounds of grass seed scattered
across Kinzua lands each
year, the foresters are also
responsible for planting some
30,000 tree seedlings annually.
The seedlings are grown for
two years from seed gathered
from superior trees at a
comparable elevation level
and then hand planted.
The seeds are grown in
styro-block "plug" containers
which offer advantages in the
speed of planting and increase
the chances of survival. A
power auger is used to drill
holes for the seedlings and
they are shaded by a piece of
bark or rock.
"The tree seedlings provide
additional wildlife cover after
the vegetation has been esta
blished," Ward writes. Kinzua
forester Ed Tarnasky esti
mates that 50,000 seedlings
will be planted in the spring of
1978 and 70,000 will be planted
the following spring.
The planting of the seedlings
is a precise business in itself
but marks only a beginning to
the overall reforestation and
management procedure. Be-
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cause Kinzua relies entirely
on nature to provide neces
sary moisture and because
nature is sometimes miserly
in doling out precipitation to
these parts, the number of
trees per acre must be limited
to provide satisfactory
growth.
Pre-commercial thinning is
an important factor in in
creasing the producing capa
city of a timber area and the
thinning occupies much of the
foresters' time in late summer
and fall. Thinning is mainly
done with a hydro-axe, a
mechanical thinning machine
which allows a two-man crew
to cover about 4.5 acres per
day.
cognition and awards for
outstanding performance.
This is a result of hiring
well-trained, experienced, and
dedicated personnel and the
insistence of the administra
tive people to do a good job.
"Don Hardwick, Kinzua,
received the State Board of
Forestry Award for the East
ern Oregon Forest Practices
Operator of the Year in 1975
and 1976. He was commended
for the following practices:
Access roads planned to stay
out of the canyon bottoms,
stream bank cover main
tained and skid trails kept
away from the streams, an
overall effort to minimize
water runoff problems which
Kinzua Corporation
featured in
'Oregon Wildlife
In each harvesting opera
tion, forester select the best
trees as "leave trees" to
provide for a future crop as
well as a superior seed source
for new stands. Trees are
thinned to the correct spacing
to provide maximum growth.
A newly planted area might
contain 700 trees per acre
while a healthy stand of
harvest size trees might
number 100 trees to the acre.
Kinzua reports that wood
cut samples reveal that a
substantial increase in wood
fibre production is accom
plished by the thinning pro
cess. Trees actually grow
more wood fibre in eight years
following one pre-commercial
thinning than they grew in the
previous 38 years of unat
tended growth. For every
17,500 acres thinned, an in
crease in annual production of
one million board feet results,
alone with a large increase in
the amount of forage for
livestock and wildlife.
Striking the proper balance
between production and con
servation has been a trade
mark of the Kinzua logging
approach. Ward writes, "It
was no accident that two
Kinzua logging contrators
have received statewide re-
foul fish-bearing streams with
sediments and debris. Buffer
strips were left to screen
operations from passing traf
fic, thus preserving the aes
thetic value of the area.
Consideration is also given to
snags that are being used by
cavity-nesting birds. A road
closure program has been
instituted to cut down on
wildlife harassment and to
prevent or alleviate soil ero
sion. Unused roads are seeded
back to grasses to produce
additional cover and forage.
"Another Kinzua contrac
tor, Norman Patterson, re
ceived a merit award for
excellence in slash disposal ;
from the Eastern Oregon
Regional Forest Practices
Committee in 1974 and 1975."
Kinzua general manager
Allen Nistad summed up the
Kinzua approach by saying,
"Our goal has always been
one of cooperation with all
facets of the community and
natural areas. The whole
approach of the logging indus
try has changed from the
early years and it-s been
exciting to work with a
company that is so interested
and concerned with what's
going on around it."
Obie Brodshorw
Service Manager
At
Mel Winter
Volkswagen
is the
winner
in the recent Notional Service Managers Contest.
Obie was outstanding in the Riviera Motors Distributors
area. He had the greatest increase in sales in their
service department, and was successful in bringing back
the older model vehicles to the Dealership. As a result,
he will be receiving U.S. Savings Bonds.
When you buy a finely tuned, highly engineered car like
a Volkswagen, you need more than just an average
service and repair job. That's why we at Mel Winter
Volkswagen-Audi is proud to say "We can do it
all. ..From alignment and brakes to electrical to
complete engine rebuild if necessary.
Our Volkswagen-Audi mechanics know their business.
They should! They have been to some 28 special training
classes, and our average is ten years per serviceman at
the Mel Winter Volkswagen-Audi full service shop. This
week Paul Moeller joined our staff. He comes from the
B.M.W. Dealer in Portland. He works on all foreign
cars Porsche, Mercedes, Jaguar, Honda, Datsun,
Toyota, and has had many hours of factory training. We
use genuine V-W parts, and back all our work with a six
month, six thousand mile warranty. What it boils down
to is this: At Mel Winter Volkswagen, we want you to
know that you buy the service with the car, not as an
exception. Next time you need a tune up or repair work,
call us at 276-3611.
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Kinzua Corporation is a leader in
the wood products industry when
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refcrestation. This photo taken last
winter at Kinzua shows the deeply
forested hillsides above the town
that not many years ago were
barren and not meeting their tree
producing capabilities.
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