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First Quarter Program in Medford BLM District Outlined by Ross Youngblood District Manager Ross A. "Youngblood of the Medford forst district of the bureau of land Management recently summarized the district pro gram for the first quarter of calendar year 1953 which ended. March 31. Total collec tions for this period were 5339,761.44. Youngblood also mentioned in the summary that revenue from timber sales amounted to $330,594.02. The payments were made to the bureau for timber which has been sold on the Medford district dur ing the last two years. Timber contractors are not required to pay the total con tract price for large volumes of timber at the time of pur chase. However, they are re quired to pay for the timber installments ahead of the har vesting of the volume pur chased. Payment for timber sale must be made in full to the bureau within two years. Sold in First Quarter The Medford district sold 53,436,000 board feet of tim ber for a total contract price of S801,423.87 during the first quarter of 1958. The sales in cluded 519.000 board feet of timber at $17,221.95 sold on public domain land and 32, 17,000 board feet of timber at S784.206.92 sold on O and C land. Medford district timber sale revenues must be segregated by the two classes of land which the district administers, public domain or O and C, be cause the bureau shares dif ferent percentages of the tim ber receipts with the local county governments for the Iwo classes of lands. The O and C act of 1937 requires the federal government to re turn 75 per cent of the timoer fsceipts to the counties which ton tain O and C land: this payment is to compensate the local governments for the taxes which they lost when the United States reclaimed title to the O and C lands. Revenue returned to the O and C counties for the Med ford district first quarter sales will amount to 5196,051.73. Available for Funds O and C counties have made one-third of this shared rev enue available to the BLM for use on forest access roads and reforestation projects. The county investment in ac cess roads results in higher stumpage prices for standing bureau and private timber, better fire protection with less loss from forest fires, and bet ter opportunities for small loggers to buy timber. The investment in reforestation as sures a future supply of lim ber for local industry, and it results in an increased allow able cut for the lands under bureau jurisdiction, Young blood noted. The public domain lands which the bureau administers have always been in public ownership; they were never homesteaded, taken for pri vate ownership, or reserved for any federal use such as were the lands of the national parks or forests. They are usually rough and fit only for forestry or grazing, since they are the residual after the better lands were selected for other uses. The bureau of reclamation receives 95 per cent of the timber sale receipts from pub lic domain lands. Only 5 per cent of the revenue is return ed to the local government; this will amount to $861.98 for the public domain timber sales in the Medford district during the first quarter of 1958. Timber trespasses, road use fees, and rent of land ac counted for most of the re maining 59,167.42 in collec tions. Land rentals, which in clude special land use per mits, grazing leases, and oth er land rentals, accounted for the largest collections in "ihis group. Process Leases The Medford district proc essed 29 grazing leases on 39,199 acres. Bureau grazing leases are reappraised every three years, and may be is sued for 10 years. The total number of processed leases included 15 renewed and 14 reappraised. The district has a total of 172 active grazing leases which constitute an important part of the bureau's multiple-use approach to nat ural resource management. Special land use permits, an important segment of the total land rental collections, are is sued to indi viduals and or ganizations for a variety of private uses. They include camp grounds, picnic areas, cattle loading chutes, log ponds, and homesites. Special land use permits are issued only if no other land law is applicable, and then only if the private use is not in con flict with the interest of the general public. Collections 'for road use access roads. These fees help pay for the cost or mainte nance ot tne roads. Small Item Timber trespasses, a rela tively small item in the first quarter total collections, rep resent one cf the most seri ous problems which the bu reau faces. The problem is aggravated by the large acre age under bureau jurisdiction and by the checker-board ownership pattern of this land resulting from the original O and C land grant which deeded alternate sections to the O and C railroad. The Medford district had 199 trespass cases on file at the end of the first quarter; 74 of them are "suspected and are not yet proven. The bu reau checks and prosecutes the cases as fast as manpower will allow, Youngblood said. Trespass cases are turned over to the department of justice to be investigated by the FBI when evidence of a deliber ate attempt to steal bureau timber exists. The cases are processed as criminal cases and may result in fines or imprisonment for the defendant. However, tim ber trespasses innocent in na ture are settled through the payment of double the ap praised price of the timber cut. Secure Easements The Medford district se cured 12 easements, the right to build access roads across private land, during the first quarter of 1958. The ease ments, with several more yet to be secured, will provide access to 1.411,000 M board feet of BLM timber. Access across private land is made complex for the bureau be cause of the intermingled na ture of the bureau land with private land The bureau attempts to "block-up" or concentrate its ownership through land ex changes with private owners or public agencies whenever possible. Such "blocked-im" ownerships reduce access problems and make firo nrn. tection more efficient. The bu reau also is interested in aid ing private owners to con centrate their ownerships wnen sucn exchanges are not contrary to Zuuiic interest No new exchange applications were filed during the first quarter, but 80 cases were on file at the end of the period Bureau of public roads and BLM personnel surveyed 29 B2f or those who feel tired! 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The Medford district is pre paring plans for the orderly development of the timber management program for the entire district. A weH-planned network of access roads is es sential for the development. District engineers and plans foresters planned 64 miles of mainline timber roads and 106 miles of secondary spur roads during the first quarter of 1958. The first phase of the Med ford district transportation plan, showing the entire net work of roads on the district, was completed in February. This plan shows 624 miles of existing bureau roads, 1,065 miles of bureau projected roads, 1,479 miles of public roads, and 815 miles of pri vate roads. This plan is gen eral in nature. A more detail ed analysis may result in 2, 000 to 3,000 miles of Medford district projected roads. A modern forest inventory program is in progress over the entire Medford district. Timber stands are mapped by age, species, and density on aerial photographs; other fea tures such as roads, trails and streams are also mapped on the photographs. The district inventory pro gram includes - the establish ment of permanent sample plots in the timber stands; these sample plots, based on statistical methods of samp ling, allow the bureau to de termine timber volumes and growth rate for bureau lands. This data is used to compute the allowable cut which is the amount of timber which can be harvested from bureau lands perpetually. Work on all phases of the inventory program was in progress dur ing the first quarter of 1958. Reforestration Program The reforestation program on the Medford district was accomplished largely in the last quarter of 1957. However 172 acres were planted to 81, 000 ponderosa pine seedlings during the first quarter of 1948. Direct seeding ofDoug las fir seeds received the dist rict's major reforestation ef fort this quarter with 744 acres being broadcast seeded by hand or aerial methods An additional 203 acres were seedspotted to ponderosa pine seed. Seedspotting involves placing individual seeds in the ground in the best pos sible spot for survival and at a specified spacing pattern. Contracts were awarded for 1,111 acres of brush removal and scarification during . the period. A total of 1,241 acres of snag-falling projects were awarded, with scarification or reforestation projects follow ing the snag falling. Contract prices for brush removal and scarification ranged from $17.50 per acre to $42 per acre. Approximately 5,125 snags were felled at an aver age cost of $1.25 per snag, or 55.10 per acre. The Medford district, in ac cordance with BLM policy of training its men in the latest techniques of resource man agement, sent men to several training schools during this period. New techniques of road de- isgn were studied by five men at a 5-day engineering short course conducted at Oregon State college. Another short course offered by the college on forest insects and disease was attended by one man. Conduct Two Schools The bureau conducted two schools at Roseburg during the period. They were on scaling techniques and on the use of the wedge prism meth od of determining tree taper for inventory procedures. The scaling session lasted three days and was attended by five Medford men, while the inventory school lasted three days and was attended by two Medford men. Robert Hostetter, assistant district manager in charge of plans for the Medford district, was detailed to Washington, D.C., in January to participate in the middle management train ing programs of the depart ment of the interior. He will return to the district in June. iTwo men returned to the Medford district after two years to military service. They were Pat Clason and Bruce Ottenfield. Both serv ed in the Army. John A. Carnegie, assistant district manager in charge of operations for the Medford district, received a superior accomplishment award for his work on a manual release concerning rights-of-way for the BLM Manual. This release set up procedures for proces sing rights-of-way under the I bureau regulations. , NEW CLUBHOUSE Medford Pathfinders last we- dedi cated a new clubhouse at the Rogue River academy nds on South Stage rd. The building was constructed i.jugh work by club members with funds raised from several projects. inders Club Dedicates House A new Medford Seventh day Adventist Pathfinder clubhouse was dedicated at the Rogue River academy grounds on South Stage rd. The clubhouse was built with funds raised by Pathfinders, and much of the construction was done by club members. . John H. Hancock, North Pacific Union Missionary vol unteer leader, congratulated local Pathfinders on comple tion of the clubhouse. Also participating in the cere monies were Richard W. Schwartz, Oregon conference youth leader, Oral W. Tucker, director of the Medford club, and deputy directors and club members. Included in Building Paul Beddoe,' Pathfinder deputy director, gave- a his tory of the building. The club house contains 2,880 - square feet and has nine rooms in which individual units may work on various arts and crafts. It also includes an audi torium, counselor's room, kit chen and rest rooms. It was completed in about 10 months at a cost of about $1 per square foot, he noted. Several fund raising pro grams were conducted during the construction period, and as an all-out final campaign a few weeks ago, a plan was presented in which each lead er was to donate $20 and club members $10. About 3.500 boxes of Pathfinder candy were sold to help fi nance the building. Highlights of . dedication ceremonies included a song service led by Hancock, a mu sical program by member of the club, and a tour through the unit rooms ,in which arts and crafts completed by unit members were displayed. Ex hibits included photography, marine life, rocks and min erals, textile painting, flori fied glass, stars, wild flowers and campcraft. Displayed at the front of the auditorium were ribbons and trophies won by the club at the annual Pathfinder fairs in Eugene. Local Quartets To Attend Event A group of "Barbershop pers," including the "Med tones," a ladies quartet, and male quartets from Medford, will sing as guests at a "Bar bershop Quartet Parade" in Grants Pass May 24. The event is being sponsor ed by the Grants Pass chap ter of the Society for the Pres ervation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Sing ing in America. It will be held at the junior high school in Grants Pass. 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