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, SUNDAY, JANUARY IS. 1961
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE.
Upward Trend in Activities in BLM Noted in Three Months
No downward trend was
noted In the bureau of land
management Medford district
activities during the last three
month period, according to
District Manager Ross
' Youngblood.
A number of BLM activities
, on the 9,005,742.40 acres in
the Medford BLM district
show an upward trend, he
noted. The bulk of the BLM
lands is situated in Jackson
and Josephine counties. The
remaining BLM Medford dis
trict lands are in Curry, K.la
math, Douglas and Coos coun
ties.
The upward trend of aclivl-
ties is in recreation, Inquiries
for homesites, occupancy tres
pass, reforestation, Christmas
tree cutting, and mineral in
quiries. Youngblood said.
The back - bone activity,
however, on the BLM lands of
selling and harvesting of tim
ber continued at a satisfactory
pace.
- Board Feet Sold
The district, under the gen
eral direction of Operations
Forester John Carnegie, had
planned to sell 36,619 thou
sand board feet; BLM sold
, 33,628 thousand board feet.
One year ago for the same
three-month period, the dis
trict planned to sell 32,360
thousand board feet; actual
volume sold was 31,793 thou
sand board feet.
Bidding for the BLM limber
was strong in the three-month
period, but not quite as strong
as one yeur ago, he noted The
average bid price for the past
three-month period was $22.70
per thousand board feet. For
the same three-month period
one year ago $36.88 was the
average ' bid per thousand
board feet. High bid for this
report period on Douglas-fir
and ponderosa pine was $37.10
and $36.25, respectively. A
year ago, the high bid for the
same species was $65 and $51
per thousand board feet.
: Youngblood noted that dol
lar comparison, while impres
sive, doesnot reveal all the
facts. The "quality of the tim
ber has an impact on bidding.
However, demand for the raw
product is the best reliable in
dicator on where bidding will
atop.
Still Big Business
Even though bidding by
comparison withthe same per
iod one year ago slacked, tim
ber selling and harvest on the
BLM land is a big business
The 35,628 thousand board
feet offered sold for $808,-
814.43.
Actual collections in this
period totaled : $915,784.03.
One year ago the collections
totaled $1,153,038.80, off
$137,254.77. Of the total for
the past three-month period,
O and C accounts receivable
collections tallied out at
$905,440.39.- The $10,343.64
difference is non-reimbursable
monies consisting of iervlce
fees, sale of maps, and road
maintenance collections.
By federal law, however, 75
: per cent of the accounts re
ceivable collections are re
turned annually to 18 O and C
western Oregon counties as
lieu tax payment. On the basis
of agreement with the O and
C counties one-third of the
75 per cent, or 25 per cent is
appropriated by the congress
' for use In capital improve
ment in the 18 O and C coun
ties. The capital improve
ments being made to the O
and C lands are reforestation,
construction of recreational
facilities, and access road con
struction. Reforestation Noted
Progress in reforestation Is
about even with the district
plan for this period, Young
blood said. A total of 1,883
acres was reforested. Seed
potting, or the planting of
forest tree seed, mostly pine,
was done on 625 acres; seed
lings were planted on 785
acres; and aerial seeding of
Douglas-fir by helicopter was
done on 473 acres.
Planting seedlings or tree
seed was done in this period
by four. different means: aer
ial seeding by BLM procure
ment contract; planting by
BLM planting crews, termed
force account; and reforest
ing BLM lands by planting
crews under the employ of
the purchasers of BLM timber
This type of reforesting was
a requirement by the terms of
the timber sale contract.
Highlighting BLM Med
ford district reforestation pro
gram for the three-month per
iod Is research experiment on
survival. This project is un
der the general direction of
the district plans foreslcr,
Robert Hostetter, in coopera
tion with the Oregon Forest
research Center at Corvallis.
Richard Herman 'of the Re
search Center is the technical
director of the project.
The survival experiment
tracts are exclosures. They
are located in Klamath coun
ty near the California-Oregon
line. One is accessible by the
Ward road and the other by
the Dixie road.
One of the most unusual
happenings was a small forest
fire that burst forth after ly
ing dormant one year. It was a
hold-over slashing fire set in
the fall of 1959. The hold-over
was in debris from logging.
No damage occurred.
Trespass cutting of BLM
timber in the period on single
stumpage basis total $2,135.70.
Fifteen new timber trespass
cases were discovered: eight
cases were closed.
While only one occupancy
trespass was reported, it is es
timated there are possibly
2,500 occupancy use viola
lions, mostly squatters, pres
ently on BLM lands in the dis
trict. This estimate was made
by projecting, using known
number of cases as a base.
Keno Access Road
Award of bid for the con
struction of the 27-mile Keno
timber access road was made
to G. Frank King of Portland.
Bids were opened Dec. 28.
The contract calls for the
completion of a 24-foot finish
ed road ready for rock surfac
ing. Target date for comple
tion Is mid-October this year.
The "C" section of the Ga
Iice timber access road is 95
per cent completed, Young
blood said. Eventually one
should be able to drive from
Galice almost directly west to
Marial. The road, upon com
pletion of the "C" section, is
about 30 miles long. Also the
C section ends just short
of the Curry-Josephine county
line.
The Deer Creek timber ac
cess road Is only 25 per cent
completed. Progress was slow
on this job. Upon completion
of this access road one can
drive from Williams to Selma.
However, the Star Gulch
bridge and approaches are
about 95 per cent .complete.
Star Gulch is a tributary to
the Applegate river.
Finish Traverses
BLM Medford district engi
neering personnel finished
traverses, easement descrip
tions, maps, and otner attend
ant data needed for the pur
chase of 75 miles of logging
roads located principally in
Douglas county.
In this three-month period,
BLM purchasers of timber
built as a condition of the sale
nine miles of logging timber
roads at an estimated cost of
$80,000.
Two timber access road
maintenance crows of the bu
reau of public roads were
maintaining BLM roads. The
Galice crew began winter im
provement on the Mt. Reuben
road, meanwhile doing skele
ton maintenance on the Ga
lice access road, as log haul
ing continued until about
rhrisimas. The other crew
stationed at Medford complet
ed maintenance improvement
on the Jamison Gulch, Sardine
Creek, Middle Creek roads,
all in Jackson county, as well
as continued maintenance on
the West Fork Evans Creek
mainline access road.
Study Appraisals
Study continued in the tech
niques of timber appraisal,
with District Appraiser Fogel-
quist assisting in a mill study
at an Olson-Lawyer Lumber
company mill. The study was
nnrlpr the direction of the
Pacific Northwest Forest and
Range Experiment station.
Prime purpose of the study
was to observe the lumber
recovery in Shasta fir logs.
Over 700 Shasta fir logs were
diagrammed, log graded, and
scaled.
The study in the form class
of standing trees was contin
ued. The object of the study
is to determine averages in
form class for the various spe
cies of trees in the Medford
district. This is a continuing
study, Youngblood said.
There were no lost - time
accidents to BLM employees
during the period. Activities
in orientation, in the field of
training employees, and par
ticipating in various publio
programs shared will in tha
BLM agenda during the last
three months. BLM Medford
district discussed BLM pro
grams on TV, at Medford Ro
tary, Explorer Post 8, tho
Methodist Men.
A number of cash incentivs
awards were given to employ
ees during the Christmas shop
ping season, and a Presiden
tial citation to the district for
sharing in the employment of
handicapped people was presented.
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