MEDFOBD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON SUNDAY. JUNE 23. 1963 g j
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There is an old Scotch
long that goes something
like this: "You take the high
road and I'll take the low."
Substitute lands for road
nd the song could be sung
by the state forestry depart
ment tn the U.S. forest serv
ice, for that's the forest man
agement pattern in Oregon.
This is a good thing to
know, foresters point out, as
the annual fire season ap
proaches. ' The high country
is under the jurisdiction of
the U.S. forest service, and
the low country is in the state
forestry department's realm.
The bureau of land manage
ment enters this forest pic
ture as owner of the Oregon
California railroad lands, the
public domain and manager
of the watershed. The BLM,
however, contracts with the
state forestry department for
fire protection.
Fir Protection Agency
The state may protect one
aide of the road and the fed
eral government the other.
The state forestry department
is chiefly a fire protection
agency and owns little land.
The state forestry depart
ment has manned 12 lookouts
for the 1963 season. The
Rogue River National forest
will have 13 lookouts in op
eration, one more than last
year. Devil's Peak is still
snowbound but will probably
be manned this week. It is
normally opened the last
week in June or the first
week in July, according to
Carroll E. Brown, forest su
pervisor. The lookouts manned In
the national forest are Whis
key Peak, Squaw Peak,
Dutchman's Peak, Cinnabar,
Wagner Butte, Robinson
Butte, Blue Rock, Rustler's
Peak, Devil's Peak, Bessie
Rock, Hall's Point, Abbott
Butte, Mt. Stella and Hersh
berger. Slate Lookouts Noted ,
The 12 lookouts in the state
forest area are White Point,
Fredenburg, Soda Mountain,
Hound Top, Battle Mountain,
Tallow Box, Manzanita, Pea
Vine, Sexton, Mt. Reuben,
Waldo and Buck Rock.
"The basic law of Oregon
places upon each forest land
owner the responsibility of
protecting hii own lands
from fire."
This brings the . forest in'
dustry into the mosaic or tap
estry of fire protection. The
forest industry in southern
Oregon is "very coopera
tive," according to Curtis
Nesheim, district warden,
TYPICAL LOOKOUT This state forestry department look
out on Battle mountain, manned for the 1963 season, is just
like many others from which southern Oregon woods and
lands will be guarded against fire by trained fire finders.
Battle Mountain is north of Wimer.
and Wayne Peterson, admin
istrative assistant, of the
Southwest Oregon district.
This cooperation makes fire
protection a three facet thing
and each spring the represen
tatives get together for their
annual planning . conference.'
Why does anyone need to
know all this? The answer is
"it could help greatly in
speeding up action in case of
fire or in obtaining a fire
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permit." During the 1962 fire
season, 3,401 burning permits
were issued by district personnel.
Know where you are and
how to report your location!
The state forestry depart
ment issues fire permits out
side the rural fire districts
and city jurisdiction. There
are seven public rural fire
districts on the Southwest
Oregon district Shady Cave,
Talent, Medford, Rogue Ri
ver, Central Point, Wimer
and Illinois Valley. Another
one is being organized at
Prospect.
When a call comes into the
state forestry department
headquarters on Table Rock
road, reporting a fire or re
questing a burning permit,
the warden looks at the map.
He then tells the caller in
what jurisdiction he is locat
ed. If a permit is wanted, he
tells the person which war
den to contact.
All Bacome Involved
Sometimes "a big cloud
runs a circle," Peterson said,
and rural departments, state
fire patrols, U.S. forest serv
ice crews and industry volun
teers become involved in the
fire suppression. Each crew
man is working to keep the
fire from spreading into his
area or to put out the fire
already there.
Suppression crews are
called in as conditions war
rant. Some were called up in
May and by July crews will
probably be at peak strength.
At the time of the Hepsie
mountain fire there were 48
fires going all at once. It
was a lightning strike fire.
Fires for the most part, how
ever, occur where the peo
ple are, Peterson commented.
Last year 75 per cent of the
man - caused fires on the
Southwest Oregon district oc
curred within a 12 air mile
radius of Grants Pass,
Nesheim said. In 1961 there
were more in the Medford
vicinity.
Finance Protection
In the forests the taxpay
ers finance the protection.
For fighting fires two cents
an acre is budgeted. This
money cannot be used for any
other purpose.
The state emergency fire
cost fund is supported entire
ly by the lumber industry
with a severance tax of four
cents per thousand board
feet. When this fund reaches
! $750,000 the tax drops to two
cents. That is what it is now,
according to District Warden
Nesheim.
The Southwest Oregon dis
trict controlled 213 fires be.
tween April 10 and Nov. 3,
1962. These fires burned
2.404 acres with two of the
fires accounting for some 835
acres and five others burning
some 1,050 acres.
A total of $35,417.59 was
expended on fire fighting
over and above the regular
district men and equipment.
Of this amount, $2,310.39 was
expended on grazing zone
fires, leaving a total of $33,
107.20 expended on forest
lands. The sum of $878 46
was collected by the state for
ester on fires that occurred
during this fire season.
There were 19 incendiary
fires on the Southwest Ore
gon district during the 1962
season. If a responsible arty
is responsible for one of these
fires the state is obligated to
collect the fire costs from him.
All the 1962 fires were in
vestigated and three parties
were apprehended.
The state is suing to collect
the fire costs. Another suit
pending was filed in connec
tion with the Wilderville fire.
The six lookouts in the
state forestry district that
will not be manned this sum
mer are Chimney Rock,
Table Mountain, ' Anderson
Butte, Burnt Peak. Mt. Isa
belle and King Mountain.
These can always be manned
in case of emergency.
It is the cooperation of the
public in reporting incidence
of fires that has enabled the
state forest department to
adopt this economy, the for
esters said. The state protec
tion budget has been reduced
during the last two years.
The operation goes on with
the same amount of money in
spite of rising costs. The de
partment is assisted greatly
in meeting this problem by
the budget advisory commit
tee, Peterson said.
On Ditlrict Staff
There are approximately
110 people on the Southwest
Oregon district staff at the
peak of the season. The war
dens' assignments are very
flexible, controlled by the
weather. If they go on duty
early and then a rainy sea
son develops, they are called
off duty.
In the dry years the grass
doesn't grow so tall, there
fore it doesn't create as great
a hazard during the fire sea
son. Thus nature has ways of
balancing the increased prob
lem in the forest by reducing
the danger in the fields.
The forests of Oregon pro
vide the state economy with
its number one income pro
ducer. So even to those per
sons who fail to appreciate
the scenic and recreational
gifts of the outdoors, the trees
are worth saving.
Area Students on
University Honor
Roll Are Noted
Eugene - Sixty students, out
of a total of 429 listed on the
University of Oregon's honor
roll for spring term, made the
perfect grade score of 4.00 or
all A grades.
The honor roll includes the
names of all students making
grade point averages of 3.50
or higher, based on not less
than 12 term hours.
The honor roll included the
following students from Med
ford: Mary Margaret Barker,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam Barker, 2430 Hlllcrest
rd.
Hannah Margaret Booth,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles W. Booth, 2133 Siski
you blvd.
Susan L. Coffman, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Coff
man, route 2.
Jacklyn Lee C r e a g e r,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.
H. Creagcr, 27 Glen Oak
court.
Thomas Alfred Emmens,
son of Col. and Mrs. R. G.
Emmens, 1511 East Main st.
Harlow Zinscr Head, son of
M:. and Mrs. Harold Head,
1415 Euclid ave.
Linda Faye Hess, who
achieved a 4.0 CPA, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Hess,
750 Lozier lane.
Nancy Chandler Hinman,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. S.
Hinman, 675 Oakdale ave.
Richard Victor Kcngla, son
of V. W. Kengla, 2935 Old
Military rd.
Richard James Lichtl, who
achieved a 4 0 CPA, son of
Mrs. Carl A. Lichti, 544 Whit
man place.
Patrick Eric McLaughlin,
son of Mr. and Mrs. L. G.
McLaughlin, 3384 Jackson
ville highway.
James Craig Miller, son of
DarreH Miller, 317 South
Groveland ave.
Micke Kae Noble, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Noble,
430 Haven st.
Michael Victor Phillips, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth V.
Phillips, 1909 Roberts rd.
Sandra Dee Shugart, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. V. P. Shu
gart, 400 Barnes ave.
From Shady Cove: John
Ashton Donat, son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. J. Donat, Star route;
and from Talent: Rebecca Mc
Alaster, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. R. J. McAlaster, route 1.
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