me with responsibility for overseeing the CCC work 

 on state and private lands. 



Timber Sales 



My term as assistant chief was a period in 

 which continuing efforts were made by the Forest 

 Service to put all national forest timber working 

 circles under active management. This required initia 

 tive on the part of Forest Service land managers 

 to promote the sale of national forest timber, rather 

 than waiting for the business to come to us. 



One of the most effective forest officers in 

 pushing the increase in timber sales was the late 

 Joseph Kircher, former Regional Forester in the 

 Southern Region. He constantly regarded this as of 

 special importance in his territory because so much 

 of the national forest land bore young second growth 

 pine which needed periodic thinning in order to 

 develop fully its capacity under intensive management. 

 The rapid growth of the timber sale business in 

 Region Eight was due in large measure to Kircher 1 s 

 personal leadership. 



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