TRINITY ?.ECOyNAIS-3A!IOB. 

 Dy Forest Guard 0. II. Svans. 



Our reconnaisaance \?ork io only o part of the 

 larger task of getting complete data for P. ocheme of 

 management for this Forest. Thio cchvce of management io 

 called a working plan. Tfco wor^inj; plan deals primarily 

 with two things: First, what we have - the forest, and 

 second, what we oro going to do with the forest. 



The "what v;e have" part incl'^en ft full Aenorip- 

 tion of: 



a. The topograj-uiy of the area. 



b. The Vinda, amounts and coxyi.itiono of timber. 



c. Young fxo\7th and reproduction. 



d. The soil. 



e. Logginc condition. 



f. Mar 'veto. 



g. Growth tables, etc. 



The "what wo are c oi ^fe to do with the forest* part 

 deala with: 



a. Tho kinds and amounts of timber to out. 



b. HOY/ much we can out each year. 



c. The best uses of the material. 



d. Eow to cut ao as to get the best reproduction 



of ths best opociea, etc. 



In thir. District the -,7Orl: has boen divided into 

 five stops. Stop 1 was a rough estimate, by the Rangers, 

 of tl-.e stand of timber on eaoh District. This vras done in 

 1908, arid fceve a total stand for the Foreot of about 

 eleven billion board feet. 



The Becond stop, in 1909, was a revision of this 

 first estimate, together with naps nhowing stand types, and 

 resulted in a otand of twelve billion board foot. 



Step 3 v*as the division of the Foreot into blocko, 

 by i.'r. Louis Kargolin in 1909. These blocks will be units 

 of runagement and aro: The Stuarta Fork, V.'eavervJ lie, 

 . / River, North Fork Sub-block, South Pork, J'ad P.ivor and 

 the Ilarrinon Gulch Blocks. 



'Jter 4 is our reconnaissance work, nr the gather- 

 i 1 : eilvical and topographical data by a 5 per cent 

 strip rmrvey. 



