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2. Limitation of the maximum auuual cut on both Government and private 

 timber to 16,000,000 board feet. 



3. Completion of cutting on present sale area at a rate of 16,000.000 board 

 feet per year. 



4. Sale of remainder of timber on north side of area before any cutting starts 

 on the south side. 



NUMBER AND CAP.\CITY OF MILI^ 



One mill with a yearly capacity of 16,000,000 board feet will be required for 

 this working circle. With an average logging sea.son of about 150 days, this 

 means a daily cut of about 110.000 board feet. As a matter of conservation, 

 the established industry will imt be urged to increase its capacity at once to 

 the amount of the indicated annual yield, but should it decide to increase its 

 annual cut no objection will bo raised. 



SIZE AND PEKIOI) OF SALES 



Sales will be made by the topographic units and for as long as a 10-year 

 period. In size, any sale may equal the 10-year cut, or 160,000,000 board feet, 

 as soon as the local industry can take care of that amount. 



ORDEK OF CUTTING BY COMPABTMENTS 



(See accompanying niai) of working circle, fig. 2.) 



1. Spanish Creek compartment or present sale area. 



2. Silver Creek compartment. 



3. Big Creek compartment. 



4. Little Schneider Creek compartment. 



5. Rock Creek compartment. 



The reasons for this order of cutting are: 



1. Since to date (tnly the most accessible timl^er has been logged from the 

 present sale area, the remainder of this unit should be logged first. 



2. It keeps the cut-over area in a compact unit. 



3. It provides lor the logging of the entire north side of the working circle 

 before the south side is started, so that in case anything happens to the operating 

 company the south side of the area will be left intact. 



4. It takes the more mature timber early in the cutting cycle. 



5. It leaves the Rock Creek compartment with its high percentage of fir (ill 

 the last, 



BBUSU DISPOSAL 



Tops will be lopped and brush piled and burned, as is now done. Up to the 

 present time this has resulted in a satisfactory cleaning up of the area from 

 a fire standpcjint nnd has caused very little damage to the reserve stand. 



UriI.IZATION REQUIBKMENTS 



The present standard utilization requirements are ai)plicable to tliis working 

 circle, and (or tlie first periodic sale at least no additional or siK»cial require- 

 ments are necessary. 



FIBE-PROTECTION RKQUIREMENTS 



In order to insure sustained yield and the successful carrying out of thli* 

 plan adequate fire protection is essential. This area, however, present.s no 

 serious fire hazard and the standard timl)er sale fire-protection rocniirt'nionts 

 will be suflilcient. 



INSECT CONTROL 



There are several small areas on the south side of the working circle tiiiit 

 show recent insect infestation (IJcudrortouus hrcoiromix) . Tliesc areas should 

 be watched, and if these infestations ii-thI tn Ix coine ejiideiuic control nicnsiiro 

 .should be promptly Instituted. 



I.OOOINO METHone 



Recause of topographic conditions, tliis working eircie Is essentially a donkey- 

 logging proposition. Trnnsportiitlon by railroad was originally planned for the 



