from the private sector, but none were re- 

 ceived. This is probably related to the uncer- 

 tainty of leasing publicly owned land and the 

 current supply and demand for new large and 

 small tracts of land in the Whitefish area. 



PAST COSTS AND 

 REVENUES FROM DNRCS 

 FOREST PRODUCT SALES 

 PROGRAM 



DNRC does not have a formal accounting 

 system to track costs for individual projects 

 from start to finish. An annual cash-flow 

 analysis is conducted of the DNRC forest 

 product sales program. Revenue and costs are 

 calculated by land office and at the Statewide 



level. The revenue-to-cost ratios are a measure 

 of economic efficiency. A ratio value less than 

 1.0 means that the costs are higher than the 

 revenues (losing money). A ratio greater than 

 1.0 means revenues are higher than the costs 

 (making money). A ratio equaling 1.0 means 

 that the costs equal the revenues. Ratio for the 

 Northwestern Land Office was 3.33 for fiscal 

 year 1994, 2.41 for 1995, 1.51 for 1996, and 1.52 

 for 1997. For the last 2 years for every $1.00 

 spent on costs, the Northwestern Land Office 

 generated $1.51 in revenue. 



Total revenue is revenue from timber sales, 

 permits, forest improvement (FI), and road 

 maintenance; total cost is the sum of timber 

 operating and general administration costs. 

 Net return is total revenue less total cost. 



TABLE 111-20 - THE NET REVENUE/COST RATIOS (TIMBER SALE ACCOUNTING SUMMARY ■ 

 FY95 AND REVISED FY94 MEMO, FY96, FY97) 



VISUALS 



Concern was expressed that key scenic and 

 visual resources be identified and protected, 

 particularly the scenic vistas from developed 

 sites or roads on Beaver and Whitefish lakes. 



DNRC personnel and the Collaborative have 

 identified key scenic viewpoints within and 

 into the Beaver Lake project area. These 

 viewpoints include views from: 



the north shoreline of Beaver Lake within 



the leases, 



the DFWP fishing access on the south 



shoreline of Beaver Lake, 



East Lakeshore Drive along Whitefish 



Lake, and 



the entrance to the Beaver Lake area in 



Section 19. 



Additional views, such as those seen while 

 driving within the project area, will be de- 

 scribed. 



The view from the north shoreline of Beaver is 

 primarily a middleground viewpoint looking 

 south into Sections 28 and 29. The lake is in 

 the foreground with a mature stand of timber 

 along the shoreline. The background view 

 follows up into the drainage basin between 

 Skyles Lake and Beaver Lake. The back- 

 ground displays a high degree of texture due 

 to topography and a variety of tree species, 

 tree heights, and timber stand treatments on 

 adjacent ownership. The general topography 

 consists of gentle grades up to .25 mile from 

 the lake. Numerous ridges within the cential 

 part of the basin extend toward the lake. Lion 

 Mountain is also visible from this viewpoint. 

 Visible recent harvesting on private ownership 

 in Section 21 displays less texture and density 

 in the forest canopy. 



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Stillwater State Forest • Beaver Lake Timber Sale Project 



