individual projects. An annual cash-flow analysis is conducted of DNRC's forest-product sales 

 program. The results from previous years can be found in Chapter 3. The following assumptions 

 were used in this analysis. 



1 Estimates of return are approximate numbers intended for relative comparison of 



alternatives. They are not intended to be used as absolute estimates of return. 



2. Harvested volume was based on estimates from cruise plots. The estimated 

 volume may change with final cruise information, but relative difference between 

 action alternatives should be the same. 



3. Development costs on this proposal are the estimated cost of road and watershed 

 improvement items that would be paid for by the purchaser. These improvements 

 provide access to Trust Lands and improve water quality. The purchaser would 

 pay for these costs. Average cost per mile of new construction was assumed to be 

 $10,000, reconstruction $4,000, temporary road $1,000. Alternatives B, C and D 

 would involve the purchase of a $30,000 permanent easement from the USPS. 



4. Forest Improvement (FI) collection is based on the program wide costs to 

 maintain ongoing staffing, stand treatments and road maintenance, and right-of- 

 way acquisition. Money collected under FI from a purchaser provides funding for 

 the State to accomplish projects such as tree planting, site preparation, burning, 

 slash treatment, thinning, road maintenance, road acquisition, and for some timber 

 sale related activities. Thus, the State is able to improve long-term producuvity of 

 timber stands and maintain or acquire access for future revenue-producing 

 projects. 



TABLE 4-16 

 SALE SPECIFIC FOREST IMPROVEMENT ACRES TREATED BY METHOD 



AND ALTERNATIVE 



Alternative 



B 



D 



Treatment Method 



Broadcast Burning 



(Acres) 







213 

 213 

 120 



Dozer Piling 



(Acres) 







84 

 84 

 53 



Pile Burning 



(Acres) 





 751 

 1095 



677 



110 



