EEPORT OP THE FORESTER. 



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In timber sales on the National Forests it is invariably required 

 that the brush from the felled trees be disposed of so as to reduce both 

 the danger from fire and the damage to the Forest should fire occur. 

 Experiments conducted during the past year show that the best way 

 to dispose of brush is not everywhere the same. Where the fire dan- 

 ger is great, it has proved most effective to pile all brush away from 

 living trees and to burn it during the wet season. Where the fire 

 danger is slight, the brush is lopped and left scattered on the ground, 

 where it soon decays and adds to the organic constituents of the soil. 

 In every timber sale, therefore, local conditions are carefully studied 

 to determine how best to dispose of the brush and debris after logging. 



Full use of the merchantable portion of every tree cut is insisted 

 upon. As a result, lumbermen in the West have come to realize that 

 the cutting of low stumps and the using of all trees as far into the 

 tops as they are merchantable is of actual financial benefit to them, 

 and the close utilization of all timber felled is spreading from the 

 National Forests to private holdings. 



During the past year applications were received to purchase timber 

 on nearly every National Forest. The greatest demands were for 

 timber from the lodgepole pine forests of the Eocky Mountains in 

 Wyoming and Montana. A number of applications were received for 

 timberon the Forests in the far Northwest, where the stand of timber 

 is particularly heavy. These Forests have previously been considered 

 too removed from recognized lines of transportation to justify log- 

 ging operations. Moderately large sales were made in Idaho, Wash- 

 mgton, and Oregon, and the demand from these regions is likely to 

 increase. 



Timber on Forests where the supply is very limited is reserved en- 

 tirely for the use of settlers living in or near them, who would other- 

 wise be put to great expense to meet their needs. Sales to supply the 

 general market were made only where the supply of mature timber 

 exceeds the local need. 



The use of the timber resources of the National Forests was encour- 

 aged throughout the year. Three times as much timber was sold as 

 in the fiscal year 1906. The following table shows for each State the 

 amount and value of the timber sold. Since in many sales more than 

 one year is allowed for removing the timber, the amount sold largely 

 exceeds the amount cut and paid for. 



Timber sold on the National Forests, July 1, 1906, to June SO, 1907. 



State or Territory. 



Amount. 



Feet B. M. Oords 



Linear 

 feet. 



Value. 



Alaska 



Arizona 



California 



Ooloraao 



Idaho 



Montana 



Nevada 



New Mexico 



Oklahoma---' 



Oregon 



South Dakota- 

 Utah 



Washington 



Wyoming 



Total-. 



4,032,020 



110,898,860 



174,0o4,S37 



42,205,077 



76,156,276 



134,104,057 



59,097,988 



28,643,589 

 18,533,092 

 19,877,095 

 49,014,300 

 233,726,210 



1,541 



13,464 



14,702 



11,121 



8,422 



71,274 



7 



6,853 



29^ 



2,311 



12,622 



4,151 



11,164 



593 



32,300 

 1,500 

 49,140 

 40,100 

 90,900 

 6,700 



514,318 

 "1"377 



38,000 

 398,000 



950,342,591 



158,257i 



1,174,335 



$2,426 



385,098, 



321,353 



77,636 



166,430 



629,294 



21 



159,198 



103, 



48,626 



24,695 



49,327, 



125,061 



644,202 



.50 

 .28 

 47 

 88 

 64 

 .71 

 ,75 

 74 

 76 

 60 

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2,532,275.60 



