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MISC. PUBLICATION 11, U. S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTUEE 



BEGULATION OF THE CUT 



Witti the data at hand, only a rough calculation of the annual cut can be 

 made. For the first cutting cycle the annual cut is based on the following 

 premises : 



Board feet 



Total estimate for Government land 792, 827, 000 



Amount to be cut during first cutting cycle, 80 per cent, or 634, 262, 000 



Total estimate for private land 163, 319, 000 



Amount to be cut during first cutting cycle, 95 per cent 155, 153, 000 



Total amount to be cut 789,415,000 



Cutting cycle 



50 years. 



Total 

 estimate 



Board-feet 

 956, 146, 000 



Amount to 

 be cut 



Board-feet 

 789, 415, 000 



Annual cut 



Board-feet 

 15, 788, 000 



An average annual cut of the rounded-ofc figure of 16,000.000 board feet has 

 accordingly been adopted and is considered sound for the following reasons : 



1. It is thought to be conservative, inasmuch as the estimates, particularly 

 on private land, are considered low. 



2. It provides for the removal of all the mature and decadent timber within 

 50 years, and at the same time provides for a second cut of sufiicient size 

 to make a profitable operation. 



3. It places the area in shape for the starting of sustained yield. 



GENERAL PROGRESS OF CUT 



The general progress of cut contemplates (1) the completion of the present 

 sale, (2) the cutting of the remaining timber on the north side of the valley, 

 (3) the cutting of the timber on the south side of the valley. In other words, 

 the cut will proceed counter clockwise around the basin. 



LAND EXCHANGE 



Of the 9,189 acres of patented land with'n the working circle, less than 

 4,000 acres will be available for land exchange. Over 60 per cent of the 

 patented land was taken up through mineral and homestead entries and can 

 not, therefore, be taken over by the Government under the present exchange 

 law.® The land available for exchange should be acquired by the Government 

 as soon as practicable after it is cut over. 



CUTTING ON PRIVATE LANDS 



Future production from this working circle will be strongly influenced by the 

 condition in which the private land is left after the first cutting. This will 

 be pointed out to those in control of lumbering on these private lands, and they 

 will be urged to (1) fall all snags; (2) dispose of brush by piling, or at least 

 by scattering the brush and protecting the area by fire lines ; (3) preserve young 

 growth in logging; (4) provide adequate fire protection while logging; and (5) 

 leave at least four trees per acre 18 inches d. b. h. or over. 



The carrying out of these measures will keep the land in productive condition 

 and provide for at least one cut for the rotation period. 



TIMBER-SALE POLICY 



Under this plan the timber sale policy will include the following: 



1. Provision for sales to supply the established industry with a continuous 



cut, so far as is possible under the procedure and policy existing at the time 



of sale. 



^ « The exchange law was amended in 1925 to allow the reservation of mineral rights by 

 either the proponent of an exchange or, if land instead of timber is the consideration, by 

 the United States. The acreage desirable for acquisition by the Government in this circle 

 has thus been increased, but the agricultural lands should remain in private ownership. 



