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2. Limitation of the maximum annual 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. 



NUMBEE AND CAPACITY OF MILLS 



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

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

 means a daily cut of about 110,000 board feet. As a matter of conservation, 

 the established industry will not 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 be raised. 



SIZE AND PERIOD 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. 



ORDER OF CUTTING BY COMPARTMENTS 



(See accompanying map 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 only the most accessible timber 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 for 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 till 

 the last. 



BRUSH DISPOSAL 



Tops wiU 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 standpoint and has caused very little damage to the reserve stand. 



UTILIZATION REQUIREMENTS 



The present standard utilization requirements are applicable to this working 

 circle, and for the first periodic sale at least no additional or special require- 

 ments are necessary. 



FIBE-PROTECTION REQUIREMENTS 



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

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

 serious fire hazard and the standard timber sale fire-protection requirements 

 will be sufficient. 



INSECT CONTROL 



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

 show recent insect infestation {Dendroctonus trevicomis) . These areas should 

 be watched, and if these infestations tend to become epidemic control measures 

 should be promptly instituted. 



LOGGING METHODS 



Because of topographic conditions, this working circle is essentially a donkey- 

 logging proposition. Transportation by railroad was originally planned for the 



