Faced with decreasing budgets, employees worked

 hard in 2003 to cut facilities’costs by completing

 a three-tiered strategy: 1) moving the main

office from Eugene to a National Guard facility in

Springfield; 2) moving the Sweet Home office to a

refurbished work center in town; and 3) sharing the

Lowell office with the Army Corps of Engineers.

After several years of planning, we also

 completed construction on the Detroit Ranger

 Station and improved the off-highway access.

The office includes an interpretive area, funded by the

Federal Highways Administration, which will highlight

the West Cascades National Scenic Byway.

The summer brought two fires, both of which

 burned through highly popular recreation areas.

 The 5000-acre Clark Fire burned Bedrock

campground and the fully accessible Johnny Creek

Trail. The 90,000-acre B&B Complex Fire burned

about 20,000 acres on the Willamette. It went into the

Mt. Jefferson Wilderness Area and threatened numerous

public and private structures around Santiam Pass.

T his year also brought new members to our

 leadership team: Doris Tai, Recreation and Public

 Affairs Staff Officer; Paul Matter, Detroit District

Ranger; and Kathy Bulchis, Natural Resources Staff

Officer. All three are highly skilled and I am excited to

work with them and the rest of the team in the coming

years. In addition, John Allen, long-time McKenzie

River District Ranger, left for a Deputy Forest

Supervisor position in Montana. We expect to fill that

position by summer of 2004.

Finally, it is always important to recognize and

 thank all of you who continue to provide support

 and assistance to a great National treasure, the

Willamette National Forest.

Dallas J. Emch

Forest Supervisor 2

A Message from the Forest Supervisor

(PROGRAM YEAR 10/1/02 TO 9/30/03)

NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Forest Products

MMbf* Timber offered

MMbf* Timber Cut *Million Board Feet

MMbf* Alternative Volume

Acres Reforested

Timber Stand Improvement (acres)

Christmas Trees Harvested

Firewood (cords)

Trees Planted

Expenditures, Receipts, Goods and Services

60

20

5

1,005

8,513

8,897

917

301,500

A Few Facts on Traveling the Forest

1,760

 196

 25

1,562

4,228

 762

3

Trail Miles

Scenic Byway Miles

Boating Sites

Passenger Car Miles

High Clearance Vehicle Miles

Closed Roads Miles

FIRE & ENGINEERING

Wildfires (acres)

Fire Hazard Reduction (acres)

Person-Days Fire Support

Number of Fires

Roads Decommissioned (miles)

Roads Constructed (miles)

Roads Reconstructed (miles)

Soil/ Water/ Wildlife/ Fish/ Botany

Wildlife Habitat Improvement Structures

Wildlife Habitat Improvement (acres)

Acres Soil/Watershed Improvement

Stream Inventory (miles)

Anadromous/Inland Stream Restoration (miles)

Lakes Restored (acres)

Noxious Weed Treatment (acres)

Conservation Education (programs/products)

24,920

668

6,030

116

0

2.9

87.7

433

1,278

32

20

14

40

526

203

} 5

RECREATION, LANDS & MINERALS

Recreation Visits 

 This figure came from 2002 survey figures.

Trails Reconstruction (miles)

Trails Construction (miles)

Recreation Special-Use Permits

Mining & Geology Activities Administered

New Heritage Sites

Heritage Acres Surveyed

Passport in Time Projects

Heritage Expeditions

Heritage Expedition Receipts

Northwest Forest Pass Receipts

Cabin Rental Receipts

Campground Receipts

3,782,300

433

358

7

1,876

1

3

$13,900

$228,300

$15,000

$58,600

FY03 Payments to States Clackamas

Douglas

Jefferson

Lane

Linn

Marion

FY01 $37,988,876

FY02 $38,295,432

FY03 $38,748,006

Some of these funds are used on

Forest to help provide jobs for

locals and youth.

In 2003, we coordinated with

counties and implemented 67

projects,totaling $3.5 million.

$11,525

$1,201,217

$3,085

$23,935,609

$10,884,972

$2,711,598

COUNTY AMOUNT

2003 Budget & Expenditures

 Final Budget ..........$36,251,598

 Expenditures*.........$44,618,055

*Includes fire suppression costs not allocated

in budget figures
United States

Department of

Agriculture

Forest Service

Pacific Northwest

Region

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Willamette National Forest

Willamette National Forest Supervisor’s Office

Federal Building, 211 East 7th Avenue

P.O. Box 10607

Eugene, OR 97440

Phone (541) 225-6300

Website: www.fs.fed.us/r6/willamette

Detroit Ranger District

HC 73, Box 320

Mill City, OR 97360

Phone (503) 854-3366

Sweet Home Ranger District

3225 Highway 20

Sweet Home, OR 97386

Phone (541) 367-5168

McKenzie River

Ranger District

57600 McKenzie Hwy

McKenzie Bridge, OR 97413

Phone (541) 822-3381

Middle Fork Ranger District

46375 Hwy 58

Westfir, OR 97492

Phone (541) 782-2283

-or60 S. Pioneer St.

Lowell, OR 97452

Phone (541) 937-2129

DETROIT

MIDDLE

RIVER

McKENZIE

SWEET HOME

SALEM

ALBANY

EUGENE

SPRINGFIELD

SISTERS

LOWELL

SWEET HOME

DETROIT

5

22

20

126

20

126

126

58

58

BLUE RIVER

242

FORK

McKENZIE

BRIDGE

OAKRIDGE

Closed in winter

Ranger Station

Willamette employees kept busy in 2003 with fires, facilities and managing your National Forest.

Willamette National Forest

2003 ANNUAL REPORT