Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1905-11-18
WORKING PLANS
FOR TIMBER SALES
forest officers Prepare Them
Carefully Before Sales
Have Been Made.
IAxAYs vlFr Eye 70 FUTURE

The Increased demand for The puf'
chase % llmber from the forest re-
serves has salled for detailed working
plans tori lhs more important TIMBER.
"a areas within them. In order To-
avoid delay without ioOuafdizlnH the
future welfare Of the forest and that
these working plans mRy BE- Nill con
Hidered. fhey are being made ~ rap
ids a. possible for those forest areas.
from which The ssie o. timber Il prob
ahlo ia ths near future In many
cases they are made before che actual
application for purchase n received.
Those Who purchase timber from
the government are required to OH
serve forest service regulations In
loRRlne. which guard against write
and provide Tor the reproduction OF
the ford st. Considerable variety OK;
lists IN thr Character ard requirement.
OF thc forests In an one reserve. 20
that each working plan must BE- based
on a cioee study Of local conditions.
When setting about the preparation
81 one OF the plans the first question
Il, what areas In ne reserves are
adapted 10 the same scheme ~ man.
agenent? After these areas have
heen selected they are thOrouf My
studied from every aspect.
The location Of the timber a noted,
I Rnd a rOueh estimate IL made OF IA
amount Then the character and con-
diiion Of the 0verripcneas, injury from
fire or insects, the possibility Of i'm
proving n BY loEgiua. and the kind
and amount ~ young growth are pfin'
clral poinis all Of which must BE-
taken into consideration IN settling
whether " s advisable or inadvisahle
to cat.
The question OF markets. and the
loeglnF facilities are also taken into
: account. a. well ~ che present local
demand fnr timber thq probable 10
tire demand aud the klpd Of timber
required IN connection win these
problems attention must be glvea 70
the nature Of the country, the access
Utility II TIE timber. and the cxistinE
roads and driyablc streams. because
the actual value 81 The timber ~ IN a
large measure dependent apon the
case and economy or ~ removal.
Reproduction. by whlrh alone the
forest can maintain itself, Is essential
where loeg.nN IA 10 be- done. For
/, this reason the reproductive capacity
81 the forest IL noted with careful de-
tail and the effect which fire aud
sraxipg NAV have upon Il becomes 4
question az the most importance
The data therefore, which the
4, working plan study has gathered
, form the basis OF the terms OF the con
tract IN agreement ~ which che pur
chaser az fhe government timber re-
,a0vcs the timber which he has pur
chased. These terms include tbs
, diameter limit below which the tim
Der may not be cut the numbcr Of
, seed trees ~ various species which
must ho left 90 rese~d the ground
, the maximum height al which tbs
Z stnmps may be cut. and the diameter
! To which the tops must be utilized
= and other stipulatlona insuflng clear
! conservative lOgning Especially, also
!. they arnvlde for the disposition o
the slash. 10 that the forest floor MAJ
safely be- cleaned Of inhammahle ma
terlal pn which uncomfortable forcs
fires might feed
Tho restrlctl0ns Imposed by ih'
Forasi service upon timber purchhA
: ers are meatlng with the intellleen
. | approval Of all who are perf9Fninl
, Logging Operations nader them. Il !
m0re and mare clearly understoo'
: thai they are necessary Tor the pei
, manent GOOD OF the forest, that me
1 are 81 a nurely practical s'amp' an
thai their observance means tne cor
!. ilnucd productivity OF the forest anf
! Therefore. tha outstanding ~ the I'm
! her supply and all thar depends ul
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