The San Francisco call., 1905-04-12
PLUMAS FOREST
RESERVE FIXED

The California Water and Forest As
sociation has received advices from
Washington that part of the land tenn
porarily withdrawn for forest reserve
purposes has been permanently made
into a reserve. 1t is known as the Plu-
mas forest reserve and was established
March 81, 1905, by proclamation of Pres
ident Roosevelt. 1t is chiefly in Plumas
County, with small projections also In
Butte and Tehama counties.
The acreage is $4,000, covering por-
ton of the drainage basin of the North
Fork and of the Middle Fork of the
Feather River. Most of the reserve Is
mountain forest land. The timbers Of
present commercial Importance are SUI
ear pine. yellow pine and California red
fir.
LAUNDERING will be an important in
dustry soon after railroad transporta-
ton is assured by the building of one
of the projected transcontinental roads
across the reserve. The letter Of in
structions from the Secretary of Agri-
culture to the forester on the transfer
of the forest reserves to the Depart
ment of Agriculture will be of interest
to every stockman and settler living in
the vicinity of this new reserve.
The general principles which will
govern the disposal of timber and wood,
the use of the water supply, the use of
the range and all other matters con-
nected with the new management of
our national forest reserves are set
forth as follows:
In the management of each reserve local
questions will be decided upon local grounds;
hut with as little restriction TO minor indus
tries as may be possible: sudden changes In
Industrial conditions will be avoided by grad
nal adjustment after due notice, and where
conflicting interests must be reconciied the
question wiz always be aeod aeodeo % tSs
est number in the long run
At the headquarters of the forest SER
vice in Washington every preparation
is being made to carry out the new
management on the lines laid down
above. Stockmen who have been using
the territory covered by the Plumas re-
serve for pasturing cattle, horses and
sheep will be permitted to continue
using the range during the coming sea-
son. Should changes be found advis-
able for the season of 1906 due notice
will be given and ample time allowed
for gradual adjustment to any ar
rangement that is found necessary for
, the common good.
EQUAL consideration will be shown
other industries, and the people in or
near the FluIndS loTeSt reserve CHI
he sure of a good beginning in proper
forest management.
On the Modoc Reserve all transient stock or
stock which has not been regularly grazed
thereon will first be excluded After this is
done bona ide residents living in the vicin-
itv Of the reserve will be given the privilege
of grazing the same number of stock they
had on the land previous to its creation as a
reserve Then the stock belonging at a con-
siderable distance from the reserve and regu-
larIy grazed thereon viii be considered. The
1urrx rf- hot xr41I I>
given grazing permits will be determined by
the Supervisor to the end that this class of
owners shall not monopolize the range to the
exclusion of the stock of smaller owners or
home builders. For the season of 1905 permits
will be issued for the grazing OF 10000 head
of cattle and horses and of $4,000 head of
/ sheep. ~