The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-12-08
GREAT Benefit
SAYS TINKER
Work Being Done in Forests of
Immense Value According
to Chief Forester.

''Thirty-eight thousand acres of trees
planted, $4,000 acres of timber cruising,
81 1000 man days of fire fighting, $4,000
acres of white pine plister rust control,
$1,000 acres of rodent control are in
Guided in the 667 900 units of work now
completed by the Civilian Conservation
Corps in the Lake States National
Forests" stated Regional Forester E. w.
Tinker
Timber stand improvement on 1924
acres included thinning in over-crowded
young stands, sanitation and release
cuttings in older stands to increase
the growth and improve the quality of
the timber Well shaped young spruce
and balSam trees cut in this work are
being sold for Christmas trees.
Branches from the others are bundled
and sold for decorating homes, stores,
churches and city streets.
Eighteen hundred miles of surveying
were completed in connection with cul-
tural work in the timber, boundaries
of Government lands, fire breaks and
base control lines. To regulate the
work done in the young timber, and
reconnaissance for planting and other
timber stand improvement, 77,2l6 acres
were surveyed and 28,273 acres were
prepared for reforeStation but could not
be planted on account of the short
season between the summer drouth and
winter freeze-up. This area will be in
Guided with that planted next spring.
Forty-one activities are listed in the
classification of work done by the
Civilian Conservation Corps in the
tabulation recently prepared by Geo.
G. Hammer, in charge of the Presidents
Emergency Conservation work in Mr..
Tinkers Office. The jobs include every
thing from complete fire hazard re-
moval on 9,013 acres and snag telling
on an additional 2,261 acres to the con-
struction of eleven 100 foot, steel fire
lookout towers, thirty-six bridges and
thirty-four dwellings and office build
ingS at Ranger Stations.
Interesting features of the work, "
said Mr.. Tinker, included the collec-
ton of 1888 bushels of tree cones to
obtain seed to plant in the nursery beds
and the clearing of 236 acres fol- tents,
working places, etc., at public camp
small improvement jobs including Ia
trines, garbage pits, wells, ETC., were
completed at these camp grounds.
Telephone line construction totalled
399 miles Most of this was necessary
to connect the lookout towers with the
ranger stations and other points of
mobilization for fire suppression or
CARNATIONS. One hundred and thirty
eight miles of fire hazards were built
and clearing for fire protection along
roads and trails included 1876 miles.
Road and trail work totalled 600
miles of construction, I'll miles of sur
veying for new projects and the haul
ing of 1889 yards of gravel to surface
eleven miles. Forty-six miles of minor
roads were maintained.
Nursery work required 8,706 man
days of CCC labor, six airplane landing
fields wereb uilt and sixteen acres of
landscape work was done at camp
grounds and along roads. Fire pre-
suppression jobs claimed 2,379 man
days. This is work in connection with
fire suppression, but not actually put
ting out the fire. Forty-two miscel-
laneous small structures such as tool
houses, oil houses, lookout houses, etc.,
were completed and water to supply
power pumps used in fighting forest
fires was developed at thirty-two places
Practically all of this work is liquid
ating," said Mr. Tinker ''The govern
ment will get its money back with
interest from the increased production
of forest crops" and all of it was in
cluded in long time plans for the de-
velopment and management of the
forests now described in "a National
Plan for American Forestry" Based
on this plan the Secretary of Agri-
culture reported to the Senate that the
forest land of the U. S. put into pro-
ductive condition along with the de-
pendent primary forest industries would
furnish employment for 10000 men.