The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-07-18
Superior National Forest
Radio Address over WEBC
by RAY U. HARMON, Supervisor

tional Forest, are advertised and sold
to the highest bidder, the resultant
money income being RENTED to the
Treasury of the United States, which,
in turn, RENTS $3.50 of the gross re-
ceipts to the county in which the sale,
or sales, took place. An additional 1920
is returned to be spent on the construc-
ton of roads and trails within the
Forest.
The marking policy employed on such
timber sales on a National Forest is
based on two chief considerations:
First, since National Forests are oper-
ated on sustained yield basis, the
amount of timber to be cut during
given period of time will, in general, be
only the net growth which takes place
on the forest during that period. This
means that the productive capacity of
the forest will never be jeopardized
because of overcutting; in fact, the I'LL
innate result for Forests under manage
ment is gradual increase in the aver
age per-acre production for the forest
as whole.
Secondly, dependent on the marking
policy employed, the composition and
productive status of the Forest in the
future is determined. Upon the manner
in which the Forester governs the cut
ting as to time, place and quantity, by
species, is largely dependent the final
form and productive status of the
Forest. Not only must the Forester be
guided by the silvicultural requirements
of the species with which he is dealing
as concerns obtaining the quantity and
species of reproduction he desires, but
he must constantly develop and be
guided by sound foresight, based on the
projection into the future of past and
present needs of the country for forest
products, in an effort to gauge correctly
the future needs for the products it is
his responsibility to supply. He must
forSee the amount and quality of the
satisfy the needs of industry in the
future. Careful planning in these re-
SpectS results in a sustained yield of
the amount and quality required re-
quired by industry, with the resultant
sterilization of industry and of COM
munities dependent upon such indus
tries. For that reason, the Forester
carefully prepares management plans
for each unit of the forest it is his re-
sponSibility to administer, in order that
his primary objective, the sterilization
OF industry and communities, may be
obtained
For purposes of convenience, the for
ester splits the forest into admins
trative units of a size commensurate
with the intensity of management to be
employed which, in turn, is based on
the demand for forest products of the
kind and quality he can produce Fol
each of these units he obtains neces-
sary information concerning the age
degree of stocking, and area, of each
forest type, as well as the number and
relative per cent of each species within
each type. This data, plus information
concerning growth for the timber
stands in question, plus the Forester's
knowledge of the silvicultural require
ments of othe various forest types and
of logging requirements. provides the
basic data for forest management.
Intelligent forest management treats
the forest as crop, not as a mine
The result is beneficial from the public
viewpoint in every respect. In a nut
shell, wood using industries, and the
communities dependent upon them, can
and will become stabilized through the
management of our forests on a Sus-
tanned yield basis, which is the basic
requirement as concerns the manage
ment of the National Forests.
Though perhaps the greatest single
object of management for any ma
t1onal forest is sustained production
of the kind and amount of timber re-
quired by industry, the National
Forests in Region are committed to
the fundamental objective of maxine
every acre fully productive of the re-
source or resources to which it is
best adapted from the public service
viewpoint. The attainment of this OBJ
jective, OF course, requires very care
full correlation of resource values under
the principles of multiple use.
Next week you will learn how cor
related forest management plans the
development, for public benefit, of the
recreational resources of the Superior
National Forest.