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April 10, 1969     Shelton Mason County Journal
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....  4P PILOT DUANE BROOKS, ben Flower, District Ranger for the Shelton Ranger District, emd Jerry Johnson, an ob- server for the Forest Service, check maps before a flight in the Porest Service's aerial fire patrol. Olympic Most Nearly Forested In This Region Of the 19 National Forests In Region 6, the Olympic is the most nearly completely forested, ac- cording to Wynne M. Maule, For- est Supervisor. The Forest, with headquarters in Olympia has fin- ished reforesting the backlog of non-stocked commercial forest lands. These non-stocked areas, some of long standing, were most- ly created by fires. Areas from which timber is now harvested are currently planted or seeded with tree species suited to indi- vidual areas. Logging first began on the Oly- mostly restocked by natural re- generation. Logging on the remainder of the Forest began at a somewhat later date and was rather spora- dic until the early 1940's. Refor. estation has kept pace with log. ging since timber harvest enter- ed the regular flow stage. The procedure is to plant or seed a harvested area the plant- ing season following log removal and slash burning, On harvested areas where slash is light or where burning might damage a thin layer of soil, seeding or On other Districts 90 per cent of the harvested areas will be sat- isfactorily stocked within five years. Our records show that we approach very close to 100 per- cent restocking within eight years of timber harvest, Maple said. The Olympic National Forest plants approximately 4,200 acres ann seeds approximately 1,500 acres annually. Douglas-fir is us- ed almost exclusively in reforest- ing work. Most Douglas-fir seed- lings planted are grown two years in seed beds before being field planted. In some special areas the hand planting is contracted. To obtain faster,growing plant- ing stock the Dennie Ahl Seed Orchard was established in 1958 on the Shelton Ranger District. Grafting of cuttings or slips from Douglas-fir trees was done on 20 acres which supported a stand of natural, small Douglas-fir trees In 1960, 15 more acres were add- ed to the orchard. In 1968, a- nother 20 acres were added. First seed produced from the grafted cuttings was one pound  (approximately 42,000 seeds) in 1959. In 1962, 22 pounds of seeds 1968 BusyYear For Forest ' The year 1968 proved to be a- sale program a number of gust after considerable amounts tion staking and nother busy year for the Shelton streams were cleared of barriers of rainfall. A second year of aer- construction activities Ranger District, Olympic Nation- which would prevent migrating ial detection was completed coy- 30 miles of road al Forest. In order to provide a fish from traveling upstream or ering four of the five ranger dis- year. In addition never-ending supply of timber for cattse siltation to downstream tricts of the Olympic Forest. The were used in the the wood-using industries in our fish habitat. Shelton District also provided recreation area, area, the reforestation program The Corps of Engineers pro- aerial detection to portions of the will be constructed on the Shelton District continues ject on the Wynoochee River a- Shelton and Port Angeles Dis- considerable effort to plant 2,000 acres annually. This bove Camp Grisdale is going to tricts of the Washington State De- roads, sanitary work consists of hand planting be a reality. Some construction partment of Natural Resources the proposed over one-half million Douglas-fir activity in the area of the pro- under a cooperative agreement, tion projects, which two year-old trees. The planting ject was completed in 1968 con- Something new in fire control for the over-all job is accomplished by contracts sisting of a new bridge across the district this past year was At the years end with private companies and by the Wynoochee River and replace- the operation of a helitack crew. approximately 835 Forest Service crews. After plant- ment of a portion of Forest Ser- Fxperience during recent years el surfaced, ations are established, much el- vice Road 234. The primary con- on forest fires has proven that within the Shelton fort is devoted to increasing yie- tract should be awarded by mid big dividends in cutting fire fight- aries. A portion of ld on the timber producing lands. 1969. ing costs and reducing over-all is across private One such effort is an adminis- damages can be obtained from the Simpson tratlve chemical thinning study Activity in 1968 in timber man- a specialized crew, well trained The over-all total initiated on the district during agement amounted to a cut of in all phases of initial attack and large portion of the fall of 1968. This study is a 140,121,690 board feet, up 23,469, air operations procedure using of forest roads precommercial thinning in a twen- 299 from 1967. The return to the helicopters. The project was fin- vious article in ty year-old Douglas-fir stand. Government was $4,577,352.60. anced jointly by the Shelton and in last year's The two types of chemicals be- Intensified management in the Quinault Ranger Districts and gram was the ing used are Silvasar 150 and form of three small sales occurr- administered by the Shelton Dis- oral more rustic Ansar 170, Results of this study ed in 1968. One selective cut sale trict with a five-man crew sta- roadways, There are are encouraging even though in. was completed where an over- tioned at Satsop Work Center, 650 signs m the conclusive at this date. story was removed, leaving a The successful burning of more which are The Dennie Ahl Seed Orchard healthy stand of immature tim- than 2,500 acres of logging slash veling public who has added another year's growth ber, One highly infected stand was started in February under est. Vandalism is to the growing stock, which is de- was removed to prevent the ideal burning conditions, then re- my in the sign dicated to the production of elite spread of insects. Three contrac, sumed in September during a present time. tors operated throughout the year lull in early fall rains. We felt we The Forest Douglas-fir tree seed. This past removing dying, dead and dour should make a concerted effort ation with Simpson fall we were able to harvest an additional 100 pounds of eontroll- timber. Two sales were made for in broadcast burning because the pany, jointly ed pollinated seed. The future for removal of the Wynoochee Reser- fall season in 1967 was a poor ton Cooperative vior timber amounting to an est- year to accomplish much of this Unit for the this project looks very bright and treated 22,800,000 board feet, coy- type of work. purpose of the it is fast becoming an area of great interest to forest genett, ering an area of 688 acres. The engineering section of the Mason and eastern' elsts all over the world. The fire season was very suc- district organized, surveyed, bor County, and als0 Recreation facilities on the Na- cessful in 1968, particularly with and designed 23/ miles of for- good forest practiceS tlonal Forest lands of the Shelton fire danger ending around Au- est roads and did the contruct- a program of titnber District consist presently of two campgrounds - Brown Creek and Wynoochee Falls. Several hund- red campers recreate in the un- developed areas of the forest be. cause of overcrowded camp- grounds. Plans were completed in 1968 to enlarge the Brown Creek facilities, a favorite spot for many local families. Con- struction will begin in the spring of 1969. In addition, plans are well along tot five recreational devel- opments on the proposed Wynoo- chee Reservoir. When construct- ed these areas will provide facil- , tries for 150 camping units, 36 picnic units, three swimming areas, and four boat launching ' areas. Two of these proposed campgrounds will be ready for use in Fiscal Year 1972, Under the watershed program 35 acres were sowed with grass seed for soil stabilization. The majority of the seeding was com- pleted on road cutbanks and fill slopes for erosion control mea- sures. On the upper drainages of Brown Creek, a small landslide mpic National Forest in 1906. The planting is done with slash dis- larger trees (including some tran-, were produced. Thirty - nine was stabilized by planting hard- first cutting was in the Rocky posal, splants) are field planted. , pounds of seed was produced In wood plants, willows and alder. ,_ :::: c va-  we  grpv . T crop or S was 125 In atitl t, slt,w  adjacent to Htnd Canal. In the eat tim goal is to establish a new of he Olympic Natfona! Forest pOunds of seed. The first potmd  with soil stabilization types of heyday of railroad logging, 1921 Forest within five years after the is such that mechanical methods of seed produced was used ia grasses. to 1930, many of the lower valleys mature timber is harvested. On of tree planting are seldom pass- laboratory and experimental Deer hunting was average but adjacent to Hcod Canal were log- the District with the most favor- ible. Most tree planting is done work. About 300,000 seedlings elk harvest was above average ged as high up the valley slopes able growing conditions, 70 per- by planters using special plant- raised from the 1962 seed crop ,as the big skidders could reach, cent of the area will be satisfae- ing hoes. Seeding is done by hel- have been field planted on the with approximately 200 animals being harvested from the ranger These early lo;ged areas were torily stocked within five years, icopter. All seeding and most of Olympic National Forest. district elk herd. The 55 wildlife ' condition and use transects were measured and will show range conditions and trends in deer and elk populations. The lower por- tions of the South Fork Skoko- , mtsh and Wyncx)eJe Rivers were , seeded to various species to brow- : ,- , ,: se plants for big game in these areas. In the area of fish habi- tat improvements a barrier to • ," spawning anadromous fish was  '.::. removed in the South Fork Skoko- mlsh River gorge near the high ONE OF THE HELICOPTERS w.hich axe is loaded in preparation for steel bridge. Under the timber used in the U. S. Forest Service work here ' iiii RECONITRUCTION of the Wynoochee River Bridge Just ects carried mat by the SheRon Ranger District, of the below the proposed dam on which the U. S. Army Corps U.g. Forest Service in 1968. of EZineers is working was one of the construction proJ- Page 18. Shelton.Muon County Journal Thursday, April 10, 1969 A HELICOPTER FLIES over a section of Olympic N&tion- al Forest in one of the aerial operations carried out in the re-forestation program.