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Ogden, Utah
Regional Forester
XkkO (2400)
November 1, 1963
Wm. D. Hurst. Deputy Regional Forester
Iaspectioa (GFI, R. J* Mason, 6/3-21/63)
Mr* Mason's recent General Functional Inspection of the Timber Management
activities in Region 4 is indeed a thought-provoking document* The Inspector has done a lot of soul-searching in an effort to develop answers
to some of the perplexing timber management problems found in Region 4*
Throughout the report it is evident he is torn betveen tvo objectives:
(l) his desire to harvest the timber on the National Forests of the Region
and (2) his desire to maintain conditions favorable for future timber
growth, maintain watershed conditions, and to protect and, if possible,
enhance other resource values* Essentially these are the same objectives
ve are seeking, but Mr* Mason has approached them in a different way.
While many of Mr* Mason's suggestions are, I am sure, extremely sound,
he does have some opinions aad philosophies that are in sharp contrast
vith regional thinking* I doubt that ve can fully accept some of them
and still follow the multiple use management direction under vhich ve
are working* Some of these are:
1* Mr* Mason disagrees vith the conclusions reached by tbe 1961
General Integrating Inspectors of the Region* As you recall, the GI
Inspectors said that the R-4 timber sale areas generally are in a
critically unsatisfactory condition.
2* Mr* Mason believes that most of the Forests in the Region, vith
the exception of the Boise and the Payette, have a timber demand considerably
below the allowable cut* I am not so sure that this is true* For example,
don't the Dixie, Fishlake, Bridger. and Salmon have established Industry
that vlll absorb annual allowable cut? Perhaps other Forests are In this
same category*
3* Mr* Mason does not believe ve can live vith the policy of not
cutting timber until ve knov how to do it In conformance vith the needs
of the land and the timber stand* (Obtain regeneration*) He also believes
that It is impossible to hold timber back until very little of the trees
and the stand remain submarginal. He said that if the Forest Service had
operated throughout its history under this philosophy there vould now be
no commercial timber land in the National Forest system.
4* Mr* Mason believes that Region 4 is overcautious in its concern
over the effects of timber harvest on watershed conditions* In his opinion
the "one shot" effect of timber harvesting on watershed conditions is much
different than the effect of annual grazing use on the watershed* I am
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