National Forest sets timber sales

The Deschutes National Forest has announced a forest- wide timber sale of mostly salvage wood for the 12- month period starting October 1, 1995, and ending September 30, 1996.

The sales, located in the Bend, Sisters, Crescent and Fort Rock Ranger Districts, will involve salvage operations as part of the Deschutes Forest's "effort to be responsive to the need for improving forest health and ecosystems," according to the announcement. "Consequently, large volumes of dead and dying timber may be expected in the (current) program" and for the next several years.

In all, the four districts are expected to produce 81,678,000 board feet of timber, of which nearly l9-million has been classified as saw timber. The remainder will qualify for wood- fiber production, post and pole use and firewood.

The Sisters district will offer 10,260,000 board feet of mostly white fir and Douglas fir saw timber. Total board footage for the district will be 13,315,000, including small sales.

Sale units will include Big Bear and Bear Garden on Green Ridge, Demo near Five Mile Butte, and Jack Canyon in the Jack Creek and Canyon Creek watersheds west of Camp Sherman.

Small sales will be Broken Rim off the Three Creeks Lake road, Northslope off Highway 20 in the Suttle Lake area, and all hazard trees along highway corridors, said Alan Heath, small sales and special forest products coordinator for the Sisters Ranger District.

The Forest Service will use a new measurement method for the sale of all timber other than specialty products. The new unit of measure, CCF, stands for hundred cubic feet, according to Heath. About 200 cubic feet, or two CCFs, are contained within 1,000 board feet, and one CCF approximates a cord of wood.

Sales in the Sisters district will not involve any road construction or reconstruction, Heath said.

Further Information is available from Heath or Dick Cozby at the Sisters Ranger District, 549- 2111.