tti JfRANKLIN PRESS AND tkfi HIGHLANDS MACONIAN
PAGE SEVEN
THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1938
F0RESTGRe0VS
MUCH TIMBER
Records Show Increase Of
Seven Million Board
' Feet Per Year
In total revenue, timber ranks as
the third most important industry
in North Carolina and second in
the number of. people , employed;
With an industry that' is exceeded
in its annual payroll only by the
textile industry, it would seem im
portant to keep it alive.
The Nantahala National Forest
contains approximately 350,000 acres
of government-owned land. A little
over 120,000 acres of this total net
acreage supports stands of timber
that will average 2,000 board feet
per acre or better. The remaining
area supports only a comparatively
i . .i i i '
llgni siana per atrc. jjioc iig
' stands which will not justify log
ging operations.
Only the stands containing 2,000
board feet per acre and better in
trees 10 inches in diameter and up
are considered merchantable and
placed under a definite cutting plait.
The stands containing less than 2,
000 board feet per acre are being
protected, but will hot be consider
ed in what is. termed the cutting
budget until the timber on 'such
stands reaches the merchantable
classification. . , .
The amount of timber that can
be cut each year is dependent upon
the growth on the stands that are
now merchantable. The growth on
the unmerchantable stands is not
considered until such stands reach
merchantability (contain 2,000 board
feet per acre or over.)
The timber on the 120,000 acres
of merchantable area is growing
r , m run
at the rate ot approximately ,uuu,
000 board feet per year. .This means
that should market conditions be
favorable, the Forest Service can
authorize the cutting of 7,000,000
board feet annually without en
dangering the future timber supply.
The average stumpage price receiv
ed for this timber is approximately
$150 Per thousand feet. This meaa
a- possible revenue of $31,500 per
year to the Forest Service. Of this
value received for timber, 25 is
returned to the county in which
the timber is cut for schools and
10 for roads. The cutting of dead
timber, such as chestnut, is not
regulated, but disposed of as rap-
The Nantahala National Forest
is divided into two working cir
. cles. All the land east of the Nanr
tahala Mountains is the Wayah
Working Circle and the territory
west of this .range is the Nanta
hala Working Circle. The. 7,000,000
board feet allowable cut is distrib
uted fairly equally between the
two working circles.
The logical manufacturing cen
ter for the timber in the Nanta
hala Working Circle is at Andrews,
N. C. A medium sized band mill
cutting 4,000,000 feet, per year can
be operated year in and year out
with timber from government land
plus only a small amount of stumji
age from private holdings.
In the Franklin Working Circle,
Franklin is the logical concentra
tion center for the timber. Nine
tenths of the timber in this work
ing circle is in Macon county and
handy to Franklin. '
The' two working circles are cap
able of supporting two medium
sized band-mills. To Western North
Carolina this means continued em
ployment for about 40 men work
ing in these two mills plus an ad
ditional woods force of approxi
mately 80 men. To the mills oper
ating this timber it means contin
uous operation and a reasonable
insurance of a supply' of timber
in the future.
Plantations of Asiatic chestnut
and species of pine and hardwoods
have been established in an effort
to develop new species suitable for
sawtimber and to replace the na
tive chestnut that has been wiped
out by the blight. With the selec
tion method of cutting the forest
timber very little planting is need
ed to restock cut-over areas and
make the forest productive.
, I- M,,U for.
The WOOaca lanus in nui -
olina are a source of continued
wealth. Help us practice selective
forestry, and keep out fire.
Wildlife Management
On The Nantahala
On April 12, 1937, the officials of
the U. S. Forest Service and the
State Game Commission, with a
keen foresight and the purpose in
mind of restoring the depleted wild
life in Western North Carolina,
gathered together under what might
be termed the "treaty elm" and
signed cooperative agreements pro
viding for the establishment of
three Wildlife Management Areas
within the Nantahala National For
est, The three areas, namely Stand
: TMtiatr PiriQ CVeek. and Wayah
mg " i 1 ' - - ...
Bald, include approximately 08.00U
acres of government iana. own
ing Indian and Wayah Bald are
entirely within Macon County and
represent 43,000 acres of the total
acreage set aside for game man
agement purposes.
The program in these areas as
outlined provides tor the annual
stocking of bear, turkey, and fish.
These areas are to be protected
until sufficient fish and game have
reproduced or is stocked to war
i ant organized hunting and fish
ing. With a little added protection
and cooperation it is believed that
the overflow of game from the
management areas will gradually
restore the game to the wooded
lands of our counties in Western
North Carolina. It is hoped that
before long the sight of a deer,
bear or turkey in these mountains
will be' a usual event and not a
curiosity.
Hand in hand with the program
for the stocking of fish and gajne
is the control of the natural pre
datprs of wild life. Wildcats, weas
els and other predators are being
trapped in order to , establish a
biological balance between the game
and these destructive animals.
Results of the effort in the res
toration program are noticeable.
After several successful open fish
ing seasons in the streams within
the management areas requests
have been coming in for informa
tion on fish and wild life from
all parts of North Carolina and
adjoining states and an appreciable
overflow of deer has already been
noticed in land adjoining the man
agement areas. '
The game management program
on the Nantahala is not entirely
restricted to the areas set aside as
management units, but takes in, to
a less,er degree, all government land
on the Forest. An extra force of
four- full-time '. State Wardens is
eijyiloyed , to protect the wildlife
on the Forest, and in addition
eight Forest officers are deputized
as State Wardens with the power
to enforce state game laws.
4-H Short Course
To Start July 24
Approximately 1,000 rural boys
and girls, representing the 46,000
4-H Club members, in North Car
olina, will gather at State college
July 24 for the annual 4-H short
course. The event will continue
through July 29. L. R. Harrill,
state 4-H club leader, and Miss
Frances MacGregor, assistant state
leader, are in charge of arrange-'
nicnts.
Registration will begin Monday
morning at 10 o'clock, and the first
session will be held that evening
in Pullen Hall. ' It will be an in
formal program. Col. John W.
Harrelson, administrative dean of
State college, will welcome the .del
egates at the assembly . period
Tuesday morning, after which
group conferences and class instru
ction will begin.
Dr. Stanley Smith, director of
music in Raleigh schools, will have
charge of the musical program
during the short . course. He will
train a chorus- of 100 voices to
participate in a Pageant of Pro
gress which will be staged in Rid
dick stadium on Thursday evening.
Among the principal speakers
during the week will be Dr. Carl
Taylor of the United States depart
ment of agriculture, Washington,
and Dr. Jane S. McKimmon, as
sistant director of the State col
lege extension service which is
sponsoring the .short course.
"SAY IT WITH FLOWERS"
Special prices on bedding plants, cut flowers.
Flowers for funerals given special attention.
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