SA The Mountain Tuesday, January 16, 1990
By the State Forestry Dept. Your service forester also has
Quite often logging is equatedtwo excellent publications that are
with soil erosion but this doesn't available at no charge. They are
have to be the case. Mud from log- called "Keeping Mud Out of the
ging operations comes only from the Streams" and "Forest Owners and
six per cent of the harvested area Their Logging Roads". These publi-
that is disturbed in building roads or cations contain general information
landing areas. There is abundant on logging road construction and the
use of Best Management Practices.
true. Foresters know that Also, a 20 minute video tape on:
there is no mud added to the stream building logging roads is available
when-thetimber harvestis done cor- for loan and includes ~n informa-
Just cutting trees' does not tional booklet which contains topics
erosion, but the reckless covered in the video tape.
and does. To obtain copies of the publica-
why it is important to build tions or to borrow the video tape,
your local Service Forester.
In Greenbrier County contact Walter
Jackson, 717 North Jefferson
Practices (BMP's) have been devel- Street, Lewisburg, or phone 647-
when used, holds all 742.5.
Im.
~ When
contra=t, the landowner should 1 I¢=f|nna| TPnt, .f
be used to keep mud out of the
stream.
Private
both the land
Monongahela National Forest
But I tO harvest a
i stand of trees poses many problems
.that your local service forester could
of deercutting and 20 acres of Jnter-
ings; create 7 wildlife ponds; manual
natural regen-
eration of all stands harvested by
the cleercut method; release 397
acres; abandon 24 miles of existing
.2 miles
FR 297;
of Laurel Run ,by
of addi-
I trails; abandon 3,90
ten 1-3 unit
both the buyer and the seller are
lhe State;
monetarily from the sate,;the service
-forester can concentrate on the best
#orestry
the best
parties.
the beauty
I prac k es
posits of trash
look," according to Mr Page.
Detailed information on these
alternatives con-
in the Decision
J Environmental AssesS-
Sulphur Ranger District, P. O. Box
White Sulphur Springs.
'q'his decision is subject to Ad-
(Appeal) pursu-
growing
state the
Supervisor, Jim
For-
Elkins
notice of appeal must
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Cleve Benedict announced that dur-
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"In comparison to 1988-89 fiscal
year, the Department is operating in
the current fiscal year with fewer
dollars and fewer employees. This is
the third year of reducing staff posi-
tions in the Department's 5100 and
5130 accounts. Spending in these
accounts is,down about 14 per cent
and remains lower .than fiscal year
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The changes in fiscal policy
make recognizable that many mod-
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penditures were achieved
centrated efforts to end
sary tasks, clarifying job
gram specifications, and
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ment," Mr Benedict said.
"The Department
management concept that
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All DePartment personnel
cluded in a participative
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West Virginians.
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ployee compensation be
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