August 12, 1970 (12 pages)

president Margaret (Mrs, Claude) Williams, at the club's “The sheltered workshop for from durable dried materials native to-our area, The club members were urged to collect fallen cones, seeds, pots, acorns and particularly lichen from the high country for use of the clients at the workshop. Okra pods from their home vegeGrace (Burdette) Page, Cleone (Frank) Reamer and Mrs, Kimberlin, Veteran flower show winner Andrey (Vic) Montre dissad *"What . not:to. do" when plants for show. Golden Center bid is low 3 Four. bids were opened Wednesday by the State Division of Highways on a project to construct a left-turn ‘lane Road intersection four and a half miles east of Marysville. Golden Center Construction, Inc. of. Grass Valley was low to officials at the room for. two through-traffic j ~ of . 1969. Tahoe National Forest. was _ able to limit the aréa burned by man during the fire season to 184 acres but one. lightning fire burned over $00 acres, . The Reno fire, which started on Sept. 1, 1969 in the rolling foothills . south of Alternate Highway 40, took two days, a number of air tankers and 175 firemen to bring it under_control, Mostly sagebrush was destroyed. by the fire, which gained strength from gusty winds whichblew _ first -north,. then south, The Tahoe, one: of 153 national. forests within the United States, submitted its annual report recently and lists the Reno fire as the largest of the year. The average number of man caused fires during the five preceding years was 65, just two less than those reported for because the. budget approved by ney for development of existing facilities, With mounting pressures on our state park system and the . reation dollar, ce: of the recparticularly in most “of the counties of the third senatorial district, it is disturbing: news that the administration plans. no new park © » new. budget contains only $1188,185 for capital outlay projects for the Department of YOUR SENATOR REPORTS 1969, 3 one The Granite chief study area, lying between French Meadow compassing North Fork, Picayune and Whisky Creek, was declared: a.roadiess area by Supervisor Henry Branagh. No motorized vehicles are now permitted within the 15,700 acres. _ Snowmobiles. aré also excluded, Pra sincnsealn fate of the. Granite ‘will continue to'be man~ . ag ‘Reclamation aged by ranger districts with: timber: Toads, recreation and tt harvesting permitted. A buffer zone, west of Lake Tahoe and. nearing the southern pdrtion of Placer county, will be left roadless but .the ‘possibility’ of timber harvesting remains.open. With the ‘opening of Stampede. Reservoir, the second largest recreational area. operated by the forest service in northern California is. complete. StamState Senator _ Stephen P. Teale Third District California Sta‘e Legislature, pm fiscal underfunded, it will rea major tax increase just o fund the ongoing programs of state government. Where more money for parks is going to come from is a mystery. Perhaps the worst long-range -Tesult of this kind of budget. hatchet work is the fact that when we do get around to acquiring and developing more park sites, the taxpayers are going to be socked with the extra cost caused by escalating land values and construction co delay. State to sell two parcels of land here costs during-this year = long <: SP ee ers. « fhe BEER ERS 82 : ae The N . sda’ County Nugget, Wednesday, August 12, 1970 pede, Boca and Prosser reservoirs from the area, north of Truckee and lying within the Sierraville and Truckee Ranger The fishery enhancement features. of the. project include the addition of a reservoir fishery and improved streamflows inthe Little Truckee between StamY » The Tahoe has a cooperative agreement with the Bureau of for — benefitting ‘wildlife mitigation. Bitterbrush was planted and gabion check dams were constructed to provide. additional meadow vegetation for grazing wildlife. A scenic drive: from Lake Tahoe. into the middle of Tahoe National Forest.and a major recreation complex was built last year, Barker Pass Road. Portions of the road runthrough the Chipmunk timber sale near French Meadows and up Blackwood Canyon. A visitor information site is being planned for Blackwood Canyon. Beer Forest service crews constructed 77 miles of new roads last year and 2.8 miles of trails; Grazing permits were granted for cattle and sheep last year, 49 permits issued for cattle and 13 for sheep, Among “the 18,000 head of cattle and service and adjacent private lands, 16 cattle and 185 sheep were lost through poisonous plants, predators and disease. Easements obtained during 1969 were for one new road, 16 existing roads and one trail. Revenue from timber harvest was up nearly $2-million in 196¢ over the previous year. Revenue from the timber harvest for last year was $3,931,520 and the 1968 revenue was $2,193,247. The harvesting of live timber in 1969 exceeded previous records by approximately 36 million board feet; Only in 1961 was the harvest larger and that BUSI BILLBOARD Ligne ine PEE 0 RIA 3 was the result of three disastrous fires. ‘Reforestation was down last year: 920 plantings versus 1,620 in 1968. Brush control in-creased; 4,779. incidents of brush control with 180 for 1968, Disease control was down; 1,087 in 1969 and 2,625 the previous ear. -. Recreational facilities within ‘the Tahoe have increased by additions at many locations, Bull: ards Bar Reservoir has a boat : launching ramp, picnic site, campgrounds and overlook. : First stage facilities at ay French Meadows — Reservoir were completed for campgrounds and final recreational development plans at Stampede . were prepared for campgrounds, day-use area and a boat launching site, The total summer recreational use increased over 1968 with major increases at Jackie son Meadows ‘and French Meadows reservoir areas. The summer day visitor use for 1969 was 2,764,900 and 2,592,600 days reported for the previous year. Winter use was down as unusually heavy snows early in the year blocked roads and facilities. Winter sports accounted for 370,000 days last yéar and 550,700 the year before, The seven ranger districts within the Tahoe are Big Bend, Camptonville, Downieville, Foresthill, Nevada City, Sierraville and Truckee. Revenue from all sources in , , 1969 was $3,997,432, an in' crease of $1.7-million over the previous year. The increase is accounted for, almost entirely by the sale of timber. Approximately one-half of TNF's annual expenditures goes for payroll; $2,4-million payroll out of a $4.7-million budget in 1969, Permanent personnel number 250 with 200 seasonal employes hired last year. ' NESS — wien ee ee tt ae mem ae a? wae se am Te i ae es me ne < Parks and Recreation. Only 4 0 3-acre parcel with a \ seven projects are funded in metal pbuilding near Route 20. the budget and these are all trooway and anirregular-shaped development or maintenance jo¢ containing about 7,602 square rojects, Failure of the administration to move ahead with needed park acquisition and development this year will mean several things wij) take place Aug, 27, The Division of Highways. in the coming years and all of sale will begin at 10 a.m,.onthe. premises.on Railroad Avethem are bad. Ae Cutting the Parks and Recreation Department budget to a level where no new. develop. Bidders may ments are planned will guaran into and using stat parks = ( inistration PrOtake place in September. Miniected. spending park money in mum-pbid is ‘$210 and a $100 the third district and in other qepositisrequired, pete): Ce RT feet goned R-1 in Grass Valley ~ will be auctioned by the State The sale af the metal building oo Paerctc: csmonnE * Je of the other property, — which has legal access to Mar< shall ‘Street by'an old alley will _ Len Gilbert FARMERS INSURANCE GROUP HEFFREN INSURANCE AGENCY 111 W. Main © P.O. Box 1034 Grass Valley, Ca. Ph. 265-6166 WASHINGTON HOTEL ~}. ROOMS—COCKTAILS: _-} Breakfast—Lunch— Dinner , ee eo ee ee ee FF Fo Bree Wiig Oe gi gs) go a WN MRO Te ein amt lg OW: Wl ee

president Margaret (Mrs, Claude) Williams, at the club's “The sheltered workshop for from durable dried materials native to-our area, The club members were urged to collect fallen cones, seeds, pots, acorns and particularly lichen from the high country for use of the clients at the workshop. Okra pods from their home vegeGrace (Burdette) Page, Cleone (Frank) Reamer and Mrs, Kimberlin, Veteran flower show winner Andrey (Vic) Montre dissad *"What . not:to. do" when plants for show. Golden Center bid is low 3 Four. bids were opened Wednesday by the State Division of Highways on a project to construct a left-turn ‘lane Road intersection four and a half miles east of Marysville. Golden Center Construction, Inc. of. Grass Valley was low to officials at the room for. two through-traffic j ~ of . 1969. Tahoe National Forest. was _ able to limit the aréa burned by man during the fire season to 184 acres but one. lightning fire burned over $00 acres, . The Reno fire, which started on Sept. 1, 1969 in the rolling foothills . south of Alternate Highway 40, took two days, a number of air tankers and 175 firemen to bring it under_control, Mostly sagebrush was destroyed. by the fire, which gained strength from gusty winds whichblew _ first -north,. then south, The Tahoe, one: of 153 national. forests within the United States, submitted its annual report recently and lists the Reno fire as the largest of the year. The average number of man caused fires during the five preceding years was 65, just two less than those reported for because the. budget approved by ney for development of existing facilities, With mounting pressures on our state park system and the . reation dollar, ce: of the recparticularly in most “of the counties of the third senatorial district, it is disturbing: news that the administration plans. no new park © » new. budget contains only $1188,185 for capital outlay projects for the Department of YOUR SENATOR REPORTS 1969, 3 one The Granite chief study area, lying between French Meadow compassing North Fork, Picayune and Whisky Creek, was declared: a.roadiess area by Supervisor Henry Branagh. No motorized vehicles are now permitted within the 15,700 acres. _ Snowmobiles. aré also excluded, Pra sincnsealn fate of the. Granite ‘will continue to'be man~ . ag ‘Reclamation aged by ranger districts with: timber: Toads, recreation and tt harvesting permitted. A buffer zone, west of Lake Tahoe and. nearing the southern pdrtion of Placer county, will be left roadless but .the ‘possibility’ of timber harvesting remains.open. With the ‘opening of Stampede. Reservoir, the second largest recreational area. operated by the forest service in northern California is. complete. StamState Senator _ Stephen P. Teale Third District California Sta‘e Legislature, pm fiscal underfunded, it will rea major tax increase just o fund the ongoing programs of state government. Where more money for parks is going to come from is a mystery. Perhaps the worst long-range -Tesult of this kind of budget. hatchet work is the fact that when we do get around to acquiring and developing more park sites, the taxpayers are going to be socked with the extra cost caused by escalating land values and construction co delay. State to sell two parcels of land here costs during-this year = long <: SP ee ers. « fhe BEER ERS 82 : ae The N . sda’ County Nugget, Wednesday, August 12, 1970 pede, Boca and Prosser reservoirs from the area, north of Truckee and lying within the Sierraville and Truckee Ranger The fishery enhancement features. of the. project include the addition of a reservoir fishery and improved streamflows inthe Little Truckee between StamY » The Tahoe has a cooperative agreement with the Bureau of for — benefitting ‘wildlife mitigation. Bitterbrush

was planted and gabion check dams were constructed to provide. additional meadow vegetation for grazing wildlife. A scenic drive: from Lake Tahoe. into the middle of Tahoe National Forest.and a major recreation complex was built last year, Barker Pass Road. Portions of the road runthrough the Chipmunk timber sale near French Meadows and up Blackwood Canyon. A visitor information site is being planned for Blackwood Canyon. Beer Forest service crews constructed 77 miles of new roads last year and 2.8 miles of trails; Grazing permits were granted for cattle and sheep last year, 49 permits issued for cattle and 13 for sheep, Among “the 18,000 head of cattle and service and adjacent private lands, 16 cattle and 185 sheep were lost through poisonous plants, predators and disease. Easements obtained during 1969 were for one new road, 16 existing roads and one trail. Revenue from timber harvest was up nearly $2-million in 196¢ over the previous year. Revenue from the timber harvest for last year was $3,931,520 and the 1968 revenue was $2,193,247. The harvesting of live timber in 1969 exceeded previous records by approximately 36 million board feet; Only in 1961 was the harvest larger and that BUSI BILLBOARD Ligne ine PEE 0 RIA 3 was the result of three disastrous fires. ‘Reforestation was down last year: 920 plantings versus 1,620 in 1968. Brush control in-creased; 4,779. incidents of brush control with 180 for 1968, Disease control was down; 1,087 in 1969 and 2,625 the previous ear. -. Recreational facilities within ‘the Tahoe have increased by additions at many locations, Bull: ards Bar Reservoir has a boat : launching ramp, picnic site, campgrounds and overlook. : First stage facilities at ay French Meadows — Reservoir were completed for campgrounds and final recreational development plans at Stampede . were prepared for campgrounds, day-use area and a boat launching site, The total summer recreational use increased over 1968 with major increases at Jackie son Meadows ‘and French Meadows reservoir areas. The summer day visitor use for 1969 was 2,764,900 and 2,592,600 days reported for the previous year. Winter use was down as unusually heavy snows early in the year blocked roads and facilities. Winter sports accounted for 370,000 days last yéar and 550,700 the year before, The seven ranger districts within the Tahoe are Big Bend, Camptonville, Downieville, Foresthill, Nevada City, Sierraville and Truckee. Revenue from all sources in , , 1969 was $3,997,432, an in' crease of $1.7-million over the previous year. The increase is accounted for, almost entirely by the sale of timber. Approximately one-half of TNF's annual expenditures goes for payroll; $2,4-million payroll out of a $4.7-million budget in 1969, Permanent personnel number 250 with 200 seasonal employes hired last year. ' NESS — wien ee ee tt ae mem ae a? wae se am Te i ae es me ne < Parks and Recreation. Only 4 0 3-acre parcel with a \ seven projects are funded in metal pbuilding near Route 20. the budget and these are all trooway and anirregular-shaped development or maintenance jo¢ containing about 7,602 square rojects, Failure of the administration to move ahead with needed park acquisition and development this year will mean several things wij) take place Aug, 27, The Division of Highways. in the coming years and all of sale will begin at 10 a.m,.onthe. premises.on Railroad Avethem are bad. Ae Cutting the Parks and Recreation Department budget to a level where no new. develop. Bidders may ments are planned will guaran into and using stat parks = ( inistration PrOtake place in September. Miniected. spending park money in mum-pbid is ‘$210 and a $100 the third district and in other qepositisrequired, pete): Ce RT feet goned R-1 in Grass Valley ~ will be auctioned by the State The sale af the metal building oo Paerctc: csmonnE * Je of the other property, — which has legal access to Mar< shall ‘Street by'an old alley will _ Len Gilbert FARMERS INSURANCE GROUP HEFFREN INSURANCE AGENCY 111 W. Main © P.O. Box 1034 Grass Valley, Ca. Ph. 265-6166 WASHINGTON HOTEL ~}. ROOMS—COCKTAILS: _-} Breakfast—Lunch— Dinner , ee eo ee ee ee FF Fo Bree Wiig Oe gi gs) go a WN MRO Te ein amt lg OW: Wl ee