September 10, 1975 (8 pages)

ae The U.S. ent» of Agriculture (USDA), is studying the effectiveness of its 1974 Forestry Incentives Program (FIP), according to word from the Placer-NevadaEl Dorado County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service in Auburn. The evaluation is being made to determine the effect of FIP on the nation’s timber supply and its cost to the federal government. Information obtained from this study will be used for program adjustments and progress reports to Congress and to the public. Administered by USDA’s Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service (ASCS), and Forest Service (FS), the Forestry Incentives Program is designed to increase production of timber and to improve the environment. FIP was authorized by Congress in 1973 to share the cost of tree planting and timber stand landowners. The Federal share of these costs ranges from 50 to 75 percent, depending on state and county General Plan Questionnaire > Getting citizens involved in upgrading the Nevada County General Plan has been the goal of a 25-member committee appointed by the board of supervisors. _ The Citizens’ Committee for Revision has initiated a questionnaire which was ‘recently passed out at the Nevada County Fair. Forms are also being distributed through service clubs and large businesses. They are addressed and and citizens need only to pick them up, fill them out, and take part in helping zone the county in which you live. es must bear the name and address of the person making them out to screen out phonies and advice from other places. Deadline for mailing the forms is September 30. ‘Karly returns from tabulation of balloting byNevada County Citizens reveal : Rotate, Inflate 1 All 5 Tires fo — CARL Will and Inspect . $1.88 RECAPPING SERVICE PLAZA TIRE COL ING. BEHIND SPD 265-4642 some interesting points in the detailed questionnaire. What do people like most about their home county? ““The tempo of life here,” followed closely by ‘‘Forests, wildlife” lead the marked answers. Following closely is “small town living.” What recent trends do they ‘most deplore? Over half of those answering listed ‘“‘multiplying land use and building restrictions,” as . their number one choice. Next . in line were ‘disappearance of local--farms and orchards,” and “big city problems developing in more densely populated areas.” Among changes suggested that planning should try to bring about were: maintaining the rural character of the county by low density zoning and fewer regulations in home building. Local students accepted to study overseas Two local students are among the over 300 students accepted into 1975-76 International Programs of the California State University and Colleges. Leaving soon for their overseas campus are Susan Simpson of Grass Valley who will study at ihe University of Florence in Italy, and Dawn Wiegm:n of Nevada City who will attend Waseda University in Japan. Lon Gilbert FARMERS INSURANCE GROUP . HEFFREN INSURANCE AGENCY . 111, Main: _1P:O0 Box 1034 , Grass’Vdlley’.Ca: *' «265-6166 Study of forest program tri-county effectiveness ASCS cost-share rates. The evaluation is divided into two segments, short-term, and long-term. The short-term evaluation, now nearly completed, examines characteristics of the more than 16,000 separate investments made in the 1974 FIP. The long-term portion will consist of field improvement with. private measurements taken from selected FIP samples _ to determine growth, yield, and cost-effectiveness of each treatment. ' ticipate Counties selected to parin FIP were designated on the basis of a Forest Service survey of total eligible private timber acreage and acreage potentially suitable for production of timber products. To be eligible for cost-share ‘assistance under FIP, a landowner must own a tract of no more than 500 acres of eligible forest land; be a private forest landowner: nave land that is suitable for forestation if presently not in trees—for reforestation or for improved forest management; have land that is capable of producing marketable timber crops and meets minimum productivity standards established for the program in his state; have had no commercial harvest on lands for which FIP costsharing application is made within t#e past five years. Participation in FIP is open to all eligible landowners who bear. part of the cost of an approved practice regardless of race, color, religion, national origin or sex. AN OLD STUCK IN THE MUD--That's the nickname this '‘cat"’ picked up recently for his efforts that landed him in a mudhole on Combie Road off of Highway 49. It's not known just exactly how the piece of heavy equipment got in this peculiar Lobbyist function County legal secretaries get report Did you ever wonder what the function of a legislative lobbyist really is? Elizabeth Berger, a lobbyist for 24 years in Sacramento and Washington D.C., gave Nevada County — Legal Secretaries a bird’s eye view of her experiences at.a dinner meeting Thursday in the Holbrooke Hotel. Mrs. Berger’s interest centers on health and children and she represents seven different groups including pediatricians. Her job ,is similar that of a mechanic who goes to work after she is told what the lobbying group wants in the bill, and then she works with them to get it ready for She said legislative representatives are very responsive to the wishes of their constituents. But the émain problem, according to the speaker, is that the people do considerable talking about what is wrong with the government and how they believe the laws should be written, but they fail to communicate their ideas to their representatives. “They (the legislators) do listen and respond to the people and often are disappointed when they have few if any responses to questionnaires,” she said. After a bill is discussed on the floor people are given the opportunity to speak’ arid Often,’ Statistics show that there © (Union Photo) are 660 registered lobbyists in the state. However, about 1,200 are at work but those who earn less than $250 a month on the job are not required to be registered, the speaker explained. © Mrs. Berger said that women lobby groups are comparative newcomers, but pe making their presence t. The speaker said she aided in the law that’ calls for full . health screening for children entering school for the first time. Nevada is one of three out of 58 counties which has ‘ not implemented the law this year, according to Mrs. by next year all counties will <° enforce the statute.

ae The U.S. ent» of Agriculture (USDA), is studying the effectiveness of its 1974 Forestry Incentives Program (FIP), according to word from the Placer-NevadaEl Dorado County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service in Auburn. The evaluation is being made to determine the effect of FIP on the nation’s timber supply and its cost to the federal government. Information obtained from this study will be used for program adjustments and progress reports to Congress and to the public. Administered by USDA’s Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service (ASCS), and Forest Service (FS), the Forestry Incentives Program is designed to increase production of timber and to improve the environment. FIP was authorized by Congress in 1973 to share the cost of tree planting and timber stand landowners. The Federal share of these costs ranges from 50 to 75 percent, depending on state and county General Plan Questionnaire > Getting citizens involved in upgrading the Nevada County General Plan has been the goal of a 25-member committee appointed by the board of supervisors. _ The Citizens’ Committee for Revision has initiated a questionnaire which was ‘recently passed out at the Nevada County Fair. Forms are also being distributed through service clubs and large businesses. They are addressed and and citizens need only to pick them up, fill them out, and take part in helping zone the county in which you live. es must bear the name and address of the person making them out to screen out phonies and advice from other places. Deadline for mailing the forms is September 30. ‘Karly returns from tabulation of balloting byNevada County Citizens reveal : Rotate, Inflate 1 All 5 Tires fo — CARL Will and Inspect . $1.88 RECAPPING SERVICE PLAZA TIRE COL ING. BEHIND SPD 265-4642 some interesting points in the detailed questionnaire. What do people like most about their home county? ““The tempo of life here,” followed closely by ‘‘Forests, wildlife” lead the marked answers. Following closely is “small town living.” What recent trends do they ‘most deplore? Over half of those answering listed ‘“‘multiplying land use and building restrictions,” as . their number one choice. Next . in line were ‘disappearance of local--farms and orchards,” and “big city problems developing in more densely populated areas.” Among changes suggested that planning should try to bring about were: maintaining the rural character of the county by low density zoning and fewer regulations in home building. Local students accepted to study overseas Two local students are among the over 300 students accepted into 1975-76 International Programs of the California State University and Colleges. Leaving soon for their overseas campus are Susan Simpson of Grass Valley who will study at ihe University of Florence in Italy, and Dawn Wiegm:n of Nevada City who will attend Waseda University in Japan. Lon Gilbert FARMERS INSURANCE GROUP . HEFFREN INSURANCE AGENCY . 111, Main: _1P:O0 Box 1034 , Grass’Vdlley’.Ca: *' «265-6166

Study of forest program tri-county effectiveness ASCS cost-share rates. The evaluation is divided into two segments, short-term, and long-term. The short-term evaluation, now nearly completed, examines characteristics of the more than 16,000 separate investments made in the 1974 FIP. The long-term portion will consist of field improvement with. private measurements taken from selected FIP samples _ to determine growth, yield, and cost-effectiveness of each treatment. ' ticipate Counties selected to parin FIP were designated on the basis of a Forest Service survey of total eligible private timber acreage and acreage potentially suitable for production of timber products. To be eligible for cost-share ‘assistance under FIP, a landowner must own a tract of no more than 500 acres of eligible forest land; be a private forest landowner: nave land that is suitable for forestation if presently not in trees—for reforestation or for improved forest management; have land that is capable of producing marketable timber crops and meets minimum productivity standards established for the program in his state; have had no commercial harvest on lands for which FIP costsharing application is made within t#e past five years. Participation in FIP is open to all eligible landowners who bear. part of the cost of an approved practice regardless of race, color, religion, national origin or sex. AN OLD STUCK IN THE MUD--That's the nickname this '‘cat"’ picked up recently for his efforts that landed him in a mudhole on Combie Road off of Highway 49. It's not known just exactly how the piece of heavy equipment got in this peculiar Lobbyist function County legal secretaries get report Did you ever wonder what the function of a legislative lobbyist really is? Elizabeth Berger, a lobbyist for 24 years in Sacramento and Washington D.C., gave Nevada County — Legal Secretaries a bird’s eye view of her experiences at.a dinner meeting Thursday in the Holbrooke Hotel. Mrs. Berger’s interest centers on health and children and she represents seven different groups including pediatricians. Her job ,is similar that of a mechanic who goes to work after she is told what the lobbying group wants in the bill, and then she works with them to get it ready for She said legislative representatives are very responsive to the wishes of their constituents. But the émain problem, according to the speaker, is that the people do considerable talking about what is wrong with the government and how they believe the laws should be written, but they fail to communicate their ideas to their representatives. “They (the legislators) do listen and respond to the people and often are disappointed when they have few if any responses to questionnaires,” she said. After a bill is discussed on the floor people are given the opportunity to speak’ arid Often,’ Statistics show that there © (Union Photo) are 660 registered lobbyists in the state. However, about 1,200 are at work but those who earn less than $250 a month on the job are not required to be registered, the speaker explained. © Mrs. Berger said that women lobby groups are comparative newcomers, but pe making their presence t. The speaker said she aided in the law that’ calls for full . health screening for children entering school for the first time. Nevada is one of three out of 58 counties which has ‘ not implemented the law this year, according to Mrs. by next year all counties will <° enforce the statute.