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Pacific Northwest Regional Office(503) 326-2877 319 S.W. Pine Street P.O. Box 3623 Portland, Oregon 97208-3623 National Forest Supervisors' Offices

Umpqua (503) 672-6601 (509) 684-3711 Ochoco(503) 447-6247 CoIville 2900 N.W. Stewart Parkway Federal Building, 695 South Main Street 155 North Court, P.O. Box 490 Prineville, Oregon 97754 P0. Box 1008 Colville, Washington 99114 Roseburg, Oregon 97470 Deschutes(503) 388-2715 Okanogan(509) 422-2704 Wallowa-Whitman(503) 523-6391 1645 Hwy. 20 E. 1240 Second Avenue South, P.O. Box 950 Okanogan, Washington 98840 1550 Dewey Avenue, P.O. Box 907 Bend, Oregon 97701 Baker, Oregon 97814 Fremont(503) 947-2151 Olympic(206) 753-9534 Wenatchee(509) 662-4335 524 North G Street, P.O. Box 551 801 5. Capitol Way, P.O. Box 2288 301 Yakima Street, P.O. Box 811 Lakeview, Oregon 97630 Olympia, Washington 98507 Wenatchee, Washington 98807-0811 (206) 696-7500 Rogue River(503) 776-3600 Gifford Pinchot Willamette(503) 687-6521 6926 East 4th Plain Blvd. Federal Building, 333 West 8th Street 211 East 7th Avenue P0. Box 8944 P.O. Box 520 P.O. Box 10607 Vancouver, Washington 98668-8944 Medford, Oregon 97501 Eugene, Oregon 97440 Siskiyou(503) 479-5301 Malheur(503) 575-1731 Winema (503) 883-6714 139 N.E. Dayton Street 200 N.E. Greenfield Rd., P0. Box 440 Grants Pass, Oregon 97526 2519 Dahlia Street John Day, Oregon 97845 Klamath Falls, Oregon 97601 Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie(206) 442-5400 Siuslaw(503) 757-4480 4077 Research Way, P.O. Box 1148 Pacific Northwest 1022 First Avenue Regional Office(503) 326-2877 Seattle, Washington 98104 Corvallis, Oregon 97339 319 SW. Pine Street Mt. Hood(503) 666-0700 Umatilla(503) 276-3811 P.O. Box 3623 2955 NW. Division 2517 S.W. Hailey Avenue Portland, Oregon 97208-3623 Pendleton, Oregon 97801 Gresham, Oregon 97030 Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area(503) 386-2333 Waucoma Center, Suite 200 902 Wasco Avenue Hood River, Oregon 97031

United States Department of theInterior' National Park Service

Pacific Northwest Regional Office(206) 442-5565 83 S. King Street, Suite 212 Seattle, Washington 98104 National Park Service Headquarters

Map Map Location Location No. (206) 569-2211 Coulee Dam National Recreation Area(509) 633-0881 Mount Rainier National Park 6 Tahoma Woods, Star Route P.O. Box 37 Ashford, Washington 98304 Coulee Dam, Washington 99116 North Cascades National Park(206) 855-1331 (503) 594-2211 Crater Lake National Park 2 210 5. Highway 20 P.O. Box 7, Crater Lake, Oregon 97604 SedroWoolley, Washington 98284 Fort Clatsop National Memorial(503) 861-2471 Olympic National Park(206) 452-4501 Route 3, Box 604-FC, Astoria, Oregon 97103 600 East Park Avenue Port Angeles, Washington 98362 Fort Vancouver National Historic Site(206) 696-7655 Vancouver, Washington 98661 Oregon Caves National Monument(503) 592-2100 1 19000 Caves Highway, Cave Junction, Oregon97523 John Day Fossil Beds National Monument (503) 575-0721 San Juan Island National Historical Park 1 420 W Main Street (206) 378-2240 John Day, Oregon 97845 P.O. Box 429, Friday Harbor, Washington 98250 Whitman Mission National Historic Site Kiondike Gold Rush National Historical Park (509) 522-6360 (206) 442-7220 Route 2, WallaWalla, Washington 99362 117 South Main Street, Seattle, Washington 98104 Address Changes United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service National Forest Supervisors' Offices

Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie (206) 775-9702 21905 64th Avenue West Mountiake Terrace, Washington 98043

Ochoco (503) 447-6247 3000 East Third P.O. Box 490 Prineville, Oregon 97754

Okanogan (509) 826-3275

Effective June 1991 Olympic (206) 956-2300 1835 Black Lake Blvd. SW Olympia Washington 98502

Siuslaw (503) 750-7000

Willamette (503) 465-6521

Effective October 1, 1991 Pacific Northwest Regional Office 333 SW First Avenue P.O. Box 3623 Portland, Oregon 97208-3632 Recreation information (503) 326-2877 Personnel Management (503) 326-3651 Contacting (503) 326-3581

United States Department of the interior National Park Service

Pacific Northwest Regional Office Recreation Information (206) 442-0170 Public Affairs Office (206) 442- 5622

North Cascades National Park (206)856-5700 Table of Contents

Introduction i

Management Units National Forests 2

National Monument and Areas 4

Wildemesses 5

Experimental Units 8

Special Natural, Cultural and Research Natural Areas 8

Administration Personnel 9

Human Resource Programs 14

Earnings, Expenditures and Payments to States 15

Contracts Awarded 17

Services Cooperative Forestry 18

Engineering 19

Fire and Aviation 20

Forest Pest Management 21

Law Enforcement 21

Resources Fish and Wildlife 22

Lands 22

Minerals 23

Range 24

Recreation 26

limber 29

Watershed 32

USDA Forest Service Pacific Northwest Region 319 SW. Pine Street, P. 0. Box 3623, Portland, Oregon 97208 (503) 326-2971 The Pacific Northwest Region of the Forest Service

The Pacific Northwest Region (Region 6) of the whitewater rivers, a live volcano, and high desert Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, dotted with sage and juniper. is a land of great contrast, beauty and productivity. Its forests produce about half the timber sold The Region's 19 National Forests, 85 Ranger Dis- annually from the entire National Forest System. tricts and one National Grassland comprise 24.8 mil- It also accounts for nearly one-sixth of the total lion acres of public lands in Washington, Oregon, recreational use on all the country's National and small portions in Idaho and Northern California. Forests, and it has 15 percent of the National Wilderness Preservation System. Accounting for about 13 percent of the total land area of the entire National Forest System, the Detailed facts on the Pacific Northwest Region Region has some of the most diverse climate, and its varied activities and accomplishments are vegetation and terrain in the United States. presented on the following pages. Within its boundaries are surf-splashed coastline Statistics are for fiscal year 1990 (October 1, 1989 and beaches, vast coastal and interior forests, deep- through September 30, 1990) except where noted. blue mountain lakes, glacier-covered mountains, The following chart gives a general outline.

Proclaimed Administered Net Net National National Ranger Acreage Acreage Grassland Forests Districts

Oregon 15,011,643 15,614,787 13 66

Cal lfornla* 87,171 87,171

ldaho** 137,432 137,432 Washington ,884,731 9,036,21 2*** - 6 29

Total 24,120,977 24,875,602 1 19 95

* Portions of Siskiyou and Rogue River National Forests extend into Northern California. Includes portions of Wallowa, Nez Perce and Payette NFs administered by Wallowa-Whitman NF. Includes portion of Kaniksu National Forest administered by Colville NF. Administered by the Ochoco National Forest.

Important Facts About the Pacific Northwest Region FY 90 1 Management Units

National Forests (in acres) Proclaimed Administered National Forest Acreage Ranger System Lands by Forest Districts

Colville 952,412 1,103,893 Colville, Kettle Falls, Newport, Republic, Sullivan Lake Deschutes 1,605,243 1,605,243 Bend, Crescent, Fort Rock, Sisters Fremont 1,200,456 1,200,456 Bly, Lakeview, Paisley, Silver Lake Gifford Plnchot 1,299,546 1,379,160 Mount Adams, Packwood, Randle, Wind River Malheur 1,465,396 1,465,396 Bear Valley, Burns, Long Creek, Prairie City Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie 2,522,318 1,723,558 Mt. Baker, Darrington, North Bend, Skykomish, White River

Mt. Hood 1,063,716 1,060,530 Barlow, Bear Springs, Clackamas, Columbia Gorge, Estacada, Hood River, Zigzag

Ochoco 847,938 959,317 Big Summit, Paulina, Prineville, Snow Mountain, Crooked River National Grassland Okanogan 1,499,866 1,693,967 Tonasket, Twisp, Winthrop

Olympic 632,673 632,673 Hood Canal, Quilcene, Quinault, Soleduck Rogue River 629,247 629,247 Applegate, Ashland, Butte Falls, Prospect

Siskiyou 1,093,906 1,093,906 Chetco, Galice, Gold Beach, Illinois Valley, Powers Siuslaw 629,740 629,740 Alsea, Hebo, Mapleton, Waldport

2 Important Facts About the Pacific Northwest Region FY 90 National Forests (Continued)

(in acres) Proclaimed Administered National Forest Acreage Ranger System Lands by Forest Districts

UmatIlla 1,402,483 1,402,483 Heppner, North Fork John Day, Pomeroy, Walla Walla

Umpqua 984,591 984,591 Cottage Grove, Tiller, Diamond Lake, North Umpqua Wallowa-Whitman 2,257,234 2,391,458 Baker, Wallowa Valley, Eagle Cap, La Grande, Pine, Unity Wenatchee 1,667,217 2,192,262 Cheian, Cle Elum, Entiat, Lake Wenatchee Leavenworth, Naches Willamette 1,686,048 1,689,234 Blue River, Sweet Home, Detroit, Rigdon, Lowell, Mckenzie, Oakridge

Winema 1,038,986 1,038,986 Chemult, Chiloquin, K Ia mat h

Important Facts About the Pacific Northwest Region FY 90 3 National Monument and Areas

National Forest Total Acres* RVDs** Occasions

Columbia River Gifford Pinchot Gorge National Mt. Hood Scenic Area Other 292,600 2,522,857 13,680,452 Hells Canyon National Wallowa-Whitman 221,373 529,850 Recreation Area Nez Perce 151,344 472,200 Payette 652,488 36,200 99,200

Mount St. Helens Gifford Pinchot 110,330 2,416,917 11,715,466 National Volcanic Monument

Oregon Dunes National Siuslaw 20,832 1,691,374 5,953,641 Recreation Area

Mount Baker National Mt. Baker- 8,743 21,927 56,250 Recreation Area Snoquaimie

Total 1,084,993 7,061,992 32,507,059

* Not including other ownership within NRA boundary. One Recreation Visitor Day (RVD) equals 12 hours of use by one person or one hour of use by 12 people. Occasion is a single experience in a single recreation activity by one visitor during a 24 hour day.

4 Important Facts About the Pacific Northwest Region FY 90 Wildernesses

Acreage by Net National Forest(s) National Forest* Acreage**

Alpine Lake Wenatchee 185,367 305,367 Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie 120,000

Badger Creek Mt. Hood 24,000 24,000

Black Canyon Ochoco 13,371 13,371

BoulderCreek Umpqua 19,107 19,107

Boulder River Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie 49,000 49,000

Bridge Creek Ochoco 5,380 5,380

Buckhorn Olympic 45,601 45,601

Bull of the Woods Mt. Hood 26,360 34,884 Willamette 8,526

Clearwater Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie 14,374 14,374

Colonel Bob Olympic 12,120 12,120

Columbia Mt. Hood 39,000 39,000

Cummins Creek Siuslaw 9,311 9,311

Diamond Peak Deschutes 32,567 52,329 Willamette 19,762 Drift Creek Siuslaw 5,767 5,767 Eagle Cap Wallowa-Whitman 359,546 359,546 Gearhart Mountain Fremont 22,823 22,823

Glacier Peak Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie 283,559 576,369 Wenatchee 292,810

Glacier View Gifford Pinchot 3,123 3,123

Goat Rocks Wenatchee 36,063 105,633 Gifford Pinchot 69,570

Grassy Knob Siskiyou 17,200 17,200

Hells Canyon Wallowa-Whitman 126,903 210,703 Nez Perce 59,900 Payette 23,900

Important Facts About the Pacific Northwest Region FY 90 5 Wildernesses (Continued)

Acreage by Net National Forest(s) National Forest* Acreage**

Henry M. Jackson Wenatchee 27,391 102,691 Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie 75,300

Indian Heaven Gifford Pinchot 20,650 20,650

Kalmiopsis Siskiyou 168,900 168,900

Lake Chelan-Sawtooth Okanogan 95,901 150,703 Wenatchee 54,802

Menagerie Willamette 4,715 4,715 Middle Santlam Willamette 8,542 8,542

MIII Creek Ochoco 17,400 17,400

Monument Rock Maiheur 12,700 19,780 Wallowa-Whitman 7,080

Mountain Lakes Winema 23,071 23,071 Mt. Adams Gifford Pinchot 46,775 46,775

Mt. Baker Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie 117,600 117,600

Mt. Hood Mt. Hood 46,520 46,520

Mt. Jefferson Willamette 69,481 106,958 Deschutes 32,734 Mt. Hood 4,743

Mt. Skokomish Olympic 15,686 15,686

Mt. Thlelson Umpqua 22,700 55,100 Deschutes 6,800 Winema 25,600

Mount Washington Willamette 38,673 52,559 Deschutes 13,886 Nolsy-Diobsud Mt.Baker-Snoqualmie 14,300 14,300

Norse Peak Wenatchee 35,702 50,902 Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie 15,200

North ForkJohn Day Umatilla 106,726 120,825 Wal Iowa-Whitman 14,099

North Fork Umatilla Umatilla 20,150 20,150

6 Important Facts About the Pacific Northwest Region FY 90 Wildernesses (Continued)

Acreage by Net National Forest(s) National Forest* Acreage**

Pasayten Okanogan 529,850 529,850

Red Buttes Siskiyou 3,413 20,223 Rogue River 16,810

Rock Creek Siuslaw 6,835 6,835 Rogue-Umpqua Divide Umpqua 29,027 34,904 Rogue River 5,877

Salmo.Priest** ColvilIe 31,895 41,295 Idaho Panhandle 9,400

Salmon-Huckleberry Mt. Hood 44,550 44,550

Sky-Lakes Rogue River 70,113 113,413 Winema 43,300 Strawberry Mountain Malheur 68,299 68,299

Tatoosh Gifford Pinchot 15,720 15,720

The Brothers Olympic 17,239 17,239

Three Sisters Willamette 191,532 285,001 Deschutes 93,469

Trapper Creek Gifford Pinchot 6,050 6,050 Waldo Lake Willamette 37,138 37,138 Wenaha-Tucannon Umatilla 177,423 177,423

Wild Rogue Siskiyou 26,658 25,658

William 0. Douglas Wenatchee 150,883 166,603 Gifford Pinchot 15,720

Wonder Mountain Olympic 2,320 2,320

Total National Forest Wilderness Acres Administered by Pacific Northwest Region 4,681,356

* Does not include other ownerships within Wilderness boundaries. ** Administered by Pacific Northwest Region National Forests, although portions are located in the Northern and/or Intermountain Regions.

Important Facts About the Pacific Northwest Region FY 90 7 Experimental Units

National Forest National Forest Acres and State Acres and State

Experimental Forests: Experimental Forest and Range:

Wind River 10,815 Gifford Pinchot (WA) Starkey 28,169 Wallowa-Whitman (OR)

H.J. Andrews 15,800 Willamette (OR) Experimental Watershed:

South Umpqua 700 Umpqua (OR) Bull Run 945 Mount Hood (OR)

Cascade Head 9,736 Siuslaw (OR) Total 82,345 Acres Pringle Falls 11,055 Deschutes (OR)

Entiat 4,620 Wenatchee (WA)

Special Natural, Cultural, and Research Natural Areas Oregon Washington Total

Kind Number Acres Number Acres Number Acres

Archaeological i 25 1 25

Botanical 7 5,584 2 1,166 9 6,750

Geological 15 21,343 3 12,611 18 33,954

Historical 5 3,992 1 1 6 3,954

Scenic 13 83,981 2 3,220 15 87,201

Other 6 239,951 3 60,100 9 300,051

Totai 46 354,851 12 77,123 58 431,974

Research Natural Areas 22 17 39 35,180

8 Important Facts About the Pacific Northwest Region FY 90 Administration

Personnel

Employees FY89 FY90 Disciplines FY89 FY90

Permanent Total Disciplines (job skills) in Regional Workforce 163 164 Blue collar/trades and crafts 468 450 Professional Disciplines Clerical 844 766 and Number of Persons Employed In Each: Professional 1,967 2,161 Foresters 1,068 1,066 Technical 3,358 3,705 Engineers 283 270 Administrative 640 737 Fish/Wildlife Biologists 177 222 Total Permanent Employees 7,277 7,560 Computer Specialists 89 96 Range Conservationists 59 60 Total Temporary and Seasonal Geologists 49 50 Employees 3,849 3,929 Landscape Architects 47 47 Peak Employment, Soil Scientists 42 43 Height of Field Season 11,126 13,046 Hydrologists 56 52 Archaeologists 32 45 Accountants 22 27 Ecologists 19 19 Economists 25 9

Important Facts About the Pacific Northwest Region FY 90 9 Distribution of Employees by Racial/Ethnic Groups

(all figures expressed as a percent)

Total Workforce

Am. Indian! Asian/Pacific Alaska White Black Hispanic Islander Native Year MaleFemale MaleFemale MaleFemale MaleFemale MaleFemale

1981 64.7 27.2 1.0 0.7 1.7 0.9 0.6 0.5 1.8 0.9

1982 64.0 27.1 0.9 0.7 2.0 0.9 0.8 0.6 1.9 1.1

1983 63.1 27.3 0.9 0.7 2.2 1.0 0.8 0.5 2.2 1.3

1984 62.3 28.1 0.8 0.7 2.1 0.9 0.8 0.6 2.2 1.4 1985 61.8 27.9 0.9 0.7 2.5 1.0 0.8 0.7 2.5 1.4

1986 60.5 28.7 0.9 0.7 2.6 1.0 0.8 0.7 2.6 1.5

1987 59.4 29.3 0.9 0.7 2.6 1.0 1.0 0.7 2.7 1.7

1988 57.0 31.0 0.9 0.7 2.6 1.1 0.8 0.8 3.2 1.9 1989 54.0 32.7 0.8 0.8 2.8 1.2 1.0 0.9 3.6 2.2 1990 52.6 33.8 1.0 0.8 2.9 1.4 0.9 0.9 3.4 2.3

10 Important Facts About the Pacific Northwest Region FY 90 Distribution of Employees by Racial/Ethnic Groups

(all figures expressed as a percent)

By Grade

Am. Indian! Asian/Pacific Alaska White Black Hispanic Islander Native Year MaleFemale MaleFemale MaleFemale MaleFemale MaleFemale

Grades 1-4 1981 10.8 74.1 0.9 2.3 2.1 2.8 0.9 1.5 1.1 3.4 1985 7.9 71.2 1.6 2.4 2.9 3.7 0.7 2.0 1.2 6.4 1990 11.0 64.4 2.6 2.9 3.0 3.9 0.5 2.4 7.9 1.4

Grades 5-8 1981 54.6 35.8 0.8 0.7 2.3 1.1 0.9 0.6 2.2 1.1 1985 46.0 42.1 0.8 0.7 2.5 1.2 0.8 0.8 3.4 1.7 1990 35.8 48.5 1.1 0.9 2.8 1.9 0.6 1.0 3.9 3.6

Grades 9-12 1981 86.6 8.3 0.8 0.2 1.4 0.2 0.7 0.2 1.6 0.1 1985 79.4 13.1 0.7 0.4 2.3 0.4 1.0 0.4 2.0 0.2 1990 68.6 21.3 0.5 0.5 2.8 0.7 1.2 0.7 3.1 0.6

Grades 13-15 1981 96.2 1.3 0.4 0.0 0.8 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.8 0.0 1985 96.1 2.1 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.0 1990 81.4 11.9 1.0 0.3 2.6 0.0 0.6 0.3 1.9 0.0

Important Facts About the Pacific Northwest Region FY 90 11 Distribution of Employees by Racial/Ethnic Groups

(all figures expressed as a percent)

By Category

Am. Indian! Asian/Pacific Alaska White Black Hispanic Islander Native Year Male Female MaleFemale MaleFemale MaleFemale Male Female

Professional 1981 83.7 10.0 0.6 0.2 2.1 0.4 1.3 0.4 1.2 0.2 1985 78.2 13.8 0.4 0.3 2.7 0.4 1.5 0.7 1.7 0.3 1990 65.7 23.6 0.8 0.4 3.3 0.7 1.9 0.7 2.4 0.5

Administrative 1981 60.0 30.6 3.0 1.4 1.6 0.5 0.4 0.4 1.4 0.5 1985 47.8 43.1 2.3 1.1 1.8 0.9 0.5 0.9 1.2 0.5 1990 35.3 50.3 1.2 2.0 2.8 2.0 0.6 1.2 1.7 2.9

Technical 1981 70.8 21.3 1.0 0.3 1.9 0.5 0.6 0.3 2.5 0.8 1985 67.9 22.1 0.8 0.3 2.4 0.8 0.6 0.5 3.7 1.0 1990 55.2 31.4 0.7 0.4 2.7 1.3 0.4 0.7 4.5 2.5

Clerical 1981 3.6 84.5 0.5 2.6 0.6 3.8 0.0 1.2 0.1 3.1 1985 4.8 80.0 0.9 2.4 0.9 3.0 0.1 1.6 0.2 6.1 1990 6.8 78.1 0.6 1.0 0.6 3.5 0.0 2.2 0.4 6.9

12 Important Facts About the Pacific Northwest Region FY 90 Distribution of Employees by Racial/Ethnic Groups Pacific Northwest Region 1981-1990

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Important Facts About the Pacific Northwest Region FY 90 13 Human Resource Programs

Program Enrollees Enrollee Value of Budget served work-years work completed

Job Corps 2,104 714 $4,772,500 $11,488,000 Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) 344 47 $732,300 Senior Community Service Employment (SCSEP) 431 193 $2,401,600 $1,751,190 Volunteers in the National Forests 8,375 250 $3,292,800 * Job Training Partnership Act ** and other hosted programs 1,336 111 $1,470,100

Total 12,590 1,315 $12,669,300

* Financed by benefiting functions. **Forest Service receives no funding; only hosts programs.

Job Corps Civilian Conservation Centers

Enrollee Center National Forest Capacity

Angell Siuslaw 208

Curlew Colville 198

Timber Lake Mt. Hood 234

Wolf Creek Umpqua 231

Total Capacity 871

14 Important Facts About the Pacific Northwest Region FY 90 Earnings, Expenditures and Payments to States Earnings

(in thousands of dollars)

Other Receipts: From Sale of National Forest Products and Resources: From timber purchasers and cooperators for work to be performed by the Forest Service, Timber $543,173 such as reforestation, brush disposal, road maintenance, erosion control, and salvage sales: Land Uses 351 $195,318 Recreation (resorts, concessions) 2,968 From purchaser road credits 42927

Power 39 From miscellaneous services 1,775 Minerals 109 o & C receipts 26,875

Grazing 791 National Grasslands 25 Admission and user fees 2,263 Total $816,614

Subtotal $549,694

Important Facts About the Pacific Northwest Region FY 90 15 Expenditures

(in thousands of dollars)

Function Function

Fire mgmt, suppression $100,316 Reforestation timber stand improvement, and other sale area improvements 93,704 Timber sales 122,302 Insect, disease management 4,190 Range 5,123 Road and trail maintenance 38,984 Minerals 2,703 Road and trail construction 72,820 Recreation 31,924 Work performed for other agencies 7,632 Fish and wildlife 18,964 State, private forestry assistance 6,289 Soil and water 11,913 Research 21,003 Facilities construction, maintenance 6,946 Human resource programs 14,798 Land acquisition 11,129 General adminstration 63,915 Land activities 7,403 Planning 10,955 Cooperative law enforcement 6,171

Total $659,184

16 Important Facts About the Pacific Northwest Region FY 90 Revenues Returned to State Treasurers for Disbursement to Oregon and Washington Counties

Oregon, 31 counties received $149,671,845 Washington, 27 counties received 36,827,098 Total Paid to Counties $186,498,943

This money represents 25 percent of the funds collected by the Forest Service from the sale of timber, as well as from grazing, recreation, minerals, and other land-use charges in counties where National Forests are located.

Contracts Awarded

(in thousands ofdollars) Number of Transactions and Amounts

Type OR WA Total

Leases 67 $4,732 28 $1,384 95 $6,116 Construction 146 23,804 43 7,495 189 31,299 Supply and Service 612 34,923 132 10,296 744 45,219

Negotiated 70 11,227 33 4,733 103 15,960 Small purchases* 125,691 54,655 30,100 18,710 155,791 73,365

Total 126,586 $129,341 30,336 $42,618 156,922 $171,959

* Purchases under $25,000

Important Facts About the Pacific Northwest Region FY 90 17 Services

Cooperative Forestry Assistance to Private Woodland Owners and Processors

Acres of Timber sale timber assistance, Woodland Acres of Acres of stand volume har- owners woodland ref ores- improve- vested in State assisted involved tation ment cubic feet

Oregon 7,771 10,520 20,658 17,135 493,000

Washington 1,399 34,547 9,611 5,023 23,623,000

Total 9,170 45,067 30,269 22,158 24,116,000

Tree Seedling Production in State and Private Nurseries

Bare root Container- seedlings grown seedlings

Oregon 103,604,000 20,049,000

Washington 84,725,000 22,385,000

Total 188,329,000 42,434,000

Grand Total Oregon 123,653,000

Washington 107,110,000

Total Number of Seedlings 230,763,000

18 Important Facts About the Pacific Northwest Region FY 90 Engineering Miles of Road Maintained Road Construction/Reconstruction

OR WA Construction Reconstruction Passenger Car 12,200 6,600 Road Type OR WA OR WA High Clearance Vehicle 41,700 11,300 Closed 14,700 3,600 Recreation 3 1 40 24 Total 68,600 21,500 Main Access -- 575 110 limber 480 370 825 155 Structures - Forest Service Structures Maintained

Bridges, each 1 9 9 Residences 695 Offices 222 Barracks, warehouses, lookouts, others 1,080

Total 1,997

Recreation Trail Situation

90 Const/ Reconst. Trail Mileages Maintained Trail Miles Reconst Backlog $ State Total Wilderness FY 90 %

Oregon 10,169.3 3,072.2 6,772.7 43% 4,347.7 268.2 mi $48,162,000 Washington 7,729.7 3,223.9 5,564.2 36% 2,817.2 103.25 mi $41,700,850 Idaho 226.0 142.0 158.0 35% 79.0 $592,500 (Hells Canyon NRA) California 75.7 34.0 62.2 37% 28.0 $210,000 (Siskiyou, Rogue NF's)

Total 18,198.7 6,470.1 12,557.1 40% 7,271.9 371.45 $90,865,550

Comparison to FY 89: FY89 Total 16,798 6,043 12,588 75% 6,047 518.4 $12,396,350

* Note: Cost of $25,000 per mile based on averaging projected costs of Trail Capital Investment projects submitted for FY 93-94.

Important Facts About the Pacific Northwest Region FY 90 19 Fire and Aviation Personnel and Operations Wildfires on Forest Service (Fire Activities) (Continued) Protected Land Helicopters under contract 6 Helitack crew personnel employed 58 Total Forest fire lookouts still existing Total number of (compared to 390 in 1963) 47 wlldfires 3,340 (five-year average*, 2,074) Total acreage burned by wildfire 157,190 (five-year average*, 134,959) Number and Acres of Wildfires on Land Number of Protected by Forest Service, Pacific human-caused fires 328 Northwest Region 1971 -1 990 (five-year average*, 367) Year Number of fires Acres burned

1990 3,340 157,190 * Oregon and Washington 1989 1,642 93,910 1988 1,192 133,841 1987 2,330 157,383 1986 1,868 131,752 Personnel and Operations 1,342 (Fire Activities) 1985 17,014 1984 1,233 3,829 1983 910 4,069 Total personnel employed in fire activities 1982 1,208 2,144 (permanent and temporary) 9,650 1981 1,304 11,570 Smokejumper bases operated 2 1980 1,017 2,567 Smokejumpers employed 70 1979 1,527 17,243 Number of smokejumps on fires 1,043 1978 1,787 4,106 Air tanker bases operated 6 1977 2,492 14,289 Airtankers under contract 8 1976 1,324 11,417 Gallons of fire retardant 1975 1,990 3,660 dropped 2,972,943 1974 2,066 4,128 1973 2,099 26,329 1972 2,461 2,942 1971 1,738 7,512

20 Important Facts About the Pacific Northwest Region FY 90 Forest Pest Management Law Enforcement on National

Results of annual aerial surveys, conducted cooperative- Forests ly with Oregon and Washington, covering approximately 53 million acres of all ownerships for detection of insect- Violations of Federal Regulations caused forest mortality and defoliation:

Acres of Acres of OR* WA InfestationInfestation Defoliating Insects FY1989 FY1990 By persons unknown 5,106 2,967

Western spruce budworm 1,779,202 2,696,370 Warning notices issued 4,046 1,004 Black-headed budworm Notice of violations issued 1,402 610 Sugar pine tortrix Modoc budworm Violations of Fed.laws, Title 18 U.S.Code 296 156 Larch budmoth Pine needle scale 6,345 2,296 Total Violations of Spruce aphid 8,619 4,309 Regulation 10,850 4,737 Balsam wooly adelgid 34,056 85,365 Total for Region 6 (OR & WA) 15,587 Sawfly, Ponderosa pine

Total Acres of Defoliation 1,828,222 2,788,340 * Two Ranger Districts of Umatilla NF in Washington State are included in Oregon total. 1989 1990 Bark Beetles* Acres Acres Law Enforcement Statistics

Douglas-fir beetle 324,258 263,280 Loss or damage to resources and property, including fires, theft and Spruce beetle 68,160 49,400 vandalism, resulting from reported violations of Federal laws Fir engraver 833,743 524,840 or regulations: Mountain pine beetle 1,120,470 434,620 Total $4,681,248

Oregon pine Ips 7,243 8,970 Violent crimes against FS employees 3 Western pine beetle 213,667 190,390 Interference with Forest officers 0 Silver Fir beetle 946 1,843 Marijuana gardens eradicated 339 Flatheaded borer 141,043 56,070

Total 2,709,530 1,529,413

Total All Infestations4,537,752 4,317,753 * Estimated volume of timber killed by bark beetles- 372 million board feet in 1989 and 277 million in 1990.

Important Facts About the Pacific Northwest Region FY 90 21 Resources

Threatened and Endangered, continued

Fish And Wildlife Oregon Washington

Big Game Population Supported by Oregon silverspot butterfly (1) Grizzly bear (T) National Forest Habitat MacFarlane's Four-O-Clock (E) Woodland caribou (E) Brown Pelican (E) Northern Spotted Owl (T) Species OR WA Total Aleutian Canada Goose (E) Gray Wolf (E) Northern Spotted Owl (T) Blacktail deer 113,000 44,000 157,000 Lost river sucker (E) Mule deer 110,000 71,000 181,000 Shortnose sucker (E) Whitetail deer 2,000 10,000 12,000 Elk 77,000 25,000 102,000 * Many more speciesare considered to be threatened, Black bear 9,000 9,000 18,000 endangered or sensitive by the states of Oregon and Washington. Mountain goat 50 4,500 4,550 Antelope 2,100 - 2,100 Bighom sheep 600 400 1,000

Fish Habitat Lands

Permanent LandJine Location Miles of anadromous fish streams 6,000 Miles of fishable resident trout streams 19,920 Miles of Miles of Acres of fishable lakes & reservoirs 170,000 Miles National landline completed Habitat restoration Forest located Structures to date boundary Inland fisheries 1,724 FY90 Anadromous fisheries 2,600 Acres Improved 25,726 489 13,454 Inland fisheries 2,788 Anadromous fisheries 238 Permanent Rights-of-Way Acquired Total number of miles of stream restored 176

Miles Easements

Threatened (T) and Endangered (E) 92 83 Plants, Animals and Fish on National Forest Service LandsFederal Listing* Land Exchanges

Oregon Washington 10 exchanges completed (35,200 acres of National Forest land for 46,136 acres of private land). Bald eagle (T) Bald eagle (T) Peregrine falcon (E) Peregrine falcon (E)

22 Important Facts About the Pacific Northwest Region FY 90 Minerals

Leases Mining Claims Applications Leases in pending effect Number of Claims 12/90 12/90 Forest OR WA Oil & Geo- Oil & Geo- Gas thermal Gasthermal Colville - 4,112 Oregon 30 120 77 143 Deschutes 62 - Washington 18 35 47 1 Fremont 1,661 - Gifford Pinchot - 1,466 Total 48 155 124 144 Malheur 2,263 - MtBaker-Snoqualmie - 3,224 Mt.Hood 202 - Ochoco 467 - Okanogan - 4,008 Olympic - 191 Rogue River 1,089 - Siskiyou 5,090 - Siuslaw 26 - Umatilla 575 - Umpqua 1,471 - Wallowa-Whitman 5,628 - Wenatchee - 5,673 Wiliamette 1,014 - Winema 179 -

State Total 19,727 18,674

Total Active Mining Claims in Region 6 38,401

Important Facts About the Pacific Northwest Region FY 90 23 Range Range Improvements, Range Use, Calendar Year 1989 Calendar Year 1990

OR WA OR WA

Number of Miles of new grazing allotments 653 105 fence constructed 218 31

Active grazing permits 601 93 Water developments completed 266 47 Cattle authorized 106,505 23,200 Acres of forage AUMs* 531,157 117,078 improve me nt** 7,253 2,137

Sheep authorized Acres treated for noxious to graze 36,012 15,584 weeds control 6,345 693

AUMs* 47,724 15,091 Acres retreated for noxious weeds 3,898 82 Horses authorized to graze 1,291 25,486 ** Treatment to improve range condition and productivity. AUM5* 2,641 3,299

Wild Horse Territories 2 0 Ecology Program (OR & WA)

* One Animal Unit Month (AUM) is the forage require- ment for one month for a 1,000-pound mature animal Acres classified 100,000 (cow) or its equivalent (5 sheep) Total acres classified to date 16,841,000 Permanent sample plots installed 327 Total permanent sample plots to date 7,600 Percent of Region classified 4 percent Percent of Region classified to date 87 percent

24 Important Facts About the Pacific Northwest Region FY 90 Trends in National Forest Grazing Use Pacific Northwest Region 1981-1990 850

800

750

700

650 1981 198219831984198519861987198819891990

Authorized Numbers of Animals for Grazing Pacific Northwest Region 1981 -1990 400

350 Measured Thous3nds of Anima S 300_ 1 Cattle/Horses

250 Sheep/Goats

200

150

100

0 I 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990

Important Facts About the Pacific Northwest Region FY 90 25 Recreation Some Principal Recreation Uses

OR WA RVDs* / Occasions ** RVD's / Occasions

Camping, picnicking, swimming 6,741,369/9,099,159 7,528,457 / 8,627,398

Mechanized travel and viewing scenery 7,905,824 / 42,030,906 8,339,260 / 39,464,921

Hiking, horseback riding and water travel 1,692,153 / 5,061,925 2,300,479 / 6,147,744

Winter sports 645,135 / 1,936,792 777,650 / 2,336,440 Resorts, cabins and organization camps 1,409,106 / 2,503,130 1,320,947/1,371,907

Hunting 712,918/1,133,155 652,150 / 1,059,388

Fishing 1,073,701 / 2,400,500 597,724 /1,298,075

Non-consumptive use of fish and wildlife 194,446 / 747,996 211,788 / 814,552 Other recreational activities 598,297 / 6,636,375 712,627/8,892,044

Total 20,972,979/71,549,938 22,441,082/70,012,469

Total for Region 6 (OR & WA): RVD's 43,414,061 Occasions 141,562,407

* One Recreation Visitor Day (RVD) equals 12 hours of use by one person, or one hour of use by 12 people. One Occasion is a single experience in a single recreation activity by one visitor during a24 hour day.

26 Important Facts About the Pacific Northwest Region FY 90 Facilities and Capacity Major Visitor Interpretive Centers

Capacity, people Visitor Center Recreation at one time and National Forest Occasions**Visitor Days* Facilities Number (PAOT) Cape Perpetua, 563,227 48,285 Boating 69 8,873 Siuslaw NE Swimming 3 390 Early Winters, 16,900 680 Okanogan NE Trailheads 318 17,958 Lava Lands, 477,372 30,382 Campgrounds 866 96,056 Deschutes NF Picnic sites 90 7,617 Mount St. Helens, 1,730,481 68,231 Gifford Pinchot NF Recreation Residence Areas 128 14,453 Multnomah Falls, 2,600,000 280,000 Mt. Hood NF Ski Areas 31 97,292 limberline Lodge, 886,500 67,700 Major Interpretive 12 3,571 Mt. Hood NF Other 444 42,955 Ape Cave 512,540 76,671 Gifford Pinchot NE Windy Ridge 1,156,636 153,647 Gifford Pinchot NF Woods Creek Portal 408,004 36,577 Gifford Pinchot NE Kirkwood Rancy 69,000 5,550 Wallowa-Whitman N F

Total 8,420,660 767,723

* One Recreation Visitor Day (RVD) equals 12 hours of use by one person, or one hour of use by 12 people.

One Occasion is a single experience in a single recreation activity by one visitor during a 24 hour day.

Important Facts About the Pacific Northwest Region FY 90 27 Trends in National Forest Recreation Use Pacific Northwest Region 1981-1 990 45

43 illions of Visitor Days

VisitprDays) 39

31 1981 19821983 1984198519861987198819891990

Wildernesses

State Number Acres RVD's Occasions (millions) (millions) (rniuions)

Oregon 34 2.1 .70 1.46

Washington 24** 2.5 1.39 3.16

California 1 .002 .006

Totals 59 4.6 2.092 4.626

**Includes Wenaha-Tucannon Wilderness which is in the states of Oregon and Washington. A portion of the Siskiyou Wilderness in California is administered by the Siskiyou National Forest.

28 Important Facts About the Pacific Northwest Region FY 90 Timber Land Suitable for Timber Production Reforestation

Millions of Acres OR WA Total

Oregon 8.2 Acres of forest Washington 3.1 planting/seeding 92,860 26,820 119,680

Natural regeneration7,500 7,740 15,240 Total 11.3

* Areas capable of growing 20 cubic feet (100 bd.ft.) Total Acres 100,360 34,560 134,920 of wood per acre, per year. Site preparation Timber Harvest - for planting and seeding 22,090 4,510 26,600

Allowable Sale Quantity (ASQ)3.4 Billion Bd Feet - for natural regeneration 4,550 6,770 11,320 National Forest Timber - Volume

(in millions of board feet) Total Acres 26,640 11,280 37,920 Timber Timber Cut Sold Forest Nursery Production, Including Trees Produced for Oregon 2,958 2,797 Other Agencies and Regions Washington 921 1,200 SeedlIngs 49,900,000 Total 3,879 3,997 Timber Stand Improvement

OR WA Total National Forest Timber- Value Release and weeding 18,040 2,390 20,430 Cut Sold Precommercial thinning 64,030 24,820 88,850 Oregon $575,940,915 $885,036,430 Washington $136,555,667 $254,122,718 Fertilization 18,840 8,640 27,480

Total $712,496,582 $1,139,159,148 Total Acres 100,910 35,850 136,760

Important Facts About the Pacific Northwest Region FY 90 29 National Forest timber - Volume Pacific Northwest Region 1981 -1 990

20 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990

National Forest timber-Value Pacific Northwest Region 1981 -1990

1.2

Value inMillions of D011ars 1.0

Value Sold 0.8 Value Cut I

0.6

0.4

0.2

1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990

30 Important Facts About the Pacific Northwest Region FY 90 Reforestation by Planting/Seeding Pacific Northwest Region 1981 -1990

130

120

Measured in Thousands of Acres 110

=" Acres 100

1981 19821983 19841985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990

Important Facts About the Pacific Northwest Region FY 90 31 Fuelwood Removed from National Forests (MBF)* Watershed

Fiscal Free Use Personal/ Total Year Commercial Cities and communities dependent Sales or partially dependent upon National Forest watersheds for domestic water supplies 211 1981 569,704 - 569,704 Total population served by those cities and communities 1982 797,817 - 797,817 2,600,000 Acres of National Cooperative 1983 240,409 78,789 319,198 Soil Survey completed 557,000 1984 75,522 200,594 276,116 Total acres of National Cooperative Soil Survey completed to date 1985 46,981 207,966 254,948 4,500,000 Acres of other soil resource 1986 36,028 209,010 245,038 inventory completed 982,000 1987 24,438 178,000 202,438 Acres treated to improve watershed resource conditions 7,342 1988 17,300 126,800 144,100 Acres of riparian areas 1,800,000 1989 18,681 139,228 157,909 Total miles of streams 112,000 1990 17,851 124,780 142,631 Miles of fish bearing streams 22,000 Surface acres of lakes 200,000 * MBF (thousand board feet): One board foot is12" x 12" Total acre-feet of water yield 75,000,000 x 1". One MBF equals two cords of wood. A cord of wood measures 8' x 8' x 4'.

32 Important Facts About the Pacific Northwest Region FY 90