A FEW f0R[IT. .;f AC T. J(&Mt 3Ooo TMBE'WNtLODG! UNI1'ED STATE3 DPAflTMENT OP AGRICULTURE C. FORLST 3VICEJ NORTH-PACIPJC REGiON l937. COL(1M8/AroLl. SI/DO GOQGE AS' RI VETOLL R SQ/DOE BONE! VILLa 4449BONNEVILLEEAGLECASCADE CR. CAMP LOCKS MVLTNOMAH FALLS P OIkTLANDEZt4' $0 1ROUTDALE CROWN POINT PAR/cD.ALP.S UT. HOOD P.O. 0RIBHAMELeV .ZS LI17 WU ASS. Zak. MT HOOD LODGE 0 5(0mw/A,,CLOY. oP C000f4OS/C 500W .4000 SANDYELEY 107$ BRIGHT WOOD , OCLOUD4000 CAP INN U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRtCULTURE ZIoZA' RHODODENDRON.q.s. MT.HOOD''FhIY 1Il5" ''4f'IOO" TIMBE.Q HORSE THIEF MDWS.jtg,353, MOUNT HOODFOREST LOOP SERVICE HIGHWAY \SOVEIINMENIFLEYnOJIlS CAMP LINE LODGEWHIlE RIVER-AMA.HOODPASS EIEVRIvEmPA 42iSF:v4gs' MOWS.S EL,v4$ao 555(44W, MT. HOODORE1 NAT'L. ON FOREST SWIMpoor TO MNOBARLOWEAST!RN PASSOREGON " "0 Mr4 MCOZIS:,Lt0 FMN4TO,YAL ,W,tfl0 IIrcqzSr/4 avfl HISTORICAL STATISTICS MOUNT HOOD NATIONAL FOREST The Fundamental Act of March 3, 1891, establishing the present systemof National Forests was quickly followed by withdrawals and proclamationson the part of President ]3enjaxnin Harrison andPresidentGrover Cleveland, which actually designated certain tracts of land. for carrying out the provisions of the Act. The first of these National Forests in Oregon was the Bull Run, which was the forerunnerof the present Mount Hood National Forest, i.e. Bull Run Timberland Reserve - - - -June 17, 1892 Cascade Range Forest Reserve- September 28, 1893 President Theodore Roosevelt renamed a part of the :Cascade Reserve the Oregon National Forest on July 1, .1.908. President Calvin Coolidge renamed a part of the Oregon Naional Forest the Mount Hood National Forest on January 21, 1924. AREA OF ThE NOtJNT HOOD NATIONAL FOREST Gross Area - - 1,183,814 Acres Privately Owned Land - - - 84,499 Acres Net National Forest Area - 1,099,315 Acres MOUNT HOOD NATIONAL FOREST ORGMTIZATION Position - No. flnployees Permanent Organization - Forest Supervisor i Assistant Forest Supervisor 1 Forest Supervisor's Staff Assistants: Superintendent of Construction 1 Timber Sales 2 Recreation 2 Administrative Assistant 1 Forest Rangers in Charge of Districts 6 Assistant Forest Rangers 1 Forest Clerks 4 TOTAL 19 Temporary Organization - Forest Fire Guards 90 Administrative Guards 10 Improvements: Civilian Conservation Corps 290 Emergency Relief Workers 130 Other Improvement TOTAL 570 Average Size of Forest Ranger District 249,223 acres Average Area per Protection Guard 16,615 acres ( MOUNT HOOD FROM LOST LAKE Mount Hood was named by Lieut. William R. Broughton of the British Navy in honor of his patron, Rear Admiral Sir Samuel Hood- It was christened Mount Hood on October 20, 1792, while the British and Spanish were exploring the NorthPacific coun- try f or the purpose of making a boundarysettlement. Lost Lake is one of several lakes on theMount Hood National Forest which is viewed from the Oregon SkylineTrail. The lake is noted as a camping spot and for itsfishing. USE OF TI RESOURCES of the MOUNT HOOD NATIONAL FORES'T ** * All the resources of the Mount Hood Na- tional forest,--timber, recreation, water for irrigation and power, wild life and grass,are managed under a multiple use plan which coor- dinates and. systematizes theutilization of each resource so that the entire forest con- tributes most equitablyto the social and economic welfare of local coiunities, the State and the Nation. WATERS PROTECTION MID DOMESTIC WATER SUi-t'LY WITHIN TIlE MOUNT HOOD NATIONAL FOREST Over384,800 people, using more thanthree million gallons of water per day, comprisingthe population of the cities of Portland, Oregon City, Cascade Locks, The Dalles, Gladstone, Gresham, Dufur, Corbett and Rhododendron, drink waterfrom streams rising within the Mount Hood National Forest. The Bull Run Watershed, embracing 141,000 acres, has a potential supply of waterfor a future Portland of more than one million people. Bull Run water is bottled and sold for domesticand office use in many Pacific Coast cities otherthan Port- land, for whose use this area is protected bythe Forest Service in cooperation with the City of Portland. WATERSHEDS ON TIlE MOUNT HOOD NATIONAL FOREST DEDICATED BY SPECIAL ACT OF CONGRESS OR ORDER OF TIlE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE Watershed City Furnished Population Bull Run Portland and suburbs 369,728 Oregon City Oregon City 5,761 The Dalles The Dallès 5,883 Dui'ur Dufur Miscellaneous Cascade Locks, Small Areas Rhododendron, etc. 3,047 WATER USE MOU1T HOOD NATIONAL FOREST BULL RUN LAKE SOURCE OF PORTLA1'D WATER SUPPLY WATER USE MOUNT HOOD NATIONAL FOREST WATER SUPPLY OF CITY OF PORTJAND BEAR CREEK DAM & RESERVOIR ON BULL RUN RIVER WATER FOR IRRIGATION FROM TEE MOUNT HOOD NATIONAL FOREST Providing homes and industry for 7335 persons living on 1771 farms covering 40,469 acres, water from streams andlakes within the Mount Hood National Forest is carried through pipes and ditches to lands adjacent to the Forest boundary. This use of water for irrigation pur- poses is carried on in cooperation with 1oze1 associations of farmers,State projects and other Federal Bureaus. WATER USE MOUNT HOOD NATIONAL FOREST ORCHARD IRRIGATION T PERPETUAL SNOWS OF MOUNT ROOD ASSURE GOOD CROPS IN THE HOOD RIVER VALLEY WATER POWER WITkLu THE MOUNT HOOD NATIONAL FOREST Power for industry - light for the hundreds of thousands of persons living within the shadow of Mount Hood. The electric powercompanies using hydraulic energy whose source is within the Mount Hood National Forest develop a total of 90,825 KW and supply electri- city for light, cooking, and water heatingto 60,513 homes. HYDRAULIC POWER PL?NTS WITHIN THE MOUNT HOOD NATIONAL FOREST Three Links 38,000 KW 25,300 Homes HYDRAULIC POWER PLANTS USING WATER WHOSE SOURCE IS ON THE MOUNT HOOD NATIONALFOREST Cazadero 15,250 KW 10,150 Homes Bull Run 21,000 XW 14,000 " River Mill 14,050 104 9,380 " Tygh Valley 2,250 KW 1,500 Cascade Locks 275 KW 183 " The Three Links Plant on theCluckemas River is the largest power development in the State of Oregon at the present time (1937). Tfl' HANAGENT on the MOUNT HOOD NATIONAL FOREST Timber Types Approximately 86 per cent of the timber withinthe Mount Hood National Forestlies in the timber types conmion to the west slope of the Cascade Range. The remainder is in the pine and other types prevalent in eastern Oregon. Volume The total estimated volumein board feet by species is: Douglas fir 12,446,000,000 Hemlock 4,876,000,000 Noble and silver fir 2,550,000,000 Ponderosa pine 953,000,000 Other 1,531,000,000 TOTAL, 22,356,000,000 Utilization of Timber Resource Due to the fact that privately owned stands of timber are largely more accessible to market than those found on the Mount Hood National Forest, cuttingto date within theForest has been limited in amount. The total volume of timber cut within the past ten-year periodamounted to128,840,000 board feet, with a stumpage value of $l69,Ol8.00. Future Production and Economic Effects With the rapiddepletion ofprivately owned timber the demand for Mount Hood National Forest timber will increase, and within a reasonably short time production should reach that allowable under sustained yield management. When the maximum production has been reached,the annual cut end economic effects will approximate the following: Annual cut in board feet 200,000,000 Number of men employed 1,987* Number of direct dependents supported 2, 633* Number of persons indirectly supported 7,120* Total number of persons supported 11,740 *Fjg.es based on assumption that 1/3 of total production will be utilized as pulp. Further refinement in manufacture would increase all figures. TIMBER MANAGINT on the MOUNT HOOD NATIONAL FOREST Timber Types Approximately 86 per cent of the timber within the Mount Hood National Forest lies in the tiinber typescommon to the west slope of the Cascade Range. The remainder is in the pine and other types prevalent in eastern Oregon. Volume The total estimated volume in board feet by species is: Douglas fir 12,446,000,000 Hemlock 4,876,000,000 Noble and silver fir 2,550,000,000 Ponderosa pine 953,000,000 Other 1,531,000,000 TOTAL, 22,356,000,000 Utilization of Timber Resource Due to the fact that privately ovnied stands of timber are largely more accessible to market than those found on the Mount Hood National Forest, cuttingto date within theForest has been limited in amount. The total volume of timber cut within the past ten-year period amounted to128,840,000 board feet, with a stumpage value ofl69,Ol8.00. Future Production and Economic Effects With the rapiddepletion ofprivately owned timber the derand for Mount Hood National Forest timber will increase, and within ,areasonably short time production should reach that allowable under sustained yield management. Whenthe maximum production has been reached,the annual cut and economic effects will approximate the following: Annual cut in board feet 200,000,000 Number of men employed 1,987* Number of direct dependents supported 2,633* Number of persons indirectly supported 7,120* Total number of persons supported 11,740 *F1g.es based on assumption that 1/3 of total production will be utilized as pulp. Further refinement in manufacture would increase all figures. The estimated return to the Government from stuinpage sales, based on a conservative assumption of future values, at the time of full Droduction will amount to in excessof $400,000.00, of which 25 per cent, or $100,000.00will bepaid to the counties within which the Forest lies. Total market value, or value to Society, of the annual sus- tained yield cut, depending on per cent of cut going into various products, will vary from $8,000,000.00 to $10,000,000.00.