Management Actvities 1956-2000

Management Activities
1956-2016

Forest Product Harvesting
Volume Removed	5121 MBF
Harvest Cut	180 acres
1st Commercial Thinning	333 acres
2nd Commercial Thinning	54 acres
3rd Commercial Thinning	50 acres
4th Commercial Thinning	149 acres


Additional Activities
Boundary survey	3.8 miles
Road Construction	5 miles

Forest Product Harvest
1991-2016

Year	Unit	Volume	Acres	Type
1991	Dairy Cr.	190 MBF	17	Commercial Thin
1992	Gales Cr.	187 MBF	26	Commercial Thin
1993	Gales Cr	190 MBF	23	Commercial Thin
1994	Gales Cr	249 MBF	23	Commercial Thin
1995	Gales Cr	154 MBF	21	Commercial Thin
1996	Gales Cr	162 MBF	27	Commercial Thin
1997	Gales Cr	164 MBF	20	Commercial Thin
1998	Dairy Cr.	134 MBF	19	Commercial Thin
1999	Dairy Cr.	106 MBF	24	Commercial Thin
1999	Gales Cr	64 MBF	3	Sanitation Final Harvest
2000	Dairy Cr.	275.32 MBF	20/3	Commerical Thin/ Final Harvest
2001	Manning	17.10 MBF	2	Final Harvest
2001	Gales Cr	176.8 MBF	6	Final Harvest
2001	Dairy Cr.	66.5 MBF	38	Commercial Thin
2002	Dairy Cr.	139.24 MBF	5	Final Harvest
2003	Dairy Cr.	333.98 MBF	9	Final Harvest
2004	Dairy Cr.	118.92 MBF	9	Commercial Thin
2004	Gales Cr	118.36 MBF	20	Commercial Thin
2005	Dairy Cr.	223.31 MBF	10	Final Harvest
2005	Gales Cr	312.14 MBF	26	3rd Commercial Thin
2006	Gales Cr	183.68 MBF	24	3rd Commercial Thin
2007	Gales Cr	133.09 MBF	3.5	Blowdown Harvest
2007	Dairy Cr.	149.43 MBF	37	Blowdown Harvest
2008	Gales Cr	274.97 MBF	5	Final Harvest
2009	Gales Cr	207.1 MBF	1.5/29	Final Harvest/4th Thinning
2011	Gales Cr	166.1 MBF	30	4th Thinning
2012	Dairy Cr	158 MBF	25/1	4th Thinning/Clear cut
2012	Manning	19.52 MBF	5	1st Thinning
2013	Dairy Cr	243.88 MBF	4.5/21/15	Final Harvest/1st Comm Thin/2nd Comm Thin
2014	Gales Cr	229 MBF	9.9	Final Harvest
2015	Gales Cr	63.39 MBF	20	1st Commerical Thin
2016	Gales Cr	194.21 MBF	35	172 tree specialized pole harvest/4th Commerical Thin

For the past 22 years management has been done by Richard and Anne. Harvest has been primarily Douglas-fir and Western redcedar, with some hemlock and fiber.

Silivculture Practices
1991-2012

Year	Unit	Acres	Activity
1991	Dairy Cr.	10 Acres	Fertilization
1992	Dairy Cr.	37 acres	Pre-commercial thin
1993	Manning	65 acres	Aerial Spraying for brush release
1993	Dairy Cr.	9 acres	Rehab animal browse
1994	Gales Cr.	6 acres	Brush release
1995	Manning	2 acres	Pre-commerical thin
1995	Gales Cr.	20 acres	Aerial Spraying for brush release
1996	Gales Cr.	3 acres	Clearwood pruning
1996	Manning	2 acres	Pre-commerical thin
1997	Gales Cr.	250 trees	Interplanted Willamette Valley Ponderosa Pine
1997	Gales Cr.	3 acres	Clearwood pruning
1997	Gales Cr.	1 acres	Riparian rehab area around stream to increase basal area
1998-1999	Gales Cr.	5 acres	Clearwood prunning
2000	Gales Cr	1 acre	Clearwood prunning
2000	Gales Cr	1 acre	Manual brush release
2000	Gales Cr	500 trees	Planted Willamette Valley Ponderosa Pine
2000	Gales Cr	475 trees	Planted Douglas-fir
2000	Gales Cr	50	Noble fir: future family Christmas Trees
2001	Dairy Creek	1000 Douglas fir, 500 Western Red Cedar	Planting of 3 acres final harvest
2001	Gales Creek	30 Noble Fir	Christmas tree plantation
2002	Dairy Creek	500 Douglas Fir, 200 Western Red Cedar	Replanted 3 acres final harvest from 2000
2002	Gales Creek	20 Noble fir	Christmas tree plantation
2002	Gales Creek	1000 Western Red Cedar, 2000 Douglas Fir	Planting on 6 acres final harvest
2003	Dairy Creek	269 Western Red Cedar 540 Douglas Fir 100 Coast Redwood	Planting on south 82
2003	Dairy Creek	3600Douglas Fir	Canyon 9A
2003	Gales Creek	320Western Red Cedar	Back planting on 6 acres final harvest
2003	Gales Creek	4 acres	Clearwood plots pruning
2004	Gales Creek	300 Western Red Cedar	Riparian area
2004	Gales Creek	Pruned 3 acres	Clearwood plots
2004	Gales Creek	Milled 4200 bf	Douglas fir and Western Red Cedar
2004	Dairy Creek	3600 Douglas Fir	Replanting Canyon 9 acres
2005	Gales Creek	100 Western Red Cedar	Back planting 6 acres final harvest
2005	Gales Creek	Milled 5818 bf
2005	Dairy Creek	10 acres	Moisture control herbicide treatments
2006	Gales Creek	100 Douglas fir 60 Western Red Cedar	Back planting 6 acres final harvest
2006	Gales Creek	200 Western Red Cedar	Riparian area replant
2006	Gales Creek	3 acres	Clearwood plot #1 pruning
2006	Dairy Creek	4000 Douglas fir	10 acres new canyon
2006	Dairy Creek	200 Douglas Fir	lower old canyon clearing
2006	Dairy Creek	100 Coast Redwood 80 hemlock native cedar, grand fir seedlings	Riparian areas
2007	Dairy Creek	Replanted 4000 Douglas Fir seedlings after crop failure	10 acre canyon
2007	Dairy Creek	Scotch Broom control	Main road and S-82
2007	Gales Creek	Planted 100 Coast redwood, 80 WRC and hemlock	Riparian areas
2007	Gales Creek	Clearwood #2 pruned and pre-commecial thinning (PCT) and Clearwood #1 started pruning and PCT	Clearwood plots #1 & #2
2007	Gales Creek	Sprayed for moisture control	Gales Creek blowdown
2007	Gales Creek	PCT Douglas fir	Ponderosa Pine plantation
2008	Gales Creek	Thinning of Oregon Ash	Ash plot next to Y
2008	Gales Creek	Planted 900 DF and 300 WRC	2006 blowdown
2008	Gales Creek	Pruning and PCT	Clearwood plot #1
2008	Gales Creek	Brush and DF removal	Ponderosa Pine Plantation
2008	Gales Creek	Freeing trees from blackberry and brush	Riparian area
2009	Gales Creek	PCT and pruning	Clearwood plot #1
2009	Gales Creek	Moisture control spraying	2008 5 acre clearcut
2009	Gales Creek	Replaced failed WRC	2008 blowdown area
2009	Gales Creek	Fertilized with Finn mixture	Ponderosa Pine plantation
2009	Gales Creek	1 acre clearcut for bark beetle sanitation mixture	Spring area plantation
2010	Gales Creek	Thinning and prunning completed mixture	Clearwood plot #1 plantation
2010	Gales Creek	Thinning and prunning and brush control started mixture	Clearwood plot #2 plantation
2010	Gales Creek	Planted 2600 DF mixture	2008 5 acre clearcut plantation
2010	Gales Creek	Planted 700 Red Alder mixture	2009 1 acre sanitation plantation
2011	Gales Creek	Clearwood pruning and thinning completed	Clearwood plot #2
2011	Gales Creek	Replanted 150 DF in tubes and Mountain Beaver control	2008 5 acre clearcut
2011	Gales Creek	Fertilized with Finn Mixture	Ponderosa Pine Plantation
2011	Gales Creek	Back planted 20 WRC	Bark beetle kill area
2011	Gales Creek	Removal of blackberry, 9-bark vine maple and alder	Riparian area
2011	Dairy Creek	Maple control	2 canyons
2011	Gales Creek	Thinned around firehouse and lower area	Clearwood plot #1
2011	Gales Creek	Marked trees for 2013 thinning	Clearwood plot #1
2011	Gales Creek	Planted WRC in areas with DF dieout	6 acre clearcut
2012	Gales Creek	Thinning	Ash grove
2012	Gales Creek	Brush removal	Riparian area
2012	Manning	Commercial thinning to daylight road	5 acres along road
2013	Gales Cr	Finish Precommerical Thin	Clearwood plot #1
2013	Gales Cr	Thinning Ash and Ponderosa Pine	Ash grove and Ponderosa Pine Plantation
2013	Dairy Cr	Planting 2013 Final Harvest	1 acre Canyon #2
2013	Manning	Grass and brush control spray	Manning road
2014	Gales Cr	Site prep for moisture control	9.9 acres of Final Harvest
2014	Gales Cr	Brush release WRC and Costal Redwood	Riparian area
2014	Dairy Cr	GPS mapped old growth grove to establish family conservation area	5 acres
2015	Gales Cr	Plant 200 WRC and 1500 DF	9.9 acres of 2014 final harvest

Little Beaver Creek Riparian and Stream Enhancement
Riparian activities on Little Beaver Creek- reforest creek banks as a result of beaver damage

Previous planting of Willamette Valley Ponderosa Pine, Western Red Cedar and Coast Redwoods on 3 acre area along main stream and small tributary over the 2000-2003 period. In 2003 received a grant from Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board through the Tualatin River Watershed Council. Plan to plant 300 Western Red Cedar in 2004 and 300 more Western Red Cedar in 2005. These trees will be hand wired and have seedling protection tubes to prevent future beaver, deer and elk damage.
Due to failure of the Western Red Cedar to establish 300 Coast Redwoods were replanted in this area. In Dec 2006 100 more Coast Redwoods were replaninted along with native hemlock, cedar and Grand Fir. During this period the tubing was removed from the cedar upon findind that the decidious leaves fell in the tubing shading the young trees and causing them to die.
In 2008, 2011 and 2012 work was done to remove blackberry overgrowth and 9-bark, vine maple and alder

Additional Activities

Road Construction
1992	Gales Cr.	2 stations
1994	Gales Cr.	17 stations
1996	Gales Cr.	13 stations
1997	Dairy Cr.	33 stations
1998	Dairy Cr.	20 stations
1999	Dairy Cr.	2 stations
2001	Dairy Creek.	Re-opened rock pit and build 1.25 miles of road 1" deep, 12' wide
Boundaries Surveyed
2000	Manning	1.4 miles

Road maintenance is a continued operation on all three properties each year

Yearly Harvest
Sort percentages

We feel fortunate that our forest contains multiple products from which to choose. This choice of which product to harvest depends to two major factors. Primarily, our harvests are driven by silvicultural practice and secondarily by market supply and demand.