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Dunagin’s People FRA Revises Site Prep and Tree Planting Safety Manuals © Tribune Media Services, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Reprinted with permission. The Forest Resources Association’s Southwide Safety Committee has revised two of its manuals providing safety recommendations for land managers and land management contractors. “We’ve brought both of these manuals up-to-date with input from tree planters, foresters, equipment operators, and mechanics, stated Committee Chairman Harry Archer of International Paper. “The guidelines can help contractors achieve the goal of correct and safe operations.” Safe Site Preparation Procedures (00-A-10), 22 pages, is designed to help site preparation contractors and their employees understand some of the precautions to prevent accidents and injuries in mechanical and chemical site preparation, including safe lifting procedures, mobile equipment operations, slash and cull disposal, herbicide application, responsibilities of tractor operators, and general safety considerations. Safe Tree Planting Procedures for Hand and Machine Planters (00-A-11), 14 pages, provides safety guidance for planting operations, including use of personal protective equipment, equipment safety, and the responsibilities of tractor operators. Both booklets are compact and convenient, with recommendations expressed in clear language and illustrated with line drawings. They are suitable as field references and as supplements to safety programs. Each booklet is available to FRA members at $3.00 per copy ($6.00 for non-members), or for orders of 50 or more of any one booklet, at $2.00 per copy ($4.00 for non-members). Please order from the Forest Resources Association Inc., 600 Jefferson Plaza, Suite 350, Rockville, Md. 20852; 301-838-9385. Please enclose payment with order, or phone to authorize a credit card draft. FRA booklets offer pointers on site prep and tree planting safety. 26 Timber Bulletin November/December 2000
Chippewa National Forest Sales Crash The Chippewa National Forest intends to offer 25 million board feet (50,000 cords) of timber for sale during the current fiscal year. Of this volume, only 17 million board feet will be new sales, the remainder will be volume carried forward from the previous fiscal year. The Chippewa National Forest grows 172 million board feet of wood each year, according to inventory data, and has an Allowable Sale Quantity in its management plan of 79 million board feet per year. It sold 42 million board feet of wood in Fiscal Year 2000. “With a land base of nearly 700,000 acres and 133 full-time employees it is an outrage that the Chippewa’s forest management and timber sale programs have fallen off the table,” said TPA Executive Vice President Wayne Brandt. Chippewa National Forest sources indicate that the reasons for the timber program crashing include appeals, internal staff conflicts, environmental documentation and decisions to withhold certain acres from management outside of plan requirements. 218-723-4938 – Thompson Hill Travel Information Center (Duluth). 218-285-7623 – International Falls Travel Information Center (International Falls). MN/DOT also cautions drivers to remember that as temperatures drop, bridge decks, overpasses and ramps can ice up during the late fall and winter season because off-ground highway structures are not insulated by the ground. Motorists should be very cautious that, although the main roadway may seem to be relatively safe, its bridge decks may be slippery, particularly in the early morning and late evening hours. UPM Woodlands Promotions Winter State Road Condition Phone Numbers and Be Alert for Icy Bridge Decks The Minnesota Department of Transportation’s District One (Northeastern Minnesota) reminds motorists that they can get winter state highway condition information by contacting any of the phone numbers below: 218-723-4866 – Info from Duluth, south to Pine City and the northshore of Lake Superior to Canada. This is a 24-hour per day recorded message. 218-749-9656 – Iron Range area to Canada. This is a 24-hour per day recorded message. 1-800-542-0220 – This is a statewide road condition information service. This is a toll-free, 24-hour per day service. – MN/DOT internet website. In addition, motorists can also call these two northeastern Minnesota Travel Information Centers for up-to-date information from center staff during normal weekday working hours: John McCoy, resource manager for UPM’s Grand Rapids operations (Blandin Paper Co.), has been appointed director of North American Forestry for the company. He assumes responsibility for UPM’s forestry operations throughout the continent, including operations in Minnesota, and the company’s recently acquired holdings from the purchase of Repap. McCoy has previously served on the TPA Board of Directors, TPA Group Health Plan Board of Trustees and as chair of the MFI Forest Management Subcommittee. While extensive travel will be required in his new position, John intends to maintain his home in Itasca County. Jim Marshall will succeed McCoy as UPM’s resource manager in Minnesota. Marshall, an Itasca County native, has held positions in land management, wood procurement and public affairs during his career with the company. He has also headed up the effort to secure ISO certification for forestry and procurement operations. Marshall has previously chaired the Minnesota Tree Farm Committee and has been active in many other forest management issues. 28 Timber Bulletin November/December 2000
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