Georgia Forestry Commission budget data [1963]

GA
F600
.M1
1963 88

FORESTRY FACTS 1961 - .~ORG,IA_FORESL~'JBYSY_

1, STATE TOTAL LAND AREA o

OOCIOOOO'lOVO

% 37,382.7 Mac ~s

2 COHME RC IAL FOREST LAND o , <

25,772.2 M acre- 69

3. OWNERSHIP -

. . Farmer .

.

.0 .

Ml sc. Private ' 0

. . 0 ,,

' 0

. Forest tndustry 0

' ' ..

. . . . . . . . Other Public .



. ..

' 0

0

(Military, State, County, City)

. . . . National Forest '

. . <

0

15,053.0 M acres 58
4,931 . 9 M acres 19 3,946.4 t1 acres 16 1,067.5 M acre!'i 4
773.4 M acres 3

lf. The Forest Resource Pict ure can Best be Su~med up as Follows:
a. Two-thirds of the total area is now commcrclal foest land and is Increasing.
b. Four out of five acres of c.orrmerc(al fore t land ,3re i n small prt ate owners! lps.
c. About half the area is ratea as potentia ly capable o( producing sllghtly more than a cord per acre per year.

RGIA W

E'S - 1961

2 . PULPWOOD .

1,418,000 t1BF ro st i e )
4,949 M Cords

3. EMPLOYHENT FACTS FO~ WOOD-US NG INDUSTRIES , 19611/

a. Pulp and ?aper

19' 200 employed.l/

b . Sav.mills c. Nava 1 St ores

9,800 II

9,500 II

J/

d . Wood Preservatron Plants

600

e . All Others (furniture, veneer & ply\~od, 11 .950

specialty industries, flooring plants,

lumber box manufacturers, cabinet shops)

Total Employment

51,050

4 . In 1960, fores -based industries ranked third in the St ate i n dollar out - put value, contribut i ng 956 mi llion do l lars, outranked onl~ by
text' es and food manufacturing.

11 Excludes ~oodyards and wholesalers and retailers of lumber proc.'ucts . 11 From Bl~e Book of Southern Progress (1961) .
l / Es t imated Wood and Gum Naval Stores

GEORG IA FORESTRY COMMISSION

FIRE CONTROL FACT SHEET

February 4, 1963

FOREST PROTECTION STATUS

NOo FOREST ACRES PROTECTED ~ooooooo~ooooooo~~qoo o o o oo~noooooooaooaoo 23 ,563 ,000

NO. COUNTIES PROTECTED Q . o. oo oooo o.. oo..... o o... oo~. a. o... o

153

NO o COUNTY FORESTRY UNITS o o oo oooooooooooooooaoo n ooo o oo~ooooooooooo

126

NO. COMBINED UNITS (2 OR MORE COUNTIES COMBINED) noon

27

NO. UNPROTECTED COUNTIES- -TOWNS , UNION , GLASCOCK , JOHNSON .

QI!JI TMAN a BAKER oo. . o., ..... "o. oo o~ ~

6

PERSONNEL & EQY I ~~ENT Sl ATQS 1 FIRE FIGHTER PER 40 9 907 FOREST ACRES 1 TOWERHAN PER 104 9 724 FOREST ACRES I DISTRICT SUPERVISOR PER 24 COUNTY PERSONNEL 1.8 MEN PER FIRE SUPPRESSION UNIT (CRAWLER TRACTOR 8 PLOW &TRANSPORT)
FIRE SUPPRESSION UNIT PER 72,279 FOREST ACRES PATROL AIRCRAFT PER 942,520 FOREST ACRES

~
1959 1960 1961 1962 4 Yr . Avg o

.f i,B~S.. 6,422 8,335 8,855
__~ 59.2
8 , 052

Fl RE STAll STI CS
FOREST ACRES
~RN~D
50 1)929 . 70
62 9948 011
56 ~ 610 . 03
46J..86.J! 54 0 318 .49

AVG.
!ill
7 n93 7a55 6.39 ,2.44
6 n75

PERCENT OF PROTECTED LAND BURNED
., 237
. 290
n256
~j
.246

:Z . 1G F

1. A E:A RE OR&STED FROM C ISS!Olr GROt~ TREES

TC'tl\L C .:HISS!O TREES PLAlTTED 1929 - 1962

2.

r.ttON PA T 4 YEAR

.I.J.
l~. 5 H!LLICm ACRES.
1.6 BILLION TREES.

- 60
196 .. 61 196 62 962 ... 63

23l). 0 ll; . 0
5!~.3
55 . 0

3. 1962 A EBDI.G FORESTAT!O

4. ESTIMATED R~ES t~DED 1963-6f

ESTIMATED TREES NEEDED 196~65

1,500,000 ACRES (EST~bTED) . 8 !ILL!ON
lvO HILLION

5. TREE J'l~F..O iENT PROGRAl

THREE SE D ORC. RDS FOR S ERIOR TREES

GLElmOOD

COCHRAN ..

SONV!Ll.E

TOTAL SUPERIOR TREES TO B~ ESTABLISHED IN ORCHARD~

PRESENT STATUS - .50 PERCENT COMPLETED.

64.~500

ANNUAL RAT~ OF I CREASE 10,000 TREES.
AVERAG~ ANNU.\L COST OF ESTABLISRitG SEED ORCHARD APPROX~~TELY $60.000.

6. RE ORBSTA~ION FACTS 1962 ~ 63

NUMBER OF TREE ~TURSERIES

6

NUMBER OF SEED ORCHARDS

3

STA'l'E OFPICE

1

TOTAL

10

NUMBER OF SALARIED EMPLOYEES PER UNiT

3.1 x>EOPLE

NUUBEP. 0 TECHNICAL SUPEa ISORS

2

Tl?.EE SEEDLlllGS SOLD TO GEORGIA W.'lDOWNERS AT APPROXIMATE COST.

FOREST FACTS OF WOODLAND 1-IANAGEMEf'.IT Job Ahe~
I. Provide management services on the State's 23.931 e3 00 acres of privately owned forest lando
2o Provide technical assistance to restock 1,599,600 acres of understocked forest lando
3o Provide assistance and service to prevent the annual conversion of 174,000 acres of pine land into low quality, undesirable weed treeso
4o Provide technical assistance to and critical area tree planting on 18 small watersheds now in operation, and 15 new watersheds annually to come into this program.
S. To provide technical assistance and information on manufacturing
and utilization to Georgia's 900 woodusing industrieso 6o To assist in finding markets and new uses for Georgia's most
abundant raw material--wood. 7o To provide growth and yield studies to potential forest owners to
enable them to qualify for FoH.Ao loanso 8o Technical assistance on a million and a half acres in need of
planting to treeso
9. As the authorized agency to expend federal funds on forestry pro-
grams in the State, most of which Is on a matching bases 1 the Commission services the following agencies forestry programs: ASC, Conservation Reserve, Fanners Home Administration, Small Watershed, Rural Area Development, Georgia Crop Improvement Association's certified pine seed program1 also approving the practice and sale of all timber on all State Agency landso

Personnel Providing Services Forty-one technical foresters at present are providing management services on the State's 23,931,300 forest acres to its 196p665 private forest
owners; thus averaging 583p690 acres and 4,796 forest owners per
fares ter o
Services Available to Forest Owners: 1. In-the-woods forest land examination and recommendations by a technical forester on all forestry needs and practiceso 2o 9r~t Management Plan- A plan providing the forest owner with a systematic procedure and method to insure a sustained income from his forest lando The plan is based on a forester's examlna~ tion~ analysts and recommendations set forth in a report which includes an aerial photograph of the owner's property (sample attached)o 3o Mark trees for selective cutting and cupping and give numberD sizeD and volume of trees markedo 4o Mar~~ng- Provide sample forest products sales contract, provide list of possible timber buyers, and furnish interested buyers with list of owners having timber for saleo So Control undesirable weed trees by chemical spraylngo 6o Furnish technically trained utilization specialists to industry for assistance in manufacturing and utilization problemso 7o Provide forest resources information to prospective wood-using industries In Georglao 8o Complete State-wide coverage of aerial photographs made available to landownerso Individual photographs on a loan baslso

9. Provide critical area tree planting and technical assistance on all

of the State's small watershedso

lOo Provide aerial detection for insect and disease occurrences and

control when outbreak occurso Entire State is flown annually for

this purpose.

IL Wood-using industry and utilization directory available. Gives

description and facts concerning the various forest products

industries in the Stateo Also 0 a Jist and addresses of all of the woodustng industries in the Stateo

~ctivi ties

Fiscal Year
196L

Woodland owners given forest management assistance oo Noo

4,260

Area involved oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Acres 273,589

Industrial operators given assistance and advice ooooo Noo

185

Sawtimber marked for selective cutting oooooooooooooo MBF

16,732

Pulpwood marked for selective cutting oooooooooooooooo Cords

20.608

Area of timber marked ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Acres

18,598

Total timber stand improvement oooooooooooooooooooooo Acres

22,910

Woodlands of undesirable species controlled by county

forestry personnel aooooooooooooooooooooooooo No.

282

Area involved eoooooooeooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Acres

5,250

Timber saved from premature harvest ooeooooooooooooooo Acres

11,108

Cases referred t o p r i v a t e f o r e s t e r s 000000000000000000 No a

39

Surveys and research projects ooooooooooooooeooooooooo No.

4

Insect Control~ 522,329 insect infested trees treated on 4,490

landowners' property in 30 counties- March 1962 February 1963

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Fores t Managemen t Budget
Macon Office ooooooo ooo o ooo~ooooooooo o oo o o o oo ooo o Cooperative Forest Management o ooooo oooooooo o ooo o Watershed Technical Assistance 000000000000000000 Coosa River Yatershed ooooooooooooooooooooooo"ooo Critical Area Planting ooooooooo o ooooooooooooooo State Forest oooooooooooeoooooooooooooooooooooooo Total oooooooooooooooooooo n oooooooooooooooooooo

Fiscal Year 1964 $ 91,569 239,353 21,595 19,826 6,508 55,673 $434,524

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Title Director Asst. Director Division Chief Regional Forester Asst. Division Chief Administrative Asst. I & E Assistant It District Forester Watershed Forester Asst. District Forester Forest Mgt. Field Assistant Forest Engineer Senior Pilot District Pilot-Part Time District Pilot-Full Time Invest Igator Radio Technician ttl Radio Technician II Forest Technician District Ranger General Services Asst. Aircraft Mechanic It Aircraft Mechanic Nursery Superintendent Nurseryman Asst. Nurseryman Seed Processing Asst. Naval Stores Supervisor

No. of Emp loyees
6 2 4
4
10
43
3 2
16
9
5
10
7 9
6 6 6

Ave1age
Mon thly Sal a ry
999.00 875.00 761 .33 700.00 601.75 565.00 510 0 25 600.90 545.00 457.59 545.00 545o00
565 .oo
374.56 383.89 421.84 439.00 344.00 410.38 450.67 505.00 565.00 448.00 448.66
285 0 17
258.33 357.00 265.00

Startin.J Sa iary
999.00 727 . 00 627.00 585 0 00 545.00 466.00 466.00 505.00 505.00 431.00 466.00 466.00 505.00
371 .oo
371.00 371.00 400.00 319.00 400.00 371.00 466.00 505.00 431.00 431.00
275 .oo
255 .oo
319.00
228.00

Title Carpenter Foreman /) Welder Mechanic Heavy Equipment Operator Asst. Warehouseman II Trailer Truck Operator ~lght Watchman Tabulating Equip. Sup. Payroll Control Auditor Payroll Clerk Principal Secretary Clerk Typist, Senior Secretary Clerk Typist. lntennedlate Key Punch Operator Radio Telephone Operator Intermediate Seco District Secretary Secretary-Part time Prt nter Porter & Laborer

No. of
Emp loyees
2
4
2 2
2
2 2
8 8 4
4 5
10

Average Monthly Salary
4oo.oo
378.00 316.25
301 .so
275 oOO 331.00
331 .oo
466o00 448o00
285 .oo
303 oOO 320.00 295 0 12 271.37
257 .so 265 .oo
268.50 256oOO 150o00 344o00 196.44

Starting Sa 1ary 344.00
296o00 296.00 296.00 275.00 255o00
255 .oo
400.00 371.00 285 oOO 296.00 275.00 275 0 00 255 oOO 255.00 255 oOO 228.00 219o00 150o00 344o00 187o00

TJ t le Unit Forester Asst. Ranger County Ranger County Ranger II Tractor Operator Asst. Patrolman Patrolman Patrolman I I DIspate her Towerman Towennan I I

COUNTY PERSONNEL

No. of Employees
6 45 26 97 77 114 187 24 45 97 83

Average Monthly Salary
448.33 247.93 310.00 387.06 247.56 163.31 204.33 218.75 195.53 142.01 163 0 17

Sta r ting Salary 431.00 228.00 275.00 344.00 219.00
159.00 187.00
203 .oo
173.00
135 .oo
147.00

Percent No. Surplus ~

0

14

62

18

11

11

24

195

55

12

10

8

to

3

23

55

184

44

4

5

1
88

17

1

5

16

11

58

76

16

5

2 224

GEORGIA FORESTRY COMMISSION Equipment by Type and Age
August 29, 1962

FIRE CONTROL

Nomenclature

Replacement Value

Delivery Vehicles, Clv.
Jeeps, Surplus Jeeps, Cfv.

14@ $1,910- $26,600
29@ $1,600 = $46,400

1/2 - 3/4 ton pickups, Surplus

11

"

11

Civ.

219@ $1,350- $295,650

Tanker, Truck, Surplus

II

II

II

Stake Truck, 1/2 - 2 Ton, Surplus

II

II

II

II

CfVo

1 @ $4,500 &. 21@ $2,600- $59,100
13 @ $2,600 = $33,800

1 1/2 - 3 Ton Transport Truck, Surplus

11

u

11

"

Civ.

239@ $2,600 = $621,400

5 Ton Transport Trucks, Surplus

"

11

11

Clv.

Trailer Equipment, Surplus

11

11

Civ.

9@ $5,800 $52,200
89@ $1,600 = $142,400

2 Ton Tractor Truck, Surplus

II

II

II

II

6@ $3,850 = $23,100

3 Ton Tractor Truck, Surplus

11

11

11 ctv.

69@ $3,850 = $265~650

5 Ton Tractor Truck, Surplus

u

11

"

Civ.

Tractor, Crawler, Light w/plow, Surplus

11

11

11

u

Clv.

2@ $12,000 &
19@ $8,000 = $176,000 226@ $3,475 = $785,350

Average
Aqe
3 yrs. - 8 months
13 yrs. - 0 months 8 yrs. - 2 months
12 yrs - 0 months 3 yrs - 4 months
12 yrs. - 0 months 11 yrs. - 1 month
11. yrs. - o' months 10 yrs. - 0 months
10 yrs.- 0 months 6 yrs. - 2 months
12 yrs. - 0 months 6 yrs. - 10 months
8 yrs. - 8 months
12 yrs. - 0 months
7 yrs. - 10 months
11 yrs. - 0 months 6 yrs. - 7 months
11 yrs. - 0 months 6 yrs. - 6 months
6 yrs. - 0 months 6 yrs. - 4 months

__ _rc (-nt No .
_r,_nlu~ It ems

19

21

91

32

9

2

0

384

0

912

0

31

(J

19

5(1

(

1(";)

2

lC: )

2

){I

(l

2

FIRE CONTROL (Cont.)

~lomenc 1ature

Replacement Value

Average Age

Tractor, Crawler, Medium w/plow, Surplus

..



..

..

Cfv.

112 ~ $11,500 = $1,288,000 14 yrs. - 0 months
8 yrs. - 4 months

Tractor, Crawler, Heavy w/plow, Surplus

..

11

11

11

civ.

11 ~ $16,000- $176,000

14 yrs. - 0 months 5 yrs. - 6 months

Fixed Radios. Clv.

2 ~ $2,000, 4 ~ $800 & 378 ~ $475 = $186,750

7 yrs. - 10 months

Mobile Radios, Civ. Pack Radio, Civ.

912 ~ $666 = ~607,392
31@ $600 = $18,600

6 yrs - 3 months 6 yrs. - 7 months

Super Cub Aircraft, Clv.
Cessna 180 Aircraft, Surplus Cessna 180 Aircraft, Clv.
Piper Cornmanche Aircraft, Clv.

19 ~ $7,000 = $133,000 2 ~ $7,000 = $14,000
1 ~ $22,000 = $22,000

4 yrs. - 4 months
8 yrs. - 0 months 8 yrs. - 0 months
5 yrs. - 0 months

TBM Aircraft, Surplus T-34 Beechcraft Aircraft, Surplus Stearman PT-17 Aircraft, Surplus Bell Helicopter, Clv.

2 ~ $17,000 = $34,000 2 ~ $7,000 = $14DOOO
I @ $7,000 = $7,000 I @ $35,000 = $35,000

19 yrs. - 0 months
6 yrs. - 0 months
4 yrs. - 6 months

Total Replacement Value - $5,063,392

16.~ of all listed equipment, excluding radios, has been obtained from Government surplus sources.

ADH IN I STRATI ON

Percent No. Surplus ~
None
Surpl us 4
7

Nomenclatur~
Truck, Sedan Delivery
Radios, Fixed Radios, Mobile I BH Equl pment

Average Age
S years
7 years
4 years

Estimated Replacement
Cost
$ 1.900
4,375
4.662
1la200
$82,137

Perce nt No . Sur~ Items
None 36 Surpl us
5
36

MANAGEMENT
Nomenclature Pickup Trucks Tractors, Crawler, Small Radios, Mobile

Average
Age
2 years 8 years 5 years

Estimated Replacement
Cost
$48,600
17,375
23,976
$89,951

Percent No .
Surplus l l!!!!!l

None

8

Surplus

4

5

2

15

12

7

15

NURSER,!

Nomenclature

Trucks, Pickup

,

Trucks, Stake, 1 1/2 to 2 ton

Trucks, Stake Dump

Trucks, Tractor, 3 ton

Tractors, Farm, 30 h.p. or less

Tractors, Farm, 31 h.p . or more

Radios, Fixed

Radios, Mobile

Average Aqe
4 years
5 years 5 years 5 years 6 years 6 years 6 years 6 years

Estimated Replacement
Cost $10,800
10,400 15,000 7,700 36,000 40,800
3,325 ___,2.990 $134,015

Perccr.t No , Surp l~ Items

20

1

2

0

0

1

100

1

0

50

1

100

1

0

t)

0

1

0

G

t

0

0

1

0

0

3

WAYCROSS STATE FOREST

Nomenclature

Truck, Pickup

II

II

. Truck, Stake 1/2 to 1 ton

II

II

II

Truck, Stake, 1 1/2 to 2 ton

II

II

II

It

Trailer, Equipment

II

II

Truck, Tractor, 5 ton

"

II

IC

Tractor, Crawler, small

II

II

II

. Tractor. Crawler, large

II

II

Radio Flxed

"

II

Radto, Mobi1e

II

"

Av~ruge
Age 12 years 3 years
,.
~ years. 12 years
12 years 5 years 12 years
6 years
7 years
14 years
4 years

Estimated R.:-p 1a~~ii.;,,i:
Cost $ 1,350
2,700
1,900 2,600
1 ,600 1 ,600 8,000
3,475
24,000
475
1 .9~~
$49,698