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41 °F Forecast | Road Cams Thursday, January 27, 2005 Today's News | Classifieds | Autos | Homes | Jobs | Tempo | Health | Community | Home Delivery SECTIONS Home Page Local News Sports Business Obituaries Life Opinion - Politics Tempo AP News Weather Classified Archives Site Map SPECIAL SECTIONS Since We Asked Outdoor Journal Menu Guide How To Guide Wellness Connection Readers' Choice Real Estate Showcase Real Estate Guide Joy Magazine Homelife Magazine Wedding Guide Passport to the Rogue Valley EXTRA Newspaper in Education Personals Movie Times TV Times E The People Volunteer Opportunities Moving to Southern Oregon? MARKETPLACE Find a Car Find a Home Find a Job Classifieds Place an ad eSouthernOregon Automotive Communities Entertainment Publications Recreation Calendar CUSTOMER SERVICE Frequent Questions Advertising Information Home Delivery Employment Contact Us Media Kit Network Affiliate Oregon Road Conditions & Cams Email Story to a Friend October 26, 2004 Since You Asked Timber still could be salvaged Is all the wood burned by the Biscuit Fire in the Siskiyou National Forest wasted? I heard on the radio that the trees were no good anymore because they needed to be logged by now. What’s up with that? — D. D., Central Point Whether the wood has gone to waste depends on who you ask, D. D. In the little more than two years since the 2002 fire, the deterioration in the smaller pines and small firs killed by fire has been dramatic, according to timber industry and Rogue River- Siskiyou National Forest officials. A U.S Forest Service analysis of wood decay in the final environmental impact statement for the Biscuit Fire salvage project predicts that about 42 percent of the commercial value of Douglas fir would be lost by the end of the summer in 2005. The loss in the softer pine trees would be much greater, it noted. Advertisement The assessment is for the entire acreage of the half-million acre fire, not for a given tree, officials caution. Environmental activists have called for much less than the 372 million board feet of timber the agency plans to salvage from the burned area on 19,465 acres. Thus far, the agency has sold more than 70 million board feet of timber as part of the salvage effort. Send questions to "Since You Asked," Mail Tribune Newsroom, P.O. Box 1108, Medford, OR 97501; by fax to 541-776-4376; or by e-mail to [email protected] . We’re sorry, but the volume of questions received prevents us from answering all of them. Mail Tribune Home Local News | Sports | Business | Obituaries | Life Opinion - Politics | AP News | Archives | Site Map E Southern Oregon | Classified Copyright © 1997-2005 Mail Tribune. All rights reserved. Privacy Policy | Terms & Conditions Website Feedback ADVERTISERS A D V E R T I S E R S SPECIAL SECTIONS Auto Finder Job Finder Home Finder Joy Magazine Homelife Magazine Tempo Readers' Choice Real Estate Showcase Since We Asked Outdoor Journal Moving to Southern Oregon? Volunteer Opportunities Student Loan Consolidation Conference Calls - $50/Month Home Security Systems Trunks, Footlocker, Trunk, Footlockers