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Page 2 FACILITIES A~D E~UIPMENT - Continued There ~re two N. C. Division of Forest Resources trucks in the county and they are equipped with county and state radios, and the R~_ngers stay in communication with all county departments and the District Office in Mount Holly. The trucks are equipped ~¢ith water tanks, pumps, and motors £or Fire suppression. Hand fire fighting tools are 'also available on each truck. Tools For forest manage- merit work are also carried. The Rangers aisc have county and state radios in their homes And portable radios are available when working in ~he.field. PRO~P~4S Forest Mana~ ement Received 25 forest management requests and have serviced 16 this quarter. This consists of forest management plans to be made~ requests for site preparation for planting, planting tree seedlings, pulpwood said sat~cimbar marking, thinning pine st~u]ds, and h~vesting timber. There were 308 acres involved. Oae hun~,ed forty-two acres were marked or designated for pulpwnod thinning eatd harvesting for sawtimbar. Fifty-five acres were thinned, with approximately ~31 cords cut and sold for pulpwood. This brought about $12,909 to lando~ars from the sale oF pulpwood. One hundred sixty-seven acres ware harvested ~ch cut 960,000 board Feet of sawbimber, bringing about $59,500 to landowners from the sale of timber, Along with sawtimber, 125 cords of pulpwood were cut, bringing about $4,975. Approxi- mately 75 cords were cut for fire wood, which brought about $300 to landowners. Total returns to landowners amounted to $77,38/,. Fire Woo~ We have assisted 2? ei-tize~s in the county to get fire wood for the coming ~rinter. We have a list of people who need our assistance to get wood for heating their homes. There are areas where these people can get fire wood at a low cost. Forest Insects m~d Diseases Some activs.spots of Southern Pine Beetle s-re still being reporged but no large areas of infestation have been reported. Cabarrus County was lucky this past spring and summer. Many inactive spots still remain and some are still being salvaged at this time. This quarter~ we have salvaged 13 spots, which cut 231 cords for 'pulpwood. This brought about $%00~ to landowners. We have had one report of the Redheaded Pine Sawfly in the county. This was taken care of and no other reports have come to my office. (~ly five trees were damaged by this insect. Information and Education Articles were placed in the Tribune and Independent concerning fire control and the avsilability of fire wood. A d%,sp~ay of forest management was placed in the County Building. We assisted Mr. Hugh Price~ District Conservationist~ with a school progrm~.