excerpted from 'The Ranger', newletter of the Ferdinand/Pike State Forest
Compartment 2, Tract 4
This tract is located in Dubois County in Sections 7, 8, 17 and 18 of T3S, R3W, and about 1⁄2 mile north of the Ferdinand State Forest office. The sale is expected to generate an estimated 207,500 board feet from the tract’s 138 acres.
Compartment 3, Tracts 3 & 4
These tracts are located in Dubois County in Sections 3 and 4, T3S, R3W, about 3 miles southwest of Birdseye. The plan for these tracts is to remove approximately 500,000 board feet of pine and hardwoods from the total of 180 acres. The pine areas will be allowed to regenerate into native hardwoods.
Compartment 4, Tract 8
This tract has been planned for harvest for several years but has been delayed for various reasons. The tract is located in Perry County in Section 18, T3S, R2W, and about 4 miles southeast of Birdseye. The sale is expected to generate an estimated 60,000 board feet from the tract’s 105 acres.
Compartment 7, Tract 4
This tract is located in Perry County in Sections 3 & 10, T4S, R3W, and about 3 miles north of Bristow. This harvest is expected to remove about 162,000 board feet from the tract’s 88 acres.
Compartment 10, Tract 2
This tract was planned for last year but was delayed until this year. The tract is in Pike County in Section 1, T2S, R7W, and 00about 2.5 miles northwest of Velpen. The sale is expected to remove about 66,000 board feet from the tract’s 66 acres.
