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HAMMOND
Management
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L.
COLLEY
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JOHN
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Geometronics
R.
Geometronics
ROTTY
Engineer
RAY
Geometronics
P.
ALLISON
Cartographer
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JAMES
Geometronics
MAHAN
Engineer
F.
SWINNERTON
Geometronics
Development
DIRCK
Chief
DALY
H.
Technical
Engineer
and
Status
Chief
DIXON
Cartographer
Engineer
OLLIE
Equipment
A.
BROADWAY
Management
Engineer
AND STANDARDS
CONSULTATIONS
CHARLES
WELLER
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Assistant
Director
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DAVID
Chief
B.
Transportation
TRASK
WILLIAM
Analysis
Engineer
Chief
KINWORTHT
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Water
Resource
Engineer
CHARLES
Chief
Engineer
F.
DWYER
Cableways
Denver
-
yry
LAWRENCE
D.
BRUESCH
Structures
Highway
Engineer
STERLING
Chief
WILCOX
J.
Construction
and
THERAL
Maintenance
Chief
Highway
R.
NIELSEN
Design
JERRY
Engineer
Structures
M.
HYDE
Engineer
DICK
Solid
Waste
Engineer
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Management
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EDMUND
Highway
C.
Safety
NEUMANN
Engineer
RONALD
Landscape
Architect
RHOADS
W.
-
Roadside
HARRY
Control
COORSH
Electrical
iV
Engineer
DANIEL
Cadastral
M.
MCVAY
EAgieeer
Engineer
IMPROVEMENTS
TECHNOLOGICAL
HEYWARD
T.
Assistant
BOONE
Equipment
Chief
Y.
TAYLOR
JR.
Director
RICHARDSON
Development
ADRIAN
Engineer
Chief
PELZNER
Materials
Engineer
i
DONALD
Mechanical
OLIN
Systems
J.
L.
LARRY
SIROIS
Mechanical
Engineer
BOCKES
Development
Geometronics
E.
JAMES
Systems
D.
HOGAN
Development
MATSON
DAVID
Engineer
Materials
THEODORE
Chief
Engineer
Computers
A.
LUPIEN
Engineering Design
Support Group
V
L.
JONES
Engineer
ROMAINE
Engineering
F.
Design
THOMPSON
Support Group
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OF ENGINEERING
DIVISION
Area Code 703
MYLES
A.
Jaeger
ext.
Extension
HOWLETT
R.
Ivonne
-- Dial 55 plus
71811
Director
Secretary
OPERATIONS
Harold
Assistant
Strickland
L.
Gloria
J.
Wenzlaff
Stanley O. Bean
Administrative
71827
Director
Secretary
Chief Engineer
Jr.
70575
--
Data
Management
super-vision
Devel-opment
Retrieval
and
and
guidance
Information
Provides
Training.
to
System
and
Status
the Technical
Training and
and to general
Drafting
and unique operational problems.
Richard
G.
Deleisseques
Engineer
--
70456
Data System.
Plans
and
organizes
operates systems
for technical information
storage and
retrieval.
Coordinates activities for
Technical
Aware-ness
Engineering Directives
Technical Reports
and
Field Notes
Current
Programs.
Frances
Owsley
G.
Technical
Editor --
Information
79410
System.
Edits and
publishes Engineering
Field Notes and Technical Reports
publications.
Barbara
J.
Sam
Assistant
Technical
Library
--Implements
Information
Specialist
the
Program
literature
and
Current Awareness
conducts
Engineering
on request.
the in-Service and
searches
out-Service
Maintains
distribution
of the Engineering
technical publications.
Maintains
the Technical
Information Center
holdings.
1
70558
Engineer
70456
-- Technical
Recruitment Development and Training.
Provides technical direction in
recruit-ment
man-power
career
development
utilization
and training
Service-wide
of the
aspects
Engineering program.
assists in
Analyzes manpower needs
formu-lates
recruiting technical experts and
programs
Lewis
G.
to
Glover
needed
provide
training.
and Atlas
-- Status
Chief.
70427
Provides
leadership to the Drafting and
Section and gives guidance on drafting
illustration needs to all Washington
Atlas
and
Office
divisions.
Edward
Marshall
F.
Status
and Atlas
Series
maps
received
Maintains
Offices.
-- Assistant
Edits
Chief.
70427
Forest
from
the
the Regional
National Forest
boundary records.
Robert
P.
Driskell --
Geographic
Provides
Names
Coordinator.
liaison
on geographic names activity
Regions and the Board on
for all
70427
Geographic Names.
Frank
Hammond
Chief Engineer -- ManageControls reviews or responds to
Congressional mail. Coordinates Forest road
J.
71821
ment.
Engine-ering
and trail pollution
abatement and other
reports.
Programs budget inputs and field
Provides
statistical information
on
allocations.
RT
system.
A.
L.
WO
and
Colley -pollution
Management
abatement
generalist.
2
Engineer.
coordin ator
71821
Jr.
Broadway
Chief Engineer Provides
Equipment Management.
and technical expertise in all phases
Ollie A.
leader-ship
-
71835
re-source
of fleet
equipment management to
divisions in the
field.
with other agencies
this activity
other Government
all
Coordinates
in the
USDA.
Departments and Bureaus
and private industry.
Swinnerton Chief Engineer -Geometronics.
Provides Service-wide
John R.
technical
79050
leadership in geometronics.
Richard
O.
Mahan
Engineer -Provides technical
Geometronics.
development
in the
79050
area of
photo-grammetry
geometronics.
for
Dirck Rotty Engineer -- Geometronics.
Coordinates schedules and plans work
for the Geometronics group and coordinates
mapping
activities
79050
with other Federal
agencies.
Ray
Allison Cartographer
Geometronics.
Provides
P.
--
79050
admini-strative
direction
for the
Photo-grammetri.c
Section including
photo-grammetric
systems stereoplotting
orthophotography
plate
preparation
scanning ditizing
and non-conventional
imagery.
James
F.
Dixon
Geometronics.
Service
aerial
Forest Service
Cartographer
Specialist
photography
for
--
Forest
activities.
representative
on
Departmental and Inter-departmental
committees on aerial photography
and
admini-strative
WO
sales.
photographic
direction to
Provides
cartography
section including photographic
and cartographic
ortho-photographic
re-productions.
3
79050
Area Code
Photographic
Laboratory
Ralph F. Fortune -- Chief
Photographer
Provides
Service
WO
Photographic
Forest
Lab.
Support Services
Nate -- Administrative
A.
In-Service
Authorization
Officer.
B.
McVay
for
-- Statistics.
Road and Trail Inventories
FRT
Construction
Tentative
Progress
Final
Reports
Accomplishment Reports.
4
70532
6500-46.
Expenditures
Aileene
447-4685
D. C.
leadership to the
Office
Roger
Washington
202
and
70475
CONSULTATIONS AND STANDARDS
Charles
Weller
R.
Ruth
G.
Assistant
Director
Kenestrick
Secretary
Chief Engineer
Transportation
70553
Analysis.
70374
--
Provides
leadership in transportation analysis
and operation of the transportation system.
William
R.
Kinworthy Chief Engineer
Water Resources. Consultation
71522
--
leader-ship
and
on Federal
guidance
Power
proj-ects
Commission projects.
contact
for
USDA
Forest Service
in coordination
Guidance on engineering
resource
Charles
of
Power Commission.
with the Federal
aspects
of
water
projects.
Area Code
Dwyer
Chief Engineer -Provides
Denver.
F.
leader-ship
Cableways
and guidance
303
234-4405
in the field of aerial
passenger tramways ski lifts and tows.
Forest Service representative to
Tram-ways
American
National Standards
Institute
Committee on Aerial Passenger
B77
Organization for
and Association
International
Transport by Ropeway
of Recreational
Lawrence
Tramway
Bruesch
D.
Authorities.
Chief Engineer
Provides
--
leader-ship
Highway Structures.
in the
for the
Sterling
field
of
highway structures
transportation system.
J.
Wilcox
Construction
Chief Engineer --
and Maintenance.
Provides
mainte-nance
leadership in construction and
of roads and trails in the National
Forest
70419
Transportation
System.
5
70418
Theral
Nielsen
R.
Chief Engineer -Consults with Engineers
71479
Highway Design.
Foresters and others about survey and
design of Forest Service roads.
Prepares
material for Engineering Handbooks
and
Manuals on the implementation of standards
and policy.
Hyde
Jerry M.
Structures
and assistance
leadership
in
70490
Engineer.
technical
Provides Service-wide
the
to
field
construction and maintenance
design
of the buildings by
reviews
with other divisions
and
coordination
agencies
material for Forest
preparing
Manuals and Handbooks
and
Service
on policy and
standards.
Dick
Hahn
L.
in
Solid
Waste
Provides
Engineer.
programs
Coordinates
Management
71522
technical leadership
on solid waste activities.
health and pollution
public
control activities
with other Federal
agencies.
McVay
M.
leader-ship
Daniel
Provides
Cadastral Engineer.
direction and
Service-wide
Edmund
C.
Engineer.
highway
70474
technical and
professional
coordination of the
cadastral engineering
Neumann Highway
Provides
safety
Safety
leadership
program
in
program.
to
a
complying
with the Highway Safety Act of 1966.
Cooperates with National Highway Safety
Administration
with accidents
on projects that are concerned
and highway safety on National
Forest Development
Road System.
6
70436
Ronald W. Rhoads
Landscape Architect
Roadside Control. Provides leadership
roadside
landscape
control and
development
in applying
engineers
70436
in
traffic
Coordinates
signing.
--
with
advanced techniques
highways and roads to the
environment in an esthetically
acceptable
and
safe
functional
manner.
of adapting
Harry Coorsh Electrical Engineer.
Provides
design
assistance
of electrical
to
field
facilities.
offices
70490
in
Reviews
the compatibility of utilization equipment
with the electric supply system.
7
I
TECHNOLOGICAL
Heyward
Taylor
T.
Boone
Assistant
Jr.
Rice
Judy K.
IMPROVEMENTS
Director
Secretary
Richardson
Chief Engineer
Development. Plans and
Y.
Equipment
programs the Forest Service
Development Program.
Donald
L.
70508
Sirois
--
--
70883
Equipment
Mechanical
70883
Provides
Engineer.
programing
and technical guidance for
Service-wide
equipment development
Larry
Matson
E.
--
technical
equipment development
in
Adrian Pelzner
testing.
Mechanical
Provides
Engineer.
and
70883
guidance
studies.
-- Chief Materials
Engineer.
con-cerning
Provides
leadership
71805
and direction
the
application of engineering
technology to various construction materials
such as soil rock asphalt
concrete
metal and wood.
David
L.
Jones
Provides
-- Materials
technical guidance
Engineer.
in
71805
the
application of engineering technology
to construction materials.
Olin D.
Bockes
Engineer
--
System Investigation
Geometronics. Develops
71712
new technology in remote
and display techniques to apply
Forest Service needs.
and
tests
sensing
to
James
D.
Hogan
Engineer System
Computer. Investigates
and implements Engineering
Development
develops
computer
--
applications
and
8
7
systems.
71712
Theodore
A.
Lupien Chief Engineer -Design Support Group EDSG.
Develops
71661
and implements computer programs
for use in road design
structures water
designs
systems
and transportation systems.
Romaine
E.
Thompson
Design Support Group
in developing
and
Engineer
EDSG.
--
Assists
implementing computer
programs for use in road design structures
water systems and transportation.
9
71661
NEWS
ITEMS
AN EASY SOLUTION TO SKYLINING
By
C.
D.
Swarthout
Division
of Engineering
California Region
In this
used
computer program which can be
analyze skyline logging systems and provides the user with a
paper
to
the
printout showing
live
show
the
discusses
the
a
proposed system
or running
standing
analysis
author
the
final skyline layout
The
skyline analysis.
of a
feasibility
proposed
results
skyline
or for an area requiring the development
system to serve many sales.
sale
a
of this
system
for one
of a log transportation
hard-to-reach
The program was developed in Region 5.
A very large portion
Region 5s timber is old growth timber and is located in
areas.
Harvesting
this timber
Region
system.
two
past
years and
a skyline
5
computer time
has found
it
is
a very
quickly
Input
used
way
a
powerful
on alternate
provide
profiles.
the
The
Kelsh Plotter
the
tool
instances
useful
the
average
for the
in analyzing alternate
very
The program requires
it
requires
program
skyline
that enables a planner
about
30
seconds
profile therefore
to obtain facts
very
skyline systems.
program
data for this
to
is easy to prepare.
One control card is
design pramaters for the entire list of cable
profile data is usually prepared directly
using
a photogrammetric measuring instrument equipped
Z digitizer and key punch machine.
If this instrument
not available or if the profiles have been obtained by other methods
with a
is
to analyze
many
has been using this
log transportation systems.
of
in
of
X Y
data can be key punched manually.
along the profiles
field is always
is
used
recorded
to
record
in either
the
The horizontal measurement
the
The Z
or Y field.
X
elevation of the point.
The program is operatable on the Control Data Corporation 3100
1108.
Information on the use of the program
Computer and Univacs
be
obtained
C.
D. Bob Swarthout
Forest
by
contacting
may
San
Service Region 5
Francisco Calif.
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10
THE EFFECTS OF DEICING SALT ON CONIFEROUS TREES
By
Byron
Masters
E.
Foss
per-forming
Mr. Foss completed
his
Thesis
The Effects
entitled
Deicing Salt Spray on Coniferous Trees January
obtained the information relayed in his interesting
29
1971.
of
He
by
paper
project while working toward a Master Is
Degree with a Joint Maj or in Botany and Zoology at the University
a special study
of
Wisconsin
in
Milwaukee.
findings salt can injure plants either by accumulation
of chloride via root absorption or by foliar spray.
Salt spray on the
surface of the needles of coniferous plants creates- an unfavorable
According
to his
relationship between the osmotic
solution and the internal osmotic
concentration
of the
concentrations
surface
of the needles.
When possible
only those species of coniferous trees relatively
tolerant to salt spray should be located next to highways.
Spruces
are generally more tolerant than pines those conifers which appear
most
susceptible to salt damage are the potted red pine and
eastern white pine.
Grassy vegetation which is moderately salt
be
the
_
to
tolerant should be planted in areas denuded of trees
erosion and to beautify the roadside environment.
Very
little
sprays
research concerning
on plants has
been
done.
the direct
effects
Additional
study
the relationship of deicing salt spray to visible
trees is fully understood
Mr.
Foss paper may
planting
be useful
of screening
anticipated.
architects
to prevent
of deicing
is
required
damage
salt
before
on coniferous
developing guidelines for the
along roads where salting can be
in
vegetation
be of special interest to our landscape
and useful to Forest engineers working with State and
Also
county highway
lands
it
may
departments on roads
that traverse
National Forest
For those who are interested in obtaining copies of this paper
write Mr. Byron Foss who is located on the Monongahela National
Forest in West Virginia.
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11
By
A
study
is
CRIB RETAINING
TIMBER
Adrian Pelzner
WALL STUDY
Chief Materials
underway to evaluate
existing
Engineer
WO
design criteria for timber
or modify these criteria
retaining structures and to develop
so that such structures can be fabricated from locally available
timber and backfilled with locally available soils. The study is
crib
by the University of Idaho under the terms of a
Although timber
cooperative agreement with the Forest Service.
few
has long been used successfully in retaining structures
being conducted
have been developed
criteria
Attention will be focused
of the
timber
members
to aid or
on the
guide designers in this use.
for the structural quality
criteria
connecting devices and the physical
and backfill soils.
The principal
study are Professor Robert L. Schuster
the
characteristics of the foundation
investigators for the
Chairman Department of Civil Engineering
Idaho and Walter V. Jones Soils Engineer
the University of
Idaho Department of
at
Highways.
As an important part of this study the investigators are analyzing
information on timber retaining structures supplied by the Regions
Experiment Stations and other Forest Service
havealso visited the sites of timber and other
structures
as well as
The ultimate goal
timber
crib
the Forest
Products
retaining
being used
is
from the
instrument
wall.
in
for completion
warranted
a
and
Laboratory.
for this type
December 31
study will be distributed
second
monitor
and
the
1972.
may
performance
of a
with the design
at
structure.
be initiated to design
timber
an actual
crib
retaining
project site and
recommendations developed
first study.
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The
Information
Service-wide.
related study
This wall would be constructed
accordance
retaining
study is to produce a design system for
walls that is better and more economical
target date
If
type
of the
than the designs presently
developed
They
units.
in the
SPECIAL REPORT ON THE FIRST
EARTH RESOURCES TECHNOLOGY SATELLITE
By
On
July
23
Ray
Allison
P.
1972 the first Earth
ERTS-1 was
launched
Air Force
Vandenberg
into
a
Base
WO
Resources
Technology
circular near polar
Satellite
earth orbit from
California.
cover-ing
The mission of ERTS-1 is to monitor earth resources from satellite
Over 300 scientific investigators from the United States and
sensors.
The satellite is
37 countries are receiving data form ERTS-l.
of the
80 percent
The
31
July
on
all
Week
Space Technology
ERTS-1.
The article
and
systems aboard
the
satellite
and
is
reading for those interested in the ERTS Program.
information on the ERTS Program may be obtained from
recommended
Additional
with 500 photographs.
a special report on the
information
provides
States
1972 issue of Aviation
features
magazine
United
Olin Bockes of the Washington
Office
Division
of Engineering.
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EDITORS
Volume
has
4
NOTE
The news item by Sam Fischer and Ed
Numbers
3
and
4
March-April
up several controversies.
you are reading the Field Notes.
stirred
Some
The phraseology
first 40 hours
their
In actuality
the
of the
week
survey
Tomm
issue of the Field Notes
Good
Im
glad
to
know
crews are scheduled
days
to
that
work
was misleading.
unscheduled
first 40-hour
are working on an
of the
crews
in
the first 4
basis.
Gerald Baughman
of the
WO
Personnel Management Pay Section
states
First 40-hour tours
of duty
and
are non-standard
can be established only
indefinite
tours
when working
organi-zation
hours are determined by irregular and unpredictable
needs
for service
and
when
functioning
of the
would otherwise be seriously handicapped
or
increased
6161. 13b.
costs would be substantially
Whenever
in
FSM
possible working hours should be scheduled
in advance.
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