HARRISBURG (Dauphin
Co.) Are the trees in Penn’s
Woods growing faster than they
are dying or being cut? Are wild
life habitats changing in Penn
sylvania?
The USD A Forest Service
Northeastern Research Station’s
Forest Inventory and Analysis
Unit, in cooperation with the
DCNR’s Bureau of Forestry, are
researching these questions by
conducting the fifth inventory of
Pennsylvania’s forest resources.
In response to state, industry,
and other users, a new state
level annual inventory system
has been developed to monitor
health and sustainability of
forest ecosystems across the
United States. The system uses a
three-phase approach: satellite
image classification of the entire
state, a ground sample and a
more detailed ground subsample
for forest health issues.
A key feature of the new ap
proach is the measurement of 20
percent of all field samples an
nually. These changes will help
identify changes in Penn’s
Woods more quickly.
In May 2000, Forest Service
crews collected field data from
968 randomly chosen l/6th-acre
plots throughout the state. This
translates to one plot for every
29,700 acres. This process will
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be repeated in each of the fol
lowing four years until a total of
4,839 plots is established. The
plots will be remeasured on a
five-year cycle.
The six crews are located at
the DCNR’s Bureau of Forestry
offices in: Clarion, Clearfield,
Duncansville, Long Pond, Mid
dletown and South William
sport.
When the forest inventory is
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Producers and importers of cul
tivated blueberries have voted to
approve a national promotion
program. The vote was taken in
a referendum conducted by
USDA’s Agricultural Marketing
Service from March 13-April 14.
“The cultivated blueberry in
dustry has recognized that a
mandatory national promotion
program is a valuable marketing
tool,” said Kathleen L. Merri
gan, AMS administrator. “In
dustry members will fund their
self-help program to increase
market efficiency, develop new
markets and marketing strate
gies, and enhance the image of
cultivated blueberries in the
Cultivated Blueberry Producers, Importers
Approve National Promotion Program
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completed, the results will de
scribe the extent of Pennsylva
nia’s forestland, the volume and
quality of timber on forestland,
and on recent trends in growth,
mortality and timber removals.
Data are also being collected
on wildlife habitat, responses of
trees to climate change, as well
as insect and disease problems.
The inventory also includes
two sets of questionnaires. The
United States and abroad. We
will work with them to help
them meet their goals.”
In the referendum, 67.8 per
cent of those who voted favored
implementation of the order.
Those who voted in favor repre
sented 73.2 percent of the
volume of cultivated blueberries
represented in the referendum.
Any current producer or im
porter of 2,000 pounds or more
of cultivated blueberries during
the 1999 calendar year was eligi
ble to vote. The program will
become effective 30 days after
final publication in the Federal
Register.
The promotion program will
be administered by a council of
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first set will be mailed to a
sample of forestland owners.
The owners of approximately
2,900 forested plots will receive
questionnaires dealing with
their reasons for owning forest
land and present and future uses
of the land.
The second set will be sent to
the timber products industry.
Levels of industrial wood pro
duction will be compared with
previous inventories to deter-
13 members under USDA super
vision. Council members will be
appointed by the Secretary of
Agriculture from nominees sub
mitted by the industry. USDA
will begin the nomination pro
cess soon after the Blueberry
Promotion, Research, and Infor
mation Order becomes effective.
For more information, contact
Oliver L. Flake at (888) 720-
9917 (toll free) or e-mail oliver
.flake@usda.gov.
The program will be funded
by an assessment of $l2 per ton
of domestic cultivated blueber
ries and $l2 per ton of fresh and
processed imported cultivated
blueberries starting in 2001. The
program is the second to be im-
mine trends in the demand for
wood products.
Earlier inventories were con
ducted in 1958, 1968, 1978 and
1990. Periodic forest inventories
provide data to be used in plan
ning natural resource programs
on national, state and local
levels. The results from all five
years will be published in 2005.
From Pennsylvania Department
Of Environmental Protection
plemented under the Commod
ity Promotion, Research, and
Consumer Information Act of
1996. A program for peanut pro
ducers was implemented in July
1999.
Since the referendum was an
nounced earlier this year, the
U.S. secretary of agriculture has
received information that the of
ficial title of the new program
for cultivated blueberries may
cause confusion in parts of the
blueberry industry, since native
blueberries are not covered by
the program. Therefore, soon
after the new program becomes
effective, the secretary will issue
a proposed rule to seek com
ments on changing the title of
the program to clarify that the
program covers only cultivated
blueberries and cultivated blue
berry producers and importers.
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