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this growing ponderosa pine tree farm.
LOG MARKETS
Ochoco Lumber Company has sold logs to a number of
sawmills located in Central Oregon, Eastern Oregon,
and the Columbia Gorge near Hood River that are all
within easy hauling distance. Warm Springs Forest
Products, in Warm Springs, Oregon, is within 45 miles,
and processes Douglas-fir, white fir and ponderosa
pine at its mill, owned by the Confederated Tribes of
Warm Springs which has been a respected manufac-
turer of quality lumber products for over 40 years.
Interfor Pacific Sawmill in Gilchrist, Oregon is 90 miles
south of the property, has primarily purchased pon-
derosa pine and white fir logs from Ochoco Lumber
Company, and is part of a publically-owned Canadian
company headquartered in Vancouver, B. C. that has
additional mill operations in Oregon and Washington.
Additional sawmills that have purchased logs include
Malheur Lumber Company in John Day, owned by
Ochoco, and Mt. Hood Forest Products, owned by
High Cascade.
Nearby biomass markets are located in Prineville and
Warm Springs.
FOLEYBUTTE
BLOCK
32,475±Acres
Annual harvest for last ten years has averaged
1,241± MBF
Warm Springs Forest Products sawmill
FOR SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
Additional investments were made by replacing cul-
verts to promote upstream fish passage to enhance
spawning along Willow and Higgins Creeks, plus im-
provements to the 141 mile overall road system in or-
der to reduce sediment runoff into streams.
In 2003, Ochoco Lumber conveyed a conservation ease-
ment to Deschutes Resources Conservancy as part of the
Deschutes Riparian Restoration Carbon Sequestration
project along 257± acres of Martin and Foley Creeks.
Total annual harvests over the last ten years have av-
eraged 1,241± MBF and 3,700 tons of chips, which has
generated only modest annual income, but has im-
proved stocking levels in younger stands of ponderosa
pine and Douglas-fir.
The growth projection by Atterbury Consultants, Inc.,
assuming no harvest, is estimated that in ten years the
total volume will be 128.8 million board feet on Fol-
ey Butte Block, with an average board foot volume of
5,983 per acre.
Anew owner will have opportunity to benefit from this
projected growth in the upcoming ten to twenty-five
years, plus have the option for some near-term harvest
without impacting overall health and productivity of
