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Permit No. l Dixon, Mont. 59831
Published by the Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes Volume 1, Number 2 August, 1971
Flathead Agency Dixon, Montana
R. Dupuis, C. Woodcock are Indian M.P.R. specialists
A National Indian Manpower Specialist Incorporation has been established by the Indian Manpower Trainees. Members of this selected group have resolved to form a NIMSIC. Manpower Trainee is a program under an HEW Manpower Development and Training act grant established in cooperation with Arizona State Deparart-ment of Vocational Education. The program's objectives are to train selected Manpower Specialists in techniques and methods of program development and utilization and provide technical assistance to Manpower Specialists and programs.
The primary purpose of the
NIMSI is to help privide assistance in development of educational and training programs to help unemployed and under-employed American Indiansper acre. Thinning was accomplished by leaving a two to three feet wide strip of trees at 14 feet intervals. The average age of this stand was 45 years. The thinned stand should reach commercial size within 30 years, whereas if left unthinned the stand would probably never reach commercial size.
This concept of treatment has been used on the Colville National Forest in Washington for at least eight years and is a proven silvicultural tool. The increased fire hazard is temporary — about three years. Several members of the Tribal Council and the BIA Forestry Staff toured the Coleville area this spring. The reservation dozer thinnings compare very favorably with the Forest Service project.
Releasing these stands and balancing stem count with the productivity of the site will materially