BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES
The 98 acre Gahr Forest is part of a 349 acre farm owned by Ted and Harriet Gahr of 18605 SW Masonville Rd., McMinnville, Oregon. The Gahrs live on the farm and also operate a bed and breakfast in a second house below the woodland. Located about six miles southwest of McMinnville, at the intersection of Masonville and Muddy Valley Roads, the property was purchased in 1967 as a forest/farm investment. Most of the 349 acres is flat bottomland in the flood plain of Muddy Creek, with associated wetlands and actively farmed fieldland. The 95 forested acres are found to the west, on the moderate to steep slopes above the farmland.
The forest is a quite varied mixture of young Douglas-fir and Oregon white oak, which is rapidly transitioning to Douglas-fir in some stands . Other stands are dominated by centuries old oak, or large, spreading bigleaf maple.
The Gahrs have raised a family on the property and tended the forest with care over the years. They are very knowledgeable about the forest and wish to continue to manage it in a planned, sustainable manner. The family and their bed and breakfast guests are regular recreational users of the woodland.
MANAGEMENT OBJECTIVES*
1. Manage the timber resource efficiently and produce periodic income for the Gahr Family.
2. Through careful management, planning and record keeping, establish a sustainable forest.
3. Enhance the forest's non-commodity resource values, for possible
future sale to conservation buyer.
4. Encourage mixed species stands and continuous forest cover to protect soils, native vegetation, and scenic views.
* See Monitoring, page ______ for more specific, measurable goals