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13,400± acre
Desolation
Creek Tract is
the largest pri-
vate in-holding
within Uma-
tilla National
Forest Deso-
lation Creek
Drainage
The Portfolio has locations strategic to log mar-
kets serving sawmills in nearby John Day, Pilot
Rock, La Grande and Pendleton, Oregon, with ex-
cellent access to Highways 395, 244 and I-84. Ex-
isting timber volume of 46.4± million board feet
is projected to increase by over 250%, or to 120±
million board feet, within 25 years, providing a
new owner with the option of capturing potential
carbon sequestration values within a working for-
est easement, or of harvesting of up to 48 million
board feet on a sustained yield. Eighty percent of
this harvest volume would be generated from the
Desolation Creek Tract.
Additionally, signicant conservation value could
be obtained from the 13,440± acre Desolation
Creek Tract. It is the largest private in-holding
within the Umatilla National Forest Desolation
Creek Drainage, which is tributary to the North
Fork John Day River, 1.5± miles from the northern
end of the property.
Over ten miles of Desolation Creek runs south-
east to northwest through the property and sup-
ports Chinook salmon, steelhead, bull trout,
brook trout and mountain whitesh. The North
Fork John Day River, and its tributaries, account
for about 70% of the salmon production within
the entire John Day River Basin, according to the
U.S. Forest Service.
The entire 12.7± miles of riparian area along both
Desolation and Kelsay Creeks are candidates for
restoration using planting, fencing and obtain-
ment of a conservation easement.
Both Desolation Creek and Wilkins Creek Tracts
have recreation and hunting values due to their
locations in the Blue Mountains near Bridge Creek
State Wildlife Area, which is managed as a winter
range for Rocky Mountain Elk and mule deer.
The 5,309± acre Wilkins Creek Tract has no pub-
lic access and therefore has potential for develop-
ment as a private hunting preserve, and would be
eligible for ve Landowner Preference Tags lo-
cated within the Heppner Wildlife Management
Unit. Twenty miles of seasonal creeks, springs and
two stock ponds that are along the southwest sec-
tion of the property, in combination with timber,
meadows, rim rock and steep hillsides, all serve
to provide excellent habitat for both elk and deer.
The 13,440± acre Desolation Creek Tract has pub-
lic access from U.S. Forest Service Road 10, a
popular route to Olive Lake which is located 12±
miles south and is near the headwaters of North
Fork John Day River, providing opportunity for
a new owner to develop some commercial rec-
reation uses. These opportunities could range
from development of a commercial campground
North Fork John Day River
Desolation Creek
see property outline on page 13
