The Management of Demonstration State Forests
Regulations and policies set by the State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection guide management of all CDF State Forests.
In 1949, the State purchased, most of what is now, Boggs Mountain and an estimated 6,100,000 board feet of timber which included all trees between 16 and 23 inches DBH plus 1,000,000 board feet of standing seed trees between 23 and 29 inches DBH. All other commercial timber was harvested in 1949 and 1950.
No timber was cut on the Forest from the completion of logging in 1950 until 1967 when 3,085,000 board feet of old growth was cut. A Forest-wide inventory was completed the same year estimated the total gross timber volume after the 1967 cut at 31,465,000 board feet on 3433 acres, 6,000,000 or more of which was old growth. The acquisition estimate apparently considerably under estimated the merchantable volume on the Forest. Most of the residual old growth was harvested from the forest by 1976.
