Working Plan for Inchnacardoch Forest 1962
The document is courtesy of Inverness, Ross and Skye Forest District and staff at their Fort Augustus office.
This plan is the third after two others were located dated 1927 and 1930. The three combined provide a rich source of detail about the early structure and progress of the Forest from its earliest days originating in 1922. The two earlier plans were placed previously on the website.
The plan is divided into 20 chapters many with a descriptive text and some with comprehensive quantitative data in completed forms. Some of the text pages have been scanned and converted with some difficulty into word documents before converting again this time into PDFs for the website. This does allow external word search engines to access the text. The down side apart from time taken is that the visual appearance of the original document is not maintained and some layout and word errors can creep in.
The paragraphs are headed:
1. Introduction
2. Site description
3. History
4. Estate Management
5. Amenity
6. Growing Stock
7. Organisation
8. Planting Rate and Resumption of Land
9. Silviculture
10. Crop Establishment
11. Crop Maintenance
12. Enrichment
13. Regulation of Yield
14. Forest Roads and Access
15. Powered Vehicles and Machines
16. Marketing and Exploitation
17. Risks
18. Nurseries
19. Staff and Labour
20. Houses and Holdings, Other Buildings and Special Installations
Other chapters include Research and Experiments, Other Factors, Working Plan Annual Report etc however many people will home in on Chapter 19 which lists all the District Officers, Conservators, Directors and Foresters names since the inception of the forest.
Year District Officer Divisional Officer Conservator
1919 G. Home F. Scott
1928 J. W. Mackay -
1929 H. G. Beresford-Peirse -
1931 - J. Fraser
1937 D. S. Spraggan -
1940 - D. S. Spraggan
1942 - A. Watt
1945 - - J. Fraser
1948 - J. T. Fitzherbert
1949 R. 0. Drummond J. A. Dickson
1952 R. A. Innes -
1956 G. F. D. Savage J. Chrystall J. A. Dickson
1958 J. A. Drummond
1962 A. Ray
Head Foresters, and Foresters in Charge
1920-31 J. Cameron Head forester
1931-34 W. Anderson Grade I Forester
1934-49 W. Anderson Head Forester
1949 D. MacDonald Grade I Forester
1950-60 D. MacDonald Head Forester
1962 J. Frater Head Forester
Assistants - Foresters, Foremen and &angers
1921-1925 J. Gunn Foreman
1925-1931 J. Gunn Grade II Forester
1929-1938 H. Pennet Foreman
1938-1939 H. Pennet Grade II Forester
1943-1946 T. Fraser Ganger
1947-1953 T. Fraser Foreman
1947-1948 D. D. C. Robertson Foreman
1948 C. 0. McIntosh Foreman
1948-1949 C. 0. McIntosh Grade II Forester
1949 D. R. Smith Foreman
1949-1950 D. R. Smith &rade II Forester
1949-1951 W. E. C. Beattie Foreman
1952-1955 E. Saunders Ganger
1955-1959 E. Saunders Asst. Forester
1959-1961 E. Saunders Forester
1955-1960 H. Thom. Asst. Forester
1960-1961 D. Coutts Asst. Forester
1961 to date J. Chree Forester
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