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1 (f) St. Joe Forest Demonstration Project. — 



2 (1) In general. — The Secretary shall conduct 



3 a demonstration project on the St. Maries and 



4 Palouse Ranger Districts on the St. Joe National 



5 Forest. The purpose of the project shall be to dem- 



6 onstrate the change in timber volume and its rela- 



7 tionship with water, wildlife, and other values result- 



8 ing from investment in good sites on lands already 



9 roaded. 



10 (2) Sites.— Within the 6-month period begin- 



11 ning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the 



12 Forest Service shall locate sites on the St. Joe Na- 



13 tional Forest outside wilderness or other areas where 



14 timber harvest is not permitted and where timber 



15 productivity is greater than 70 cubic feet per acre 



16 per year. These sites shall be intensively managed 



17 for timber production using mostly uneven-aged 



18 management and silvicultural practices, including 



19 pre-commercial thinning, fertilization, pruning, 



20 planting of diverse species, and tree improvement 



21 through genetic experimentation. The selection of 



22 sites under this paragraph does not preclude the 



23 identification of small, high class sites below 5,000 



24 feet in altitude which should be excluded from such 



25 management for genetic and biological purposes. 



