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tershed to achieve maximum management flexibility, A watershed 

 assessment is not adequate if it cannot account for how, where and 

 when an activity is conducted and the risk to beneficial stream 

 uses. 



I would like to say that I couldn't disagree more with the state- 

 ment that Mr. Higgins made in supporting the Six Rivers National 

 Forest application of the model assuming that private lands are 

 completely clear-cut every year. I think that is a misapplication of 

 flawed model and it is the type of application that makes it difficult 

 to have cooperation between private lands and Federal lands. 



I have worked on or visited numerous watersheds in the western 

 United States over the past 20 years. I have worked in California 

 where the road construction diverted streams. Those are being ad- 

 dressed during the current cutting cycle. 



I have visited Grouse Creek in California where adler is recap- 

 turing soil deposits from landslides which occurred during the 1964 

 floods. 



I have toured the Middle Santiam Basin in Oregon where inten- 

 sive harvesting has resulted in little water quality change. I am 

 participating in a project in Idaho where corduroy roads up 

 streams, flumes, and splash dams were used to yard out trees in 

 the 1930s, and today those effects are muted. 



Because of improved operations and the use of Best Management 

 Practices, conservative watershed management protection pro- 

 grams, stream and watershed restoration efforts and the natural 

 recovery of systems, I conclude that forest watershed health is bet- 

 ter today than it has been for 30 years and that it will continue 

 to improve. 



[Prepared statement of Dr. Ice follows:] 



