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V. POTENTIAL PROBLEMS 



Potential water quality problems exist whenever silvicultural practices 



are implemented without proper controls. 



Most opportunities for problems will occur in response to increasing demands 

 for wood products that must be supplied by the small private forest land 

 owner. Timber harvested from public lands has decreased substantially since 

 1971. To ameliorate this loss, harvests from industrial forest lands have 

 increased. Private corporations have intensified their harvest of old growth 

 stands where annual production is relatively low. The large private corpor- 

 ations are currently attempting to manage their lands on a sustained yield 

 basis (while at the same time allowing enough flexibility to meet variable 

 annual demand). As a result, it can be expected that harvests will increase 

 on small private forest lands. Generally, there are fewer self-imposed controls 

 on silvicultural practices for the small private forest land owner than for 

 public or industrial land owners. 



A. Planned Development Activities 



Planned development activities are shown in tables V-1 & V-2.. These olanned 



activities do not imply that water quality problems will result on e^ery acre 



affected or mile of road constructed. Rather, it is an attempt to show the 



magnitude of planned development and where opportunities for problems may 



exist. 



