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 Use partial cutting which maintains 85% of pre- 

 harvest canopy cover or greater. 

 Scatter openings and limit size to 0.2 ha (0.5 

 acres) . 



Maintain buffers of 30 m (100 ft) along all 

 streams and provide for recruitment and retention 

 of woody debris in the stream and riparian area. 

 Encourage winter logging as well as use of FMC 

 type low ground pressure tracked vehicles. 

 Roads: Minimize road construction, and avoid roads up 



drainage bottoms, concentrate road systems on mid- 

 slope or ridges. Restrict frequency of stream 

 crossings, provide adverse grades in and out of 

 stream crossing and where feasible, bridge streams 

 instead of using culverts. 



Provide adequate drainage including frequent 

 relief culverts, capable of passing 50-year flood 

 events with no head in the culvert inlet. 

 Avoid building roads in unstable land types. 

 Maintain roads and use seasonal road closures to 

 prevent deterioration. 

 All watersheds containing Coeur d'Alene salamanders on 

 National Forest system lands should be managed in accordance with 

 these guidelines. Headwater drainages and subdrainages in 

 particular should be protected because these are often where 

 salamander habitat is located and effects of logging activities 



