classes, species compositions, 

 structures, and stocking 

 densities. Proposed treatments 

 would also maintain long-term site 

 productivity, thereby ensuring the 

 long-term capability of trust 

 lands to produce revenue for the 

 trust. 



Action Alternative B proposes to 

 harvest approximately 8.5 MMBF of 

 sawlog and stud material over an 

 estimated 939 acres. Acre and 

 volume estimates may change due to 

 streamside management zones 

 (SMZs), fisher buffers, wetlands, 

 and other adjustments taken into 

 consideration during the layout of 

 the project. 



Action Alternative B is designed 

 to minimize impacts to commercial 

 revenue-generating activities on 

 DNRC-managed State lands. 

 Commercial winter recreational use 

 has been permitted for more than 

 10 years under a DNRC Land Use 

 License in the Dog-Meadow Timber 

 Sale Project area. The Land Use 

 License currently includes use of 

 the McCabe and Skunk Meadow roads, 

 which are proposed routes for 

 hauling timber under Action 

 Alternative B. To minimize 

 economic impacts to permitted 

 commercial recreation in the Dog/ 

 Meadow Timber Sale Project area, 

 the following mitigation measures 

 were applied in the design of 

 Action Alternative B: 



• Winter hauling on segments of 

 McCabe and Skunk Meadow roads 

 would be limited to 1 season. 



• Proposed harvesting in areas 

 requiring use of the McCabe and 

 Skunk Meadow roads would not be 

 included in the first year of 

 timber sale activities. This 

 would provide the licensee an 

 additional year to find an 

 alternate area for use during 

 periods of log hauling. 



• Vegetative screens or buffers 

 would be maintained between 

 harvest units and open roads to 



minimize visual impacts to 

 recreational users. 



Proposed unit locations and 

 existing roads are shown in FIGURE 

 II-l - PROPOSED DOG/MEADOW ACTION 

 ALTERNATIVE MAP. 



Under Action Alternative B, timber 

 harvesting in the Dog/Meadow 

 Timber Sale Project area would 

 occur in: 



- large patches of 40-to-99-year- 

 old overstocked stands and 



- densely stocked, mature, mixed- 

 conifer stands with species 

 compositions dominated by shade- 

 tolerant species. 



The proposed silvicultural 

 treatments are designed to 

 concentrate on areas dominated by 

 the tree species most susceptible 

 to insect and disease problems 

 (subalpine fir, grand fir, 

 Douglas-fir, lodgepole pine) or in 

 areas with preexisting insect and 

 disease problems (mountain pine 

 beetle infestations in lodgepole 

 pine or severe mistletoe 

 infections in western larch) . 

 Action Alternative B is designed 

 to avoid harvesting in areas 

 meeting the old-growth criteria 

 for the number and size of large 

 trees as defined by Green et al. 



To bring stands toward desired 

 conditions. Action Alternative B 

 would utilize various harvesting 

 methods to emulate naturally 

 occurring disturbance processes of 

 varying sizes and intensities. 

 Regeneration of areas not fully 

 stocked after harvesting would 

 focus on establishing vigorous 

 stands of western larch, rust- 

 resistant western white pine, and 

 Douglas-fir. Following timber 

 harvesting, other areas would 

 remain fully stocked. 



The stipulations and 

 specifications designed to protect 

 resources during harvesting and 

 road-improvement activities are 

 forms of mitigation measures that 



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