• Leaking equipment would not be 

 permitted to operate at stream- 

 crossing construction sites. 



• The BMP audit process will 

 continue. This sale will likely 

 be reviewed in an internal audit 

 and may be picked at random as a 

 State-wide audit site. SMZs would 

 be evaluated as a part of the 

 audit process . 



WILDLIFE 



> Bald Eagles 



No harvesting or yarding activity 

 will occur in the bald eagle 

 primary-use area or across 

 documented flight paths. 



> Grizzly Bears 



The following items are 

 incorporated into this proposal: 



• Grass seeding plans to 

 revegetate roads and landings 

 include seeding with plant 

 species less palatable to 

 grizzly bears to discourage or 

 minimize the potential for bear/ 

 human conflicts. 



• No logging camps would be 

 allowed in the sale area. 



• Garbage hauling would be 

 required daily. 



• The Forest Officer would, if 

 necessary, immediately suspend 

 any or all activities directly 

 related to the proposed action 

 to prevent imminent 

 confrontation or conflict 

 between grizzly bears, or other 

 threatened or endangered 

 species, and humans. 



• While working under contract, 

 contractors would be prohibited 

 from carrying firearms onto 

 restricted roads. 



• All restricted roads would be 

 closed by a gate, if present, or 

 by a sign and sawhorse placed in 

 the middle of the road while 

 logging operations are inactive 



(weekends, nights, etc.). 



• Following harvesting operations, 

 temporary roads would be 

 obliterated by recontouring, 

 slashing, or otherwise obscuring 

 the road prism for at least 200 

 feet. The remaining road prism 

 behind the obliteration would be 

 ripped and water barred. The 

 obliteration should be at a 

 level to prevent motorized use. 



> Wolves 



A contract provision will require 

 DNRC to contact USFWS to develop 

 and implement mitigations to 

 protect any wolf den or rendezvous 

 site within the gross sale area 

 that may be discovered during 

 implementation of this proposal. 



VEGETATION 



SNAG RETENTION 



• Where available, 2 to 5 snags or 2 

 to 5 trees (snag recruits) , 21 

 inches dbh or greater, per acre. 



• Larger trees that are at least 200 

 feet from an open road would be 

 favored. 



• Western larch, Douglas-fir, and 

 black Cottonwood would be favored. 



• Clumpy distribution, versus even 

 distribution, would be favored. 



AESTHETICS 



• The number and size of landings 

 would be limited; the location 

 would be away from main roads, 

 when possible. 



• Disturbed sites along road right- 

 of-ways would be grass seeded. 



AIR QUALITY 



• To prevent individual or 

 cumulative effects during burning 

 operations, burning would be done 

 in compliance with the Montana 

 Airshed Group reporting 

 regulations and any burning 

 restrictions imposed in Airshed 2 . 

 This would provide for burning 



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