FIGUBE E-1-RNALYSIS AREA FOR PROPOSED PROJECT AREA SHOWIIfG LOCATIONS OF 

 PROPOSED HARVEST UNITS AND IMPORTANT IfATER RESOURCES 



game. Other stands are providing 

 the attributes facilitating winter 

 use by elk and moose. Evidence of 

 summer use by moose, white-tailed 

 deer, and elk was noted throughout 

 the proposed project area during 

 field visits. 



Cumulative effects were analyzed on 

 the contiguous 16,000-acre portion 

 of the elk winter range occurring 

 within Stillwater State Forest. 



Direct and Indirect Effects 



• Direct and IndireclIiKfecU qf.Vt^'Icfion 

 •lllematice^lon Ilig Game Winter Itange 



Under this alternative, big game 

 thermal cover in the proposed 

 project area would not be altered 

 in the near term. Existing stands 



would continue to provide thermal 

 cover for elk and moose. In the 

 longer-term, continued succession 

 would reduce forage production 

 while increasing thermal cover. 



Direct and Indirect Efffiects qfJlction 

 ,1ltematice B on Biff Game W^ter Range 



Some displacement is expected as a 

 result of the proposed harvesting 

 operations. This action 

 alternative would reduce thermal 

 cover for elk and increase 

 potential forage production. 

 Canopy cover would be largely 

 removed from the 24 6 acres that 

 fall within the elk winter range. 

 (11 percent of the winter range 

 occurring in the proposed project 

 area; 2 percent of the total 



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