ALTERNATIVE EFFECTS 



DIRECT AND INDIRECT EFFECTS 



• Direct and Indirect lilffects ofJWo-,lction 

 . lltemative ,1 on Soils 



No-Action Alternative A would have 

 no direct or indirect effects on 

 soil productivity. No ground- 

 based activity would take place 

 under this alternative, which 

 would leave the soil in the 

 project area unchanged from the 

 description in the EXISTING 

 CONDITIONS portion of this 

 analysis . 



• Direct and Indirect Effects of miction 

 Alternative B on Soils 



Action Alternative B would have 

 direct impacts on approximately 

 100 acres of ground if harvesting 

 takes place in the summer, and on 

 approximately 42 acres if 

 harvesting is done in the winter. 



Direct impacts would include 

 compaction and displacement 

 resulting from the use of ground- 

 based equipment to skid logs on 

 approximately 898 acres, and cable 

 yarding on approximately 41 acres. 

 Ground-based site preparation and 

 road construction would also 

 generate direct impacts to the 

 soil resource. TABLE G-1 - 

 SUMMARY OF DIRECT EFFECTS OF 

 ALTERNATIVES ON SOILS WITH SUMMER 

 HARVESTING and TABLE G-2 - SUMMARY 

 OF DIRECT EFFECTS OF ALTERNATIVES 

 ON SOILS WITH WINTER HARVESTING 

 summarize the expected impacts to 

 the soil resource as a result of 

 the action alternatives. These 

 activities would leave 

 approximately 15 percent of the 

 proposed harvest units in an 

 impacted condition if harvested in 

 the summer, and up to 4 percent if 

 done in the winter. DNRC expects 



TABLE G-1 - SUMMARY OF DIRECT EFFECTS OF ALTERNATIVES ON SOILS WITH SUMMER 

 HARVESTING 



TABLE G-2 - SUMMARY OF DIRECT EFFECTS OF ALTERNATIVES ON SOILS WITH WINTER 

 HARVESTING 



Pagre G-2 



Dog/Meadow Timber Sale Project Draft EA 



