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MEMORANDUM State of Alaska 



10 Frank Rue, Director 0A,£: Sepi emt>er 14, 1929 



Thru: Ricx Reed f,LE N0: 



Regional Supervise:' 

 fiabita? Division telephone no 



Juneau 



Don Cornelius/Jack Gustafson "rip Report - USFS 



Area Habitat Biologists logging activities 



?? t e^sbu'-g/Ke t ch ikan on Prince of Uales 



Isl and - &/2 c -3i/S c ' 



On August 29, 30 3nd 31. 1939, ue joined Glenn Freeman a^d 

 USFS fish and ui 1 dl if e .staff . Ran Uil^y, Cole Crccker- 

 Bedford and Donna Hollingsuorth, fcr an interagency 

 inspection of USFS logging activities in the KPC Long-Terr, 

 Sale area on northern Prince of Uales Island. During this 

 inscection ue ^eweued roads and units logged or scheduled 

 for legging u-oer the KPC £4-69 and 89-94 Long-term sales 

 plus salvage sales throughout the area. Although ue jere 

 interested in looking 3t a cress-section of current 

 activities, cur primary focus uas upon the review of 

 riparian nanage-ent practices- Uhile driving our 

 pre-planned route, ue encountered a no began noting 

 the large number of "salvage" units Lithm areas identified 

 for o 1 d-gr out h prescription (retention) in the KPC £9-94 

 Long-Term Sa.l ? FEIS. Ue also cataloged anadrcmous streams 

 and intended to monitor and provide input for some of the 

 units ue had cuestioned in the FEIS. 



The timing of this trip corresponded with a continuing 

 series of recent Forest Service personnel turnovers in 

 Ketchikan and Thome Bay. Ue uere impressed uith the level 

 of fish and wildlife expertise uhicn is available in the 

 Ketchikan area. Houever, as the fisn and wildlife 

 biologists are given virtually no decision making authority, 

 the implementation of suitable habitat protection measures 

 comes almost exclusively from the District Rangers or other 

 line officers • 



Ratner than providing a chronological narrative cf cur trip, 

 ue' 1 1 attempt to group the units ue looked at into three 

 broad areas of concern. These include units uhere ue 

 revieued ripa r ian management practices under the KPC £4-£9 

 Long-Term Sale, units uhere ue revieued layed out riparian 

 protection under the KPC 89- g 4 Long-Term Sale, and timber 

 harvest uithin areas designated for old-grouth prescription 

 in the KPC 89-94 Long-Term Sale. 



