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Frank Rue -2- September L4, 1989 



KPC 34-69 Long-Term Sale Units 



1. Unit 540-03-4 retained a riparian area as designated in 

 maps of the sale area. This uas adequate for this 

 system. 



2. Unit 533-11-12. locatea along anadromous fish habitat 

 in Big Creek (stream no. 106-41-10340), only include! a 

 scattered single tree buffer. This uas inadequate 

 protection for this stream and will result in long term 

 adverse impacts on fishery resources of this 



uat ercourse . 



3. Several unidentified units en the east side of Busier 

 Creek (stream no- 106-*- 1-10420) only included single 

 tree buffers adjacent to anadromous fish habitat. Thi:, 

 uas inadequate protection of this important riparian 

 habitat. Logs uere also dragged across V-notches in 

 these units uith resultant erosion and destabi ligation 

 of the stream channels along this hillside area. 



4. Unit 529-18-24 uas very recently (uithin the last 

 year?) logged on both sides of Alder Creek tributary 

 no. 106-41-10440-2005- Only unmerchantable timber uas 

 retained along the stream banks so that future sources 

 of large uoody debris and shade uere lost adjacent to 

 this anadromous fish stream. 



5. An unidentified unit near the mouth of Alder Creel- 

 (stream no. 106-41-10440) cut to the stream uith no 

 buffer along the nortr. side of at least 1/4 mile of a 

 C-2 channel. Salmon uere spauning in this section of 

 stream. The loss of streambank stability uill nave 

 long-term adverse effects on anadromous fish in this 

 uat ercourse . 



6. Unit 529-16-29 cut both sides of the headuaters of 

 Alder Creek (stream no. 106-41-10440) uith cross stream 

 yarding beginning at the upper limits of cataloged 

 anadromous fish habitat and extending through suspected 

 fish habitat. No streamside trees uere left standing. 

 The unit also included logging across V-notches uith no 

 stream protection. Tuo slides into or, at least, to 

 the banks of upper Alder Creek have occurred in 

 association uith this unit. The Forest Service has 

 seeded both of these slides, but should not have 



laid out units on such steep, unstable slopes. 



7. Unit 526-60-16 appears to have expanded the boundaries 

 from the FEIS and includes both sides of upper 



Hoi e-in-the-Uall Creek at a point above cataloged 

 fish habitat. The catalog is in error since juvenile 

 coho sa i are present in upper portions of the 

 stream. -is unit <i i 4 not include any streamside 



