proposed location, 



treatments of the proposed timber man- 

 agement activities, 



assumption that the income generated 

 from recreational use is very low, and 

 availability of land surrovmding the pro- 

 posed harvest treatment area that could be 

 used by recreationists. 



The potential improvements to the infrastruc- 

 ture (road improvements and parking lot) that 

 would result from either action alternative 

 (fimded by a timber sale) would probably 

 increase general recreational use. The long- 

 term assumption for planning harvest treat- 

 ments for the Beaver Lake area is to use un- 

 even-aged management. As long as harvest 

 activities are done with aesthetically accept- 

 able and environmentally sound methods, the 

 long-term outlook for continued timber pro- 

 duction, as related to general recreation, is fair. 

 Maintaining the landscape in a naturally 

 complex state should be aesthetically pleasing 

 to a majority of the public. A naturally com- 

 plex landscape contains a mix of uniformly 

 and diverse interims of age, structure, and 

 species mix. The goal is to paint a landscape 

 that can blend elements of uniformity and 

 variety. 



INDIRECT EFFECTS 

 FROM OTHER USES 

 (CABINSITE LEASES, DAY 

 USE, CAMPING, ETC.) 

 AND ADJACENT 

 LANDOWNERS ON THE 

 ASSET VALUE RELATED 

 TO MANAGEMENT 



ALL ALTERNATIVES 



People living and owning land in this land- 

 scape and recreating on this tract of land have 

 indirect effects on current and future proposed 

 timber sales in this project area. There is 

 potential for lower returns from the timber 

 management program due to the increasing 

 number of people recreating, living on 

 cabinsite leases in the project area, and living 



on the surrounding private ownership. These 

 impacts are indirect and hard to measure or 

 quantify. The amount of people using the 

 project area for recreation would increase: 



with all alternatives due to the increasing 



regional population, 



with the action alternatives because the 



improved transportation system would 



afford better access, and 



in the number of cabin site leases if this 



element of an action alternative is chosen. 



People would find and use places in the 

 project area that would become important to 

 them because of their beliefs. When DNRC 

 proposes its next proposal, the number of 

 issues and level of public involvement in our 

 planning and decision-making process for the 

 proposed timber-management activity would 

 increase because more would find this area 

 important. This level of interest would impact 

 the process, decision, and proposed activities. 



DEVELOPMENT OF 

 CABINSITES 



NO-ACTION ALTERNATIVE 



The Trust would not receive income from the 

 lease of additional cabinsites. The potential 

 for development in the future is maintained. 

 By not improving the road system, not adding 

 a parking lot, and not developing more 

 cabinsites, people would use the area less and 

 the potential social /political impacts would be 

 less when DNRC and the Land Board consider 

 any development proposal in the future. More 

 lakefront camping sites around Murray Lake 

 would be available. The potential cabinsite 

 development area (see Figure IV-14) would be 

 negatively impacted from the increased num- 

 ber of general recreationists due to the grow- 

 ing population in the area. With more people, 

 problems or conflicts (trash, traffic, people 

 using the lakes, etc.), resulting from more 

 competition for the special areas, would have 

 a negative impact on people who remembered 

 a quieter time. 



IV-36r 



Stillwater State Forest • Beaver Lake Timber Sale Project 



