• The Forest Officer will immediately suspend any or all activities directly related to the proposed 

 action, if necessary, to prevent imminent confrontation or conflict between grizzly bears and 

 humans or other threatened or endangered species and humans. 



• Contractors will be prohibited, while working under contract, from carrying firearms onto 

 closed roads. ' 



WOLVES ^-- • - ' ^- :^"- _/;:.\.^ 



A contract provision will be included to protect any wolf den or rendezvous site within the gross 

 sale area that may be discovered during implementation of this proposal. 



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LOONS 



Educational material about loon habitat requirements and suggestions about activities on lakes 

 where loons nest will be distributed to cabinsite leaseholders and the general public through mail- 

 ing and information boxes at the entrance to the area and public access sites on Beaver Lake. Signs 

 informing the public that loons are nesting on Beaver Lake will be posted at both aforementioned 

 locations. The sign will also request that pets be kept leashed or in direct control, so pets do not 

 harass loons during the critical nesting season. . .,.;>, 



BIG GAME '^ V 



• Signs will be placed at the entrance of the Beaver Lake area to: - CI • 



inform users that the area is big game winter range, I '..f ; •■ 



request they not harass game animals with snowmobiles, and 



request that pets are kept leashed or in direct control, so pets do not harass big game during 

 the critical winter months. 



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• Additional retention of existing vegetation will be done to provide security for big game in 

 harvest units along open roads. 



WILDLIFE TREES AND SNAG RETENTION AND 

 RECRUITMENT ... 



• High-quality wildlife trees /snags, such as large, broken-topped western larch, will be desig- 

 nated for retention and given special consideration during yarding operations to prevent loss. 



• Some large western larch (greater than 18" dbh) with characteristics that indicate they could 

 become high-value snags (stem rot or physical defects) will be retained. 



• Clumps of larger grand fir that have stem rot will be retained to provide nesting habitat. 



Appendix A — A-3 



