Approximately 30 years ago a wildfire of roughly 108 acres took 

 place in Section 23. An estimated 34 acres of this burn was logged, 

 either just before or just after the burn. There have been no other 

 stand initiating events on these state tracts since the early 

 1900' s. 



The current stand structures on state owned lands in the analysis 

 are summarized in Table 6 . When you compare the data in Tables 5 

 and 6, you can see that the current age distribution is weighted 

 much more to mature and old forest conditions than was the historic 

 norm for this area. Old growth retention requirements from the 

 SFLMP can be seen in Table 7. 



Additional information on current stand conditions in the proposed 

 harvest areas can be found in the Draft Silvicultural Prescriptions, 

 Appendix E . 



TABLE 6 

 Current Stand Structures (% of spp . area) 



TABLE 7 

 Old Growth Requirements from SFLMP 



♦Unit 1 (Alt. B, C, & D) and Unit 7 (Alt. C & D only) contain 100 

 and 11 acres respectively, with current stand conditions classed 

 old. Both stands are Ponderosa Pine type. No old Douglas Fir or 

 Lodgepole Pine stands are proposed for harvest. Proposed treatments 

 for Units 1 & 7 would retain many of the stand characteristics for 

 "Old Growth" conditions. Consequently, this table is somewhat 

 misleading when it shows old PP acreage reductions of 100-111 acres, 

 the actual affect would be much less. 



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