Leave tree selection guidelines: 



1. Healthy trees free of insects or disease with pointed full crowns and minor defects. 



Spacing of leave trees should be between 40 and 50 feet apart. 



2. Species preference: Western larch and Douglas-fir. 



3. Standing snags greater than 16 inches. 



4. Standing cull- only if free of insects and disease. 



5. All trees within 50 feet of stream. 



Cut tree selection guidelines: 



1. Unhealthy trees- trees with insect, disease, or major defects. 



2. Lodgepole pine, grand fir, alpine fir, Red Cedar. 



3. Dominant and Co-dominant trees that do not meet leave tree guidelines. 



Cruising Guides: 



Volume estimates will be done with 12, 20 BAF cruise plots. Plots are to be laid out in a 

 grid system over the entire unit. Data to be recorded at each plot includes: 



1. Plot# 



2. # trees per plot 



3. Cut or leave tree 



4. Species 



5. Diameter to the nearest inch 



6. Tree height to nearest foot (estimate leave tree heights) 



7. % defect (for cut trees only) 



