APPENDIX A 

 SPECIFICATIONS AND STIPULATIONS 



SALVAGE CRITERIA 



The following salvage criteria identify 

 requirements that must be met before a timber 

 sale can be harvested under this CEA. 



TREES TO BE HARVESTED 



Trees that meet 1 or more of the following 

 requirements: 



A. All harvest trees outside of the road right-of- 

 way have been marked at dbh or above with 

 a blue horizontal paint stripe. The criteria 

 listed below were used for selection. Any 

 additional trees approved for harvesting must 

 meet these criteria. All trees within the road 

 right-of-way both merchantable and 

 nonmerchantable will be cut. 



a. Dead and/or dying timber, including 

 insect-attacked Douglas-fir, western 

 larch, western white pine, grand fir, and 



• lodgepole pine. A tree with definite 

 insect attack/damage (frass, pitch 

 seams, pitch tubes, beetle galleries, 

 bore holes) is considered a dying tree. 

 Insect attack may be from Douglas-fir 

 bark beetles, mountain pine beetles, flat- 

 headed fir borers, or Scolytus beetles. 



b. Western white pine infected with white 

 pine blister rust that exhibit a 

 combination of 2 or more of the following 

 characteristics: blister-rust canker on the 

 bole, red blister-rust flagging in the lower 

 two-thirds of the crown, dead tops, pitch 

 flows on the stem, and poorly colored 

 crowns (yellowing needles). 



c. Blown down timber of any commercial 

 species. 



d. Any commercial species (grand fir, 

 western larch, western white pine, 

 Douglas-fir, Engelmann spruce, 

 lodgepole pine) damaged by wind 

 (damage to 1/3 or more of the bole and/ 

 or root systems pulled out of the 

 ground). 



e. Commercial species that are infected, 

 dead, or dying from disease. Western 

 larch must score a 5 or 6 on the 

 Hawksworth scale (used to measure 

 degree of infection for mistletoe) to be 

 eligible for salvage. 



SNAGS 



Snag retention will meet or exceed the Forest 

 Management Rules per-acre requirement in the 

 harvest units. All merchantable snags that are to 

 be left standing have been marked with a blue 

 "W" on 2 sides to designate them as wildlife trees. 

 Nonmerchantable snags will not be cut except for 

 safety or operational concerns, as approved by 

 the Forest Officer. 



ROADS and SKID TRAILS 



Existing roads and skid trails must be used to 

 remove harvested material in Unit 1 . Units 3 and 

 4 are winchline units to be yarded to the existing 

 road. The new road in Unit 2, as well as the 

 existing road, will be used for cable-yarder 

 landings. Corridors for line skidding are not 

 planned. If the operator finds an area where this 

 may prove to be the most effective method for 

 removing logs, it must be approved by the Forest 

 Officer prior to cutting the corridor and yarding the 

 timber. In Unit 2, existing skid trails should be 

 used whenever practical for tractor ground. 



ROAD CONSTRUCTION 



All road construction activities are restricted to the 

 road corridor defined by the clearing limits. 

 Clearing limits are marked with yellow paint. 

 Slash must be piled in natural openings or 

 constructed burn bays for burning. Right-of-way 

 slash will be piled and burned by the Purchaser. 



STREAMSIDE MANAGEMENT ZONES 



Minimal harvesting is planned in small portions of 

 SMZs and WMZs. No mechanized equipment 

 will be allowed into the areas. Trees to be felled 

 away from the stream are to be winched out of 

 the SMZ, WMZ, and 1 equipment restriction zone. 



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