17. LOCAL AND STATE TAX BASE AND TAX REVENUES: 



Estimate tax revenue the project would create or eliminate. Identify cumulative effects to taxes and revenue. 



People currently employed in the wood-products industry in this region are paying income and 

 business taxes. Due to the relatively small size of this salvage project, the proposed action would 

 result in no measurable cumulative impact on tax revenues. However, this sale will produce enough 

 logs for one medium-sized mill in the area to operate 4 to 6 weeks, which may result in the payment 

 of additional corporate taxes. 



18. DEMAND FOR GOVERNMENT SERVICES: 



Estimate increases in traffic and changes to traffic patterns. What changes would be needed to fire protection, 

 police, schools, etc. ? Identify cumulative effects of this and other projects on government services 



The demand for government services would not be cumulatively impacted as a result of this 

 proposal. The predominately winter operating period would have minimal impacts to traffic, and the 

 probability of a few people temporarily relocating to the area would be low. 



19. LOCALLY ADOPTED ENVIRONMENTAL PLANS AND GOALS: 



List State, County, City, USPS, BLM, Tribal, and other zoning or management plans, and identify how they 

 would affect this project. 



In March 2003, DNRC adopted Administrative Rules for Forest Management {ARM 36.11.401 

 through 450). DNRC will manage lands involved in this project in accordance with the Rules. 



20. ACCESS TO AND QUALITY OF RECREATIONAL AND WILDERNESS ACTIVITIES: 



Identify any wilderness or recreational areas nearby or access routes through this tract. Determine the effects 

 of the project on recreational potential within the tract. Identify cumulative effects to recreational and 

 wilderness activities. 



EXISTING ENVIRONMENT 



The Cilly Bug Salvage Timber Sale Project area receives light to moderate recreational use 

 throughout the year. The area is primarily used for firewood gathering, snowmobiling, bicycling, 

 hiking, and hunting. 



Direct and Indirect Effects 



Recreational uses would not change. 



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All parts of this project are behind locked gates on restricted roads. Harvesting is planned for 

 the winter months outside of the hunting season and for a 30-day period in the summer of 2005. 

 Short delays due to log hauling, road grading, and snowplowing may inconvenience 

 recreationists; however, recreational use in the project area is not expected to change with the 

 implementation of this project. The closed roads would be open to logging traffic only during 

 harvesting operations. 



The status of the closed roads used to access this project would not change with project 

 implementation. 



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