• Maintain restrictions in areas currently closed to general public motorized 

 access. Install a gate near the switchback near the Va comer of sections 16 and 

 9 to limit vehicle access to all but approximately 5 acres. 



2.4 Process Used to Develop the Alternatives 



The major environmental issues identified during the scoping process were defined 

 and are summarized in Chapter I. In order to understand how the proposed Harvest 

 would effect the environment, its effects were contrasted to those of Alternative A: 

 Deferred Harvest (No Action). 



Following implementation of the proposed Alternative B: Harvest, the project area 

 should have stand structures and conditions more closely resembling those during pre 

 European-settlement times rather than those which exist at present. It was DNRC's 

 intent when designing Alternative B: Harvest to have the following attributes across 

 the project area's landscape: 



• A diversity of tree sizes and species. 



• A diversity of treatment intensities and stocking levels. 



• Retention of the existing large ponderosa pine and western larch. Removal of the 

 shade tolerant trees which have become established due to fire suppression, and 

 reduction of the threat to large, old ponderosa pine, and western larch caused by 

 inter-tree competition, and ladder fuels. 



• Reintroduction of fire into part of the project area using jackpot pile burning. 



2.5 Alternatives Eliminated from Detailed Study 



No other alternatives were developed, because proposed Alternative B: Harvest met 

 all environmental guidance and IDT specialists' specifications, while providing 

 income for the trust. 



Deadman Gulch Timber Sale Environmental Assessment 2-10 



