2.3.7 Heavy Truck Traffic and Public Safety Mitigation 

 Recommendations 



2.3.7.1 Dust 



Apply dust abatement on Cochise Drive where this road is adjacent to houses 

 if dust becomes a problem during times of hauling. 



2.3.7.2 Cochise Drive 



Widen Cochise Drive to improve visibility and road width. Relocate the first 

 switchback through the Anderson's pasture to improve approach. 



2.3.7.3 Entering Highway 93 from Cochise Drive 



Require log trucks entering Highway 93 to make a right hand turn upon 

 entering the highway and should turn around in Lolo at the Town Pump to go 

 north. 



2.3.8 Visual Quality Mitigation Recommendations 



Locate and build roads so that they are hidden from view by utilizing benches and 

 flatter ground where possible use trees below the roads to create a screen. Keep 

 skyline corridors narrow and do not place at angles viewable by the public. Space 

 or group leave trees according to the present location of healthy dominant trees. 



2.3.9 Wildlife Mitigation Recommendations 



• If any threatened or endangered species were encountered during the project 

 planning or implementation periods, cease all project-related activities that 

 would potentially affect that species and inform a DNRC wildlife biologist 

 immediately. Design and implement additional habitat protection measures 

 where appropriate. 



• 



If active den sites or nest sites of threatened, endangered, sensitive species, or 

 raptors were located within the Project Area, cease activities until a qualified 

 biologist can review the site and develop species appropriate protective 

 measures. 



Restrict public access within the Project Area to minimize disturbance to 

 important wildlife, minimize incidental affects to important habitat features 

 such as snags and downed woody debris, to reduce potential mortality effects 

 on threatened, endangered, and sensitive species, and to manage big game 

 harvest vulnerability. 



A no entry zone should parallel the north side of the ridge to facilitate 

 movement of animals to and from the adjacent south-facing slopes. 



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