prescribed treatments and they 

 meet current BMP guidelines. 



• The contractor or his 

 representative and the sale 

 administrator will agree to a 

 skidding plan prior to operating 

 equipment . 



• The density of skid trails in a 

 harvest area will not exceed 20 

 percent of the total area in a 

 harvest unit. ' 



> SOIL DISPLACEMENT 



• Conventional ground-based 

 skidding equipment will not be 

 operated on slopes steeper than 

 40 percent. Soft-tracked 

 yarding has less impact than 

 conventional tractor skidding 

 and would be used on slopes 

 greater than 40 percent, but 

 less than 55 percent. Cable 

 yarding will be used on the 

 steeper slopes. 



• Slash piling and scarification 

 will be completed with a dozer 

 where slopes are gentle (less 

 than 35 percent) . In areas 

 where soils are wet and slopes 

 are steeper (up to 55 percent) , 

 slash treatment and site 

 preparation will be done with an 

 excavator. 



> EROSION 



• Ground- skidding machinery will 

 be equipped with a winchline to 

 limit equipment operations in 

 wet areas and on steep slopes. 



• To reduce surface erosion, roads 

 used by the purchaser will be 

 reshaped and the ditches 

 redefined following use. 



• As needed, drain dips and gravel 

 will be installed on roads to 

 improve road drainage and reduce 

 maintenance and erosion. 



• Some road portions will be 

 repaired and upgraded to 

 standards that reduce the 

 potential for erosion and 

 maintenance needs . 



• The prompt and timely 

 application of certified weed- 

 free grass seed and fertilizer 

 will be applied to all newly 

 constructed road surfaces and 

 cut-and-fill slopes. This grass 

 seed will also be applied to any 

 existing disturbed cut-and-fill 

 slopes and landings immediately 

 adjacent to open roads to 

 stabilize soils and reduce/ 

 prevent the establishment of 

 noxious weeds . The seeding/ 

 fertilizing efforts will 

 include : 



- seeding all road cuts and 

 fills concurrently with 

 construction; 



- applying a "quick- cover" seed 

 mix at culvert- installation 

 sites within 1 day of work 

 completion; and 



- seeding all road surfaces and 

 reseeding culvert- installation 

 sites when the final blading 

 is completed for each 

 specified road segment. 



• As directed by the Forest 

 Officer, water bars, logging- 

 slash barriers, and temporary 

 culverts will be installed on 

 skid trails where, based on 

 ground and weather conditions, 

 erosion is anticipated. These 

 erosion-control features would 

 be maintained and periodically 

 inspected throughout the 

 contract period, or extensions 

 thereof . 



AIR QUALITY 



• To prevent individual or 



cumulative effects during burning 

 operations, burning will be done 

 in compliance with the Montana 

 Airshed Group reporting 

 regulations and any burning 

 restrictions imposed in Airshed 

 2. This will provide for burning 

 during acceptable ventilation and 

 dispersion conditions. 



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