III. IMPACTS ON THE HUMAN POPULATION 



20. 



ACCESS TO AND QUALITY 

 OF RECREATIONAL AND 

 WILDERNESS ACTIVITES 

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DIRECT AND INDIRECT IMPACTS 

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Recreational uses would not change. 

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Har-vesting activities may disturb normal 

 movement patterns of game, which may affect 

 hunter success . Short delays due to log 

 hauling, snowplowing, and road construction 

 may inconvenience snowmobilers, bicyclists, 

 and other recreationists . However, 

 recreational use is not expected to change 

 with the implementation of this project, 

 though the amount of use within the project 

 area may change. Recreational users may use 

 adjacent areas to avoid harvesting and log- 

 hauling activities. 



The status of open, restricted, and closed 

 roads would not change with the 

 implementation of this project. 



Some salvage activities are planned adjacent 

 to the Sprunger- Whitney Nature Trail. Logs 

 would not be yarded across the trail, but 

 logs would be yarded across a short section 

 of old highway, which accesses the trail. 

 APPENDIX A - STIPULATIONS AND SPECIFICATIONS 

 contains specific contractual stipulations 

 that are intended to protect the trail and 

 its interpretive signs from physical damage 

 during operations. 



The salvage harvest would remove some dead 

 standing and blown down trees along the east 

 side of the Sprunger-Whitney Nature Trail for 

 a distance of approximately 900 feet of the 

 trail. The tree salvage would disturb the 

 vegetation slightly for a short time. Tree 

 mortality from forest diseases and wind 

 damage cannot not be viewed from this portion 

 of the trail, but ample examples are along 

 other portions of the trail . 



CUMULATIVE IMPACTS 

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Some recreational users may be reluctant to 

 use roads within the project area if roads 

 continue to deteriorate; however, 

 recreational use is not expected to change. 



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The combined harvesting and log-hauling 

 activities of this project, the Goat Squeezer 

 Timber Sale Project, and Soup Creek Salvage 



Big Slowdown Salvage 



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