II. IMPACTS ON THE PHSYICAL ENVIRONMENT 



4. GEOLOGY AND SOIL 



QUALITY, STABILITY AND 

 MOISTURE (continued) : 



I - 



DIRECT AND INDIRECT IMPACTS 



JWo-JlcHon JiltemaHvie 



No ground-based equipment would be operated 

 under this alternative to affect soil 

 productivity. Soils in the project area 

 would be unchanged from the existing 

 conditions . 



JlcHon Jlltemattve 



Approximately 83 acres of ground would be 

 directly impacted; some would be in 

 previously harvested areas, others would 

 occur in areas not previously managed for 

 timber t^TPBLE 4-2 - SOIL MAP UNIT 

 DESCRIPTIONS FOR THE SOUTH WOOD PROJECT 

 AREA) . Ground-based skidding equipment would 

 cause compaction and displacement on 

 approximately 550 acres, leaving 

 approximately 15 percent of the proposed 

 harvest units in an impacted condition. To 

 minimize these impacts, harvesting activities 

 would only occur when soil moisture is at or 

 below 2 percent, or the ground is frozen or 

 covered with snow. Disturbance levels may be 

 lower if activities were conducted on frozen 

 or snow- covered ground. 



TABLE 4-1 - SOIL MAP UNIT DESCRIPTIONS FOR THE 

 SOUTH WOOD PROJECT AREA 



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