PROJECT DEVELOPMENT 



2. OTHER GOVERNMENTAL 

 AGENCIES WITH 

 JURISDICTION, LIST OF 

 PERMITS NEEDED 

 (continued) : 



DNRC is a member of the Montana Airshed 

 Group, which regulates slash burning done by 

 DNRC. DNRC received an air-quality permit 

 through participation in this group. 



ALTERNATIVE CONSIDERED: 



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JVo-JlcHon Mtemative 



-No timber would be harvested, though 



firewood gathering and some salvage logging 

 would likely continue. 



-Roads would be only maintained; no roads 

 would be built or reconstructed. 



-When funding is available and equipment is 

 in the area, roads and closures would 

 continue to be maintained. 



-Efforts to suppress fires would continue. 



-Efforts to control the spread of weeds 

 would continue. 



-Trees would continue to die from attacks of 

 Douglas- fir bark beetles and diseases such 

 as root rot . 



-Natural events, including plant succession, 

 trees blown down by wind, insect and 

 disease outbreaks, and wildfires, would 

 continue to occur. 



- Future actions, including timber 

 harvesting, would be proposed and go 

 through the appropriate environmental 

 analysis. 



The No-Action Alternative is used as a 

 baseline for comparing the effects that the 

 Action Alternative would have on the 

 environment, and is considered a possible 

 alternative for selection. 



JlcHon Mtemative 



- Salvage between 1 to 1.5 MMBF of wind- 

 damaged and blown-down trees and trees 

 killed or damaged by Douglas- fir bark 

 beetles or white pine blister rust. 



- Remove an old wooden bridge on Soup Creek 

 that accesses an old road system in the 

 eastern portion of Section 19 and the 

 southern portion of Section 20. 

 Rehabilitate the site to prevent sediment 

 from entering Soup Creek. 



- Build approximately 0.25 mile of new road 

 to access the road system isolated by the 

 removal of the old wooden bridge. 



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