The inventory of sediment sources 

 conducted in 2002 showed no existing 

 point sources of sediment within the 

 channels or from upland sites. 

 Stream channels in the proposed 

 project area are primarily in fair 

 to good condition. The Soup Creek 

 Road currently meets applicable BMPs 

 for surface drainage and erosion 

 control, and no instances of direct 

 delivery to a stream were found 

 during the survey. None of the 

 existing stream-crossing structures 

 in this portion of the Soup Creek 

 watershed was identified as a 

 barrier to fish passage. An old 

 wood- stringer bridge located in 

 Section 19 of the proposed project 

 area crosses Soup Creek and is a 

 potential sediment source to fish 

 habitat. The bridge is in poor 

 shape and is not structurally 

 capable of carrying loaded- truck 

 traffic. The decay found in the 

 bridge makes it a moderate to high 

 risk for failure. The failure of 

 the bridge cribbing would allow the 

 fill behind the abutments to be 

 eroded by the creek. 



TABLE F-1 - FISHERIES MONITORING DATA 

 CREEK 



ALTERNATIVE EFFECTS 



DIRECT AND INDIRECT EFFECTS TO 

 FISHERIES 



• Direct and Indirect Effects of the JVo-acHon 

 >/lltemative to JFisheries 



No direct or indirect effects on 

 fish populations would occur in 

 the Soup Creek watershed. Direct 

 effects would be limited to those 

 under current and natural 

 conditions . 



• Direct and Indirect E^ffects of the miction 

 Mtemative to Fislieries 



Timber would be salvage harvested 

 from approximately 550 acres. 

 Some of the proposed project area 

 has been previously managed; 

 other portions have not been 

 managed for timber. Ground-based 

 machinery would be utilized to 

 complete this salvage harvest. 

 The proposed units are not 

 located within any SMZs, and 

 where fisher buffers are applied, 

 no salvage would occur within 165 

 feet of Soup Creek, except where 

 the Soup Creek Road lays 

 FOR SOUP between the unit and the 



stream. 



This alternative proposes 

 to remove an existing 

 bridge over Soup Creek. 

 The wood- constructed 

 bridge is rotting and is a 

 moderate risk to collapse 

 and fall into the creek. 

 Removal of this bridge and 

 rehabilitation and 

 stabilization of the site 

 would result in some 

 sediment entering Soup 

 Creek. The long-term 

 indirect effect of 

 removing the bridge and 

 rehabilitating the site 

 would be a decreased 

 potential for sediment 

 delivery through removal 

 of the fill behind the 

 abutments and revegetation 

 of the site. 



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