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Limit equipment operations to moderate slopes and periods when soils are 

 frozen or snow covered, to minimize disturbance that results in compaction, 

 displacement, rutting, and erosion. 



Install surface drainage features on skid trails, landings, and roads to minimize 

 erosion and protect water quality. 



Protect localized sensitive soils, steep slopes, and moist areas by 

 implementing equipment restriction zones. 



• Follow all Streamside Management Zone Laws and Rules and Administrative 

 Forest Management Rules. 



• Protect all ephemeral draws, springs, and wet areas with marked equipment 

 restriction zones (ERZ). Mark and maintain a Riparian Management Zone 

 (RMZ) along fish bearing steams (Deer Creek, Fish Creek & Thompson 

 Creek) and specific sites with high erosion risk adjacent to streams. Trees fall- 

 ing into protection areas shall be cable yarded or winch-line skidded back to 

 skid trails approved by the Forest Officer. 



Road Design 



• Implement forestry BMPs as the minimum standard for all operations with the 

 proposed timber sale. 



• Plan, design and improve existing road systems to meet long-term access 

 needs and to fully comply with current BMPs. 



• Construct drain dips, grade rolls and other drainage features where necessary 

 and practical to insure adequate road surface drainage. Install and maintain all 

 road surface drainage concurrent with harvest activities, reconstruction, and 

 reconditioning. 



• Grass seed newly constructed or reconstructed road cut and fills immediately 

 after excavation. 



• Leave temporary or abandoned roads in a condition that will provide adequate 

 drainage and will not require future maintenance. Rip and seed partially 

 obliterated roads that are abandoned. Where it is available, scatter slash 

 across the ripped road surface. Install water bars at regular intervals to 

 facilitate surface drainage. 



• Construct additional drainage features on all approaches to draw and stream 

 crossings to avoid concentrating runoff at crossing sites. Locate drainage 

 features close enough to crossings to minimize the runoff contributing area 



Fish Creek Salvage Environmental Assessment 2-4 



