may occur in the same project area on an additional 1,365 acres. See Appendix A: 

 Figure A-2. Approximately 169 acres would be salvage harvested with ground- 

 based equipment, 1095 acres with a cable harvesting system, and 50 acres with a 

 helicopter at this time. 



Harvesting would remove fire killed or insect infested timber. Approximately 2 

 snags per acre would be retained to serve as snag recruitment. Trees selected for 

 snags would be greater than 21" dbh. If 2 snags over 21" dbh are not available 

 then the next largest available size tree would be left. 



Logging slash would be return skidded and dropped on skid trails in ground-based 

 units. 



Build approximately 6.1 miles of road: 4.5 miles new permanent, 1.0 mile new 

 temporary and 0.6 miles of reconstruction temporary. 



This alternative would provide approximately $1,300,000 (estimated at $25/ton) 

 in revenue to the Common School and Public Building Trusts. Additional revenue 

 may occur through subsequent harvest of insect infested timber in the analysis 

 area. 



The table below outlines the status of acreage involved in this project. 

 Table 2-1: Breakdown of Acres involved in this project 



2.6 Mitigation Measures of Alternative B: Harvest 



The following mitigation measures would be implemented through the administration 

 of the timber sale contracts. 



2.6.1 Water Quality, Soil, Fisheries, Weed Mitigations 



Harvest Unit General Design 



• Minimize soil impacts by limiting the total soil disturbance area in a unit. 

 Accomplished this by using existing trails, skid trail planning and design, and 

 maintaining nutrient cycling by retaining woody debris and foliage. 



• Limit ground skidding to slopes of 45% or less, except on sensitive soils, 

 where slope limitations would be 35% or less. 



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