tractors remain on designated trails and timber would be winched to trails. 



> The logger and sale administrator would agree to a general skidding plan prior to 

 equipment operations. Skid trails should maintain an approximate 75 ft. spacing. 



> Scarification during slash disposal would be limited to 30-40% of harvest units. No 

 tractor piling would take place on wet areas or slopes over 35%. Broadcast burning with 

 moderate bum intensity would be preferred for slash disposal and site preparation. 

 Lopping and scattering of slash or jackpot burning would be used on slopes over 35%. 



> On regeneration harvest areas 10-15 tons/acre of large woody debris would be retained as 

 feasible for nutrient cycling and long-term soil productivity. On selective harvest areas 5- 

 10 tons of coarse woody debris would be retained. Every effort would be made to retain 

 the majority of treetops and fine litter on site as is feasible during harvest operations, for 

 nutrient cycling. Where whole tree harvesting is used one of the following would be 

 required to assure nutrient cycling: 1) Use in woods processing equipment that leaves 

 slash on site, 2) Return skid slash and evenly distribute within the harvest unit. Slash 

 should be return skidded as part of harvest operations and should not be stockpiled at 

 landings over winter, due to the leaching of nutrients and loss of needles. 



> An excavator would be required for installation of several culverts (refer to hydro report) 

 and for pioneer road construction on steeper slopes. 



> On newly constructed roads, some minor cutslope sloughing is expected to require 

 continued road maintenance (mainly grading) during the timber sale. Cutslopes would be 

 sloped at a ratio of V* to 1 for rock and 1 to 1 for common material to encourage 

 establishment of revegetation. All newly disturbed road-cuts would be revegetated with 

 site-adapted grasses. 



COMPARISON OF ALTERNATIVES 



Alternative A - No-Action Alternative 



As previously stated, this alternative will be used as the baseline for comparing the 

 environmental consequences of the other three action alternatives, because it defers treatment of 

 all sections at this time. Existing conditions would remain primarily the same. Measures, which 

 are proposed for implementation to correct the ditch erosion in Section 8, would not occur. 

 Existing 4-wheel drive roads would continue to be used along with the ford across Bear Creek. 

 The diversion structure on Beaver Creek that would regulate seasonal flow in the Beaver Creek 

 channel would not be installed. The second growth lodgepole pine in Sections 5, 8, and 17 that 

 currently provide summer and fall security cover for elk would continue to do so under the No 

 Action Alternative. The amount of exposed bare mineral soil would be less thus the potential for 

 spreading State listed noxious weeds would not increase except along existing roads and off road 

 vehicle travel routes. 



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