Final Environmental Impact Statement
Final Environmental Impact Statement
Final Environmental Impact Statement
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Vestal <strong>Final</strong> <strong>Environmental</strong> <strong>Impact</strong> <strong>Statement</strong> Chapter 2<br />
Hardwood Conversion (HC)<br />
126 acres<br />
The objective is to increase natural<br />
fuelbreaks by converting mixed<br />
conifer/hardwood stands to<br />
hardwood cover type. It would be<br />
accomplished by removing all<br />
conifers from the stand. Hinging<br />
of non-commercial-sized conifers<br />
would follow commercial<br />
removal.<br />
20<br />
POL Thinning<br />
Aspen/Conifer Stand<br />
Products Other than Logs<br />
(POL)<br />
617* acres<br />
* Acres shown are those where PCT or<br />
POL are proposed as individual<br />
treatments. Both PCT and POL would<br />
also occur following other treatments as<br />
noted.<br />
A thinning of pine sites to reduce MPB risk and fire hazard by reducing stand density. This<br />
treatment is proposed in sites generally made up of trees 1-9” dbh that do not contain enough<br />
9” + trees to make sawtimber removal economically viable, or as a follow-up treatment to<br />
commercial thinning, variable density thinning, free selection, or the commercial thinning<br />
component group shelterwood, when the target basal area cannot be obtained by removal of<br />
sawtimber only.<br />
Overall stand density will not exceed 60 ft 2 /ac except in the VDT and FS sites where density<br />
will not exceed 80 ft 2 /ac basal area.<br />
The target residual tree spacing varies as follows:<br />
POL only – 18 x 18 feet<br />
CT60 – 20 x 20 feet<br />
CT50 – 22 x 22 feet<br />
VDT and FS - variable spacing
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