Final Environmental Impact Statement

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Table 7. Alternative 2 Proposed Mechanical Vegetation Treatments
Treatment Acres
CT- Commercial Thinning – 60 BA 3,626
CT50-Commercial Thinning – 50 BA 1,831
FS – Free Selection 1,054
GSH – Group Shelterwood 10,044
HC – Hardwood Conversion 126
HR – Hardwood Release 431
OR – Overstory Removal 1,255
PCT – Precommercial Thinning 54
PE – Pine Encroachment 1,458
POL – Products Other Than Logs Thinning 617
Sani – Sanitation *3,655
SWSC – Shelterwood Seedcut 226
VDT – Variable Density Thinning 1,072
*Acres of sanitation presented in this Table represent acres of sanitation treatments where
no other treatment is proposed. Sanitation is included as a treatment on the entire project
area, for up to 5 years.
Table 8. Alternative 2 Proposed Fuel Reduction Treatments
Treatment Acres
DF – Dead fall* 23,693
FB - Fuelbreak 180
RX – Prescribed Burning 1,761
*Dead fall is included on all pine sites within the project area.
Table 9. Total Miles of Forest Service Roads on National Forest Land within the Project
Area, by Alternative
Existing/Alternative 1 Alternative 2
No Action
Proposed Action
Road Miles – Total 125 126
System Roads 125 126
Unauthorized Roads 0 0
Table 10. Designation of National Forest System Roads within the Project Area
Existing/Alternative 1 Alternative 2
No Action Proposed Action
System Roads – Total 125 126
Roads Closed to All, Yearlong (as storage) 48 49
Roads Open to All, Seasonal 35 35
Roads Open to All, Yearlong 42 42