Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 21/10/1996

Modoc National Forest; Damon Fire Salvage Sales

The Forest Service will prepare an environmental impact statement to disclose the environmental effects of the proposed salvage of fire killed or damaged timber on the Doublehead, Devil's Garden, and Big Valley Ranger Districts of the Modoc National Forest. The proposed activity will treat acres burnt in the Damon/Long Fire in late August of 1996. The fire burned approximately 23,000 acres. The proposal includes salvage of fire killed or damaged timber on approximately 9,500 acres; all yarding will be ground based with approximately 12 miles of temporary road that will be constructed and then closed after use; place all-weather surface gravel on Roads 44N77 and 43N08; reforest timber sites understocked by the fire on approximately 6,000 acres; remove approximately 8 miles of destroyed rangeland fence; revegetate non-timber sites suitable cover/forage species on approximately 2,000 acres; install 7 watering sites for wildlife; increase snag longevity by removing the tops on 50% of retained snags in order to offset projected snag deficiencies in fire replaced stands; redistribute top soil and deep till in old windrowed plantations; and treat slash adjacent to Highway 139. Possible Al