Northwest Baranof Timber Sale(s), Tongass National Forest, Chatham Area, Sitka Ranger District, Sitka, AK

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The Department of Agriculture, Forest Service will prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to disclose the environmental impacts of proposed actions within the Northwest Baranof project area. This notice is an amendment to the original notice of intent for this project, published July 12, 1993. The proposed action provides for: (1) Construction of approximately 28 miles of new road, and reconstruction of approximately 7 miles of existing road in conjunction with up to seven timber sales; (2) harvest of approximately 1,800 acres of timber, and regeneration of new stands of trees. This level of development would result in the harvest of approximately 58 million board feet of sawlog and utility timber volume; (3) 1,000 foot uncut timber buffers along Nakwasina Passage, St. John Baptist Bay, and the north side of Fish Bay for the protection of wildlife and subsistence uses; (4) log transfer facilities in Nakwasina Passage and Nakwasina Sound, St. John Baptist Bay (barge facility), Schulze Cove, and Rodman Bay; (5) no clearcut harvest in areas which are visible from the Alaska Marine Highway route (6) no harvest in VCU 289 or 290; and (7) no harvest in the Rodman Creek drainages