Abstract:
Announces decision to authorize the implementation of the Proposed Action Alternative harvesting second-growth timber in the Elk Creek Watershed. Harvest activities will occur on 158 acres (121 acres of commercial thinning, 32 acres of density management, and five acres of road right-of-way) and yield approximately 1400 MBF of timber.
A total of 4000 ft. (0.8 mi.) of temporary road will be constructed. A total of 4.8 mi. of existing road will be improved (i.e. improved beyond its original design). This includes the brushing, grading, shaping, placement of aggregate surfacing where deficient, cleaning culvert inlets and outlets, replacement of 26 existing culverts, installing three new additional culverts, and replacing one cattleguard.