Effects of timber cutting and Effects of timber cutting and revegetation on snow accumulation and melt in north Idaho effectsoftimberc224haup Year: 1979 SILVICULTURAL HISTORY The study site was located in the Benton Creek drainage of the Priest River Experi- mental Forest (PREF). In 1940 a strip clearcut, 330 ft (101 m) wide was extended from the ridge on the south side of Benton Creek and up the opposite slope to the ridge on the north side of Benton Creek (fig. 15 2). The clearcut was harvested with a conven- tional 'jammer' cable system: slash from the cutting operation was hand piled and
Effects of timber cutting and Effects of timber cutting and revegetation on snow accumulation and melt in north Idaho effectsoftimberc224haup Year: 1979 SILVICULTURAL HISTORY The study site was located in the Benton Creek drainage of the Priest River Experi- mental Forest (PREF). In 1940 a strip clearcut, 330 ft (101 m) wide was extended from the ridge on the south side of Benton Creek and up the opposite slope to the ridge on the north side of Benton Creek (fig. 15 2). The clearcut was harvested with a conven- tional 'jammer' cable system: slash from the cutting operation was hand piled and burned. Original timber on the north slope consisted of young mature western redcedar (Thuja pliaata Donn), western hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla [Raf.] Sarg.), western white pine (Pinus montiaola Dougl.), grand fir (Abies gvandis [Dougl.] Forbes), and western larch (Larix occidental-is Nutt.). The south slope was stocked with young mature timber of three species--ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa Laws.), Douglas-fir (Psuedotsuga menziesii var. glauaa [Beissn.] Franco), and western white pine. Benton Creek Watershed Priest River Experimental Forest Scales Chains ~-= Roads Trails ~ Watarshad Boundary Strip Claarcut 1942-52 Snow Course ♦444 1967-74 Snow Course Figure 1.—Benton Creek watershed, Priest River Experimental Forest. Graham, R. T. 1976. Silvicultural prescription, stand 20-1-24, Priest River Experimental Forest, Idaho Panhandle National Forests. Unpubl. rep., on file at Forestry Sciences Lab., Intermt. For. and Range Exp. Stn., Moscow, Idaho. 2
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