. West fork of Swift Creek timber sale project final environmental impact statement . Forest reserves; Logging; Logging; Environmental impact statements; Harvesting. • GROUP-SELECTION/OVERSTORY-REMOVAL HARVEST Due to the multistoried structure of the existing stands, this type of harvest treatment would result in several different stand conditions: - Small openings, up to 5 acres in size, would be created in the existing stand to promote new regeneration. Within these sites, most of the merchantable trees would be harvested, the excess logging slash piled, the ground scarified, and western lar
. West fork of Swift Creek timber sale project final environmental impact statement . Forest reserves; Logging; Logging; Environmental impact statements; Harvesting. • GROUP-SELECTION/OVERSTORY-REMOVAL HARVEST Due to the multistoried structure of the existing stands, this type of harvest treatment would result in several different stand conditions: - Small openings, up to 5 acres in size, would be created in the existing stand to promote new regeneration. Within these sites, most of the merchantable trees would be harvested, the excess logging slash piled, the ground scarified, and western larch and western white pine planted. - Trees that were too small for harvesting during the 1950s, and now over- top the sapling- and pole-sized trees, would be harvested to: * reduce value loss and mortality, * reduce the stocking density, and * increase the growth of the smaller diameter trees by allowing more penetration of sunlight and moisture. - An estimated 90 percent of the proposed harvest areas would receive some level of harvest treatment. Harvesting would not go through places that are currently without merchantable trees. - Existing snags and an average of 1 tree of large diameter per acre would be retained individually or in groups throughout the harvest area. Most western larch would be A landscape view of proposed Harvest Area II, where a combination of group-select and overstory-removal harvests would be Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Montana. Dept. of Natural Resources and Conservation. Olney, Mont. : The Dept.
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