Environmental Assessment

COMPARISON OF ALTERNATIVES CHAPTER 2
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ALTERNATIVE COMPARISON
Small Tree Thinning (Trees Less than 8 inches dbh) 26
Non-Commercial Harvest 0 2,347 3,263
W/Subsoiling 0 10 1
Slash Treatment
Lop & Scatter 0 2,347 3,263
Fuel Treatment
W/Underburn 0 2,002 3,058
W/Burning beneath Dripline 0 285 175
None 0 60 31
SUBTOTAL 27 0 6,468 7,118
FUEL REDUCTION TREATMENTS 28
Pretreat & Underburn 0 9,553 5,658
Pretreat, Machine Pile, Burn Piles, & Mow 0 147 101
Pretreat, Hand Pile, Burn Piles, &
Underburn
0 2,140 341
Pretreat, Mow, & Underburn 0 307 138
Mow 0 192 83
Mow & Underburn 0 133 305
Tree Removal (9 inch dbh and smaller0 by
Hand Felling or Mowing
0 335 63
Underburn 0 5,299 1,544
Underburn Beneath Tree Dripline 0 2,064 1,875
SUBTOTAL 29 0 20,170 10,108
TOTAL ACRES 30 0 26,638 17,226
26
Small Tree Thinning units may contain trees of commercial size; i.e., trees larger than 8 inches dbh. Depending
on market conditions, commercial removal of wood from within these units may be permitted. The proposed actions
include the possibility of such removal occurring.
27
This figure only includes the gross unit acres proposed for treatment. Many acres have multiple actions such as
commercial and non-commercial thinning followed by slash treatment and subsequent fuel reduction treatment such
as underburning or burning beneath the dripline of residual trees.
28
These figures do not include acres previously included under vegetation treatments displayed previously.
29
This figure only includes the gross number of unit acres. Acres treated with multiple treatments are not duplicated
in the total.
30
These figures represent the sum of the subtotals above. They do not include overlapping treatment acres.