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Comment D-19. 15. These standards and the burn intensity definitions are good. How will the Forest accomplish these standards? (App. D-19). Response The standards will be accomplished by developing and implementing site specific bum prescriptions/plans that will assure the end product meets standards. The burn prescriptions/plans define a range of conditions i.e. temperature, relative humidity, wind, fuel moistures, and lighting sequence which will result in a burn of a certain intensity and duration. All burns require that a burn prescription/plan be developed. K.-9
Firewood Comment The demand for dead wood needs to be addressed as a significant interaction for nongame wildlife habitat. The consequences to wildlife of proposed management strategies for dead wood need to be discussed in Chapter IV. Response The Wildlife and Fish Forest-wide Standards and Guidelines in the Forest Plan contains the direction for dead tree habitat. The Plan states that dead tree habitat will be maintained at 40% of the maximum potential population by a combination of strategies that will leave patches of snags and individual trees. The discussion in the DEIS and FEIS, Chapter IV, Effects of the Alternatives on Wildlife Communities, Woodpecker Groups shows how the alternatives varied in their ability to meet the needs of dead tree dependent species. Comment The gathering of firewood must not decrease habitat conditions for nongame species below the 60 percent level. Response It is Forest Policy to only cut firewood from dead and down trees for all species, except for lodgepole pine. Both standing dead and dead and down lodgepole pine may be harvested for firewood. This policy is stated in the Timber Forest-wide Standards and Guidelines of the final plan. This policy has been effective in maintaining dead wildlife habitat in wood cutting area. Few people harvest the true firs for firewood in this area. This species group generally meet the needs for down material in the mixed conifer and pine associated working group areas. Once a dead ponderosa pine snag falls in the ponderosa pine areas, it also does not make good firewood and generally meets the dead and down material needs. Down lodgepole pine deteriorates very quickly and is generally not being used for firewood once it is on the ground. For the above reasons, we believe our firewood policy will maintain the non-game species population. Comment Areas with commercial fuel wood sales must meet a minimum of 60 percent of potential for dead and down woody habitats. Response As stated in Management of Wildlife and Fish Habitats in Forests of Western Oregon and Washington, "There are no complete guides to the number of large logs and the amount of coarse debris that should remain on a site after timber harvest and site preparation. Defining the types and sizes of logs and other woody debris desired in managed stands is still a major research problem., Bill Hopkins, Ecologist, has been studying what the Winema looked like before there was major influence by mankind. Around the turn of the century, the understory was totally bare of large logs and debris and early photos show very little. This is very different than what we see today. Until definitive direction is established, the Forest will generally follow the management considerations for protecting dead and down woody material stated in Wildlife Habitats in Managed Forests, The Blue Mountains of Oregon and Washington, and in Management of Wildlife and Fish Habitats in Forests of Western Oregon and Washington. This direction is included in the Wildlife and Fish Forest-wide Standards and Guidelines. K- 10
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Page 7 and 8: Businesses and Organizations ALLA M
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Page 37 and 38: The Proposed Land and Resource Mana
Page 39: Comment D-19. 15. These standards a
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Page 45 and 46: Response Chapter 4 of the FEIS has
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Page 51 and 52: Comment The plan need not be amende
Page 53 and 54: Comment Page IV-34. Wilderness Mana
Page 55 and 56: Comment Since the State Highway sys
Page 57 and 58: Comment Page IV-60 (22) - Facilitie
Page 59 and 60: Comment Page IV-10 - Effects of the
Page 61 and 62: While it may be true that some area
Page 63 and 64: Park. We are concerned about how th
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Page 67 and 68: Comment A final comment with regard
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Page 71 and 72: Comment Also, I feel that along wit
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Page 75 and 76: Comment The conversion of 74.2 perc
Page 77 and 78: Comment PP IV40. 8. Disturbance of
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Page 81 and 82: Response Research Natural Areas are
Page 83 and 84: Response The discussions in chapter
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Page 87 and 88: Comment Outside of the three design
Page 89 and 90: Response The current winter sports
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Because the only reason given in th
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Response True. Effects will be dete
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Response Scoping for the Forest Pla
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Comment The main points we wish to
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Comment The DEIS does not adequatel
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Comment The Winema did not perform
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Comment Webster's Third New Interna
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worst case analyses are presented.
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Comment IV-14 Para. 3. (and all oth
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Comment The proposed monitoring pla
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may be reluctant to authorize them.
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Comment A complete assessment of en
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the the soils, riparian zones, and
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Comment Studies in Arizona and Cent
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Response Final Forest Plan recogniz
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Comment Trout unlimited recommends
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soil conditions, plant phenology, t
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Comment The LRMP states that 'The l
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Recreation Comment I, then, fully u
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Comment What is the difference betw
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Response Wildernesses were not only
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Response The terms 'snowmobile,' wa
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Crater Lake National Park, Upper Kl
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Response Agreed. These are some of
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Response The FEIS preferred alterna
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Comment We request that the WNF ins
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Comment The National Forest is supp
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Comment I also do not see why so mu
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Comment P.11-51. It should be state
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Comment Guidelines for visual manag
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Comment If there was a road into th
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ment. I believe that a niche market
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Comment Where possible, the plan sh
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Roads and Corridors Comment The pro
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and to reduce road maintenance expe
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Comment Specifically, there is a ne
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esponse to public comment, addition
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Response The number of miles to be
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KLAMATH COUNTY HISTORICAL LUMBER AN
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Comment According to Henshaw, the i
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should be planned as a part of the
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Comment I have made a continuous st
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thus tends to have a higher risk of
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it should be realized by the plan a
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log and lumber haul which depends o
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Soils Comment Can Eastern Oregon, t
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Threatened and Endangered Plants an
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Response The Area 4 Forests, which
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Spotted owl - Spotted owl habitat a
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Response The current status of the
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Timber Management Comment Has any p
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Comment I also feel that not enough
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Response I am sorry if we led you t
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The harvest levels should be pulled
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Comment In my opinion, clearcutting
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Response Yes, this is true; and, fo
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The Forest definitely looks differe
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Comment DEIS, 11-84, Table 3A - All
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Comment People need affordable hous
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Response The Winema National Forest
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The citation at the bottom of page
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were changed to remove logging with
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trees on an acre with no reductions
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Response The present Timber Resourc
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Comment When managing future lodgep
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to produce a clear block of wood be
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Response The DEIS was designed so s
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Response The discussion for the ope
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Comment We recommend that the Winem
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Response We did not input the uneve
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Response The inventory has been upd
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Response Chapter 4 of the Forest Pl
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of the plots are still available an
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There are no mitigating measures to
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Chapter 4 of the FEIS in Effects of
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and regenerated often. The mixed co
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Response Yes, we agree that timber
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Comment I request that you closely
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The Winema's Forest Plan will not c
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Response The FEIS Preferred Alterna
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Response We elected not to make thi
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Comment D-80 Timber 1. Change to re
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acre of uneven-aged management rece
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Comment Adjustments to yield estima
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The forest does note that certain c
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6. Improve the forest's ability to
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emphasizes timber production over o
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Comment Mixed Conifer and Lodgepole
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Water Comment Marsh, which is mostl
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area values and define water qualit
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compliance with water quality stand
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Comment The time frame of 50 years
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Comment The riparian management are
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Furthermore, the DEIS (pgs. 111-59-
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Response There will be no programme
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Response Class IlIl streams are pro
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upper limit which would make monito
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management activities, it does not
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eceived the priority that it might
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Response We agree that the fisherie
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Response Alternative E was the Pref
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are included. Additional study is n
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ODFW recommends all pure aspen stan
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elk habitat. You should include suf
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Response The Forest Plan provides a
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Response The Plan will provide spot
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Response Management Area 9 address
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Comment No nesting or population su
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costs. Our analysis indicates that
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logical reason not to allow elk num
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Comment From a wildlife perspective
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Response The description of MA 8 is
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Response The Forest is attempting t
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Comment In summary, NFMA requires t
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Response Recreation demand has been
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Comment The riparian area managemen
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old-growth stands located in a five
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pine sites produce more forage in d
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Comment P.IV-16 Below-cost Timber S
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Response See the Glossary for defin
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Response The goals for Management A
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Comment Need for Further Documentat
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different levels of protection woul
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Comment Threatened and Endangered S
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