CLIN15DUIS.doc

CLIN15 Grouse/Punch Thin and HP DUIS

Number

Leave

Species Preference

1/ 3/ Current Species

Composition Max Dbh

Cut Limit Min Cut

Tree Hgt.

Max Cull

Tree DBH Fuels

Treatment Additional Information from footnotes

Foot Note Items:

1-Any overstory trees with Mistletoe will be thinned around removing all same species within 2 drip lines of the infected tree.

2-Unit must contain at minimum 1 wildlife patch that is at least 1 acre in size AND no larger than 3 acres. 10% of unit must be left to wildlife patches.

3-Wildlife patch must be at least 100 feet away from unit boundary AND any non- decommissioned road.

4- Plastic products (polyethylene or polyvinyl chloride) and/or Kraft paper shall be used, size of plastic must cover 2/3 of pile, and placed in the upper 1/3 of the pile to maintain a dry core of kindling sized material, and a portion of plastic must be visible.

5- Piles shall not be placed on large or tall stumps, down logs greater than 12” small-end diameter, or large rocks.

6- No hand piling will occur within 25 ft of floodplain in all RHCAs.

7- Minimum pile size is 5 feet high and 6 feet wide, and 5 feet long with plastic in upper 1/3 of pile.

8- Piling of thinning activity slash only to 10 tons/acre in fuel size class of 9 inches or less.

9- Hand Piling—A quality level of 95 percent or higher based on residual fuel loading and pile characteristics is acceptable for full payment.

10- Piles shall not be placed within 20 ft of large (equal to or greater than 12 inch) snags

11- From May 1st to June 30th crews will watch for lone elk, deer or antelope. Most of these animals readily move and avoid areas of human activity. However, if newborn fawns (antelope, mule deer) or elk calves are observed, the area should be avoided, allowing the mothers to move the young away from the project.

12- Contractor shall report any new raptor nests within the unit or at the edge of the unit to the COR inspector

13- All trees less than 10 inches dbh in road right-of-way will be cut.