Dead/Dying Douglas-fir Granite Creek area

Dead/Dying Douglas-fir Harvest up to 95% of dead/dying trees <35” DBH Harvest green Douglas-fir with extensive budworm damage and/or evidence of successful beetle attack Leave all Douglas-fir snags >36” unless they present a safety hazard Granite Creek area

Green Douglas-fir and Mixed Conifer California Creek area Historic Douglas-fir savannah with second growth understory Thin Douglas-fir from below to average residual basal area of 80 ft 2 /ac Basal area would vary from 20 – 120 ft 2 /ac depending on site conditions

Green Douglas-fir and Mixed Conifer Mixed conifer stand in Fletcher Creek area Harvest all live lodgepole pine infested with bark beetles and 90% of dead/dying lodgepole Harvest subalpine fir Leave Engelmann spruce if in small patches (<1 acre) or in streamside management zone –If in patches >1 acre, patch cut up to ½ acre

Green Douglas-fir and Mixed Conifer California Creek area

Pre- and Post-treatment Basal Area (Barton Gulch timber sale) Barton Gulch timber sale Pre-treatment –Basal area ~ 200 ft 2 /ac Silvicultural prescription –Thin from below Post-treatment –Basal area averaging 80 ft 2 /ac –Varies from 40 to 140 ft 2 /ac depending on site conditions

Average 80 ft 2 /ac Residual Basal Area Barton Gulch timber sale

Previously managed Douglas-fir (primarily in the Meadow Creek area) Previously harvested stand in Meadow Creek area Harvest recent dead/dying trees as needed Leave all existing snags unless they present a safety hazard

Previously managed Douglas-fir Post-treatment basal area of ft 2 /ac Meadow Creek area

Aspen Nugget Creek area Cut all conifers within 2 aspen tree heights of viable aspen clones Leave non-merchantable material on site to act as a browse barrier