Appendix 1 

Unit Cards 

 

Appendix 1 

Unit Cards 

Introduction 

Unit and Road Cards are used to explain site-specific proposed activities and 

any resource concerns and responses. These activities include timber harvest 

units and proposed and existing roads needed for timber harvest. Both 

narratives and maps showing site-specific information are provided. 

The introduction to this appendix is followed by a narrative card and a map for 

each harvest unit in the Selected Alternative. The maps show all adjacent units. 

The Selected Alternative map (Figure R-2) shows all the units as they lie in the 

project area. 

Unit Card Header Information 

Each unit card has a header block with information used to generally describe 

the stand’s size, location, and volume proposed for harvest. Each header block 

contains the following information: 

 Unit Number: The number assigned to the unit block during the Logging 

Systems and Transportation Analysis development. 

 Unit Acres: An estimate of total acres within the unit using aerial photos 

and GIS information. 

 Alternatives: Identifies the alternative(s) in which the unit is proposed. 

 Land Use Designation (LUD): Land Use Designation is a defined area of 

land, identified by the Forest Plan, to which specific management direction 

is applied. 

 Net Timber Volume: Estimated volume (sawtimber only) in thousand 

board feet to be harvested. This was derived from field estimates and the 

stand exam program. A cruise will be done during implementation to 

determine an accurate volume before the timber is sold. 

 Existing Stand Condition: The developmental stage of the physical and 

temporal distribution of trees and other plants in a forested area. 

 Silvicultural Prescription: Provides information about the methods, 

techniques, timing, and monitoring of vegetative treatments. The detailed 

silvicultural prescription is in the project record. 

 Logging Method/Transportation: Identifies the method of logging in the 

unit and the transportation used. All units will be yarded using ground 

based methods (cable or shovel).

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Harvest Treatments 

Silvicultural prescriptions include these unit cards plus the sale layout and 

marking guidelines that would be completed for each of the timber harvest 

units that are included in the Central Kupreanof Timber Harvest Area. Minor 

changes can be expected during implementation to better meet on-site resource 

management and protection objectives. Minor adjustments to unit boundaries 

are also likely during final layout for the purpose of improving logging system 

efficiency or for site conditions. 

All merchantable trees will be harvested. The objectives of this system are to 

create a fast-growing stand of trees to maximize wood fiber production, 

favorable timber sale harvest economics and logging feasibility. These stands 

will regenerate into a mostly single-aged stand. 

This system regenerates and maintains a stand with two age classes by 

removing trees in clumps or as individual trees. Reserves or clumps will be 

distributed somewhat evenly across the harvest unit or stand, and away from 

the unit boundary. The resulting stand may be two-aged or trend toward the 

uneven-aged condition as a consequence of both an extended period of 

regeneration establishment and retention of reserve trees that may represent one 

or more age classes. Two-aged management regimes can produce stands of 

greater structural diversity than even-aged management. These stands will not 

be reentered for harvest until the next rotation in approximately 100 years. 

This system regenerates and maintains a multi-aged structure by removing 

some trees in all size classes either individually, in small groups, or in strips. 

Uneven-aged management maintains or creates a stand with trees of three or 

more distinct age (size) classes, either intimately mixed or in small groups. 

This remaining structure provides wildlife habitat and reduces visual impacts. 

The next entry into these stands will be in approximately 75 years, when 

approximately 25 percent of the stand’s pre-harvest basal area will be removed 

in patches or in single trees. 

Resource Concerns and Responses 

In the Central Kupreanof Timber Harvest Area, most of the economic, wildlife, 

and watershed concerns are mitigated with the silvicultural system. Other 

resource concerns, such as soils, scenery, and fisheries, are mitigated by unit 

design and adherence to Forest Plan Standards and Guidelines and best 

management practices (BMPs). 

Forest Plan Standards and Guidelines and BMP 12.6 direct the design of 

Riparian Management Areas (RMAs) associated with each stream in the 

project area. The standards and guidelines prohibit programmed commercial 

timber harvest in RMAs associated with all Class I, Class II, and most Class III 

streams, except for right-of-way clearing for road construction. 

RMAs vary in width from the edge of the stream channel according to process 

group (Table A1-1) and stream value class (Table A1-2). All Class I and Class 

Even-aged 

Management/ 

Clearcut 

Two-aged 

Management 

Uneven-aged 

Management 

Riparian 

Management 

Areas 

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II streams are protected from commercial timber harvest within a minimum 

horizontal distance of 100 feet from the bankfull margins. Depending on the 

channel type, RMA widths can be up to 140 feet wide on either side of some 

Class I, Class II, and Class III streams. RMAs adjacent to Class III streams are 

protected from commercial timber harvest, except along palustrine channel 

types. RMA widths on Class III streams are extended to the side-slope break 

(top of the V-notch). 

Unit card maps show the location of all streams within the unit, numbered for 

reference, and the associated RMAs. RMA widths for each Class I, Class II, 

and Class III stream are described in the unit card narratives. Streams were 

field mapped inside the unit and just outside the unit. The rest of the steam was 

mapped using aerial photos and contour lines to estimate the placement of the 

stream from the units to known streams. These sections are labeled as 

unknown connectors and are not shown as buffered. 

Log yarding practices are based on slope stability, soil disturbance, channel 

type, and stream class. Additional measures are taken to protect RMAs from 

possible disturbance associated with tree felling and yarding. Harvest activities 

near Class I, Class II, and Class III streams require that trees be felled away 

from the stream and that trees yarded across or along stream courses be fully 

suspended to minimize the exposure of mineral soil. Trees near Class IV 

streams are felled away from the stream whenever feasible and logging debris 

introduced into Class IV streams is removed. Class IV streams are treated as 

part of the hillside, under slope stability standards and guidelines. The 

objective is to minimize soil erosion, mass movement, and formation of new 

channels. 

Stream Protection Categories 

The following stream protection measures are required in all units with 

streams. See individual unit cards for stream categories. 

Class I streams and Class II streams are marked with blue and white striped 

flagging, and will be protected by no-cut buffers designated by process group 

in Forest Plan Riparian Standards and Guidelines. No commercial timber will 

be removed from these buffers. Trees identified for harvest will be felled to 

avoid no-cut buffers. Prior to any operations within a buffer, a Stream Course 

Protection Plan will be developed for that buffer (BMP 13.16). 

Class III streams are marked with orange and white striped flagging. These 

stream courses will be protected by no-cut buffers within the v-notch. Class IV 

streams with unstable side-slopes may also be assigned Category B protection 

without buffers. The following are Category B protections: 

Split yard and directionally fall trees away from Class III and IV 

streams without buffers (RIP2-II). Felled trees that inadvertently enter 

or cross stream courses shall not be bucked or limbed until clear of 

stream courses, unless limbing or bucking would reduce damage to the 

Category A 

Category B 

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riparian vegetation or stream banks. Debris in stream courses resulting 

from falling or yarding shall be removed immediately to a stable 

location above high water mark. Existing natural stable debris will be 

left undisturbed. When ground skidding systems are employed, logs 

will be end-lined out of riparian areas. Fully suspend logs where 

yarding is to be done across streams or the full length of a stream or 

drainage (BMP 13.16, RIP2-II). 

Class IV streams and all other intermittent, ephemeral, and small perennial 

channels and V-notches designated for soil and water quality protection are 

marked with green and white striped flagging and will be protected in the 

following manner: 

Where practicable, trees will be felled and yarded away from stream 

courses. The trees that cannot be felled away from stream courses will 

be felled to bridge the stream providing these trees will be yarded 

during the same operating season. Trees felled to bridge stream courses 

will be bucked, limbed, and topped clear of stream course and its banks. 

Debris which restrict natural water flow, adversely affect water quality 

or have potential for debris flow will be removed to a stable location 

above high water mark before the yarder leaves the unit or upon 

completion of seasonal logging activities in the unit, whichever comes 

first (BMP 13.16). 

Best Management Practices 

The following best management practices (BMPs) will be applied in order to 

protect water quality in the project area as specified in the Forest Plan (pages 

C-1 to C-3). The BMPs are cited on the unit cards and road cards where 

appropriate. Not all BMPs apply to every situation. 

BMP 12.5 (Wetland Identification, Evaluation and Protection) – To 

identify wetland functions and value, and provide appropriate protection 

measures designed to avoid adverse hydrologic impacts. 

BMP 12.6 (Riparian Area Designation and Protection) – To identify 

riparian areas and their associated management activities. 

BMP 12.6a (Buffer Design and Layout) – To design streamside buffers to 

meet objectives defined during the implementation of BMP 12.6. 

BMP 12.17 (Revegetation of Disturbed Areas) – To provide ground cover to 

minimize soil erosion. 

BMP 13.5 (Identification and Avoidance of Unstable Areas) – To avoid 

triggering mass movements and resultant erosion and sedimentation by 

excluding unstable areas from timber harvest. 

BMP 13.9 (Determining Guidelines for Yarding Operations) – To select 

appropriate yarding systems and guidelines for protecting soil and water 

resources. 

Category C 

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BMP 13.16 (Stream Channel Protection – Implementation and 

Enforcement) – To provide the site-specific stream protection prescriptions 

consistent with objectives identified under BMPs 12.6 and 12.6a. 

Objectives may include the following: 

 Maintain the natural flow regime. 

 Provide for unobstructed passage of storm flows. 

 Maintain integrity of the riparian buffer to filter sediment and other 

pollutants. 

 Restore the natural course of any stream that has been diverted as soon as 

practicable. 

 Maintain natural channel integrity to protect aquatic habitat and other 

beneficial uses. 

 Prevent adverse changes to the natural stream temperature regime. 

BMP 14.1 (Transportation Planning) – To ensure soil and water resources 

are considered in transportation planning activities. 

BMP 14.2 (Location of Transportation Facilities) – To ensure water 

resources protection measures are considered when locating roads and trails. 

BMP 14.3 (Design of Transportation Facilities) – To incorporate sitespecific soil and water resource protection measures into the design of roads 

and trails. 

BMP 14.5 (Road and Trail Erosion Control Plan) – Develop erosion control 

plans for road or trail projects to minimize or mitigate erosion sedimentation 

and resulting water quality degradation prior to the initiation of construction 

and maintenance activities. Ensure compliance through effective contract 

administration and timely implementation of erosion control measures. 

BMP 14.6 (Timing Restrictions for Construction Activities) – Minimize 

erosion potential by restricting the operating schedule and conducting 

operations during lower risk periods. 

BMP 14.7 (Measures to Minimize Mass Failures) – Minimize the chance and 

extent of road-related mass failures, including landslides and embankment 

slumps. 

BMP 14.8 (Measures to Minimize Surface Erosion) – Minimize the erosion 

from cutslopes, fillslopes, and the road surface, and consequently reduce the 

risk of sediment production. 

BMP 14.9 (Drainage Control to Minimize Erosion and Sedimentation) – 

Minimize the erosive effects of concentrated water flows from transportation 

facilities and the resulting degradation of water quality through proper design 

and construction of drainage control systems. 

 

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BMP 14.10 (Pioneer Road Construction) – Minimize sediment production 

associated with pioneer road construction. 

BMP 14.11 (Timely Erosion Control Measures for Incomplete Projects) – 

Minimize erosion of and sedimentation from disturbed ground on incomplete 

projects by completing erosion control work prior to seasonal or extended 

shutdowns. 

BMP 14.12 (Control of Excavation and Sidecast Material) – Minimize 

sedimentation from unconsolidated excavated and sidecast material caused by 

road construction, reconstruction, or maintenance. 

BMP 14.14 (Control of In-channel Operations) – Minimize stream channel 

disturbances and related sediment production. 

BMP 14.15 (Diversion of Flows Around Construction Sites) – Identify and 

implement diversion and de-watering requirements at construction sites to 

protect water quality and downstream uses. 

BMP 14.17 (Bridge and Culvert Design and Installation) – Minimize 

adverse impacts on water quality, stream courses, and fisheries resources from 

the installation of bridges, culverts, or other stream crossings. 

BMP 14.20 (Road Maintenance) – Maintain all roads in a manner which 

provides for soil and water resources protection by minimizing rutting, road 

prism failures, sidecasting, and blockage of drainage facilities. 

BMP 14.22 (Access and Travel Management) – Control access and manage 

road use to reduce the risk of erosion and sedimentation from road surface 

disturbance especially during the higher risk periods associated with high 

runoff and spring thaw conditions. 

Process Groups and Channel Types 

The Tongass National Forest defines stream channel types according to the 

Channel Type User Guide (USDA Forest Service 1992), the foundation upon 

which aquatic habitat management prescriptions are developed. Channel types 

are defined within the context of fluvial process groups that describe the 

interrelationship between watershed runoff, landform relief, geology, and 

glacial or tidal influences on fluvial erosion and deposition processes. 

Individual channel type classifications are defined by physical attributes such 

as channel gradient, channel width, channel pattern, stream bank incision and 

containment. Table A1-1 shows the Forest Plan process group abbreviations 

used on the unit card narratives. See the Forest Plan, Figure D-1 (page D-4) for 

a visual representation of the typical distribution of channel process groups. 

Each unit card summarizes the protection for a particular unit. Only the 

channel types found in proposed timber harvest units are listed. 

 

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Table A1-1 

Channel Types In or Adjacent to Proposed Harvest Units 

Process Group Process Group 

Abbreviation 

Description 

Alluvial Fan AF Channels occurring on 

alluvial fan landforms 

Floodplain FP Low-gradient channels on 

broad flood plains 

High-gradient 

Contained 

HC High-gradient channels 

contained by steep valley 

walls 

Moderate-gradient 

Contained 

MC Moderate-gradient channels 

contained by steep valley 

walls 

Moderate-gradient, 

Mixed-control 

MM Moderate-gradient channels 

with some flood plain 

development 

Large Contained LC Low-gradient channels 

contained by steep valley 

walls 

Palustrine PA Very low-gradient, placid 

channels draining wetlands 

 

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Table A1-2 

Stream Value Classes 

Stream Value Class Criteria 

Class I Streams and lakes with anadromous or adfluvial fish 

or fish habitat; or high quality resident fish waters, 

or habitat above fish migration barriers known to be 

reasonable enhancement opportunities for 

anadromous fish. 

Class II Streams and lakes with resident fish or fish habitat 

and generally steep (6-25 percent or higher) gradient 

(can also include streams with a 0-6 percent 

gradient) where no anadromous fish occur, and 

otherwise not meeting Class I criteria. 

Class III Streams are perennial and intermittent streams that 

have no fish populations or fish habitat, but have 

sufficient flow or sediment and debris transport to 

directly influence downstream water quality or fish 

habitat capability. For streams less than 30 percent 

gradient, special care is needed to determine if 

resident fish are present. 

Class IV Other intermittent, ephemeral, and small perennial 

channels with insufficient flow or sediment transport 

capabilities to have immediate influence on 

downstream water quality or fish habitat capability. 

Class IV streams do not have the characteristics of 

Class I, II or III streams and have a bankfull width 

of at least 0.3 meter (1 foot). 

 

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Table A1-3 

Units in Selected Alternative 

Unit # in 

Selected 

Alt 

Acres1 Volume 

(MBF) Prescription 

1 77 1806 even-aged 

2 16 171 30% retention 

3 22 468 even-aged 

5 13 320 even-aged 

6 22 541 even-aged 

203 43 1082 even-aged 

204 47 1082 even-aged 

205 78 1650 30% retention 

206 84 1773 even-aged 

207 75 1384 30% retention 

208 43 966 even-aged 

209 39 744 15% retention 

214 7 158 even-aged 

304 28 593 even-aged 

305 41 603 30% retention 

306 14 185 30% retention 

307 22 593 even-aged 

309 25 523 even-aged 

310 22 271 30% retention 

312 14 308 even-aged 

313 39 559 30% retention 

314 120 1876 30% retention 

315 33 706 even-aged 

316 14 296 even-aged 

317 10 198 even-aged 

318 47 1021 even-aged 

320 27 281 30% retention 

501 44 756 30% retention 

502 66 1256 30% retention 

900 33 791 even-aged 

901 39 858 even-aged 

903 36 544 30% retention 

904 12 300 even-aged 

905 77 1668 even-aged 

1329 26,331 1

Due to rounding total acres may differ from individual acres when added. 

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Table A1-4 

Road Construction in Selected Alternative 

New Construction 

Road 

Number 

Beginning Mile 

Post (BMP) 

Ending Mile 

Post (EMP) 

Selected Alt 

(miles) 

6326 8.10 8.58 0.48 

45885 0 0.09 0.09 

45886 0 0.29 0.29 

45887 0 0.31 0.31 

45888 0 0.36 0.36 

45889 0 0.11 0.11 

45891 0 0.20 0.20 

 1.83 

Table A1-5 

Road Reconstruction in Selected Alternative 

Road 

Reconstruction 

Beginning 

Mile Post 

(BMP) 

Ending Mile 

Post (EMP) 

Selected Alt 

(miles) 

6330 0.2 0.86 0.86 

45807 0.20 0.31 0.11 

 0.97 

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Central Kupreanof Unit Card Narrative 

Unit # 1 Unit Size (acres): 77 Alternative: Selected

Aerial Photo: VCU: 4271 Volume (mbf): 1,806 

Land Use Designation: Modified Landscape 

Existing Stand Condition: Old-growth 

Silvicultural Prescription: Even-aged management, clearcut 

Logging Method/Transportation: Shovel / temporary road construction, existing NFS road 

Resource Concerns & Responses 

Resource Watershed/Fisheries 

Concern: Streams 1 and 2 are Class II HC2. 

 Stream 3 is Class I and II MM1. 

 Stream 4 is Class I MM1. 

 Stream 5 is Class III HC2. 

 Stream 6 is Class IV HC2. 

Response: Streams 1 and 2: No timber harvest within 100 feet of the stream or the top of the vnotch, whichever is greater (BMPs 12.6, 12.6a). 

Streams 3 and 4: No timber harvest within the RMA (greatest of the 100-year flood 

plain, riparian vegetation or soils, riparian associated wetland fens, or 120 feet of 

channel) (BMPs 12.6, 12.6a, 13.9, 13.16). 

Stream 5: “B” protection. No harvest within the v-notch, directional felling, full 

suspension, immediate removal of logging debris (BMP 13.9, 13.16). 

Stream 4: No timber harvest within 100 feet of the stream or the top of the v-notch, 

whichever is greater (BMPs 12.6, 12.6a). 

Stream 6: “C” protection. Directional felling if feasible. Full suspension or split yard 

away from streams if feasible, a minimum of partial suspension is required. Remove 

logging debris from stream (BMPs 13.9, 13.16). 

Resource Sensitive/Rare Plants 

Concern: Found sensitive plant in unit – Wright filmy fern (Hymenophyllum wrightii). This 

species was removed from the Sensitive Species List in February 2009. 

Response: No protection measures proposed. 

No Concerns: Scenery, Recreation, Soils, Karst, Wildlife, Vegetation, Heritage, Wetlands 

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Old-growth Reserve

Riparian Management Area

Very High Hazard Soils (MMI-4)

Lakes

Managed Stands

óóóóóó Proposed Temporary Roads

Open NFS Roads

Closed Roads

Proposed NFS Roads

Reconstructed Roads

! ! Stream Value Class I

!! !! Stream Value Class II

!!! !!! Stream Value Class III

!!!! !!! Stream Value Class IV

Project Area Boundary

100-ft Contour Interval

500-ft Contour Interval

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#* Rare Plants

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Central Kupreanof Unit Card Narrative

Unit # 2 Unit Size (acres): 16 Alternative: Selected

Aerial Photo: VCU: 4271 Volume (mbf): 171 

Land Use Designation: Modified Landscape 

Existing Stand Condition: Old-growth 

Silvicultural Prescription: Two-aged management, clearcut with 30% area retention 

Logging Method/Transportation: Shovel / existing NFS road 

Resource Concerns & Responses 

Resource Watershed/Fisheries 

Concern: Stream 1 is Class I MM1 and Class II HC2. 

 Stream 2 is Class IV MM1. 

 Stream 3 is Class IV HC1. 

 Stream 4 is Class II MM1. 

 Stream 5 is Class IV HC0. 

 Stream 6 is Class II HC2 below the road and Class IV HC2 above the road. 

Response: Streams 1 (MM1 section) and 4: No timber harvest within the RMA (greatest of the 

flood plain, riparian vegetation or soils, riparian associated wetland fens, or 120 feet 

from channel) (BMPs 12.6, 12.6a, 13.9, 13.16). 

 Streams 2, 3, 5, and 6 (above the road): “C” protection. Directional felling if feasible. 

Full suspension or split yard away from streams if feasible, a minimum of partial 

suspension is required. Remove logging debris from stream. (BMPs 13.9, 13.16). 

 Streams 1 (HC2) and 6: No timber harvest within 100 feet of the stream or the top of 

the v-notch, whichever is greater (BMPs 12.6, 12.6a). 

Resource Wetlands 

Concern: Approximately 16 acres of harvest is proposed on forested wetland (BMP 12.5). 

Shovel yarding may cause rutting due to lack of bearing strength on poorly drained 

organic soils. 

Response: Operate shovel on puncheon or slash mattress to provide adequate bearing strength on 

the higher areas of the unit (BMP 13.2, 13.9). 

No Concerns: Scenery, Recreation, Sensitive/Rare Plants, Soils, Karst, Wildlife, Vegetation, 

Heritage 

 

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Riparian Management Area

Very High Hazard Soils (MMI-4)

Lakes

Managed Stands

óóóóóó Proposed Temporary Roads

Open NFS Roads

Closed Roads

Proposed NFS Roads

Reconstructed Roads

! ! Stream Value Class I

!! !! Stream Value Class II

!!! !!! Stream Value Class III

!!!! !!! Stream Value Class IV

Project Area Boundary

100-ft Contour Interval

500-ft Contour Interval

? Sensitive Plants

#* Rare Plants

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Central Kupreanof Unit Card Narrative 

Unit # 3 Unit Size (acres): 22 Alternative: Selected

Aerial Photo: VCU: 4260 Volume (mbf): 468 

Land Use Designation: Timber Production 

 

Existing Stand Condition: Old-growth 

Silvicultural Prescription: Even-aged management, clearcut 

Logging Method/Transportation: Shovel / existing NFS road, and proposed temporary and NFS 

road construction 

Resource Concerns & Responses 

Resource Watershed/Fisheries 

Concern: Stream 1 is Class I MM1. 

 Stream 2 is Class IV HC0. 

 Stream 3 is Class II MM0. 

 Streams 4 and 5 are Class II HC2. 

 Stream 6 is Class IV HC1. 

 Stream 7 is Class IV HC2. 

 Stream 8 is Class IV HC5. 

 Stream 9 is Class IV MM0. 

 Stream 10 is Class I MM2. 

Response: Streams 1, 3, and 10: No timber harvest within the RMA (greatest of the flood plain, 

riparian vegetation or soils, riparian associated wetland fens, or 120 feet from 

channel) (BMPs 12.6, 12.6a, 13.9, 13.16). 

Streams 2 and 6-9: “C” protection. Directional felling if feasible. Full suspension or 

split yard away from streams if feasible, a minimum of partial suspension is required. 

Remove logging debris from stream (BMPs 13.9, 13.16). 

Streams 4 and 5: No timber harvest within 100 feet of the stream or the top of the vnotch, whichever is greater (BMPs 12.6, 12.6a). 

 

Resource Sensitive/Rare Plants 

Concern: Found sensitive plant in unit – Wright filmy fern (Hymenophyllum wrightii). This 

species was removed from the Sensitive Species List in February 2009. 

Response: May be partially protected with timber falling away from the riparian buffer. 

No Concerns: Scenery, Recreation, Soils, Wetlands, Karst, Wildlife, Vegetation, Heritage 

 

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Lakes

Managed Stands

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Open NFS Roads

Closed Roads

Proposed NFS Roads

Reconstructed Roads

! ! Stream Value Class I

!! !! Stream Value Class II

!!! !!! Stream Value Class III

!!!! !!! Stream Value Class IV

Project Area Boundary

100-ft Contour Interval

500-ft Contour Interval

? Sensitive Plants

#* Rare Plants

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Central Kupreanof Unit Card Narrative 

Unit # 5 Unit Size (acres): 13 Alternative: Selected

Aerial Photo: VCU: 4260 Volume (mbf): 320 

Land Use Designation: Timber Production 

 

Existing Stand Condition: Old-growth 

Silvicultural Prescription: Even-aged management, clearcut 

Logging Method/Transportation: Cable 

Resource Concerns & Responses 

Resource Watershed/Fisheries 

Concern: 

 Stream 9 is Class IV HC5 

 Stream 8 is Class III HC5 

Response: Stream 8 and 10: “B” protection. No harvest within the v-notch, directional felling, 

full suspension, immediate removal of logging debris. (BMPs 13.9, 13.16). 

 Stream 9“C” protection. Directional felling if feasible. Full suspension or split yard 

away from streams if feasible, a minimum of partial suspension is required. Remove 

logging debris from stream (BMPs 13.9, 13.16). 

 

No Concerns: Scenery, Recreation, Sensitive/Rare Plants, Wetlands, Karst, Wildlife, Heritage, 

Vegetation, Soils 

 

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Lakes

Managed Stands

óóóóóó Proposed Temporary Roads

Open NFS Roads

Closed Roads

Proposed NFS Roads

Reconstructed Roads

! ! Stream Value Class I

!! !! Stream Value Class II

!!! !!! Stream Value Class III

!!!! !!! Stream Value Class IV

Project Area Boundary

100-ft Contour Interval

500-ft Contour Interval

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Central Kupreanof Unit Card Narrative 

Unit # 6 Unit Size (acres): 22 Alternative: Selected

Aerial Photo: VCU: 4260 Volume (mbf): 541 

Land Use Designation: Timber Production 

Existing Stand Condition: Old-growth 

Silvicultural Prescription: Even-aged management, clearcut 

Logging Method/Transportation: Cable / existing NFS road 

Resource Concerns & Responses 

Resource Watershed/Fisheries 

Concern: All streams within the unit are Class IV HC5. 

Response: “C” protection. Directional felling if feasible. Full suspension or split yard away from 

streams if feasible, a minimum of partial suspension is required. Remove logging 

debris from stream (BMP 13.9, 13.16). 

Resource Soils 

Concern: Southwestern portion of the originally proposed unit was on MMI-4 soils. 

Response: Unit boundary modified to address stability concerns (BMP 13.5). 

Concern: Southeastern portion of originally proposed unit was on poorly drained soils with 

slopes between 60 and 80 percent. 

Response: Unit boundary was modified to address stability concerns (BMP 13.5). 

No Concerns: Scenery, Recreation, Sensitive/Rare Plants, Karst, Wetlands, Wildlife, Vegetation, 

Heritage 

 

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1990

1989

1990

1999

501

209

502

207

6 6 3 3 9

6 3 2 8

6 3 3 4 6 3 3 4

0 330 660 1,320

Feet

 ̄

Selected Unit 

Adjacent Selected Unit

Old-growth Reserve

Riparian Management Area

Very High Hazard Soils (MMI-4)

Lakes

Managed Stands

óóóóóó Proposed Temporary Roads

Open NFS Roads

Closed Roads

Proposed NFS Roads

Reconstructed Roads

! ! Stream Value Class I

!! !! Stream Value Class II

!!! !!! Stream Value Class III

!!!! !!! Stream Value Class IV

Project Area Boundary

100-ft Contour Interval

500-ft Contour Interval

? Sensitive Plants

#* Rare Plants

Central Kupreanof Selected Alternative - Unit 6

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Central Kupreanof Unit Card Narrative 

Unit # 203 Unit Size (acres): 43 Alternative: Selected

Aerial Photo: 1098-185 VCU: 4260 Volume (mbf): 1,082 

Land Use Designation: Timber Production 

Existing Stand Condition: Old-growth 

Silvicultural Prescription: Even-aged management, clearcut 

Logging Method/Transportation: Shovel and cable / existing NFS road 

Resource Concerns & Responses 

Resource Fisheries/Watershed

Concern: Streams 1 and 4 are Class II, Channel Type HC2 and HC5. 

Streams 2 and 5 are Class III, Channel Type HC5. 

Stream 3 is Class IV, Channel Type HC0. 

Stream 6 is Class I, Channel Type MM2. 

Response: Streams 1 and 4: No timber harvest within 100 feet of the stream or the top of the vnotch, whichever is greater. (BMP 12.6, 13.9, 13.16). 

Streams 2 and 5: “B” protection. No harvest within the v-notch, directional felling, 

full suspension, immediate removal of logging debris. (BMP 13.9, 13.16). 

Stream 3: “C” protection. Directional felling if feasible. Full suspension or split yard 

away from streams if feasible, a minimum of partial suspension is required. Remove 

logging debris from stream (BMP 13.9, 13.16). 

 Stream 6: No timber harvest within the greatest of the flood plain, riparian vegetation 

or soils, riparian associated wetland fens, or 120 feet from channel. (BMPs 12.6, 

12.6a, 13.9, 13.16). 

 

Resource Sensitive/Rare Plants 

Concern: Sensitive plant, Wright filmy fern (Hymenophyllum wrightii), found in two places in 

unit. This species was removed from the Sensitive Species List in February 2009. 

Response: One population may be partially protected by falling timber away from the Class IV 

stream. 

No Concerns: Scenery, Soils, Karst, Wetlands, Recreation, Vegetation, Wildlife, Heritage 

 

22 • Appendix 1-Unit Cards Central Kupreanof Record of Decision Appendix 1
óóóóóóóóóóóó óó óó ó

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1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

1989

1989

1990

207

5

203

6 3 3 3

6 3 3 4

6 3 3 3

0 330 660 1,320

Feet

 ̄

Selected Unit 

Adjacent Selected Unit

Old-growth Reserve

Riparian Management Area

Very High Hazard Soils (MMI-4)

Lakes

Managed Stands

óóóóóó Proposed Temporary Roads

Open NFS Roads

Closed Roads

Proposed NFS Roads

Reconstructed Roads

! ! Stream Value Class I

!! !! Stream Value Class II

!!! !!! Stream Value Class III

!!!! !!! Stream Value Class IV

Project Area Boundary

100-ft Contour Interval

500-ft Contour Interval

? Sensitive Plants

#* Rare Plants

Central Kupreanof Selected Alternative - Unit 203

Central Kupreanof Record of Decision APPENDIX 1-Unit Cards • 23 Appendix 1
Central Kupreanof Unit Card Narrative 

Unit # 204 Unit Size (acres): 47 Alternative: Selected

Aerial Photo: 1598-51 VCU: 4260 Volume (mbf): 1,082 

Land Use Designation: Timber Production 

Existing Stand Condition: Old-growth 

Silvicultural Prescription: Even-aged management, clearcut

Logging Method/Transportation: Shovel / existing NFS road, temporary road 

Resource Concerns & Responses 

No Concerns: Fisheries, Watershed, Scenery, Soils, Karst, Wetlands, Recreation, Sensitive/Rare 

Plants, Vegetation, Heritage, Wildlife 

 

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óóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóó óóó óóóóó óóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóó óó óó óóó óóó óóóó

?

1989

1989

1989

205

204

6 3 3 6

6 3 2 6

0 330 660 1,320

Feet

 ̄

Selected Unit 

Adjacent Selected Unit

Old-growth Reserve

Riparian Management Area

Very High Hazard Soils (MMI-4)

Lakes

Managed Stands

óóóóóó Proposed Temporary Roads

Open NFS Roads

Closed Roads

Proposed NFS Roads

Reconstructed Roads

! ! Stream Value Class I

!! !! Stream Value Class II

!!! !!! Stream Value Class III

!!!! !!! Stream Value Class IV

Project Area Boundary

100-ft Contour Interval

500-ft Contour Interval

? Sensitive Plants

#* Rare Plants

Central Kupreanof Selected Alternative - Unit 204

Central Kupreanof Record of Decision APPENDIX 1-Unit Cards • 25 Appendix 1
Central Kupreanof Unit Card Narrative

Unit # 205 Unit Size (acres): 78 Alternative: Selected

Aerial Photo: 1598-51 VCU: 4260 Volume (mbf): 1,650 

Land Use Designation: Timber Production 

Existing Stand Condition: Old-growth 

Silvicultural Prescription: Two-aged management, clearcut with 30% area retention 

Logging Method/Transportation: Shovel and cable / existing NFS road, new NFS road construction, 

temporary road. 

Resource Concerns & Responses 

Resource Fisheries/Watershed 

Concern: Stream 1 is Class I, Channel Type FP3 and MM2. 

Stream 2 is Class III, MM1 in lower section, HC2 in middle section, and HC5 above the 

confluence with Stream 3. 

 Streams 3, 10, and 11 are Class IV, Channel Type HC0. 

 Streams 4 and 7 are Class II, Channel Type HC2. 

Streams 5 and 9 are Class III, Channel Type HC2. 

Streams 6, 13, and 14 are Class IV, Channel Type HC5. 

 Stream 8 is Class IV, Channel Type HC2. 

Stream 12 is Class II, Channel Type MM1. 

Response: Stream 1 (FP3): No commercialtimber harvest within the RMA (greatest of the flood plain, 

riparian vegetation or soils, riparian associated wetland fens, or 130 feet of channel) (BMPs 

12.6, 12.6a, 13.9, 13.16). 

 Streams 1(MM2), 2 (MM1), and 12: No timber harvest within the RMA (greatest of the flood 

plain, riparian vegetation or soils, riparian associated wetland fens, or 120 feet from channel) 

(BMPs 12.6, 12.6a, 13.9, 13.16). 

Streams 2 (HC) 5, and 9: “B” protection. No harvest within the v-notch, directional felling, 

full suspension, immediate removal of logging debris (BMPs 13.9, 13.16). 

Streams 4 and 7: No timber harvest within 100 feet of the stream or the top of the v-notch, 

whichever is greater (BMPs 12.6, 12.6a). 

Streams 3, 6, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14: “C” protection. Directional felling if feasible. Full suspension 

or split yard away from streams if feasible, a minimum of partial suspension is required. 

Remove logging debris from stream (BMP 13.9, 13.16). 

Stream 12: No timber harvest within the RMA (greatest of the 100-year flood plain, riparian 

vegetation or soils, riparian associated wetland fens, or 120 feet of channel) (BMP 12.6, 

12.6a, 13.9, 13.16). 

Resource Sensitive/Rare Plants 

Concern: Two populations of sensitive plant, Wright filmy fern (Hymenophyllum wrightii), found in 

unit. This species was removed from the Sensitive Species List in February 2009. 

Response: No protection measures proposed. 

Resource Wetlands 

Concern: Approximately 6 acres of harvest is proposed on forested wetland (BMP 12.5). Shovel 

yarding may cause rutting due to lack of bearing strength on poorly drained organic soils. 

Response: Operate shovel on puncheon or slash mattress to provide adequate bearing strength on the 

higher areas of the unit (BMP 13.2, 13.9). 

No Concerns: Scenery, Soils, Karst, Recreation, Heritage, Vegetation, Wildlife 

26 • Appendix 1-Unit Cards Central Kupreanof Record of Decision Appendix 1
óóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóó óóó óóóóó óóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóó

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?

1

2

3

4

5

7

8

10 12

13

14

11

6

9

1989

1989

204

206

205

6 3 2 6

6 3 3 6

0 330 660 1,320

Feet

 ̄

Selected Unit 

Adjacent Selected Unit

Old-growth Reserve

Riparian Management Area

Very High Hazard Soils (MMI-4)

Lakes

Managed Stands

óóóóóó Proposed Temporary Roads

Open NFS Roads

Closed Roads

Proposed NFS Roads

Reconstructed Roads

! ! Stream Value Class I

!! !! Stream Value Class II

!!! !!! Stream Value Class III

!!!! !!! Stream Value Class IV

Project Area Boundary

100-ft Contour Interval

500-ft Contour Interval

? Sensitive Plants

#* Rare Plants

Central Kupreanof Selected Alternative - Unit 205

4 5 8 8 5 4 5 8 8 5

Central Kupreanof Record of Decision APPENDIX 1-Unit Cards • 27 Appendix 1
Central Kupreanof Unit Card Narrative 

Unit # 206 Unit Size (acres): 84 Alternative: Selected

Aerial Photo: 1198-96, 1198-94 VCU: 4260 Volume (mbf): 1,773 

Land Use Designation: Timber Production 

Existing Stand Condition: Old-growth 

Silvicultural Prescription: Even-aged management, clearcut 

Logging Method/Transportation: Shovel and cable / existing NFS road and new NFS road 

construction 

Resource Concerns & Responses 

Resource Fisheries/Watershed 

Concern: Streams 1-6 are Class IV HC0. 

 Stream 7 is Class IV HC5. 

 Stream 8 is Class I MM2/MC2. 

Response: Streams 1-7: “C” protection. Directional felling if feasible. Full suspension or split 

yard away from streams if feasible, a minimum of partial suspension is required. 

Remove logging debris from stream. (BMP 13.9, 13.16). 

Stream 8: (MM2) No timber harvest within the RMA (greatest of the flood plain, 

riparian vegetation or soils, riparian associated wetland fens, or 120 feet from 

channel); (MC2) No timber harvest within 100 feet of the stream or the top of the vnotch, whichever is greater. (BMPs 12.6, 12.6a, 13.9, 13.16). 

Resource Sensitive/Rare Plants 

Concern: Sensitive plant, Wright filmy fern (Hymenophyllum wrightii), found in unit. Two 

populations were found. This species was removed from the Sensitive Species List in 

February 2009. 

Response: No protection measures proposed. 

Resource Wetlands 

Concern: Approximately 2 acres of harvest is proposed on forested wetland (BMP 12.5). 

Shovel yarding may cause rutting due to lack of bearing strength on poorly drained 

organic soils. 

Response: Operate shovel on puncheon or slash mattress to provide adequate bearing strength on 

the higher areas of the unit (BMPs 13.2, 13.9). 

No Concerns: Scenery, Soils, Karst, Recreation, Heritage, Vegetation, Wildlife 

28 • Appendix 1-Unit Cards Central Kupreanof Record of Decision Appendix 1
?

?

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

1989

206

6 3 2 6 6 3 2 6

6 3 3 6 6 3 3 6

0 330 660 1,320

Feet

 ̄

Selected Unit 

Adjacent Selected Unit

Old-growth Reserve

Riparian Management Area

Very High Hazard Soils (MMI-4)

Lakes

Managed Stands

óóóóóó Proposed Temporary Roads

Open NFS Roads

Closed Roads

Proposed NFS Roads

Reconstructed Roads

! ! Stream Value Class I

!! !! Stream Value Class II

!!! !!! Stream Value Class III

!!!! !!! Stream Value Class IV

Project Area Boundary

100-ft Contour Interval

500-ft Contour Interval

? Sensitive Plants

#* Rare Plants

Central Kupreanof Selected Alternative - Unit 206

Central Kupreanof Record of Decision APPENDIX 1-Unit Cards • 29 Appendix 1
Central Kupreanof Unit Card Narrative 

Unit # 207 Unit Size (acres): 75 Alternative: Selected

Aerial Photo: 1098-185 VCU: 4260 Volume (mbf): 1,384 

Land Use Designation: Timber Production 

Existing Stand Condition: Old-growth 

Silvicultural Prescription: Two-aged management, clearcut with 30% area retention 

Logging Method/Transportation: Shovel and cable / existing NFS road and new NFS road 

construction 

Resource Concerns & Responses 

Resource Fisheries/Watershed 

Concern: All Streams are Class IV HC0. 

Response: “C” protection. Directional felling if feasible. Full suspension or split yard away from 

streams if feasible, a minimum of partial suspension is required. Remove logging 

debris from stream (BMPs 13.9, 13.16). 

Resource Soils 

Concern: In the area surveyed slopes were between 65 percent and 75 percent. 

Response: Partial suspension for area east of road to meet soil quality standards (BMP 14.8). 

Use timing restrictions during harvest to protect soils in this area (BMP 14.6). 

Resource Wetlands 

Concern: Approximately 11 acres of harvest is proposed on forested and non-forested wetland 

(BMP 12.5). Shovel yarding may cause rutting due to lack of bearing strength on 

poorly drained organic soils. 

Response: Operate shovel on puncheon or slash mattress to provide adequate bearing strength on 

the higher areas of the unit. Do not operate shovel in non-forested areas (BMPs 13.2, 

13.9). 

No Concerns: Scenery, Recreation, Karst, Sensitive/Rare Plants, Vegetation, Wildlife, Heritage 

30 • Appendix 1-Unit Cards Central Kupreanof Record of Decision Appendix 1
?

?

1989

1999

1990

1989

1990

5

203

208

207

6 3 3 4 6 3 3 4

6 3 3 3

6 3 3 3

0 330 660 1,320

Feet

 ̄

Selected Unit 

Adjacent Selected Unit

Old-growth Reserve

Riparian Management Area

Very High Hazard Soils (MMI-4)

Lakes

Managed Stands

Closed Roads

óóóóóó Proposed Temporary Roads

Open NFS Roads

Proposed NFS Roads

Reconstructed Road

! ! Stream Value Class I

!! !! Stream Value Class II

!!! !!! Stream Value Class III

!!!! !!! Stream Value Class IV

100-ft Contour Interval

500-ft Contour Interval

Project Area Boundary

? Sensitive Plants

#* Rare Plants

Central Kupreanof Selected Alternative - Unit 207

Central Kupreanof Record of Decision APPENDIX 1-Unit Cards • 31 Appendix 1
Central Kupreanof Unit Card Narrative

Unit # 208 Unit Size (acres): 43 Alternative: Selected

Aerial Photo: 1098-183, 1098-184, 

1098-185 

VCU: 4271 Volume (mbf): 966 

Land Use Designation: Modified Landscape 

 

Existing Stand Condition: Old-growth 

Silvicultural Prescription: Even-aged management, clearcut 

Logging Method/Transportation: Shovel, cable / existing NFS road 

Resource Concerns & Responses 

Resource Fisheries/Watershed 

Concern: Stream 1 is Class III HC6. 

 Stream 2 is Class II HC1. 

 Streams 3, 4, and 7 are Class IV HC0. 

 Stream 5 is Class III HC5. 

 Stream 6 is Class II HC2. 

Response: Streams 1 and 5: “B” protection. No harvest within the v-notch, directional felling, 

full suspension, immediate removal of logging debris. (BMPs 13.9, 13.16). 

Streams 2 and 6: No timber harvest within 100 feet of the stream or the top of the vnotch, whichever is greater (BMPs 12.6, 12.6a). 

Streams 3, 4, and 7: “C” protection. Directional felling if feasible. Full suspension or 

split yard away from streams if feasible, a minimum of partial suspension is required. 

Remove logging debris from stream (BMPs 13.9, 13.16). 

Resource Scenery 

Concern: Unit visible in the middleground distance from Big John Bay. 

Response: Unit meets the Low Scenic Integrity Objective. 

No Concerns: Soils, Recreation, Karst, Wetlands, Sensitive/Rare Plants, Vegetation, Wildlife, Heritage

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1

2

5

6

7

4

3

1989

901

209

207

208

6 3 2 8

6 3 3 4

0 330 660 1,320

Feet

 ̄

Selected Unit 

Adjacent Selected Unit

Old-growth Reserve

Riparian Management Area

Very High Hazard Soils (MMI-4)

Lakes

Managed Stands

óóóóóó Proposed Temporary Roads

Open NFS Roads

Closed Roads

Proposed NFS Roads

Reconstructed Roads

! ! Stream Value Class I

!! !! Stream Value Class II

!!! !!! Stream Value Class III

!!!! !!! Stream Value Class IV

Project Area Boundary

100-ft Contour Interval

500-ft Contour Interval

? Sensitive Plants

#* Rare Plants

Central Kupreanof Selected Alternative - Unit 208

Central Kupreanof Record of Decision APPENDIX 1-Unit Cards • 33 Appendix 1
Central Kupreanof Unit Card Narrative 

Unit # 209 Unit Size (acres): 39 Alternative: Selected

Aerial Photo: 1098-183 VCU: 4271 Volume (mbf): 744 

Land Use Designation: Modified Landscape 

Existing Stand Condition: Old-growth 

Silvicultural Prescription: Two-aged management with 15% area retention 

Logging Method/Transportation: Shovel and cable / existing NFS road and temporary road 

construction 

Resource Concerns & Responses 

Resource Fisheries/Watershed 

Concern: Stream 1 is Class III HC6. 

 Streams 2, 3, and 4 are Class IV HC0. 

Response: Stream 1: “B” protection. No harvest within the v-notch, directional felling, full 

suspension, immediate removal of logging debris (BMPs 13.9, 13.16). 

 Streams 2, 3, and 4: “C” protection. Directional felling if feasible. Full suspension or 

split yard away from streams if feasible, a minimum of partial suspension is required. 

Remove logging debris from stream (BMPs 13.9, 13.16). 

Resource Scenery 

Concern: Unit visible in the middleground distance from Big John Bay. 

Response: With 15 percent area retention unit meets the Low Scenic Integrity Objective. 

No Concerns: Soils, Recreation, Karst, Wetlands, Sensitive/Rare Plants, Wildlife, Heritage, 

Vegetation 

 

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1

2

3

4

1989

1990

1999

1990

6

501

208

207

209

6 3 2 8

6 3 3 9

6 3 3 4

0 330 660 1,320

Feet

 ̄

Selected Unit 

Adjacent Selected Unit

Old-growth Reserve

Riparian Management Area

Very High Hazard Soils (MMI-4)

Lakes

Managed Stands

óóóóóó Proposed Temporary Roads

Open NFS Roads

Closed Roads

Proposed NFS Roads

Reconstructed Roads

! ! Stream Value Class I

!! !! Stream Value Class II

!!! !!! Stream Value Class III

!!!! !!! Stream Value Class IV

Project Area Boundary

100-ft Contour Interval

500-ft Contour Interval

? Sensitive Plants

#* Rare Plants

Central Kupreanof Selected Alternative - Unit 209

Central Kupreanof Record of Decision APPENDIX 1-Unit Cards • 35 Appendix 1
Central Kupreanof Unit Card Narrative 

Unit # 214 Unit Size (acres): 7 Alternative: Selected

Aerial Photo: 1598-45 VCU: 4290 Volume (mbf):158 

Land Use Designation: Timber Production 

Existing Stand Condition: Old-growth 

Silvicultural Prescription: Even-aged management, clearcut 

Logging Method/Transportation: Shovel / existing NFS road 

Resource Concerns & Responses 

Resource Fisheries/Watershed 

Concern: Stream 1 is Class II HC2. 

 Stream 2 is Class II HC2 and MM1. 

 Stream 3 is Class II HC2 and Class III HC2. 

Response: Streams 1, 2, and 3 Class II HC2 sections: No timber harvest within 100 feet of the 

stream or the top of the v-notch, whichever is greater (BMPs 12.6, 13.9, 13.16). 

 Stream 2 is Class II MM1 section: No timber harvest within the RMA (greatest of the 

flood plain, riparian vegetation or soils, riparian associated wetland fens, or 120 feet from 

channel (BMPs 12.6, 12.6a, 13.9, 13.16). 

 Stream 3 Class III HC2 section: “B” protection. No harvest within the v-notch, 

directional felling, full suspension, immediate removal of logging debris (BMPs 13.9, 

13.16). 

Resource Wetlands 

Concern: Approximately 9 acres of harvest is proposed on forested and non-forested wetland 

(BMP 12.5). Shovel yarding may cause rutting due to lack of bearing strength on 

poorly drained organic soils. 

Response: Operate shovel on puncheon or slash mattress to provide adequate bearing strength on 

the higher areas of the unit. Do not operate shovel in non-forested areas (BMP 13.2, 

13.9). 

No Concerns: Scenery, Soils, Karst, Recreation, Sensitive/Rare Plants, Vegetation, Wildlife, 

Heritage 

 

36 • Appendix 1-Unit Cards Central Kupreanof Record of Decision Appendix 1
#*

2

3

1

1990

1990

1990

214

6 3 2 8

6 3 1 8

0 330 660 1,320

Feet

 ̄

Selected Unit 

Adjacent Selected Unit

Old-growth Reserve

Riparian Management Area

Very High Hazard Soils (MMI-4)

Lakes

Managed Stands

óóóóóó Proposed Temporary Roads

Open NFS Roads

Closed Roads

Proposed NFS Roads

Reconstructed Roads

! ! Stream Value Class I

!! !! Stream Value Class II

!!! !!! Stream Value Class III

!!!! !!! Stream Value Class IV

Project Area Boundary

100-ft Contour Interval

500-ft Contour Interval

? Sensitive Plants

#* Rare Plants

Central Kupreanof Selected Alternative - Unit 214

Central Kupreanof Record of Decision APPENDIX 1-Unit Cards • 37 Appendix 1
Central Kupreanof Unit Card Narrative 

Unit # 304 Unit Size (acres): 28 Alternative: Selected

Aerial Photo: VCU: 4260 Volume (mbf): 593 

Land Use Designation: Timber Production 

Existing Stand Condition: Old-growth 

Silvicultural Prescription: Even-aged management, clearcut 

Logging Method/Transportation: Shovel / existing NFS road 

Resource Concerns & Responses 

Resource Watershed/Fisheries 

Concern: Stream 1 is Class IV MM0. 

 Stream 2 is Class I MC2. 

Response: Stream 1: “C” protection. Directional felling if feasible. Full suspension or split yard 

away from streams if feasible, a minimum of partial suspension is required. Remove 

logging debris from stream (BMPs 13.9, 13.16). 

Stream 2: No timber harvest within 100 feet of the stream or the top of the v-notch, 

whichever is greater (BMPs 12.6, 12.6a). 

No Concerns: Scenery, Recreation, Wetlands, Karst, Sensitive/Rare Plants, Soils, Wildlife, 

Vegetation, Heritage 

 

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1

2

1975

1976

1975

1975

1975

1975

304

6 0 4 0 6 0 4 0

6 3 1 4 6 3 1 4

6 3 1 4

0 330 660 1,320

Feet

 ̄

Selected Unit 

Adjacent Selected Unit

Old-growth Reserve

Riparian Management Area

Very High Hazard Soils (MMI-4)

Lakes

Managed Stands

óóóóóó Proposed Temporary Roads

Open NFS Roads

Closed Roads

Proposed NFS Roads

Reconstructed Roads

! ! Stream Value Class I

!! !! Stream Value Class II

!!! !!! Stream Value Class III

!!!! !!! Stream Value Class IV

Project Area Boundary

100-ft Contour Interval

500-ft Contour Interval

? Sensitive Plants

#* Rare Plants

Central Kupreanof Selected Alternative - Unit 304

Central Kupreanof Record of Decision APPENDIX 1-Unit Cards • 39 Appendix 1
Central Kupreanof Unit Card Narrative 

Unit # 305 Unit Size (acres): 41 Alternative: Selected

Aerial Photo: VCU: 4260 Volume (mbf): 603 

Land Use Designation: Timber Production 

Existing Stand Condition: Old-growth 

Silvicultural Prescription: Two-aged management, clearcut with 30% area retention 

Logging Method/Transportation: Shovel / existing NFS road and new NFS road construction 

Resource Concerns & Responses 

Resource Watershed/Fisheries 

Concern: Stream 1 is Class III/IV MM0. 

 Stream 2 is Class I MM1. 

 Stream 3 is Class IV MM0. 

 Stream 4 is Class IV MM1. 

Response: Stream 1 (Class III section): No timber harvest within the RMA (greatest of the flood 

plain, riparian vegetation or soils, riparian associated wetland fens, or 120 feet from 

channel) (BMPs 12.6, 12.6a, 13.9, 13.16). 

Streams 1 (Class IV section), 3, and 4: “C” protection. Directional felling if feasible. 

Full suspension or split yard away from streams if feasible, a minimum of partial 

suspension is required. Remove logging debris from stream. (BMP 13.9, 13.16). 

Stream 2: No timber harvest within the RMA (greatest of the flood plain, riparian 

vegetation or soils, riparian associated wetland fens, or 120 feet from channel) (BMPs 

12.6, 12.6a, 13.9, 13.16). 

Resource Sensitive/Rare Plants 

Concern: Found sensitive plant in unit – Wright filmy fern (Hymenophyllum wrightii) This 

species was removed from the Sensitive Species List in February 2009. 

Response: Plant is within stream riparian buffer so it is be protected. 

Resource Wetlands 

Concern: Approximately 12 acres of harvest is proposed on forested wetland (BMP 12.5). 

Shovel yarding may cause rutting due to lack of bearing strength on poorly drained 

organic soils. 

Response: Operate shovel on puncheon or slash mattress to provide adequate bearing strength on 

the higher areas of the unit (BMP 13.2, 13.9). 

No Concerns: Scenery, Recreation, Soils, Karst, Wildlife, Vegetation, Heritage 

 

40 • Appendix 1-Unit Cards Central Kupreanof Record of Decision Appendix 1
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1

2

3

4

1976

1976

1976

1976

305

6 0 4 0

4 5 8 8 8 4 5 8 8 8

0 330 660 1,320

Feet

 ̄

Selected Unit 

Adjacent Selected Unit

Old-growth Reserve

Riparian Management Area

Very High Hazard Soils (MMI-4)

Lakes

Managed Stands

óóóóóó Proposed Temporary Roads

Open NFS Roads

Closed Roads

Proposed NFS Roads

Reconstructed Roads

! ! Stream Value Class I

!! !! Stream Value Class II

!!! !!! Stream Value Class III

!!!! !!! Stream Value Class IV

Project Area Boundary

100-ft Contour Interval

500-ft Contour Interval

? Sensitive Plants

#* Rare Plants

Central Kupreanof Selected Alternative - Unit 305

Central Kupreanof Record of Decision APPENDIX 1-Unit Cards • 41 Appendix 1
Central Kupreanof Unit Card Narrative 

Unit # 306 Unit Size (acres): 14 Alternative: Selected

Aerial Photo: VCU: 4260 Volume (mbf): 185 

Land Use Designation: Timber Production 

Existing Stand Condition: Old-growth 

Silvicultural Prescription: Two-aged management, clearcut with 30% area retention 

Logging Method/Transportation: Shovel / existing NFS road 

Resource Concerns & Responses 

No Concerns: Watershed, Fisheries, Scenery, Recreation, Sensitive/Rare Plants, Soils, Wetlands, 

Karst, Heritage, Vegetation 

 

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1976

1993

1980

1976

306

6 0 4 0 6 0 4 0

6 0 4 1

0 330 660 1,320

Feet

 ̄

Selected Unit 

Adjacent Selected Unit

Old-growth Reserve

Riparian Management Area

Very High Hazard Soils (MMI-4)

Lakes

Managed Stands

óóóóóó Proposed Temporary Roads

Open NFS Roads

Closed Roads

Proposed NFS Roads

Reconstructed Roads

! ! Stream Value Class I

!! !! Stream Value Class II

!!! !!! Stream Value Class III

!!!! !!! Stream Value Class IV

Project Area Boundary

100-ft Contour Interval

500-ft Contour Interval

? Sensitive Plants

#* Rare Plants

Central Kupreanof Selected Alternative - Unit 306

Central Kupreanof Record of Decision APPENDIX 1-Unit Cards • 43 Appendix 1
Central Kupreanof Unit Card Narrative 

Unit # 307 Unit Size (acres): 22 Alternative: Selected

Aerial Photo: VCU: 4260 Volume (mbf): 593 

Land Use Designation: Timber Production 

Existing Stand Condition: Old-growth 

Silvicultural Prescription: Even-aged management, clearcut 

Logging Method/Transportation: Shovel / existing NFS road 6040 

Resource Concerns & Responses 

Resource Watershed/Fisheries 

Concern: Streams 1 and 2 are Class IV HC5. 

Response: Streams 1 and 2: “C” protection. Directional felling if feasible. Full suspension or 

split yard away from streams if feasible, a minimum of partial suspension is required. 

Remove logging debris from stream (BMPs 13.9, 13.16). 

Resource Sensitive/Rare Plants 

Concern: Two populations of sensitive plant found in unit – Wright filmy fern 

(Hymenophyllum wrightii). This species was removed from the Sensitive Species List 

in February 2009. 

Response: No protection measures proposed. 

No Concerns: Scenery, Recreation, Soils, Wetlands, Karst, Wildlife, Heritage, Vegetation 

 

44 • Appendix 1-Unit Cards Central Kupreanof Record of Decision Appendix 1
? ?

?

?

1 2

1993

1993

903

320

6 0 4 0 6 0 4 0

0 330 660 1,320

Feet

 ̄

Selected Unit 

Adjacent Selected Unit

Old-growth Reserve

Riparian Management Area

Very High Hazard Soils (MMI-4)

Lakes

Managed Stands

óóóóóó Proposed Temporary Roads

Open NFS Roads

Closed Roads

Proposed NFS Roads

Reconstructed Roads

! ! Stream Value Class I

!! !! Stream Value Class II

!!! !!! Stream Value Class III

!!!! !!! Stream Value Class IV

Project Area Boundary

100-ft Contour Interval

500-ft Contour Interval

? Sensitive Plants

#* Rare Plants

Central Kupreanof Selected Alternative - Unit 307

307

Central Kupreanof Record of Decision APPENDIX 1-Unit Cards • 45 Appendix 1
Central Kupreanof Unit Card Narrative 

Unit # 309 Unit Size (acres): 25 Alternatives: Selected

Aerial Photo: VCU: 4271 Volume (mbf): 523 

Land Use Designation: Modified Landscape 

Existing Stand Condition: Old-growth 

Silvicultural Prescription: Even-aged management, clearcut 

Logging Method/Transportation: Shovel / existing NFS road 

Resource Concerns & Responses 

Resource Watershed/Fisheries 

Concern: Stream 1 is Class IV PA1. 

 Stream 2 is Class I FP3. 

 Stream 3 is Class IV HC1. 

Response: Streams 1 and 3: “C” protection. Directional felling if feasible. Full suspension or 

split yard away from streams if feasible, a minimum of partial suspension is required. 

Remove logging debris from stream (BMPs 13.9, 13.16). 

 Stream 2: No timber harvest within the RMA (greatest of the flood plain, riparian 

vegetation or soils, riparian associated wetland fens, or 130 feet of channel) (BMPs 

12.6, 12.6a, 13.9, 13.16). 

Resource Karst 

Concern: 1.3 acres of karst located in unit. 

Response: Field reconnaissance found no signs of karst features (sink holes or caves); therefore 

the karst area is classified as low vulnerability and requires no special management 

(Forest Plan 2008, Standard and Guidelines, pg 4-23). 

Resource Wetlands 

Concern: Approximately 8 acres of harvest is proposed on forested wetland (BMP 12.5). 

Shovel yarding may cause rutting due to lack of bearing strength on poorly drained 

organic soils. 

Response: Operate shovel on puncheon or slash mattress to provide adequate bearing strength on 

the higher areas of the unit (BMP 13.2, 13.9). 

No Concerns: Scenery, Recreation, Sensitive/Rare Plants, Soils, Heritage, Wildlife, Vegetation 

 

 

46 • Appendix 1-Unit Cards Central Kupreanof Record of Decision Appendix 1
óóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóó

?

2

1

3

1980

1979

1979

310 312

309

6 3 1 4

6 3 2 6

0 330 660 1,320

Feet

 ̄

Selected Unit 

Adjacent Selected Unit

Old-growth Reserve

Riparian Management Area

Very High Hazard Soils (MMI-4)

Lakes

Managed Stands

óóóóóó Proposed Temporary Roads

Open NFS Roads

Closed Roads

Proposed NFS Roads

Reconstructed Roads

! ! Stream Value Class I

!! !! Stream Value Class II

!!! !!! Stream Value Class III

!!!! !!! Stream Value Class IV

Project Area Boundary

100-ft Contour Interval

500-ft Contour Interval

? Sensitive Plants

#* Rare Plants

Central Kupreanof Selected Alternative - Unit 309

Central Kupreanof Record of Decision APPENDIX 1-Unit Cards • 47 Appendix 1
Central Kupreanof Unit Card Narrative 

Unit # 310 Unit Size (acres): 22 Alternatives: Selected

Aerial Photo: VCU: 4271 Volume (mbf): 271 

Land Use Designation: Modified Landscape 

Existing Stand Condition: Old-growth 

Silvicultural Prescription: Two-aged management, clearcut with 30% retention 

Logging Method/Transportation: Shovel / existing NFS road and temporary road construction 

Resource Concerns & Responses 

Resource Watershed/Fisheries 

Concern: Stream 1 is Class I FP3. 

 Streams 2 and 5 are Class IV MM1. 

 Stream 3 and 4 are Class II MM1. 

Response: Stream 1: No timber harvest within the RMA (greatest of the flood plain, riparian 

vegetation or soils, riparian associated wetland fens, or 130 feet of channel) (BMPs 

12.6, 12.6a, 13.9, 13.16). 

 Streams 2 and 5: “C” protection. Directional felling if feasible. Full suspension or 

split yard away from streams if feasible, a minimum of partial suspension is required. 

Remove logging debris from stream.(BMP 13.9, 13.16). 

 Streams 3 and 4: No timber harvest within the greatest of the flood plain, riparian 

vegetation or soils, riparian associated wetland fens, or 120 feet from channel (BMPs 

12.6, 12.6a, 13.9, 13.16). 

Resource Sensitive/Rare Plants 

Concern: Found sensitive plant in unit – Wright filmy fern (Hymenophyllum wrightii). This 

species was removed from the Sensitive Species List in February 2009. 

Response: No protection measures proposed. 

Resource Karst 

Concern: 2.5 acres of karst located in unit. 

Response: Field reconnaissance found no signs of karst features (sink holes or caves); therefore 

the karst area is classified as low vulnerability and requires no special management 

(Forest Plan 2008, Standard and Guidelines, pg 4-23). 

Resource Wetlands 

Concern: The proposed temporary road is located on forested wetland and no alternative route 

exists. 

Response: Provide adequate cross drainage to maintain groundwater flow. Remove all structures 

and close the road after unit has been harvested (BMP 14.9) (33 CFR BMPs 4, 5, 6). 

Concern: Approximately 21 acres of harvest is proposed on forested wetland (BMP 12.5). 

Shovel yarding may cause rutting due to lack of bearing strength on poorly drained 

organic soils. 

Response: Operate shovel on puncheon or slash mattress to provide adequate bearing strength on 

the higher areas of the unit (BMP 13.2, 13.9). 

No Concerns: Scenery, Recreation, Soils, Wildlife, Vegetation, Heritage 

 

48 • Appendix 1-Unit Cards Central Kupreanof Record of Decision Appendix 1
óóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóó

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1

4

3

2 5

1980

1979

1979

309

310 312

6 3 1 4

6 3 2 6

4 5 0 0 1 4 5 0 0 1

0 330 660 1,320

Feet

 ̄

Selected Unit 

Adjacent Selected Unit

Old-growth Reserve

Roadless

Riparian Management Area

Very High Hazard Soils (MMI-4)

Lakes

Managed Stands

óóóóóó Proposed Temporary Roads

Open NFS Roads

Closed Roads

Proposed NFS Roads

Reconstructed Roads

! ! Stream Value Class I

!! !! Stream Value Class II

!!! !!! Stream Value Class III

!!!! !!! Stream Value Class IV

Project Area Boundary

100-ft Contour Interval

500-ft Contour Interval

? Sensitive Plants

#* Rare Plants

Central Kupreanof Selected Alternative - Unit 310

Central Kupreanof Record of Decision APPENDIX 1-Unit Cards • 49 Appendix 1
Central Kupreanof Unit Card Narrative 

Unit # 312 Unit Size (acres): 14 Alternative: Selected

Aerial Photo: VCU: 4271 Volume (mbf): 308 

Land Use Designation: Modified Landscape 

Existing Stand Condition: Old-growth 

Silvicultural Prescription: Even-aged management, clearcut 

Logging Method/Transportation: Shovel / existing NFS road 

Resource Concerns & Responses 

Resource Watershed/Fisheries 

Concern: Streams are Class IV HC0. 

Response: “C” protection. Directional felling if feasible. Full suspension or split yard away from 

streams if feasible, a minimum of partial suspension is required. Remove logging 

debris from stream (BMPs 13.9, 13.16). 

Resource Karst 

Concern: 8.3 acres of karst located in unit. 

Response: Field reconnaissance found no signs of karst features (sink holes or caves); therefore 

the karst area is classified as low vulnerability and requires no special management 

(Forest Plan 2008, Standard and Guidelines, pg 4-23). 

No Concerns: Scenery, Recreation, Sensitive/Rare Plants, Soils, Wetlands, Heritage, Wildlife, 

Vegetation 

 

50 • Appendix 1-Unit Cards Central Kupreanof Record of Decision Appendix 1
óó óó óó óó ó

óóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóó

1979

1979

1980

1986

1986

1980

310

309

313

312

6 3 1 4

6 3 2 6 6 3 2 6

4 5 0 0 1 4 5 0 0 1

0 330 660 1,320

Feet

 ̄

Selected Unit 

Adjacent Selected Unit

Old-growth Reserve

Riparian Management Area

Very High Hazard Soils (MMI-4)

Lakes

Managed Stands

óóóóóó Proposed Temporary Roads

Open NFS Roads

Closed Roads

Proposed NFS Roads

Reconstructed Roads

! ! Stream Value Class I

!! !! Stream Value Class II

!!! !!! Stream Value Class III

!!!! !!! Stream Value Class IV

Project Area Boundary

100-ft Contour Interval

500-ft Contour Interval

? Sensitive Plants

#* Rare Plants

Central Kupreanof Selected Alternative - Unit 312

Central Kupreanof Record of Decision APPENDIX 1-Unit Cards • 51 Appendix 1
Central Kupreanof Unit Card Narrative 

Unit # 313 Unit Size (acres): 39 Alternative: Selected

Aerial Photo: VCU: 4271 Volume (mbf): 559 

Land Use Designation: Modified Landscape 

Existing Stand Condition: Old-growth 

Silvicultural Prescription: Two-aged management, clearcut with 30% area retention 

Logging Method/Transportation: Shovel / existing NFS road and temporary road construction 

Resource Concerns & Responses 

Resource Watershed/Fisheries 

Concern: Stream 1 is Class III HC3. 

 Stream 2 is Class IV HC2. 

 Streams 3 and 4 are Class IV HC1. 

Response: Stream 1: “B” protection. No harvest within the v-notch, directional felling, full 

suspension, immediate removal of logging debris. (BMP 13.9, 13.16). 

 Streams 2-4: “C” protection. Directional felling if feasible. Full suspension or split 

yard away from streams if feasible, a minimum of partial suspension is required. 

Remove logging debris from stream. (BMP 13.9, 13.16). 

No Concerns: Scenery, Recreation, Sensitive/Rare Plants, Soils, Wetlands, Karst, Wildlife, 

Vegetation, Heritage 

52 • Appendix 1-Unit Cards Central Kupreanof Record of Decision Appendix 1
óóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóó

óóóóóóóóóó óó óó ó óó óó óó óó

1

2

3

4

1980

1980

1980

1980

1986

1980

314

905

312

6 3 1 4

4 5 0 0 1

4 5 0 0 1 4 5 0 0 1

4 5 8 8 6 4 5 8 8 6

0 330 660 1,320

Feet

 ̄

Selected Unit 

Adjacent Selected Unit

Old-growth Reserve

Riparian Management Area

Very High Hazard Soils (MMI-4)

Lakes

Managed Stands

óóóóóó Proposed Temporary Roads

Open NFS Roads

Closed Roads

Proposed NFS Roads

Reconstructed Roads

! ! Stream Value Class I

!! !! Stream Value Class II

!!! !!! Stream Value Class III

!!!! !!! Stream Value Class IV

Project Area Boundary

100-ft Contour Interval

500-ft Contour Interval

? Sensitive Plants

#* Rare Plants

Central Kupreanof Selected Alternative - Unit 313

313

Central Kupreanof Record of Decision APPENDIX 1-Unit Cards • 53 Appendix 1
Central Kupreanof Unit Card Narrative 

Unit # 314 Unit Size (acres): 120 Alternative: Selected

Aerial Photo: VCU: 4271 Volume (mbf): 1,876 

Land Use Designation: Modified Landscape 

Existing Stand Condition: Old-growth 

Silvicultural Prescription: Two-aged management, clearcut with 30% area retention 

Logging Method/Transportation: Shovel / existing NFS road, new NFS road, and temporary road 

construction 

Resource Concerns & Responses 

Resource Watershed/Fisheries 

Concern: Stream 1 is a Class II HC2. 

 Stream 2 is a Class IV HC2. 

 Stream 3 is a Class I MM1. 

 Stream 4 is a Class IV MM1. 

 Stream 5 is a Class IV HC0. 

 Stream 6 is a Class IV PA1. 

 Stream 7 is a Class I FP3. 

 Stream 8 is a Class I MM1. 

Response: Stream 1: No timber harvest within 100 feet of the stream or the top of the v-notch, 

whichever is greater. (BMPs 12.6, 12.6a). 

Streams 2 and 4-6: “C” protection. Directional felling if feasible. Full suspension or 

split yard away from streams if feasible, a minimum of partial suspension is required. 

Remove logging debris from stream (BMP 13.9, 13.16). 

Streams 3 and 8: No timber harvest within the RMA (greatest of the flood plain, 

riparian vegetation or soils, riparian associated wetland fens, or 120 feet from 

channel) (BMPs 12.6, 12.6a, 13.9, 13.16). 

Stream 7: No timber harvest within the RMA (greatest of the flood plain, riparian 

vegetation or soils, riparian associated wetland fens, or 130 feet of channel) (BMPs 

12.6, 12.6a, 13.9, 13.16). 

Resource Sensitive/Rare Plants 

Concern: Found sensitive plant between units 314 and 315 – Wright filmy fern 

(Hymenophyllum wrightii). (This species was removed from the Sensitive Species 

List in February 2009.) 

Response: Plant is protected within stream riparian buffer. 

Resource Vegetation 

Concern: Opening size is larger than 100 acres. 

Response: Change to two-aged management silviculture system and retain 20 percent of the 

basal area to eliminate acreage size limitation. 

No Concerns: Scenery, Recreation, Soils, Wetlands, Karst, Wildlife, Heritage 

 

54 • Appendix 1-Unit Cards Central Kupreanof Record of Decision Appendix 1
óóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóó óóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóó 

ó

óóó óóóóóóóóóóó óó óóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóó óóóóóóóóóóó óó óó

?

1

3

5

6

7

8

4

2

1980

1980

1980

905

315

313

314 6 3 1 4

4 5 0 0 1

6 3 2 9 6 3 2 9

4 5 8 8 6 4 5 8 8 6

4 5 8 8 7 4 5 8 8 7

0 330 660 1,320

Feet

 ̄

Selected Unit 

Adjacent Selected Unit

Old-growth Reserve

Riparian Management Area

Very High Hazard Soils (MMI-4)

Lakes

Managed Stands

óóóóóó Proposed Temporary Roads

Open NFS Roads

Closed Roads

Proposed NFS Roads

Reconstructed Roads

! ! Stream Value Class I

!! !! Stream Value Class II

!!! !!! Stream Value Class III

!!!! !!! Stream Value Class IV

Project Area Boundary

100-ft Contour Interval

500-ft Contour Interval

? Sensitive Plants

#* Rare Plants

Central Kupreanof Selected Alternative - Unit 314

Central Kupreanof Record of Decision APPENDIX 1-Unit Cards • 55 Appendix 1
Central Kupreanof Unit Card Narrative 

Unit # 315 Unit Size (acres): 33 Alternative: Selected

Aerial Photo: VCU: 4271 Volume (mbf): 706 

Land Use Designation: Modified Landscape 

Existing Stand Condition: Old-growth 

Silvicultural Prescription: Even aged management, clearcut 

Logging Method/Transportation: Shovel / existing NFS road, new NFS road, and temporary road 

construction 

Resource Concerns & Responses 

Resource Watershed/Fisheries 

Concern: Streams 1 and 2 are Class I MM1. 

 Stream 3 is Class III MM0. 

 Stream 4 is Class IV MM0. 

 Streams 5 and 6 are Class IV HC0. 

 Stream 7 is Class I FP3 and MM1. 

Response: Streams 1, 2, 3, and MM1 portion of 7: No timber harvest within the RMA (greatest 

of the flood plain, riparian vegetation or soils, riparian associated wetland fens, or 

120 feet from channel) (BMPs 12.6, 12.6a, 13.9, 13.16). 

 Streams 4, 5, and 6: “C” protection. Directional felling if feasible. Full suspension or 

split yard away from streams if feasible, a minimum of partial suspension is required. 

Remove logging debris from stream (BMP 13.9, 13.16). 

 Stream 7: No timber harvest within the RMA (greatest of the flood plain, riparian 

vegetation or soils, riparian associated wetland fens, or 130 feet of channel) (BMPs 

12.6, 12.6a, 13.9, 13.16). 

Concern: Temporary road crosses Class II stream. 

Response: Stream crossing will be accomplished with a log stringer bridge to maintain fish 

passage and minimize stream channel disturbance (BMPs 14.14, 14.17). 

No Concerns: Scenery, Recreation, Sensitive/Rare Plants, Soils, Wetlands, Karst, Heritage, 

Vegetation, Wildlife 

 

56 • Appendix 1-Unit Cards Central Kupreanof Record of Decision Appendix 1
óóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóó óóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóó

?

2

3

5

6 4

1

7

1980

1980

1989

1980

314

1

905

315

6 3 1 4 6 3 1 4

4 5 0 0 2 4 5 0 0 2

6 3 2 9 6 3 2 9

6 3 2 8 6 3 2 8

4 5 8 8 7

4 5 8 8 6 4 5 8 8 6

0 330 660 1,320

Feet

 ̄

Selected Unit 

Adjacent Selected Unit

Old-growth Reserve

Riparian Management Area

Very High Hazard Soils (MMI-4)

Lakes

Managed Stands

óóóóóó Proposed Temporary Roads

Open NFS Roads

Closed Roads

Proposed NFS Roads

Reconstructed Roads

! ! Stream Value Class I

!! !! Stream Value Class II

!!! !!! Stream Value Class III

!!!! !!! Stream Value Class IV

Project Area Boundary

100-ft Contour Interval

500-ft Contour Interval

? Sensitive Plants

#* Rare Plants

Central Kupreanof Selected Alternative - Unit 315

Central Kupreanof Record of Decision APPENDIX 1-Unit Cards • 57 Appendix 1
Central Kupreanof Unit Card Narrative 

Unit # 316 Unit Size (acres): 14 Alternative: Selected

Aerial Photo: VCU: 4271 Volume (mbf): 296 

Land Use Designation: Modified Landscape 

Existing Stand Condition: Old-growth 

Silvicultural Prescription: Even-aged management, clearcut 

Logging Method/Transportation: Shovel / existing NFS road 

Resource Concerns & Responses 

Resource Watershed/Fisheries 

Concern: Stream is Class IV HC0. 

Response: “C” protection. Directional felling if feasible. Full suspension or split yard away from 

streams if feasible, a minimum of partial suspension is required. Remove logging 

debris from stream (BMPs 13.9, 13.16). 

No Concerns: Scenery, Recreation, Sensitive/Rare Plants, Soils, Karst, Wetlands, Heritage, 

Wildlife, Vegetation 

 

58 • Appendix 1-Unit Cards Central Kupreanof Record of Decision Appendix 1
óóóóóóóóóóóóóóó óóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóóó óóóóóóóóóóóóóó

?

#*

1980

1980

1989

1989

1

317

905

316

6 3 1 4 6 3 1 4

6 3 2 7 6 3 2 7

6 3 2 8 6 3 2 8

6 3 3 2 6 3 3 2

4 5 8 8 7 4 5 8 8 7

0 330 660 1,320

Feet

 ̄

Selected Unit 

Adjacent Selected Unit

Old-growth Reserve

Riparian Management Area

Very High Hazard Soils (MMI-4)

Lakes

Managed Stands

óóóóóó Proposed Temporary Roads

Open NFS Roads

Closed Roads

Proposed NFS Roads

Reconstructed Roads

! ! Stream Value Class I

!! !! Stream Value Class II

!!! !!! Stream Value Class III

!!!! !!! Stream Value Class IV

Project Area Boundary

100-ft Contour Interval

500-ft Contour Interval

? Sensitive Plants

#* Rare Plants

Central Kupreanof Selected Alternative - Unit 316

Central Kupreanof Record of Decision APPENDIX 1-Unit Cards • 59 Appendix 1
Central Kupreanof Unit Card Narrative 

Unit # 317 Unit Size (acres): 10 Alternative: Selected

Aerial Photo: VCU: 4260 Volume (mbf): 198 

Land Use Designation: Timber Production 

Existing Stand Condition: Old-growth 

Silvicultural Prescription: Even-aged management, clearcut 

Logging Method/Transportation: Shovel / existing NFS road 

Resource Concerns & Responses 

Resource Watershed/Fisheries 

Concern: Stream is Class IV MM0 

Response: “C” protection. Directional felling if feasible. Full suspension or split yard away from 

streams if feasible, a minimum of partial suspension is required. Remove logging 

debris from stream. (BMP 13.9, 13.16). 

Resource Sensitive/Rare Plants 

Concern: Found rare plant near unit – Broad lipped twayblade (Listera convallarioides). 

Response: Falling timber into unit will protect population. 

No Concerns: Scenery, Recreation, Soils, Wetlands, Karst, Heritage, Wildlife, Vegetation 

 

60 • Appendix 1-Unit Cards Central Kupreanof Record of Decision Appendix 1
óóóóóóóóóóóóóó

#*

1980

1980

1980

316

1

317

6 3 2 7 6 3 2 7

6 3 3 2 6 3 3 2

0 330 660 1,320

Feet

 ̄

Selected Unit 

Adjacent Selected Unit

Old-growth Reserve

Riparian Management Area

Very High Hazard Soils (MMI-4)

Lakes

Managed Stands

óóóóóó Proposed Temporary Roads

Open NFS Roads

Closed Roads

Proposed NFS Roads

Reconstructed Roads

! ! Stream Value Class I

!! !! Stream Value Class II

!!! !!! Stream Value Class III

!!!! !!! Stream Value Class IV

Project Area Boundary

100-ft Contour Interval

500-ft Contour Interval

? Sensitive Plants

#* Rare Plants

Central Kupreanof Selected Alternative - Unit 317

Central Kupreanof Record of Decision APPENDIX 1-Unit Cards • 61 Appendix 1
Central Kupreanof Unit Card Narrative 

Unit # 318 Unit Size (acres): 47 Alternative: Selected

Aerial Photo: VCU: 4260 Volume (mbf): 1021 

Land Use Designation: Timber Production 

Existing Stand Condition: Old-growth 

Silvicultural Prescription: Even-aged management, clearcut 

Logging Method/Transportation: Shovel / existing NFS road and reconstructed NFS road 

Resource Concerns & Responses 

Resource Watershed/Fisheries 

Concern: Streams 1 and 3 are Class II HC3. 

 Stream 2 is Class IV HC1. 

 Stream 4 is Class IV HC3. 

Response: Streams 1 and 3: No timber harvest within 100 feet of the stream or the top of the vnotch, whichever is greater (BMPs 12.6, 12.6a). 

 Streams 2 and 4: “C” protection. Directional felling if feasible. Full suspension or 

split yard away from streams if feasible, a minimum of partial suspension is required. 

Remove logging debris from stream (BMPs 13.9, 13.16). 

No Concerns: Scenery, Recreation, Sensitive/Rare Plants, Soils, Karst, Wetlands, Vegetation, 

Wildlife, Heritage 

 

62 • Appendix 1-Unit Cards Central Kupreanof Record of Decision Appendix 1
1

2

3

4

1980

1980

1980

1979

1980

1979

904

318

6 3 2 6 6 3 2 6

0 330 660 1,320

Feet

 ̄

Selected Unit 

Adjacent Selected Unit

Old-growth Reserve

Riparian Management Area

Very High Hazard Soils (MMI-4)

Lakes

Managed Stands

óóóóóó Proposed Temporary Roads

Open NFS Roads

Closed Roads

Proposed NFS Roads

Reconstructed Roads

! ! Stream Value Class I

!! !! Stream Value Class II

!!! !!! Stream Value Class III

!!!! !!! Stream Value Class IV

Project Area Boundary

100-ft Contour Interval

500-ft Contour Interval

? Sensitive Plants

#* Rare Plants

Central Kupreanof Selected Alternative - Unit 318

6330

Central Kupreanof Record of Decision APPENDIX 1-Unit Cards • 63 Appendix 1
Central Kupreanof Unit Card Narrative 

Unit # 320 Unit Size (acres): 27 Alternative: Selected

Aerial Photo: VCU: 4260 Volume (mbf): 281 

Land Use Designation: Timber Production 

Existing Stand Condition: Old-growth 

Silvicultural Prescription: Two-aged management, clearcut with 30 percent area retention 

Logging Method/Transportation: Shovel / existing NFS road 

Resource Concerns & Responses 

Resource Watershed/Fisheries 

Concern: Stream 1 is Class II HC1. 

 Streams 2 and 3 are Class IV HC5. 

 Stream 4 is Class IV HC3. 

Response: Stream 1: No timber harvest within 100 feet of the stream or the top of the v-notch, 

whichever is greater (BMPs 12.6, 12.6a). 

Streams 2, 3, and 4: “C” protection. Directional felling if feasible. Full suspension or 

split yard away from streams if feasible, a minimum of partial suspension is required. 

Remove logging debris from stream (BMP 13.9, 13.16). 

Resource Wetlands 

Concern: Approximately 7 acres of harvest is proposed on forested wetland (BMP 12.5). 

Shovel yarding may cause rutting due to lack of bearing strength on poorly drained 

organic soils. 

Response: Operate shovel on puncheon or slash mattress to provide adequate bearing strength on 

the higher areas of the unit (BMPs 13.2, 13.9). 

No Concerns: Scenery, Recreation, Sensitive/Rare Plants, Soils, Karst, Wildlife, Heritage, 

Vegetation 

 

64 • Appendix 1-Unit Cards Central Kupreanof Record of Decision Appendix 1
? ?

1

2

3 4

1993

1976

1993

307

320

6 0 4 0 6 0 4 0

0 330 660 1,320

Feet

 ̄

Selected Unit 

Adjacent Selected Unit

Old-growth Reserve

Riparian Management Area

Very High Hazard Soils (MMI-4)

Lakes

Managed Stands

óóóóóó Proposed Temporary Roads

Open NFS Roads

Closed Roads

Proposed NFS Roads

Reconstructed Roads

! ! Stream Value Class I

!! !! Stream Value Class II

!!! !!! Stream Value Class III

!!!! !!! Stream Value Class IV

Project Area Boundary

100-ft Contour Interval

500-ft Contour Interval

? Sensitive Plants

#* Rare Plants

Central Kupreanof Selected Alternative - Unit 320

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Central Kupreanof Unit Card Narrative 

Unit # 501 Unit Size (acres): 44 Alternative: Selected

Aerial Photo: VCU: 4260 Volume (mbf): 756 

Land Use Designation: Timber Production 

Existing Stand Condition: Old-growth 

Silvicultural Prescription: Two-aged management, clearcut with 30 percent area retention 

Logging Method/Transportation: Cable / existing NFS road 

Resource Concerns & Responses 

Resource Watershed/Fisheries 

Concern: Streams 1 and 6 are Class III HC5. 

 Streams 2-5 and 7-11 are Class IV HC5. 

Response: Streams 1 and 6: “B” protection. No harvest within the v-notch, directional felling, 

full suspension, immediate removal of logging debris. (BMP 13.9, 13.16). 

 Streams 2-5 and 7-11: “C” protection. Directional felling if feasible. Full suspension 

or split yard away from streams if feasible, a minimum of partial suspension is 

required. Remove logging debris from stream (BMPs 13.9, 13.16). 

No Concerns: Scenery, Karst, Wetlands, Recreation, Sensitive/Rare Plants, Soils, Wildlife, 

Vegetation, Heritage 

 

 

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3 4

5

7 6

8

9

10

11

1990

1999

1989

1990

6

209

502

207

6 3 3 9

6 3 3 4 6 3 3 4

6 3 2 8

0 330 660 1,320

Feet

 ̄

Selected Unit 

Adjacent Selected Unit

Old-growth Reserve

Riparian Management Area

Very High Hazard Soils (MMI-4)

Lakes

Managed Stands

óóóóóó Proposed Temporary Roads

Open NFS Roads

Closed Roads

Proposed NFS Roads

Reconstructed Roads

! ! Stream Value Class I

!! !! Stream Value Class II

!!! !!! Stream Value Class III

!!!! !!! Stream Value Class IV

Project Area Boundary

100-ft Contour Interval

500-ft Contour Interval

? Sensitive Plants

#* Rare Plants

Central Kupreanof Selected Alternative - Unit 501

501

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Central Kupreanof Unit Card Narrative

Unit # 502 Unit Size (acres): 66 Alternative: Selected

Aerial Photo: VCU: 4260 Volume (mbf): 1,256 

Land Use Designation: Timber Production 

Existing Stand Condition: Old-growth 

Silvicultural Prescription: Two-aged management, clearcut with 30 percent area retention 

Logging Method/Transportation: Cable / existing NFS road 

Resource Concerns & Responses 

Resource Watershed/Fisheries 

Concern: Streams 1, 2 and 4 are Class IV HC5. 

Stream 3 is Class III HC5. 

Response: Streams 1, 2, and 4: “C” protection. Directional felling if feasible. Full suspension or 

split yard away from streams if feasible, a minimum of partial suspension is required. 

Remove logging debris from stream (BMPs 13.9, 13.16). 

Stream 3: “B” protection. No harvest within the v-notch, directional felling, full 

suspension, immediate removal of logging debris (BMPs 13.9, 13.16). 

Resource Soils 

Concern: Southwestern portion of originally proposed unit contained MMI-4 soils. 

Response: The unit boundary was modified to exclude these soils (BMP 13.5). 

No Concerns: Scenery, Recreation, Karst, Wetlands, Sensitive/Rare Plants, Wildlife, Vegetation, 

Heritage

 

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1

2

3

4

1990

1990

501

6

502

6 3 3 9

0 330 660 1,320

Feet

 ̄

Selected Unit 

Adjacent Selected Unit

Old-growth Reserve

Riparian Management Area

Very High Hazard Soils (MMI-4)

Lakes

Managed Stands

óóóóóó Proposed Temporary Roads

Open NFS Roads

Closed Roads

Proposed NFS Roads

Reconstructed Roads

! ! Stream Value Class I

!! !! Stream Value Class II

!!! !!! Stream Value Class III

!!!! !!! Stream Value Class IV

Project Area Boundary

100-ft Contour Interval

500-ft Contour Interval

? Sensitive Plants

#* Rare Plants

Central Kupreanof Selected Alternative - Unit 502

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Central Kupreanof Unit Card Narrative 

Unit # 900 Unit Size (acres): 33 Alternative: Selected

Aerial Photo: VCU: 4290 Volume (mbf): 791 

Land Use Designation: Timber Production 

Existing Stand Condition: Old-growth 

Silvicultural Prescription: Even-aged management, clearcut 

Logging Method/Transportation: Cable / existing NFS road and reconstructed NFS road 

Resource Concerns & Responses 

Resource Watershed/Fisheries 

Concern: Streams 1, 2, 3, and 4 are Class IV HC5. 

 Stream 5 is Class I MM1. 

Response: Streams 1, 2, 3, and 4: “C” protection. Directional felling if feasible. Full suspension 

or split yard away from streams if feasible, a minimum of partial suspension is 

required. Remove logging debris from stream. (BMP 13.9, 13.16). 

 Stream 5: No timber harvest within the greatest of the flood plain, riparian vegetation 

or soils, riparian associated wetland fens, or 120 feet from channel (BMPs 12.6, 

12.6a, 13.9, 13.16). 

Resource Sensitive/Rare Plants 

Concern: Found rare plant in unit – Broad leaved twayblade (Listera convallarioides). 

Response: No protection measures proposed. 

Resource Soils 

Concern: Portions of unit along northwestern and western boundary exceed 72 percent slope. 

Response: Soil Stability Investigation Report prescribes partial suspension in the portion of the 

unit that exceeds 72 percent slope in order to meet soil resource and slope stability 

objectives. 

 

No Concerns: Scenery, Recreation, Wetlands, Karst, Wildlife, Vegetation, Heritage 

 

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3

1

4

5

2

1998

2002

1990 900

4 5 8 0 8

6 3 2 8 6 3 2 8

4 5 8 0 7 4 5 8 0 7

0 330 660 1,320

Feet

 ̄

Selected Unit 

Adjacent Selected Unit

Old-growth Reserve

Roadless

Riparian Management Area

Very High Hazard Soils (MMI-4)

Lakes

Managed Stands

Closed Roads

óóóóóó Proposed Temporary Roads

Open NFS Roads

Proposed NFS Roads

Reconstructed Roads

! ! Stream Value Class I

!! !! Stream Value Class II

!!! !!! Stream Value Class III

!!!! !!! Stream Value Class IV

100-ft Contour Interval

500-ft Contour Interval

Project Area Boundary

? Sensitive Plants

#* Rare Plants

Central Kupreanof Selected Alternative - Unit 900

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Central Kupreanof Unit Card Narrative 

Unit # 901 Unit Size (acres): 39 Alternative: Selected

Aerial Photo: VCU: 4271 Volume (mbf): 858 

Land Use Designation: Modified Landscape 

Existing Stand Condition: Old-growth 

Silvicultural Prescription: Even-aged management, clearcut 

Logging Method/Transportation: Shovel and cable, existing NFS road, new NFS road and 

temporary road construction 

Resource Concerns & Responses 

Resource Watershed/Fisheries 

Concern: Streams 1 and 3-6 are Class IV HC5. 

 Stream 2 is Class IV HC6. 

 Stream 7 is Class III HC6. 

 Stream 8 is Class II HC1. 

Response: Streams 1-6: “C” protection. Directional felling if feasible. Full suspension or split 

yard away from streams if feasible, a minimum of partial suspension is required. 

Remove logging debris from stream.(BMPs 13.9, 13.16). 

 Stream 7: “B” protection. No harvest within the v-notch, directional felling, full 

suspension, immediate removal of logging debris (BMPs 13.9, 13.16). 

 Stream 8: No timber harvest within 100 feet of the stream or the top of the v-notch, 

whichever is greater. (BMPs 12.6, 12.6a). 

Resource Scenery 

Concern: Unit visible in the middleground distance from Big John Bay. 

Response: With 10 percent area retention in the even-aged management portion of the unit and 

60 percent basal area retention in the uneven-aged management, portion of the unit 

meets Low Scenic Integrity Objective. 

Resource Soils 

Concern: MMI-4 soils in the northwestern portion of unit. 

Response: Soil Stability Investigation Report prescribes partial suspension in the MMI-4 portion 

of the unit in order to meet soil resource and slope stability objectives. 

Resource Wetlands 

Concern: Approximately 3 acres of harvest is proposed on forested wetland (BMP12.5). Shovel 

yarding may cause rutting due to lack of bearing strength on poorly drained organic 

soils. 

Response: Operate shovel on puncheon or slash mattress to provide adequate bearing strength on 

the higher areas of the unit (BMP 13.2, 13.9). 

No concerns: Recreation, Sensitive/Rare Plants, Karst, Wildlife, Vegetation, Heritage 

 

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1

2 3

4

5

6

7

8

1 2

3

4

5

1989

1989

208

901

6 3 2 8 6 3 2 8

6 3 3 4 6 3 3 4

4 5 8 9 1

0 330 660 1,320

Feet

 ̄

Selected Unit 

Adjacent Selected Unit

Old-growth Reserve

Riparian Management Area

Very High Hazard Soils (MMI-4)

Lakes

Managed Stands

Closed Roads

óóóóóó Proposed Temporary Roads

Open NFS Roads

Proposed NFS Roads

Reconstructed Road

! ! Stream Value Class I

!! !! Stream Value Class II

!!! !!! Stream Value Class III

!!!! !!! Stream Value Class IV

100-ft Contour Interval

500-ft Contour Interval

Project Area Boundary

? Sensitive Plants

#* Rare Plants

Central Kupreanof Selected Alternative - Unit 901

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Central Kupreanof Unit Card Narrative 

Unit # 903 Unit Size (acres): 36 Alternative: Selected

Aerial Photo: VCU: 4260 Volume (mbf): 544 

Land Use Designation: Timber Production 

 

Existing Stand Condition: Old-growth 

Silvicultural Prescription: Two-aged management, clearcut with 30% area retention 

Logging Method/Transportation: Shovel and cable / existing NFS road and new NFS road 

construction 

Resource Concerns & Responses 

Resource Watershed/Fisheries 

Concern: Streams 1 and 3 are Class IV HC5. 

 Streams 2 and 4 are Class IV HC2. 

 Streams 5, 7, 9, and 10 are Class IV HC0. 

 Stream 6 is Class III HC6. 

 Stream 8 is Class IV HC6. 

Response: Streams 1-5 and 7-10: “C” protection. Directional felling if feasible. Full suspension 

or split yard away from streams if feasible, a minimum of partial suspension is 

required. Remove logging debris from stream. (BMP 13.9, 13.16). 

Stream 6: “B” protection. No harvest within the v-notch, directional felling, full 

suspension, immediate removal of logging debris. (BMP 13.9, 13.16). 

Resource Sensitive/Rare Plants 

Concern: Found two populations of sensitive plant in unit – Wright filmy fern (Hymenophyllum 

wrightii). This species was removed from the Sensitive Species List in February 

2009. 

Response: No protection measures proposed. 

No Concerns: Scenery, Recreation, Soils, Wetlands, Karst, Wildlife, Vegetation, Heritage 

 

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?

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

1993

1993

6 0 4 0 6 0 4 0

0 330 660 1,320

Feet

 ̄

Selected Unit 

Adjacent Selected Unit

Old-growth Reserve

Riparian Management Area

Very High Hazard Soils (MMI-4)

Lakes

Managed Stands

Closed Roads

óóóóóó Proposed Temporary Roads

Open NFS Roads

Proposed NFS Roads

Reconstructed Road

! ! Stream Value Class I

!! !! Stream Value Class II

!!! !!! Stream Value Class III

!!!! !!! Stream Value Class IV

100-ft Contour Interval

500-ft Contour Interval

Project Area Boundary

? Sensitive Plants

#* Rare Plants

Central Kupreanof Selected Alternative - Unit 903

903

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Central Kupreanof Unit Card Narrative 

Unit # 904 Unit Size (acres): 12 Alternative: Selected

Aerial Photo: VCU: 4260 Volume (mbf): 300 

Land Use Designation: Timber Production 

Existing Stand Condition: Old-growth 

Silvicultural Prescription: Even-aged management, clearcut 

Logging Method/Transportation: Shovel / existing NFS road 

Resource Concerns & Responses 

Resource Watershed/Fisheries 

Concern: Stream 1 is Class I HC3. 

 Stream 2 is Class II MM1. 

Response: Stream 1: No timber harvest within 100 feet of the stream or the top of the v-notch, 

whichever is greater. (BMPs 12.6, 12.6a). 

Stream 2: No timber harvest within the RMA (greatest of the flood plain, riparian 

vegetation or soils, riparian associated wetland fens, or 120 feet from channel.(BMPs 

12.6, 12.6a, 13.9, 13.16). 

No Concerns: Scenery, Recreation, Sensitive/Rare Plants, Soils, Wetlands, Karst, Wildlife, 

Vegetation, Heritage

 

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1980

1980

1980

318

904

6 3 2 6 6 3 2 6

6 3 3 0 6 3 3 0

0 330 660 1,320

Feet

 ̄

Selected Unit 

Adjacent Selected Unit

Old-growth Reserve

Riparian Management Area

Very High Hazard Soils (MMI-4)

Lakes

Managed Stands

Closed Roads

óóóóóó Proposed Temporary Roads

Open NFS Roads

Proposed NFS Roads

Reconstructed Road

! ! Stream Value Class I

!! !! Stream Value Class II

!!! !!! Stream Value Class III

!!!! !!! Stream Value Class IV

100-ft Contour Interval

500-ft Contour Interval

Project Area Boundary

? Sensitive Plants

#* Rare Plants

Central Kupreanof Selected Alternative - Unit 904

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Central Kupreanof Unit Card Narrative 

Unit # 905 Unit Size (acres): 77 Alternative: Selected

Aerial Photo: VCU: 4260 & 4271 Volume (mbf): 1,668 

Land Use Designation: Timber Production & Modified Landscape 

Existing Stand Condition: Old-growth 

Silvicultural Prescription: Even-aged management, clearcut 

Logging Method/Transportation: Shovel / reconstructed NFS road and temporary road 

construction 

Resource Concerns & Responses 

Resource Watershed/Fisheries 

Concern: Stream is Class IV HC1. 

Response: “C” protection. Directional felling if feasible. Full suspension or split yard away from 

streams if feasible, a minimum of partial suspension is required. Remove logging 

debris from stream. (BMP 13.9, 13.16). 

Resource Scenery 

Concern: Unit visible in the middleground distance from Big John Bay. 

Response: Unit meets Low Scenic Integrity Objective. 

No Concerns: Recreation, Sensitive/Rare Plants, Soils, Wetlands, Karst, Wildlife, Heritage, 

Vegetation

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1980

1980

1980

1980

314

313

905

6 3 1 4

6 3 2 9 6 3 2 9

0 330 660 1,320

Feet

 ̄

Selected Unit 

Adjacent Selected Unit

Old-growth Reserve

Riparian Management Area

Very High Hazard Soils (MMI-4)

Lakes

Managed Stands

Closed Roads

óóóóóó Proposed Temporary Roads

Open NFS Roads

Proposed NFS Roads

Reconstructed Roads

! ! Stream Value Class I

!! !! Stream Value Class II

!!! !!! Stream Value Class III

!!!! !!! Stream Value Class IV

100-ft Contour Interval

500-ft Contour Interval

Project Area Boundary

? Sensitive Plants

#* Rare Plants

Central Kupreanof Selected Alternative - Unit 905

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