Use waterbars or dips, culverts, drainage dips, and diversions. Divert water into protected areas. Gravel roads where needed. Seed roads, skid trails and log decks. To prevent four-wheel drive vehicle traffic during wet weather, access to roads and trails needs to be controlled by gates or other methods.
Areas used as logging decks make excellent wildlife patches.
All forested areas which are cleared should be limed and fertilized. The amount of lime and fertilizer needed can be determined by a soil test. You may want to consider developing some of these decks into small orchards for wildlife. Logging and farm roads should be maintained for proper access and erosion control. Where these roads pass through recently harvested areas you may wish to widen the path to ten to twenty feet on each side.