Appendix C Site Specific Mitigation Measures for All Alternatives

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1 Appendix C Site Specific Mitigation Measures for All Alternatives Unit: Soils: ELT 8, 11, 16 - Generally retain/return slash, woody debris, bark, stumps on site where appropriate during whole tree logging. ELT 14, 15 - Conduct mechanical activities during normal dry period or frozen ground or ELT 2, 6 - Conduct mechanical activities during frozen ground conditions or Use upland area through mapped ELT 2 identified in the field to cross area for site preparation during non-frozen ground conditions. Scenery: Utilize the landscape and leave trees in the Partial-cut 30BA region in order to maintain the visual quality from Northern Light Lake. Wildlife/Rare Plants/Spatial: See Gunflint biologist for map of protection zone(s). Buffer the nest with a 660 foot no harvest/disturbance zone. Restrict activities associated with roads and harvesting during bald eagle nesting season (Feb. 15 Oct. 1). Do not site prep or plant within ¼ mile of nest between Feb July 1. Follow the NLS Bald Eagle Recovery Plan. Within the stand, retain supercanopy red and white pine for nest trees. Protect existing regenerating pine as much as possible. Favor harvest and mechanical site preparation practices that allow for large woody debris (greater than 10 centimeters in diameter and longer than one meter) to be dispersed throughout the unit rather than piles or windrows. Favor mechanical site preparation practices that do not remove surface soils or only remove surface soils from the small areas in which an individual seedling will be planted. Protect planted white pine seedlings from deer browsing. Heritage Resources: There will be a walkover/shovel test of high probability locations within the prescription unit before harvest operations begin. If a site is found there shall be no ground disturbing activities within at least 66ft. of the heritage resource site located. The edge of the no disturbance area will be flagged. Unit: Soils: ELT 15 - Conduct mechanical activities during normal dry period or frozen ground or remove from unit. ELT 6 - Conduct mechanical activities during frozen ground conditions or Scenery: Utilize the landscape and leave trees or buffer strip in the southern portion of the stand in order to maintain the visual quality from Northern Light Lake. Wildlife/Rare Plants/Spatial: See Gunflint biologist before layout or burning for any updates and a map of protection zone(s). Avoid disturbance near sensitive species locations. Heritage Resources: There will be a walkover/shovel test of high probability locations within the prescription unit before harvest operations begin. If a site is found there shall be no ground disturbing activities within at least 66ft. of the heritage resource site located. The edge of the no disturbance area will be flagged. Unit: Wildlife/Rare Plants/Spatial: Burns would take place in early spring or late fall to reduce impacts to nesting birds. Reduce the chance of torch fuel entering the stream and lake by igniting the fire no closer than feet away from open water. Use hand tools and pumps, no heavy equipment. Recreation: Northern Light Lake: Sign points of entry and alert users to fire activity. Heritage Resources: There will be a walkover/shovel test of high probability locations within the prescription unit before prescribed burn operations begin. If a site is found there shall be no ground disturbing activities within at least 66ft. of the heritage resource site located. The edge of the no disturbance area will be flagged. C-1

2 Unit: Wildlife/Rare Plants/Spatial: Burns would take place in early spring or late fall to reduce impacts to nesting birds. Reduce the chance of torch fuel entering the stream and lake by igniting the fire no closer than feet from open water. Use hand tools and pumps, no heavy equipment. Recreation: Northern Light Lake: Sign points of entry and alert users to fire activity. Heritage Resources: There will be a walkover/shovel test of high probability locations within the prescription unit before prescribed burn operations begin. If a site is found there shall be no ground disturbing activities within at least 66ft. of the heritage resource site located. The edge of the no disturbance area will be flagged. Unit: Wildlife/Rare Plants/Spatial: Burns would take place in early spring or late fall to reduce impacts to nesting birds. Reduce the chance of torch fuel entering the stream and lake by igniting the fire no closer than feet from open water. Use hand tools and pumps, no heavy equipment. Recreation: Northern Light Lake: Sign points of entry and alert users to fire activity. Heritage Resources: There will be a walkover/shovel test of high probability locations within the prescription unit before prescribed burn operations begin. If a site is found there shall be no ground disturbing activities within at least 66ft. of the heritage resource site located. The edge of the no disturbance area will be flagged. Unit: Wildlife/Rare Plants/Spatial: Burns would take place in early spring or late fall to reduce impacts to nesting birds. Reduce the chance of torch fuel entering the stream and lake by igniting the fire no closer than feet from open water. Use hand tools and pumps, no heavy equipment. See Gunflint biologist before layout or burning for any updates and a map of protection zone(s). Avoid disturbance near sensitive species locations. Heritage Resources: There will be a walkover/shovel test of high probability locations within the prescription unit before prescribed burn operations begin. If a site is found there shall be no ground disturbing activities within at least 66ft. of the heritage resource site located. The edge of the no disturbance area will be flagged. Unit: from unit. ELT 11 - Generally retain/return slash, woody debris, bark, stumps on site where appropriate during whole tree logging. Generally conduct mechanical activities on the lower end of slopes and avoid creating long uninterrupted equipment paths on slopes greater than 18%. ELT 2 - Conduct mechanical activities during frozen ground conditions or Riparian: Lowland running north/south through unit and potentially draining in to the Kadunce River. Cross when ground is frozen or dry. Scenery: Utilize the landscape and leave trees in the Partial-cut 70BA region near Trout Lake road in order to maintain the visual quality. burned. Crush concentrations of dead and down fuel and live balsam not being piled where possible Create slash free zones near private property and high traffic roads where feasible. Wildlife/Rare Plants/Spatial: Promote a gap-phase approach to management in this stand. Maintain a minimum of 50 percent canopy closure well-distributed across the stand to protect the integrity of the C-2

3 >1000 acre patch and provide interior forest habitat. Gaps should be small (removal of 2-3 adjacent trees) and at most, 2-3 gaps may approach ¼ acre in size. This may mean it would be a selection cut and site prep would have to be done with small equipment. Favor retention of larger and older trees characteristic of the patch, such as sugar maple, spruce, cedar, aspen, and white pine. Retain some large aspen capable of producing cavitiesretain dispersed, large woody debris (greater than 10 centimeters in do not use windrows. Favor mechanical site preparation practices that do not remove surface soils or only remove surface soils from the small areas in which an individual seedling will be planted. Protect planted white pine and yellow birch seedlings from deer browsing. Maintain a closed canopy (70% or greater) of mature vegetation in a minimum 200-foot zone surrounding seasonal ponds. Recreation: Trout Lake Road: Weekend Hauling (Friday after 12pm thru Sunday) will be prohibited. Sign Trout Lake Rd. Caution Trucks Hauling to alert travelers of log truck activity. Non-native Invasive Plants: For leafy spurge at SE corner of stand (near intersection of Trout Lake Rd. and FR 140G): either re-locate skid trails, temporary roads, or landings if infested with leafy spurge and use will be in summer, OR treat (e.g. mow or pull) before use if use will be in summer. Plants of these species located within 50 feet of treatment units would be mowed before mechanical site preparation occurs. Unit: Soils: ELT 11 - Retain over-story trees to supply future nutrient inputs to soil. Scenery: Pile slash as far from road as possible. Distribute unburned slash across site. Fuels: Pile slash compactly in a vertical and horizontal manner which maximizes consumption when piles are burned. Pile slash in openings and at a minimum of 10 away from tree boles to prevent tree scorch and mortality. Piles should be limited to.10 acre in size in order to limit effects to soils and overstory trees. Do not remove snags over 8 dbh. Only remove ladder fuels that are balsam species. Do not remove any live trees within 50 of Mink Lake. Recreation: Notify public at Kimball Lake Campground before burning takes place. Heritage Resources: There will be a walkover/shovel test of high probability locations within the prescription unit before prescribed burn operations begin. If a site is found there shall be no ground disturbing activities within at least 66ft. of the heritage resource site located. The edge of the no disturbance area will be flagged. Unit: Soils: ELT 14 - Conduct mechanical fuels treatment and fire line construction during normal dry period or frozen ground or ELT 11, 16 - Develop burn plan to minimize loss of forest floor using G-WS-10. Minimize forest floor disturbance during mechanical fuels treatment and fire line construction. ELT 2 - Conduct mechanical fuels treatment and fire line construction during frozen ground conditions or ELT 14, 16 - Generally conduct mechanical activities on the lower end of slopes and avoid creating long uninterrupted equipment paths on slopes greater than 18%. Wildlife/Rare Plants/Spatial: The objectives are to increase dwarf bilberry, a fire dependent shrub, and Nabokov s blue butterfly habitat by returning fire to the stand, opening the canopy, removing some of the overstory, and reducing shrub competition. Unit: Wildlife/Rare Plants/Spatial: Burns would take place in early spring or late fall to reduce impacts to nesting birds. Reduce the chance of torch fuel entering the stream and lake by igniting the fire no closer than feet from open water. Use hand tools and pumps, no heavy equipment. See Gunflint biologist before layout or burning for any updates and a map of protection zone(s). Avoid disturbance near C-3

4 sensitive species locations. Recreation: Northern Light Lake: Sign points of entry and alert users to fire activity. Heritage Resources: There will be a walkover/shovel test of high probability locations within the prescription unit before prescribed burn operations begin. If a site is found there shall be no ground disturbing activities within at least 66ft. of the heritage resource site located. The edge of the no disturbance area will be flagged. Unit: Soils: ELT 14 - Conduct mechanical fuels treatment and fire line construction during normal dry period or frozen ground or ELT 11, 17 - Develop burn plan to minimize loss of forest floor using G-WS-10. Minimize forest floor disturbance during mechanical fuels treatment and fire line construction. ELT 11, 14 - Generally conduct mechanical activities on the lower end of slopes and avoid creating long uninterrupted equipment paths on slopes greater than 18%. ELT 2, 6 - Conduct mechanical fuels treatment and fire line construction during frozen ground conditions or remove from unit. Scenery: Pile slash as far from road as possible. Distribute unburned slash across site. Fuels: Pile slash compactly in a vertical and horizontal manner which maximizes consumption when piles are burned. Pile slash in openings and at a minimum of 10 away from tree boles to prevent tree scorch and mortality. Piles should be limited to.10 acre in size in order to limit effects to soils and over-story trees. Do not remove snags over 8 dbh. Only remove ladder fuels that are balsam species. Do not remove live trees within 50 of Mink Lake. Recreation: Notify at Kimball Lake Campground before burning takes place. Unit: Wildlife/Rare Plants/Spatial: Retain trees of all species that do not directly compete with white pine. Unit: Soils: ELT 14 - Conduct mechanical activities during normal dry period or frozen ground or Generally conduct mechanical activities on the lower end of slopes and avoid creating long uninterrupted equipment paths on slopes greater than 18%. ELT 11, 16 - Generally retain/return slash, woody debris, bark, stumps on site where appropriate during whole tree logging. ELT 6 - Conduct mechanical activities during frozen ground conditions or Riparian: Headwaters of Timber Creek run through the unit and cross Gunflint Trail. (CC12). Maintain a 100 ft. near bank zone along the creek. Headwaters of Timber Creek also run north across the Pine Mt. Road (FS 1310). Place temporary bridge across Timber Creek on Pine Mt. Lake Road (NFSR 1310). Scenery: Utilize the topography, legacy patches, leave islands, and leave trees along the Gunflint Trail in order to minimize views of harvested areas. Fuels: Minimize scorch to the over-story by using low intensity fire. diameter and longer than one meter) throughout the unit when possible. Push slash into random piles for burning, do not use windrows. Favor mechanical site preparation practices that do not remove surface soils or only remove surface soils from the small areas in which an individual seedling will be planted. Protect planted white pine seedlings from deer browsing. Recreation: Gunflint Trail: Sign Gunflint Trail Caution Trucks Hauling to alert travelers of log truck activity. Non-native Invasive Plants: For Canada thistle on NE corner of stand (along Gunflint Trail) and for tansy at SE corner of stand (intersection of Gunflint Trail and FS 1310): either re-locate skid trails, temporary roads, or landings if infested with one of these species and use will be in summer, OR treat C-4

5 (e.g. mow or pull) before use if use will be in summer. Plants of these species located within 50 feet of treatment units would be mowed before mechanical site preparation occurs. Unit: from unit. ELT 2, 6 - Conduct mechanical activities during frozen ground conditions or remove from unit. Riparian: Lowlands located in the north and east of unit on Grand Marais topographical map Maintain a minimum 50 foot buffer near the lowlands. Scenery: Locate legacy patch and/or leave trees as close to road as possible. Slash shall be removed w/in 50 of road and max. depth of 36 throughout remainder of stand. If slash is piled, locate piles as far from road as possible. Fuels: Dispose of slash in designated slash zones only. Locate slash zone in existing openings or provide a 25 slash free zone around piles to minimize effects on remaining live overstory trees. Pile burned. Crush concentrations of down and dead materials and live balsam not being piled where possible Wildlife/Rare Plants/Spatial: The objective is to create a young upland patch greater than 300 acres in size. Treat stands 187-9, 188-7, , 189-7, , and together to create a large young patch with legacy patches. Harvest only in uplands. Protect Canada yew with a 66 foot buffer. Lay out stand during snow-free seasons to identify the extent of the yew population. Known population is near the SW border of stand. An objective is to protect the Nabokov s blue butterfly. Keep access points from existing roads and trails to a minimum to prevent RMV use. Obliterate temporary roads to prevent OHV-RMV use. Retain dispersed, large woody debris (greater than 10 centimeters in diameter and longer than one meter) throughout the stand when possible. Push slash into piles for burning, do not use windrows. Recreation: Sign Pine Mountain Road Caution Trucks Hauling to alert travelers of log truck activity. Unit: Soils: ELT 18 Remove area from unit. ELT 11, 16, 17 - Generally retain/return slash, woody debris, bark, stumps on site where appropriate during whole tree logging. ELT 14 - Conduct mechanical activities during normal dry period or frozen ground or ELT 2, 6 - Conduct mechanical activities during frozen ground conditions or Riparian: Drainage in southern portion of unit that drains in to Devil Track Lake according to the Grand Marais topographical map. Maintain a 100 foot near bank zone along this drainage. Scenery: Locate legacy patch and/or leave trees as close to road and snowmobile trail as possible. Slash shall be removed w/in 50 of snowmobile trail and max. depth of 36 throughout remainder of stand. If slash is piled, locate piles as far from road as possible. burned. Crush concentrations of down and dead materials and live balsam not being piled where possible Create slash free zones near private property and high traffic roads where feasible. Wildlife/Rare Plants/Spatial: The objective is to create a young upland patch greater than 300 acres in size. Treat stands 187-9, 188-7, , 189-7, , and together to create a large young patch with legacy patches. Harvest only in uplands. An objective is to protect the Nabokov s blue butterfly. Keep access points from existing roads and trails to a minimum to prevent RMV use. Gate FR C-5

6 154A after harvest and obliterate temporary roads. Plant shrubs and small trees into roadways after obliteration to prevent OHV-RMV use. Retain dispersed, large woody debris (greater than 10 centimeters in diameter and longer than one meter) throughout the stand when possible. Push slash into piles for burning, do not use windrows. Recreation: Snowmobile Trail: If frozen soils are required for access, harvesting/hauling will be restricted on the snowmobile trail to off peak days (Monday-Thursday). If feasible a trail re-route or duel use may be considered. Sign Pine Mountain Road Caution Trucks Hauling to alert travelers of log truck activity. Unit: Prescription: The stand is a 16 year old white spruce plantation with young aspen, paper birch, and brush competition. Release approximately 25 acres of white spruce located in the northwestern 2/3 of the stand by cutting the competing vegetation to reduce mortality and competition for nutrients, water and sunlight for the white spruce. Operation Season: All season Unit: Soils: ELT 1, 14 - Conduct mechanical activities during normal dry period or frozen ground or remove from unit. ELT 6 - Conduct mechanical activities during frozen ground conditions or Scenery: Locate leave trees as close to road as possible. Slash shall be removed w/in 50 of road and max. depth of 36 throughout remainder of stand. If slash is piled, locate piles as far from road as possible. burned. Crush concentrations of down and dead materials and live balsam not being piled where possible Create slash free zones near private property and high traffic roads where feasible. Wildlife/Rare Plants/Spatial: The objective is to create a young upland patch greater than 300 acres in size. Treat stands 187-9, 188-7, , 189-7, , and together to create a large young patch with legacy patches. Harvest only in uplands. An objective is to protect the Nabokov s blue butterfly. Keep access points from existing roads and trails to a minimum to prevent RMV use. Obliterate temporary roads to prevent OHV-RMV use. Retain dispersed, large woody debris (greater than 10 centimeters in diameter and longer than one meter) throughout the stand when possible. Push slash into piles for burning, do not use windrows Recreation: Sign Pine Mountain Road Caution Trucks Hauling to alert travelers of log truck activity. Unit: Soils: ELT 11, 16 - Generally retain/return slash, woody debris, bark, stumps on site where appropriate during whole tree logging. ELT 6 - Conduct mechanical activities during frozen ground conditions or Riparian: Binigami Lake flows in to Mud Creek (a designated MN DNR trout stream). Maintain a 100 foot near bank zone along this drainage. Wildlife/Rare Plants/Spatial: The objective is to create a young upland patch greater than 300 acres in size. Treat stands 187-9, 188-7, , 189-7, , and together to create a large young patch with legacy patches. Harvest only in uplands. Recreation: Snowmobile Trail: If frozen soils are required for access, harvesting/hauling will be restricted on the snowmobile trail to off peak days (Monday-Thursday). If feasible a trail re-route or duel C-6

7 use may be considered. Sign Pine Mountain Road Caution Trucks Hauling to alert travelers of log truck activity. Unit: from unit. ELT 11, 16 - Generally retain/return slash, woody debris, bark, stumps on site where appropriate during whole tree logging. ELT 6 - Conduct mechanical activities during frozen ground conditions or Riparian: According to the Grand Marais topographical map there is a lowland in the northern portion of this unit. Maintain a 50 foot buffer along this lowland. Scenery: Locate legacy patch and/or leave trees as close to snowmobile trail as possible. Slash shall be removed w/in 50 of snowmobile trail and max. depth of 36 throughout remainder of stand. If slash is piled, locate piles as far from road as possible. burned. Crush concentrations of down and dead materials and live balsam not being piled where possible Create slash free zones near private property and high traffic roads where feasible. Wildlife/Rare Plants/Spatial: The objective is to create a young upland patch greater than 300 acres in size. Treat stands 187-9, 188-7, , 189-7, , and together to create a large young patch with legacy patches. Harvest only in uplands. Retain dispersed, large woody debris (greater than 10 centimeters in diameter and longer than one meter) throughout the stand when possible. Push slash into piles for burning, do not use windrows. Recreation: Snowmobile Trail: If frozen soils are required for access, harvesting/hauling will be restricted on the snowmobile trail to off peak days (Monday-Thursday). If feasible a trail re-route or duel use may be considered. Sign Pine Mountain Road Caution Trucks Hauling to alert travelers of log truck activity. Unit: from unit. ELT 2 - Conduct mechanical activities during frozen ground conditions or Scenery: Utilize the topography and leave trees along the Gunflint Trail in order to minimize views of harvested areas. Leave greater basal area along Gunflint Trail where possible. Pile slash as far as possible from Gunflint Trail. Any unburned piled slash should be redistributed across stand. burned. Crush concentrations of down and dead materials and live balsam not being piled where possible Wildlife/Rare Plants/Spatial: Leave mature pine and protect regenerating pine wherever possible. Retain dispersed, large woody debris (greater than 10 centimeters in diameter and longer than one meter) throughout the unit when possible. Push slash into piles for burning, do not use windrows. Favor mechanical site preparation practices that do not remove surface soils or only remove surface soils from the small areas in which an individual seedling will be planted. Protect planted white pine seedlings from deer browsing. Recreation: Gunflint Trail: Sign Gunflint Trail Caution Trucks Hauling to alert travelers of log truck activity. C-7

8 Unit: from unit. ELT 11 - Generally retain/return slash, woody debris, bark, stumps on site where appropriate during whole tree logging. ELT 2, 6 - Conduct mechanical activities during frozen ground conditions or Scenery: Utilize the topography and leave trees along the Gunflint Trail in order to minimize views of harvested areas. Leave greater basal area along Gunflint Trail where possible. Pile slash as far as possible from Gunflint Trail. Any unburned piled slash should be redistributed across stand. burned. Crush concentrations of down and dead materials and live balsam not being piled where possible do not use windrows. Favor mechanical site preparation practices that do not remove surface soils or only remove surface soils from the small areas in which an individual seedling will be planted. Protect planted white pine seedlings from deer browsing. Recreation: Gunflint Trail: Sign Gunflint Trail Caution Trucks Hauling to alert travelers of log truck activity. Unit: from unit. ELT 6 - Conduct mechanical activities during frozen ground conditions or burned. Crush concentrations of down and dead materials and live balsam not being piled where possible do not use windrows. Recreation: Gunflint Trail: Sign Gunflint Trail Caution Trucks Hauling to alert travelers of log truck activity. Unit: Soils: ELT 1, 14 - Conduct mechanical activities during normal dry period or frozen ground or remove from unit. ELT 2 - Conduct mechanical activities during frozen ground conditions or Scenery: Utilize the topography, legacy patches, and leave trees along the Gunflint Trail in order to minimize views of harvested areas. Leave increased basal area along Trout Lake Rd. C-8

9 do not use windrows. Recreation: Trout Lake Road: Weekend Hauling (Friday after 12pm thru Sunday) will be prohibited. Sign Trout Lake Rd. Caution Trucks Hauling to alert travelers of log truck activity. Unit: Soils: ELT 1, 14 - Conduct mechanical activities during normal dry period or frozen ground or remove from unit. ELT 2, 6 - Conduct mechanical activities during frozen ground conditions or remove from unit. ELT 11, 16 - Generally retain/return slash, woody debris, bark, stumps on site where appropriate during whole tree logging. ELT 14, 16 - Generally conduct mechanical activities on the lower end of slopes and avoid creating long uninterrupted equipment paths on slopes greater than 18%. Scenery: Leave increase basal area along Trout Lake Rd. Pile slash as far from road as possible. Any unburned slash should be scattered. do not use windrows. Favor mechanical site preparation practices that do not remove surface soils or only remove surface soils from the small areas in which an individual seedling will be planted. Protect planted white pine seedlings from deer browsing. Recreation: Trout Lake Road: Weekend Hauling (Friday after 12pm thru Sunday) will be prohibited. Sign Trout Lake Rd. Caution Trucks Hauling to alert travelers of log truck activity. Unit: Soils: ELT 1, 14 - Conduct mechanical activities during normal dry period or frozen ground or remove from unit. ELT 2, 6 - Conduct mechanical activities during frozen ground conditions or remove from unit. Riparian: Maintain 100 ft. near bank zone/filter strip along Kimball Creek in the west edge of the unit. do not use windrows. Recreation: Trout Lake Road: Weekend Hauling (Friday after 12pm thru Sunday) will be prohibited. Sign Trout Lake Rd. Caution Trucks Hauling to alert travelers of log truck activity. Unit: Access: Use NFSR 140C and temp road going east through aspen regeneration. Access when the ground is frozen or dry. Soils: ELT 1, 14 - Conduct mechanical activities during normal dry period or frozen ground or remove C-9

10 from unit. ELT 14 - Generally conduct mechanical activities on the lower end of slopes and avoid creating long uninterrupted equipment paths on slopes greater than 18%. ELT 2, 6 - Conduct mechanical activities during frozen ground conditions or Riparian: Maintain 100 ft. near bank zone along southern edge of unit. diameter and longer than one meter) throughout the stand when possible. Push slash into piles for burning, do not use windrows. Recreation: Trout Lake Road: Weekend Hauling (Friday after 12pm thru Sunday) will be prohibited. Sign Trout Lake Rd. Caution Trucks Hauling to alert travelers of log truck activity. Unit: Access: Use NFSR 140C. Access when the ground is frozen or dry. Soils: ELT 14, 16 - Generally conduct mechanical activities on the lower end of slopes and avoid creating long uninterrupted equipment paths on slopes greater than 18%. ELT 14 - Conduct mechanical activities during normal dry period or frozen ground or ELT 16 - Generally retain/return slash, woody debris, bark, stumps on site where appropriate during whole tree logging. ELT 2, 6 - Conduct mechanical activities during frozen ground conditions or Riparian: Maintain 100 ft. near bank zone along Kimball Creek drainage in southern portion of unit. Wildlife/Rare Plants/Spatial: See Gunflint biologist for map of protection zone(s). Objective is to protect nesting eagles or osprey and the nest and to retain potential nest trees. Buffer the nest with a 660 foot no harvest/disturbance zone. If the nest is active, restrict activities associated with roads and harvesting during nesting season (April 1 August 15). Within the stand, retain mature red and white pine for nest trees. Protect existing regenerating pine as much as possible. Retain dispersed, large woody debris (greater than 10 centimeters in diameter and longer than one meter) throughout the stand when possible. Push slash into piles for burning, do not use windrows. Recreation: Trout Lake Road: Weekend Hauling (Friday after 12pm thru Sunday) will be prohibited. Sign Trout Lake Rd. Caution Trucks Hauling to alert travelers of log truck activity. Unit: from unit. Generally conduct mechanical activities on the lower end of slopes and avoid creating long uninterrupted equipment paths on slopes greater than 18%. ELT 2 - Conduct mechanical activities during frozen ground conditions or If the existing road through unit is used to cross ELT 2, mechanical activity can take any time of year if ELT 2 area is not entered. Riparian: Maintain a 50 ft. buffer along the lowland inclusion along the western/southern edge of unit. Lowland inclusion borders Kimball Creek. C-10

11 do not use windrows. Favor mechanical site preparation practices that do not remove surface soils or only remove surface soils from the small areas in which an individual seedling will be planted. Protect planted white pine seedlings from deer browsing. Recreation: Kimball Lake Campground: Winter harvest only. Minimize use of skid trails and heavy equipment in/on campground, trails and roads. Sled dog use is to be expected. Trout Lake Road: Weekend Hauling (Friday after 12pm thru Sunday) will be prohibited. Sign Trout Lake Rd. Caution Trucks Hauling to alert travelers of log truck activity. Heritage Resources: There is a heritage site located near the area of treatment, before harvest operations begin the site will be located and flagged. There shall be no ground disturbing activities within at least 66ft. of the heritage resource site located. Unit: Soils: ELT 1, 14 - Conduct mechanical activities during normal dry period or frozen ground or remove from unit. ELT 2, 6 - Conduct mechanical activities during frozen ground conditions or remove from unit. Riparian: Maintain 100 ft. near bank zone along Kimball Creek. Wildlife/Rare Plants/Spatial: The objective is to increase stand structural diversity by varying stem density across the stand and to retain the present species diversity. Variable thinning of red pine. Portions would not be thinned, other portions would be group selection harvested to create openings 0.25 to 2.0 acres in size. The remaining portion of the stand would be thinned using designation by description. Retain all cedar. Maintain a representation of all tree species that were present in the stand prior to harvest. Close access other than bike loop to protect natural tree and shrub regeneration and ground layer species. Recreation: Eliason Bike Loop: Use of the NFSR 304 road for stand access will require Caution Trucks Hauling Signing to ensure user safety. Heritage Resources: There is a heritage site located near the area of treatment, before harvest operations begin the site will be located and flagged. There shall be no ground disturbing activities within at least 66ft. of the heritage resource site located. Unit: Soils: ELT 1, 14 - Conduct mechanical activities during normal dry period or frozen ground or remove from unit. ELT 2 - Conduct mechanical activities during frozen ground conditions or Riparian: Vernal (seasonal) pond in center of unit. Maintain a minimum of a 50 ft. buffer around the pool. Wildlife/Rare Plants/Spatial: Maintain a representation of all tree species that were present in the stand prior to harvest. Retain snags. Recreation: Eliason Bike Loop: Use of the NFSR 304 road for stand access will require Caution Trucks Hauling Signing to ensure user safety. Heritage Resources: There is a heritage site located near the area of treatment, before harvest operations begin the site will be located and flagged. There shall be no ground disturbing activities within at least 66ft. of the heritage resource site located. Unit: C-11

12 from unit. ELT 11 - Generally retain/return slash, woody debris, bark, stumps on site where appropriate during whole tree logging. ELT 2 - Conduct mechanical activities during frozen ground conditions or Riparian: Maintain 100 ft. near bank zone along beaver ponds and any associated drainages with the ponds. Scenery: Utilize the topography and leave 70 basal area along the Gunflint Trail in order to maintain the visual quality. Pile slash as far from Gunflint Trail as possible. Any unburned piled slash should be scattered to a height of no more than 24. No slash should be located within 50 of road R.O.W. do not use windrows. Favor mechanical site preparation practices that do not remove surface soils or only remove surface soils from the small areas in which an individual seedling will be planted. Protect planted white pine seedlings from deer browsing. Recreation: Gunflint Trail: Sign Gunflint Trail Caution Trucks Hauling to alert travelers of log truck activity. Unit: Soils: ELT 1, 14 - Conduct mechanical activities during normal dry period or frozen ground or remove from unit. ELT 11 - Generally retain/return slash, woody debris, bark, stumps on site where appropriate during whole tree logging. ELT 2, 6 - Conduct mechanical activities during frozen ground conditions or Riparian: Maintain 100 ft. near bank zone along beaver ponds and any associated drainages with the ponds. do not use windrows. Favor mechanical site preparation practices that do not remove surface soils or only remove surface soils from the small areas in which an individual seedling will be planted. Unit: from unit. ELT 6 - Conduct mechanical activities during frozen ground conditions or C-12

13 do not use windrows. Favor mechanical site preparation practices that do not remove surface soils or only remove surface soils from the small areas in which an individual seedling will be planted. Unit: from unit. ELT 11 - Generally retain/return slash, woody debris, bark, stumps on site where appropriate during whole tree logging. ELT 2, 6 - Conduct mechanical activities during frozen ground conditions or Scenery: Utilize the topography and leave more than 70 basal area along the Gunflint Trail if possible in order to maintain the visual quality. Pile slash as far from Gunflint Trail as possible. Any unburned piled slash should be scattered to a height of no more than 24. No slash should be located within 50 of road R.O.W. Wildlife/Rare Plants/Spatial: Maintain a representation of all tree species that were present in the stand prior to harvest. Retain dispersed, large woody debris (greater than 10 centimeters in diameter and longer than one meter) throughout the stand when possible. Push slash into piles for burning, do not use windrows. Protect planted white pine seedlings from deer browsing. Recreation: Gunflint Trail: Sign Gunflint Trail Caution Trucks Hauling to alert travelers of log truck activity. Unit: from unit. ELT 11 - Generally retain/return slash, woody debris, bark, stumps on site where appropriate during whole tree logging. ELT 6 - Conduct mechanical activities during frozen ground conditions or Riparian: Maintain 100 ft. near bank zone along Elbow Creek. Scenery: Utilize the topography and leave approx. 70 basal area along the Gunflint Trail if possible in order to maintain the visual quality. Pile slash as far from Gunflint Trail as possible. Any unburned piled slash should be scattered to a height of no more than 24. No slash should be located within 50 feet of road R.O.W. burned. do not use windrows. Favor mechanical site preparation practices that do not remove surface soils or only remove surface soils from the small areas in which an individual seedling will be planted.. Protect planted white pine seedlings from deer browsing. Recreation: Gunflint Trail: Sign Gunflint Trail Caution Trucks Hauling to alert travelers of log truck activity. C-13

14 Unit: Soils: ELT 1, 14 - Conduct mechanical activities and fire line construction during normal dry period or frozen ground or ELT 11 - Generally retain/return slash, woody debris, bark, stumps on site where appropriate during whole tree logging. Develop burn plan to minimize loss of forest floor using G-WS-10. Minimize forest floor disturbance during mechanical fuels treatment and fire line construction. Scenery: Slash piles should be located as far as possible from ski trail and road. Any unburned piled slash should be scattered to a height of no more than 24. No slash should be located within 50 feet of ski trail or road R.O.W.. Fuels: Mechanical Treatment: Leave all snags 8 dbh and larger. Minimize damage to over-story trees with mechanical equipment. Underburn: Minimize scorch to over-story stand by using low intensity fire. Protect all survey bearing markers. diameter and longer than one meter) when possible. Push slash into piles for burning, do not use windrows. An objective is to create wildlife cavity trees. Create snags using Norway spruce (Picea abies), if it is present in the stand. Protect planted white pine seedlings from deer browsing. Recreation: George Washington Ski Trail: Use of NFSR 1304 for stand access will be limited to nonwinter months only (April October). Skid trails and heavy equipment operation on system trails should be avoided to minimize repairs. Heritage Resources: There is a heritage site located within the area of treatment, before harvest operations begin the site will be located and flagged. There shall be no ground disturbing activities within at least 66ft. of the heritage resource site located. Unit: Soils: ELT 14 - Conduct mechanical activity and fire line construction during normal dry period or frozen ground or ELT 2 - Conduct mechanical activity and fire line construction during frozen ground conditions or Scenery: Slash piles should be located as far as possible from ski trail and road. Any unburned piled slash should be scattered to a height of no more than 24. No slash should be located within 50 feet of ski trail or road R.O.W.. During prescribe burning, minimize scorch to the over-story by using low intensity fire. Wildlife/Rare Plants/Spatial: Maintain a representation of all tree species that were present in the stand prior to harvest. Retain dispersed, large woody debris (greater than 10 centimeters in diameter and longer than one meter) throughout the stand when possible. Push slash into piles for burning, do not use windrows.an objective is to create wildlife cavity trees. Create snags using Norway spruce (Picea abies), if it is present in the stand. Protect planted white pine seedlings from deer browsing. Recreation: George Washington Ski Trail: Use of NFSR 1301 for stand access will be limited to nonwinter months only (April October). Skid trails and heavy equipment operation on system trails should be avoided to minimize repairs. Unit: from unit. ELT 11, 16 - Generally retain/return slash, woody debris, bark, stumps on site where C-14

15 appropriate during whole tree logging. ELT 2, 6 - Conduct mechanical activities during frozen ground conditions or Riparian: Elbow creek borders the west side of the unit. This is a designated trout stream. Maintain a 100 foot near bank zone along this stream. Scenery: Leave 60 b.a. w/in 150 of ski trail. Slash to be removed w/in 50 of ski trail and max. depth of 36 throughout remainder of stand. If slash is piled, then piles should be located as far from trail as possible. (Note: No harvest is proposed adjacent to Gunflint Trail.) burned. Crush concentrations of down and dead materials and live balsam not being piled where possible Create slash free zones near private property and high traffic roads where feasible. Wildlife/Rare Plants/Spatial: The objective is to create young aspen and a young upland patch greater than 300 acres in size, while maintaining conifers for natural regeneration and stand diversity. Leave all conifer species except balsam fir. Leave an additional 6-12 trees/acre of deciduous trees. Treat stands , , , , , and together to create a large young patch. Harvest only in uplands. An objective is to create wildlife cavity trees. Create snags using Norway spruce (Picea abies), if it is present in the stand. Retain dispersed, large woody debris (greater than 10 centimeters in diameter and longer than one meter) throughout the stand when possible. Push slash into piles for burning, do not use windrows. Recreation: George Washington Ski Trail: Use of NFSR 1304 for stand access will be limited to nonwinter months only (April October). Skid trails and heavy equipment operation on system trails should be avoided to minimize repairs. Sign the Gunflint Trail Caution Trucks Entering to alert travelers of log truck activity. Unit: from unit. ELT 11 - Generally retain/return slash, woody debris, bark, stumps on site where appropriate during whole tree logging. Scenery: Locate legacy patch and/or leave trees as close to road and snowmobile trail as possible. Slash shall be removed w/in 50 of snowmobile trail and max. depth of 36 throughout remainder of stand. If slash is piled, locate piles as far from road as possible. Wildlife/Rare Plants/Spatial: The objective is to create a young upland patch greater than 300 acres in size. Treat stands 187-9, 188-7, , 189-7, , and together to create a large young patch with legacy patches. Harvest only in uplands. Recreation: Snowmobile Trail: If frozen soils are required for access, harvesting/hauling will be restricted on the snowmobile trail to off peak days (Monday-Thursday). If feasible a trail re-route or duel use may be considered. Sign Pine Mountain Road Caution Trucks Hauling to alert travelers of log truck activity. Unit: from unit. ELT 11 - Generally retain/return slash, woody debris, bark, stumps on site where appropriate during whole tree logging. ELT 6 - Conduct mechanical activities during frozen ground conditions or Riparian: According to the Grand Marais topographical map, lowlands are indicated to the north, west and southeast of this unit. The northern lowland could be the headwaters of a tributary that drains in to Elbow Creek, a MN DNR designated trout stream. Maintain a 100 ft. near bank zone along this lowland. A 50 ft. buffer would be maintained along the other two lowlands. C-15

16 Wildlife/Rare Plants/Spatial: The objective is to create young aspen and a young upland patch greater than 300 acres in size, while maintaining conifers for natural regeneration and stand diversity. Leave all conifer species except balsam fir. Leave an additional 6-12 trees/acre of deciduous trees. Treat stands and together to create a large young patch. Harvest only in uplands. Leave jack pine slash or return it to the location of harvested jack pine to promote natural regeneration. Retain dispersed, large woody debris (greater than 10 centimeters in diameter and longer than one meter) throughout the stand when possible. Push slash into piles for burning, do not use windrows. Recreation: Snowmobile Trail: If frozen soils are required for access, harvesting/hauling will be restricted on the snowmobile trail to off peak days (Monday-Thursday). If feasible, a trail re-route or duel use may be considered. Sign Pine Mountain Road Caution Trucks Hauling to alert travelers of log truck activity. Unit: from unit. ELT 11 - Generally retain/return slash, woody debris, bark, stumps on site where appropriate during whole tree logging. ELT 2, 6 - Conduct mechanical activities during frozen ground conditions or Riparian: Maintain a 50 foot buffer along the lowland in the south east of the unit. Maintain a 100 ft. near bank zone along the pond/headwaters of Elbow Creek. Scenery: no scenery resource concerns Wildlife/Rare Plants/Spatial: The objective is to create young aspen and a young upland patch greater than 300 acres in size, while maintaining conifers for natural regeneration and stand diversity. Leave all conifer species except balsam fir. Leave an additional 6-12 trees/acre of deciduous trees. Treat stands and together to create a large young patch. Harvest only in uplands. Recreation: Snowmobile Trail: If frozen soils are required for access, harvesting/hauling will be restricted on the snowmobile trail to off peak days (Monday-Thursday). If feasible, a trail re-route or duel use may be considered. Sign Pine Mountain Road Caution Trucks Hauling to alert travelers of log truck activity. Unit: Soils: ELT 11 - Generally retain/return slash, woody debris, bark, stumps on site where appropriate during whole tree logging. ELT 6 - Conduct mechanical activities during frozen ground conditions or Riparian: A tributary to Elbow Creek borders the east side of this unit. Maintain a 100 ft. near bank zone along the tributary. Maintain a 50 ft. buffer along the lowland on the east side of the unit. Wildlife/Rare Plants/Spatial: The objective is to create young aspen and a young upland patch greater than 300 acres in size, while maintaining conifers for natural regeneration and stand diversity. Leave all conifer species except balsam fir. Leave an additional 6-12 trees/acre of deciduous trees. Treat stands , , , , , and together to create a large young patch. Harvest only in uplands. Recreation: Snowmobile Trail: If frozen soils are required for access, harvesting/hauling will be restricted on the snowmobile trail to off peak days (Monday-Thursday). If feasible, a trail re-route or duel use may be considered. Sign Pine Mountain Road Caution Trucks Hauling to alert travelers of log truck activity. Unit: Soils: ELT 11 - Generally retain/return slash, woody debris, bark, stumps on site where appropriate during whole tree logging. ELT 2, 6 - Conduct mechanical activities during frozen ground conditions or C-16

17 Riparian: Elbow creek borders the northeast side of the unit. Maintain a 100 ft. near bank zone along the creek. Maintain a 50 ft. buffer along the lowlands in the south of this unit. burned. Crush concentrations of down and dead materials and live balsam not being piled where possible Create slash free zones near private property and high traffic roads where feasible. Wildlife/Rare Plants/Spatial: The objective is to create young aspen and a young upland patch greater than 300 acres in size, while maintaining conifers for natural regeneration and stand diversity. Leave all conifer species except balsam fir. Leave an additional 6-12 trees/acre of deciduous trees. Treat stands , , , , , and together to create a large young patch. Harvest only in uplands. Retain dispersed, large woody debris (greater than 10 centimeters in diameter and longer than one meter) throughout the stand when possible. Push slash into piles for burning, do not use windrows. Recreation: Snowmobile Trail: If frozen soils are required for access, harvesting/hauling will be restricted on the snowmobile trail to off peak days (Monday-Thursday). If feasible, a trail re-route or duel use may be considered. Sign Pine Mountain Road Caution Trucks Hauling to alert travelers of log truck activity. Unit: Soils: ELT 14 - Conduct mechanical fuels treatment and fire line construction during normal dry period or frozen ground or ELT 6 - Conduct mechanical activity and fire line construction during frozen ground conditions or Riparian: Elbow Creek located on the western/southern edge of unit. Maintain 100 ft. near bank zone along creek. Fuels: Pile and Burn: Pile slash compactly in a vertical and horizontal manner which maximizes consumption when piles are burned. Pile slash in openings and at a minimum of 10 away from tree boles to prevent tree scorch and mortality. Piles should be limited to.10 acre in size in order to limit effects to soils and over-story trees. Do not remove snags over 8 dbh. Only remove ladder fuels that are balsam species. Underburn: Minimize scorch to over-story stand by using low intensity fire. Protect all survey bearing markers. Wildlife/Rare Plants/Spatial: The objective is to create wildlife cavity trees. Create snags using Norway spruce (Picea abies), if it is present in the stand. Recreation: George Washington Ski Trail: Use of NFSR 1301 for stand access will be limited to nonwinter months only (April October) Unit: Soils: ELT 14 - Conduct mechanical fuels treatment and fire line construction during normal dry period or frozen ground or ELT 6 - Conduct mechanical activity and fire line construction during frozen ground conditions or Riparian: Elbow Creek on south side of unit. Maintain 100 ft. near bank zone along creek. Fuels: Pile and Burn: Pile slash compactly in a vertical and horizontal manner which maximizes consumption when piles are burned. Pile slash in openings and at a minimum of 10 away from tree boles to prevent tree scorch and mortality. Piles should be limited to.10 acre in size in order to limit effects to soils and over-story trees. Do not remove snags over 8 dbh. Only remove ladder fuels that are balsam species. Underburn: Minimize scorch to over-story stand by using low intensity fire. Protect all survey bearing C-17