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<br /> <br />002939 <br /> <br /> <br />TRAVEL INFLUENCE ZONE - 4-LANE HIGHWAY WEST OF WOLF CREEK PASS <br /> <br />The scenic view from these zones will be maintained or enhanced <br />on a continuous basis through a variety of forest management <br />practices. The clearcut area in the foreground resulted from <br />logging made necessary by an insect epidemic. Forest practices <br />proposed in this plan will reduce this catastrophic insect, <br />disease and fire probability. <br /> <br />Dead trees and trees having a high risk of dying within the next <br />10 years have been logged from a strip above the highway. <br /> <br />The area between the highway and the clearaut, at the right hand <br />of the photo, was logged in 1973-74. This intermediate cut was <br />a preparatory step in the shelterwood silvicultural system. The <br />narrow roads that have been constructed in that area are used <br />for tree removal only, and are closed between successive logging <br />operations. The area to the left has. not been logged. <br /> <br />