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• Board Meeting Date: 9/18/2007
• Description: WSP Section - HB07-1130 Forest Restoration Grant Program Status Report
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

o Leave topped snags for windthrow resistant stmcture
o Incorporate large woody material and channel stmctures to reduce
stream energy and potential for channel instability.
o Fell some trees for stream shading and temperature control.

. Modify forest structure on a stand-by-stand basis: do not apply uniform methods
of stand treatments across a watershed. For example, a forest dominated by even-
aged lodgepole pine trees would be treated differently than a mixed-aged spmce-fir
forest. The key is to understand forest ecology and successional stages.

. Modify Stand Structure to create diversity of the entire stmcture. Do not just target
dead trees. Create age diversity, leave clumps of high density that allow spmce or
firs to establish, target areas where existing understory will release: the understory
will flourish dues to canopy changes. In addition, maintain wildlife corridors and
habitat connectivity to the extent practicable

. Modify Stand Structure Within Aspen Stands. Change the stmcture of older
stands that are being encroached on by conifers, move them to an earlier seral state
to decrease stand flammability and create a natural break.

. Suppress/Delay Infestation in Priority Areas: consider specialized treatments in
areas where there is high risk for water supply impacts.

o "Beetle-proof' high priority stands. Use spaced thinnings that
optimize the effects of microclimate, inter-tree spacing and tree
VIgOr.
o Include buffer areas with even lower stand density between the high
priority stand and the adjacent, infected forest.

. Manage Invasive Non-Native Species: A Management plan for non-native
invasive species should draw on recent Hayman Fire lessons to reduce the potential
for development of vegetation that differs from pre-fire conditions.

. Pre-Fire Mitigation: Fire is part of the natural cycle and should not be totally
suppressed. Mitigation techniques for select locations may reduce risk and impact.
Each of the methods described above should be considered when performing pre-
fire mitigation.

. Post-Fire Rehabilitation. In addition to stand treatments already mentioned, post
fire rehabilitation should consider:

o Restoration should be done only if the risk to water supplies is high
since significant resources have to be invested to ensure
improvement over natural recovery.
o Target severely burned areas, very steep slopes, and fragile slopes, or
places where water mnoff will be excessive.
o Hillslope stabilization should be a priority over channel treatments: It
is more effective to detain mnoff and reduce erosion on site (hillslope

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