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Table 17--Effectiveness ratings for aerial seeding and contour-felling effectiveness as provided by interviewees, ~, m _W N 0 U sorted by Region. Percentages of total replies in each raring class are shown. No. of BAER Hillslope Treatment Region Replies Excellent Good Falr Poor --------- -----Percenf- -------- ------ Aerial Seeding 1 8 62.5 12.5 12.5 12.5 2 6 33.3 33.3 0.0 33.3 3 16 6.3 18.7 37.5 37.5 4 11 63.6 18.2 0.0 18.2 5 32 3.0 34.4 43.8 18.8 6 10 40.0 40.0 20.0 0.0 Contour Felling 1 9 44.4 44.4 11.2 0.0 Z 2 0.0 50.0 0.0 50.0 3 8 50.0 16.7 16.7 16.6 4 4 25.0 50.0 0.0 25.0 5 6 16.7 50.0 0.0 33.3 6 8 12.5 25.0 37.5 25.0 ,. ~ iooo 2500 ~•:i eoo zaoo B00 1500 M~ ~ aao +aao o-u 200 500 0 0 REGION ~~ m w O U Figure 19--Cost per area for BAER spending oncontour-failed logs by Region in 1989 dollars. Mean unit cost with range for each region is shown. tw tp '~ too m rn ~ rn 0 40 U ZO Mie Mee REGION aw L 200 ~ rn 150 v 700 0 ~ U Flgura 20--Costper areafor BAER spending on aerial seeding by Region in 1999 dollars. Mean unit cost with range for each region Is shown. Region 5 spent the moat on debris basins (1990'x) and channel debris clearing (1970'x) (fig. 22). Straw bale check dame were used mostly by Regions 4, 5 and 6. There were far fewer interviewee comments re- corded in our database for channel treatments (38) than for hillxlope treatmentx (188), indicating a lower frequency of use in BAER projects. Road and Trail Treatments--Only two road treat- menta,culvert upgrading and trash racks, received mare thanthreeeffectivenessevaluations.Theresponaeacov- eredtherange from "excellent" to "poor,"although three- quarters of the interviewees rated culvert upgrading "excellent" or "good" in effectiveness (table 16). Interviewees were evenly split on their asxesament of trash racks as "excellent ""fair," or "poor." BAER spending on armored ford crossings was three times greater than for any other road treat- ment. This was due to the extensive use of armored crossing on the 1994 Tyee Fire, Wenachee National Forest in Washington (fig. 23). Culvert upgrades, ditch maintenance leaning and armoring, road rip- ping, drainage improvement and stabilization, and trail work accounted for the majority of funds spent. In the 1990'x, more funds were spent on ditch main- tenance than during the other two decades combined (adjusted to 1999 dollars). Spending on moat other road treatments increased during the 1980's and again in the 1990'x. Region 5 spent more on road treatments, other than armored ford crossing, than other regions (fig. 24), Region 4 invested the most on ditch cleaning and armoring. Treatment Rankings The composition of interviewees was examined to see if different disciplines would rank treatment USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR~3. 2000 39