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Historic, archived document Do not assume content reflects current scientific knowledge, policies, or practices. US FOREST SERVICE ALASKA REGION INDIAN RIVER ALTERNATIVE D Final Environmental Impact Statement September 1999 1 0.5 o 1 Scale in Miles One inch represents 0.63 miles LEGEND NATIONAL FOREST - National Forest Lands outside the project boundary. UNCONVEYED LANDS - Lands selected by the State of Alaska and Native allotment applications which have not yet been conveyed. STATE, MUNICIPAL, and PRIVATE LANDS - Includes lands owned by Native corporations. 62850-C 62820-C TTRA: Stream riparian areas removed from timber harvest by the Tongass Timber Reform Act of 1990. 63510-C RMA: Other stream riparian areas where timber harvesting is restricted to protect water quality. Old Growth Habitat Land Use Designation (LUD) 64010-C, Old Growth forest areas which are deferred from harvest considerations by this alternative. Areas avoided due to unstable soils or slopes. 65020-C 65020-C HARVESTED AREA - Timber harvested prior to this project with 650.13-H' 64110-H year of harvest. HARVEST AREA - Timber harvest planned by other projects but not yet harvested. 50740-H HARVEST AREA PRESCRIPTIONS 61020-H Units proposed for harvest in this Alternative. SINGLETREE SELECTION Harvest Method PATCH CLEARCUT 20810-C - Unit 20810, cable harvest 64420-H GROUP SELECTION 20811-S - Unit 20811, shovel harvest CLEARCUT with RETENTION 20812-H - Unit 20812, helicopter harvest 60910-H OVERSTORY REMOVAL 3530-C/H - Unit 3530, Cable & Helicopter Harvest 21840-H ROAD - Proposed for construction in this alternative. 22010-H 21420-H ROAD - Temporary construction in this alternative Existing Rock Pits ROAD - Existing roads proposed for reconstruction in this alternative. Other Existing Roads. STREAM - Class 1; Streams with anadromous or high quality sport fish habitat. STREAM - Class 2; Streams with resident fish populations. STREAM - Class 3; Streams with no fish, but which influences downstream water quality or fish habitat. LOG TRANSFER FACILITY - Proposed for construction in this alternative plan. LOG TRANSFER FACILITY - Existing 220 VCU - Value Comparison Unit. PROJECT BOUNDARY - This Environmental Impact Statement is restricted to the National Forest lands within the project area. The contour interval is 200 feet Map published in 1999 by direction of Assistant Forest Supervisor, Tongass National Forest Thematic data prepared and map design by Sitka Office GIS. NOTE: Names shown in red on this map have not been approved by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names and are intended solely as an aid to orient the user TONG ASS PROJECT AREA NATIONAL ALASKA AREA ENLARGED 1000' 2000 Tenakee Springs Saltery Bay INDIAN RIVER ALTERNATIVE D September 1999