Specifications include, but are not limited to: 1. Leave all trees containing raptor nests or nesting cavities. 2. Leave all deciduous trees and shrubs including bitterbrush, cliffrose, mahogany, birch, cottonwood, dogwood, willow, alder, and aspen untreated. 3. Felled Rocky Mtn. juniper trees within riparian areas, within 50 feet from any springs or perennial or intermittent stream channels or dry washes may be left whole and placed in the riparian corridor, dry wash or stream channel. 4. Do not exceed stump height of 8” (inches) within rocky areas, all other stump heights will be 4”- 6” (inches) measured on the uphill side. 5. Lop and scatter cut material so that slash height does not exceed 24” (inches) above the ground except in riparian areas, springs, intermittent stream channels and dry washes as mentioned in (3). 6. Cut material left on site shall not exceed 48” (inches) in length except in riparian areas, springs, intermittent stream channels and dry washes as mentioned in (3). 7. Leave cut debris below crossings or culverts where possible to dissipate the energy of water flow. 8. Use established roads and trails for all motorized travel to minimize damage to patches of sagebrush and other browse plants. 9. Trees identified as bearing trees, or any tree blazed or tagged to mark the line of any Government survey, shall not be cut or destroyed under penalty of the law. Trees with reference tags will be left uncut.
