The objective of the specified treatment is to: a. Provide a mineral seedbed for seed cast by seed trees. b. Provide a minimum of 50% mineral soil exposure across the unit to achieve a receptive seedbed. c. Facilitate planter access. d. Facilitate nutrient cycling. e. Accelerate the decay process. f. Reduce slash loading on the site. g. Maintain trees marked with yellow paint as seed trees on the site. h. Reduce coverage of competing vegetation. i. Maintain on the site existing healthy Western Larch and Ponderosa Pien seedlings, saplings and poles. j. Minimize impacts to the soil by utilizing movement of the excavator, priamrily utilizing the boom to move and pile material. k. Utilize soil erosion control measures to prevent water from channeling down the ruts created by the machine tracks.
