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United States North Revilla
Department of
Agriculture
Environmental
Forest Service Final
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National Impact Statement
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August 1993
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Long-Term Timber Sale Contract
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Volume Appendix L
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Appendix L
Response
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Public
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NORTH REVILLA EIS
PUBLIC COMMENTS ON DEIS
Introduction
1 Cost Effectiveness of Timber Harvest Operations
Facets: A - Economical harvest for KPC
B - Helicopter logging should be limited to that which
is economically feasible and where conventional cable
yarding systems will not work
C - Construction costs are excessive roads bridges &
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D - Helicopter logging cost estimates are too low.
E - Alternatives to clearcutting
F - Don't subsidize KPC
G - Yarding units with leave islands/snag patches is less
efficient-cost factors should be added
H - Proportionality/Inaccurate TIMTYP maps
I - Don't export unprocessed timber (round logs)
J - Volume per acre estimates are too high
K - Opportunities for shovel logging were not identified
L - Second-growth management inadequately addressed
M - Units should be larger or smaller
N - Regeneration concerns in low volume stands
0 - Temporary road miles should be displayed
P - Margaret Bay to Traitors Creek/Fire Cove road
connection
Q,R - Virgin Bay to SW Neets road connection, North
Traitors to SW Neets road connection
S - Neets Bay to Shrimp Bay road connection
T - Modify alternatives 3 & 6 to include upper Klam Creek
and Neets Valley units and roads
U - Specific comments on the North Revilla DEIS
2 Fish Habitat and Water Quality
Facets: A - The effectiveness of BMP's and riparian buffers in
protecting fish habitat and water quality
B - The Southern Southeast Regional Aquaculture
Association (SSRAA) fish hatchery at Neets Bay, Forest
Science research in Margaret Creek, and important
fisheries in Traitors Creek need protection
C - Fish/Watershed management recommendations should be
site specific
D - Watershed cumulative effects analysis needs to be
addressed
E - Areas or units with high potential for landslides
should be modified or deleted
F - Mitigation measures for fish habitat and watershed
resources should be included in this plan
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G - Monitoring of BMP's should be included in the plan
H - Effects on salmon habitat need to be addressed
I - Specific comments on the North REvilla DEIS
3 Recreation and Scenic Quality
Facets A - Maintain or expand roaded recreation opportunities
B - Timber harvest activities affect recreational
experiences
C - No additional wilderness or recreational land-use
designations should be made
D - Logging affects scenic quality along North Behm Canal,
Neets BAy, Gedney Pass and Hassler Pass'
E - Logging activity noise levels affect recreational
experiences
4 Wildlife
Facets: A Decline in wildlife populations/habitats
B D X Fragmentation of the old-growth forest and
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connectivity of the remaining patches
C Clearcuts are good for deer hunting and wildlife
E Biological Assessment not available for review
F Harvest data not accurate
G, H More discussion of effects on mountain goats, bats
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I Wildlife habitat capability models are flawed
J Sea lion haulout rock on Nose Point (north of Neets
Bay
K Wildlife islands are not effective mitigation for
wildlife
L Precommercial thinning and grass seeding not effective
mitigation for wildlife-use timber or soils funds
M Road densities are too high-need more analysis
O Goshawk sightings and surveys
P What are the impacts to marbled murrelets, harlequin
ducks, marine mammals, and rare plants; what surveys
have been done and what mitigation measures are used
Q The two new LTF s in Traitors Cove will significantly
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affect wildlife and shellfish
s Brown Creepers are not abundant and have declined
drastically
R,T Old growth retention
U Wildlife island or snag patch locations
V Add wolf as MIS
W Goshawk management procedures are vague
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N Y - What are the mitigation measures for bald eagles;
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i.e. Hassler Island LTF and LTF Site # 18
Z - Misty Fiords Wilderness does not necessarily supply
quality wildlife habitat required by old-growth
dependent species
AA - Correct marbled murrelet population estimate for
Southeast Alaska
BB - Compare ADF&G Deer Population Ojectives to habitat
capabilities resulting from the proposed project
CC - More clearly explain the effects of logging on deer
DD - Patch Size Effectiveness Maps-differenciate the
blocks that are greater than 1,000 acres
EE - Sustainable harvest rate for otter should be 20
percent
FF - Need more baseline data and wildlife surveys
GG - Muskegs and second growth are not viable corridors
HH - Deer pellet surveys are part of the deer model and
are very inaccurate
II - Include discussion of the viable population committee
JJ - Unit specific comments on the North Revilla DEIS
5 Subsistence
Facets: A Traitors Cove, Neets Bay, Margeret Creek and Lake,
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E,F Klu and Shrimp Bay are all important subsistence
areas
C - Harvest timber somewhere else because of impacts to
subsistence
D - TRUCS data not accurate
G - Hassler Island is an important subsistence fishing
area
H No subsistence alternative
I All action alternatives will negatively affect my
subsistence life style
J Inadequate information on subsistence use of the
project area
K Don't connect the Margaret Lake road to Traitors;
will increase competition from people at the camp
L Disagree with the statement "No impact to subsistence
because no beach fringe is proposed for harvest"
M V X Native clans still use traditional areas that have
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been used for hundreds of years
N Identify the mitigation measures necessary to maintain
human access to shrimp, crabs and sea cucumbers
O Page 224 "Alt. 2 through 6 will not represent a
significant possibility of a significant restriction
on subsistence use of deer and certain furbearers"
conflicts with other statements
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P - Analyze deer hunting patterns on a WAA and community
basis, not just the project area
Q - Discuss deer habitat capability changes in the years
1954, 1990, 2010, and 2040
R - Project a future increase in demand for deer
S - Analyze overall cumulative forest wide effects of
logging
T - Display mapped analysis of deer supply vs. demand over
the next 50 years
U - Is the restriction on sport hunting of deer a
recommendation or a possible mitigation measure
W - No Native subsistence users helped to write the North
Revilla draft EIS
Y - Subsistence users have priority use of the resources
under ANILCA
6 Social and Economic Effects
Facets A - Supply the volume needed to sustain the local mills
and meet the Long-term Sale obligations
B - Need a reasonable timber base to support economic
stability of SE Alaska
C - Need a supply of oldjgrowth for value added products
D - NFMA requires an economic analysis based on PNV
E - Expand discussion on infrastructure needs for
Ketchikan (housing, schools, etc.)
F - Potential value of SSRAA hatchery and Traitors Cove
fish runs
G - Implementation of this project will provide jobs
H - Special interest groups have too much influence on
timber sales
I - Supply the demand for wood products
J - Specific comments on the North Revilla DEIS
7 Marine Environment
Facets: A - Excessive number of LTF's throughout Project Area
B - The negative impacts from the Virgin bay LTF will
significantly outweigh any advantages
C - The negative impacts from the North Traitors LTF will
significantly outweigh any advantages
D - Inadequate analysis of the effects of the project
upon the marine environment
E - General concerns expressed about the Klu & Shrimp
Bay LTF's
F - What impact will this project have on the SEAFAC
underwater testing facility near Back Island
G - Effectiveness of LTF siting BMP's to minimize adverse
impacts of LTF's
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