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FOREST HEALTH PILOT
PROJECT SELECTION CRITERIA
FIRE HAZARD REDUCTION

General Criteria

General criteria are the first filter for overall program development. Not every project will meet or exceed the criteria, but the average of all projects should. For example, an underburn project that produces no timber outputs is off-set by a project that produces more than the 3-5 MBF per acre. The average cost per acre is the appropriated dollar reduced by any revenues generated.

• Focus on DFPZ's
• percent (+/-) sawlogs
• Program costs average $250 per acre
• Program average 3-5 MBF per acre

Priority for Treatment

Selection of projects (for implementation) that meets the general criteria needs to be based on resources at risk. These resources at risk (not listed in order of preference) are:

• Communities
• Wildlife habitat
• Large fire potential
• Watershed protection
• Existing investments
• Recreation values
• Unique areas
• Fires out of the wilderness
• Cost to maintain
• Others

This list is not inclusive and needs-to be put in priority.

10/11/96

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FOREST HEALTH PILOT
PROJECT SELECTION CRITERIA
WATERSHED RESTORATION

OVERALL APPROACH

Watershed restoration needs to start at the headwaters. In the lower reaches of a watershed problem areas that have the potential to become larger should be considered for selection. Do not fix problems that are not getting worse in the lower reaches. Landscape Analysis will analyze, on an ecosystem basis, watersheds as a whole. Opportunities will be identified that will show what needs to be accomplished in the landscape in both time and space. From the opportunities, future restoration projects will all be linked together. Once sufficient Landscape Analysis has been completed it is anticipated watershed restoration projects will occur on entire watersheds.

Priority for Treatment

The priorities (not listed in order of preference) are:

• Watersheds that are at or above threshold
• Domestic water use
• Irrigation water use
• Fisheries
• Recent catastrophic events
• Maintain existing improvements
• Cost share projects that expand benefits
• Others

This list is not inclusive and needs to be put in priority.

10/11/96

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