Executive Summary
Project Expectations and Results
Detailed Road Design
Slope Stability Analysis
Alternative Yarding System Analysis
Access Alternatives
Research Applications
Sedimentation Analysis
List of Figures
List of Tables
1	Design Team	6.6.3.3	Site Survey
1.1	Directors	6.6.4	South Access
1.1.1	Peter Schiess	6.6.5	Southeast Access
1.1.2	Alec Arntzen	6.6.6	Alignment
1.1.3	Weikko Jaross	6.6.6.1	East Access
1.1.4	Jeff Comnick	6.6.6.2	West Access
1.2	Forest Engineering Seniors	6.6.6.3	South Access
1.2.1	Bret Macaleer	6.7	Access Analysis
1.2.2	Thomas Mohr	6.7.1	Introduction
1.2.3	Santino Pascua	6.7.2	Haul Cost and Reconditioning for each Alternative Access
1.2.4	Matt Ringstad	6.7.2.1	Haul Cost
1.2.5	Jarrod Todd	6.7.2.2	Reconditioning Costs for Each Access
1.2.6	Jeremy Tryall	6.7.3	Internal Road Scenarios for the P-1800
2	Introduction	6.7.4	Internal Road Costs
2.1	Site Description	6.7.5	Total Overall Costs per Alternative Access
2.2	Goals	6.7.6	Decision Matrix for Alternative Access
2.2.1	Olympic Region	6.8	Surfacing Reduction
2.2.2	College of Forest Resources	6.8.1	Introduction
2.3	Objective	6.8.2	Cost Comparison
2.4	Design Challenges	6.8.3	Results
2.4.1	Access	7	Harvest Systems
2.4.2	Yarding	7.1	Systems Selected
2.4.3	Comparison of Alternative Harvest Prescriptions	7.1.1	Ground Systems
2.4.4	Unstable Slopes	7.1.2	Cable Systems
3	Data Collection	7.1.3	Helicopter Systems
3.1	DNR Big Country	7.2	Setting Design and Analysis Process
3.1.1	Introduction	7.2.1	Cable Analysis
3.1.2	Slope Stability	7.2.2	Cable Analysis Assumptions
3.1.3	Road Design	7.2.3	LoggerPC analysis
3.1.4	Research and Monitoring	7.2.4	Choosing Payloads
3.1.5	Aerial Photos	7.2.5	Setting Layout
3.2	GIS Coverages	7.2.6	Analysis
3.2.1	Initial Data Collection/Database	7.3	Profile Verification
3.2.2	Creation of Layers	7.3.1	Marginal Profiles
3.2.3	Modification of Layers	7.3.2	Profile Comparison
4	Slope Stability and Mass Wasting	7.4	Helicopter Settings
4.1	Site Conditions	7.5	Alternative Equipment
4.1.1	Soil Conditions	7.6	Harvest System Owning and Operating Costs
4.1.2	Stream Conditions	7.6.1	Costing Models Used
4.2	Unstable Area Analysis	7.6.2	Purpose
4.3	Watershed Analysis Results for Road Design	7.6.3	Method
4.4	Sedimentation Analysis	7.7	Production Costing Summary
4.4.1	Road Proximity to Streams	7.7.1	Felling
4.4.2	Predicted Road Sediment	7.7.2	Yarding
4.4.3	Cross Drain Spacing and Design	7.7.2.1	Cable Yarding
4.4.4	Culvert and Sediment Relationships	7.7.2.2	Shovel Yarding
4.4.5	WEPP and X-DRAIN	7.7.2.3	Grapple Skidding
4.5	References	7.7.2.4	Line Skidding
5	Silviculture	7.7.2.5	Helicopter Yarding
5.1	Goals & Objectives	7.7.3	Processing
5.2	Thinning Criteria	7.7.3.1	Manual Processing
5.3	Current Conditions	7.7.3.2	Mechanical Processing
5.4	Turn Weights	7.7.4	Loading
5.5	Tail Trees	7.7.5	O & O Costs
6	Roads	7.7.6	Conclusion
6.1	Design Inputs	7.8	Alternative System Analysis Comparison
6.1.1	Side Slope Considerations	7.8.1	Alternative Analysis Conclusions
6.1.2	Road Grade and Alignment	8	Prescription Design Strategies
6.1.3	Stream Crossing	8.1	Operational Feasibility
6.2	Field Reconnaissance	8.2	Research and Monitoring Objectives
6.2.1	Processes	8.3	Field Location and Contract Administration
6.2.2	Equipment	8.4	Marketability Matrix
6.3	Field Reconnaissance Prioritization	8.4.1	Creating a Marketability Matrix
6.5	Overview of Final Road System	8.4.2	Results of the Marketability Matrix
6.5.1	Road Statistics	8.5	Tradeoff Analysis
6.5.3	Preliminary vs. Final Comparison	8.5.1	Differences in Layouts
6.6	Road Design Challenges	8.6	Final Layout
6.6.1	Big Country Road Design Specifications	8.6.1	Review of Prescription Design Strategies
6.6.2	East Bridge (Cougar Creek)	8.7	Conclusions
6.6.2.1	East Bridge Area	9	Conclusions
6.6.2.2	Widening	10	Appendices
6.6.3	West Bridge (Clallam River)	10.1	Loggers Preferences
6.6.3.1	Stability	10.2	Harvest Volume Assumptions
6.6.3.2	Culverts	10.3	Using LoggerPC103

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Assessment of Operational Feasibilities for Implementing the OESF Conservation Strategy

Big Country Timber Sale

Table of Contents

Executive Summary

1

Design Team

Directors

2

Introduction

7

Harvest Systems

3

Data Collection

4

Slope Stability and Mass Wasting

5

Silviculture

6

Roads

8

Prescription Design Strategies

9

Conclusions

10

Appendices