Review of Green Diamond Resource Company’s Timber Harvest Operations and Forest Management Activities As They Relate to Rate of Harvest and Cumulative Watershed Effects
House M, Bourque R, Lamphear D. 2012. Review of Green Diamond Resource Company’s Timber Harvest Operations and Forest Management Activities As They Relate to Rate of Harvest and Cumulative Watershed Effects
This paper provides a review of the potential effects of Green Diamond’s operations on the hydrologic cycle, sediment delivery and transport, water temperature and large woody debris recruitment. We review potential cumulative watershed effects of Green Diamond’s operations at the expected harvesting levels utilized during the development of the documents described above (which remain current). Our analysis takes into account all current regulatory restrictions as described in the FMWDRs project 2 description and, as addressed in the CEQA and NEPA documents accompanying the permits and approvals summarized above. Our review demonstrates that the implementation of Green Diamond’s management practices and the current regulatory provisions in place—that establish and control the rate of Green Diamond’s timber harvesting—avoid, minimize and mitigate potential negative impacts of Green Diamond’s operations on the aquatic system and protect, and in some cases improve, water quality. This review confirms that there are no new impacts that have not previously been addressed by and considered in the Final Environmental Impact Statement for approval of the AHCP, the CDFG Consistency Determination for the AHCP, and the IS/MND prepared to support the MATO approved by CDFG and the RMWDR approved by the Regional Water Board.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- House, Matthew; Bourque, Ryan; Lamphear, David
- Date of Issue
- 2012-06
- Units
- REDW
- Keywords
- cumulative watershed effects, forest management activities, Green Diamond, sediment delivery, Timber harvest operations