Forest Road Deactivation Practices in the Pacific Northwest

Forest Road Deactivation Practices
in the Pacific Northwest

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Objectives of Deactivation Additional References	Introduction - 1	13 - Blanket Drains	Description Expectations
Social Impacts Water Management Rules	Water Management - 2	14 - Trench Drains	Description Expectations
Descriptions Active/Inactive Roads	Waterbars & Ditchblocks - 3	15 - French Drains	Description Expectations
Working In Isolation Insloping/Outsloping	Safety and Road Surface - 4	16 - Fords	Description Approval Requirements
Application Methods Bioengineering	Revegetation - 5	17 - Cross-Ditching Practices	Helpful Hints Backup Cross-Ditches
Planning, Catch Basins Fine-Textured Soil	Sediment Control - 6	18 - Cross-Ditching in Pullback	Sequence of Activities Armoured Swales
Streams, Cut & Fill Slopes Fine-Textured Soils	Erosion Protection - 7	19 - Partial Pullback Practices	Sequence of Activities Levels of Deactivation
Detailed Work Plan Useful Hints	Dewatering Streams - 8	20 - Full Pullback Practices	Pullback Placement Sequence of Activities
Description Expectations	Cross-Ditches (Road Intact) - 9	21 - Wood Culvert Removal	Sequence of Activities Peak Flow Estimates
Description Expectations	Cross-Ditches in Pullback - 10	22 - Metal Culvert Removal	Sequence of Activities Removal of Deep Fills
Description Expectations	Partial Sidecast Pullback - 11	23 - Stream Diversion Dams	Downstream Dam Upstream Dam
Description Expectations	Full Sidecast Pullback - 12	24 - Pre-Work Checklist	Legal and Environmental Shutdown Guidelines

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