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surrounding the park or wildlife corridors and connections. <br /> The hazardous tree inventory which was done by Sperry is referred to and this part of <br /> their study is categorized as 90% office work. 1.) This work by Sperry includes less than 300 <br /> trees of the park out of thousands; we don't even have a good guess of the total number. 2.) The <br /> initial survey done by Sperry led us to cut trees, which should not have been cut. Plamondon <br /> initiated cutting trees based upon this report and 6 of the first 8 trees cut showed no signs of poor <br /> health after were cut. <br /> Since Sperry is a member of each proposing team, I feel we need to be more certain of the <br /> methodology for tree assessment. The difference of the two proposals is that the Reed proposal <br /> relies less on the completed work of Sperry and asks for more tree inventories and hazardous tree <br /> assessment. I also think that if this consultant's work becomes mostly a hazardous tree <br /> assessment, we'll miss the bigger picture. <br /> Listed under Task 4, soil profiles are taken mostly from S.C.S. maps; <br /> and I think would require more than 10 % field work to verify or be useful for management <br /> decisions.. We have these maps, and the scale is so large and the information so generic that <br /> we'll obtain little practical information from them unless much more field verification is <br /> included. <br /> This proposal relies very heavily on office work, using such information as aerial photos <br /> to inventory trees. Having seen the aerial photos of this area, I know that very little specific <br /> information is available from them. The forest is so dense, that it is hard to tell the trees from <br /> the forest. <br /> Under Task 5, I also wonder how they would evaluate the potential for disturbance to <br /> wildlife at critical stages through research.. <br /> How is the hazard tree inventory part of our management practices? <br /> Under Task 6, "modeling an alternative future to the forest area" is alternative to what? <br /> If poor conifer regeneration is occurring, why would you alter it? Do hemlocks occur in <br /> the Willamette valley? <br /> I think this proposal is over weighted in analysis of existing management practices, and <br /> that the analysis of natural impacts are more significant. This proposal is also overweighted in <br /> office work compared to field work. <br />