The permitted distance from streambanks for logging activities to
take place varies according the class stream and the slope based on
the Forest Practice Rules for Threatened and Impaired Watersheds that
are updated periodically. Perennial creeks are Class I streams and
the intermittent ones are Class III streams. For streams that provide
habitat for coho salmon or are direct tributaries of such streams
(all of those on Swanton Pacific land) the Wetland Lake Protection
Zone (WLPZ) is 75 to 200 feet and the cutting must leave 80% of the
shade covering.
