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Shredding Small Trees to Create Mulch for Erosion Control

Clearwater National Forest Right-of-Way Cleanup—During the fall of 2003, material removed from the right-of way on the Granite Pass Road (595) in the Clearwater National Forest was shredded for mulch. Johnson Brothers Contracting, Inc., used the Bandit 3680 with a blower attachment to spread the shredded material.

The Clearwater National Forest personnel were pleased with the project. The Bandit 3680 shredded a giant windrow of small trees (figures 8 and 9) that fire crews had piled alongside the road. The shredded material was blown up to 50 feet onto cut slopes (figure 10) and into the woods on both sides of the road. The layer of shredded material (figure 11) was thin, which prevented it from suffocating the existing vegetation. Neither the shredder nor the track hoe damaged the surface of the Granite Pass Road.

[photo] Hazardous fuel piled along shoulder of road

Figure 8—Hazardous fuel piled along the shoulder of the
Granite Pass Road on the Clearwater National Forest.

[photo] Road after hazardous fuel was removed

Figure 9—The hazardous fuel has been removed from
the shoulder of the Granite Pass Road, shredded,
and applied as mulch along the roadside.

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