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forest. <br /> Option 2. Introduce managed amounts of water into the forest from the <br /> Mokelumne River timed with high water releases at Pardee <br /> Reservoir. <br /> Option 3. Use field trials to determine the best management practices, to insure <br /> regeneration of the major forest species. <br /> Option 6. Plant and harvest the forest following a detailed plan prepared by a <br /> forester. <br /> Discussion of the Options <br /> Option 1 the do nothing alternative, is a viable one and one that will occur with or without a <br /> conscious decision. Based on chance alone, an event similar to the 1986 flood is likely to <br /> occur within the next one hundred years. <br /> Option 2,the managed flood, is a challenging idea. Naturally occurring floods have many <br /> attributes which affect forest ecology, among these are velocity, season, and duration of <br /> the flood, and sediment load. Channels are dug, sediments deposited, vegetation scoured <br /> away or damaged and seeds and propagules introduces. A managed flood would include <br /> few of these attributes or processes. On the other hand, frequent, low intensity floods are <br /> thought to have shaped this forest . <br /> Besides a host of practical problems such as machines for pumping, safety concerns and <br /> monitoring, other significant problems confront the implementation of option 2. First,we <br /> lack accurate topographic information of the forest. Consequently, no one knows exactly <br /> where the introduced water will go either within or outside of the forest. Secondly, without <br /> age and mortality rate of the forest trees, we lack the baseline against which to evaluate <br /> Buckeye Ranch Resource Plan (November, 1993) <br /> 169 <br />