I agree with castingpearls. This all sounds great. Now lets see how and if the new regulations are enforcced. I was told the old buffer was supposed to be 100 feet, but I've also seen recent logged areas where only a few alders were left right along side the bank, only to be knocked down in the first good wind storm. Then you're faced with the dilemma of trying to decid whether or not to report the buggers. If you report then you know the timber company will just close off all of the access roads, but if you don't then what's to keep them from not doing it on the next cut, and the next.