I think that most logging outfits tend to adhere to the buffers, I am not sure that enforcement is as much of an issue as the fact that the old buffers were just not very wide and didn't really do that much good. I am not sure how this gets enforced but I know that the RMZ line was marked before the cutters came in and the general attitude was that there would be huge fines if we disturbed/damaged the RMZ while logging.

I am hopeful that with the larger buffers, we will see a noticeable difference and this could only be a positive for fish & wildlife. I am far from a tree hugger or fish hugger for that matter (although I have become more conservation minded in the last few years) but the narrow strip of exposed trees left along streams in the past were mostly ineffective. They didn't protect the streams and they were left to the elements.