34 CWMP 2013-2014 Winter Field Season Report
Directions: Located around Milepost 67.8, where the highway splits into two leaving a
large vegetated island in between. There is a significant walk from where you park to
where the actual transect starts on both the north and south legs of this transect.
Easton Hill South
Parking
From I-90 Eastbound take exit 70 (Easton Lake).
At stop take a left and go over the highway and past the Westbound on ramp.
Left onto Sparks Road toward Lake Kachess
Follow this road until just before it ends where people park to unload
snowmobiles
Take a left and go under 1-90 to the large parking area south of the Highway
Park here (A snowpark pass may be required).
From Parking to start of transect:
Walk back under the Eastbound lanes of 1-90. About 20 meters further on you
will find a snow covered road running to the West (left). I placed a piece of
orange flagging tape around a large Douglas fir by the road. Under the tree you
will find a Forest Service road sign with 4814 on it.
From this point, the transect starts .65 Km down this road and runs for 1.6km (1
mile) to just about the end of where the East and West Bound lanes of the
Highway are divided.
Follow the snow covered road for the .65 Km. I flagged any junctions that I
thought might be confusing.
The start of the survey should be well marked with flagging tape labeled "CWMP
Easton South Transect Start".
Following the Transect:
From here the transect follows this road for most of the mile.
The road ends at some point (you will find yourself on the north side of the hill
seen on the topographic maps. Continue heading west paralleling the highway
until you come to a wetland.
Work your way LEFT around the wetland (at some point you should pick up more
orange flagging tape we left) and continue to head west towards the end of the
transect.
The end of the transect is about 2.24 km from where you left the plowed road). It
is on the south side of forest that ends at a plowed turn-around used by
snowplows and within sight of where East and westbound 1-90 remerge. The end
is also flagged but once you hit the obvious turnaround you have reached the end.
Data Collection Note: As this transect is between the two directions filling out the
direction of travel data point is different then at other sights. Your options are (towards,
away, parallel). If it is going North (towards the Westbound lanes) this should be labeled
TOWARDS. If it is going South (towards the Eastbound Lanes) this should be labeled
AWAY....
