In addition, the experiment showed that 100 percent of the CL skid trails were cleared to mineral
soil, whereas less than 10 percent of the RIL skid trails had mineral soil exposed. Holmes et al.
(2002) note that cumulative disturbance over time in conventional logging tend to intensify, since
forest infrastructure (roads, log decks and skid trails) tend to be recognized as permanent features in
RIL, and will be used during the second harvest, while forest infrastructure in CL will be built again
in the second harvest. In the first case, cumulative financial benefits will be also larger, since
permanent infrastructure will amortize the forest entrepreneur investment over more than one
harvest.