In the Kootenay Lake and Arrow Forest Districts of southeastern British Columbia, harvest planning and selection of harvesting systems must be responsive to high recreation and tourist values and the visually sensitive slopes. In 1992-93, the Forest Engineering Research Institute of Canada (FERIC) monitored harvesting on small patch clearcuts, and the British Columbia Ministry of Forests conducted site-disturbance surveys. On one study site, both ground skidding and cable yarding were used, in summer and winter seasons; at the second site, on ground pressure skidders were used and only in summer.