Small forest landowners and loggers in Washington, Oregon and California

Where is the harvest?

Draft your state forest practices application or harvest notification with the tract map and stream-buffer answers filled in. Free to read.

  • Free to read
  • No sign-up until the draft
  • Every fact cites its source

ePlan fills in

  • Parcel
  • Streams
  • Slope
  • Soils
  • Aerial photo

How it works

Forest practices application or harvest notification, from one answer

  1. Mark the unit and say what you'll cut or build.One answer starts the project. ePlan names it and looks up the place.
  2. ePlan maps streams, slope and soils and drafts the stream-buffer answers.3 more questions, each with a "not sure yet" way out.
  3. Read the application free, then download it to sign and file.The draft marks what to check (amber), what to pick (blue) and what to fill in (violet).

What you get

Forest practices application or harvest notification and 3 more documents

The first draft is free to read. Each document after it is drafted from the same confirmed facts.

The first draft

Forest practices application or harvest notification

  1. Landowner, timber owner and operator
  2. Legal description and unit map
  3. Activities and acres
  4. Roads and stream crossings
  5. Streams and buffers
  6. Steep or unstable slopes

Modeled on: Your state forester's forest practices application or notification form

Next · 2

Forestry BMP plan

  1. Streamside management zones
  2. Crossings
  3. Skid trails and landings
Next · 3

Hydraulic project approval

  1. Water body and work
  2. Timing
  3. Fish protection
Next · 4

Reforestation report

  1. Area harvested
  2. Species and stocking
  3. Planting date

From public data

What ePlan fills in, and from where

5 calendar days

after notice is when Washington Class II forest practices may begin; most Class III applications are decided within 30 calendar days
Source: RCW 76.09.050

Questions

Forest practices application or harvest notification: what people ask

How long does a Washington forest practices application take?

Class II forest practices may begin 5 calendar days after the department receives written notification. Most Class III applications are approved or disapproved within 30 calendar days of receipt.

Source: app.leg.wa.gov

Does Oregon require a written plan?

Yes, for operations within 100 feet of a fish-use or domestic-use stream, with some exceptions. Before any operation, the operator, timber owner or landowner must notify the State Forester on the State Forester's forms.

Source: oregonlegislature.gov

What does California require before a harvest?

No one may conduct timber operations without a timber harvest plan prepared by a registered professional forester (RPF). ePlan can draft the facts, but the RPF writes and signs the plan.

Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov

The rules this door follows