Silviculturists and consulting foresters
Draft a silvicultural prescription: stand diagnosis, objectives, treatment and marking guide from your stand data. Free to read, ready to sign.
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Modeled on: Forest Service Manual 2470, Silvicultural Practices
From public data
is the largest clearcut opening allowed on most National Forest types; 60 for Douglas-fir and 80 for southern yellow pine
Source: 36 CFR 219.11(d)(4), eCFR
Questions
Forest Service silvicultural prescriptions are prepared or reviewed by a certified silviculturist before the project or treatment is carried out, under Forest Service Manual 2470.
The planning rule caps openings at 60 acres for Douglas-fir in California, Oregon and Washington, 80 acres for southern yellow pine, 100 acres for hemlock-Sitka spruce in coastal Alaska, and 40 acres for all other forest types.
Only where a clearcut is the optimum method, or another even-aged cut is appropriate, to meet the land management plan; after interdisciplinary review of the impacts; and with cut blocks shaped and blended with the terrain, among other conditions.
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