Midwest Region Forest Development Program

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July 17-19, 2018

Forest Development Forester

Midwest Regional Office, Bloomington MN 55437

Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 193 / Thursday, October 5, 1995 / Rules and Regulations 52269

• § 163.32 Forest development. • Forest development pertains to forest land management activities

undertaken to improve the sustainable productivity of commercial Indian forest land.

• The program consists of reforestation, timber stand improvement projects, and related investments to enhance productivity of commercial forest land with emphasis on accomplishing on the-ground projects.

• Forest development funds will be used to re-establish, maintain, and/or improve growth of commercial timber species and control stocking levels on commercial forest land.

• Forest development activities will be planned and executed using benefit/cost analyses as one of the determinants in establishing priorities for project funding.

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Types of FD Projects • 3.1 General. Forest Development (FD) program activities are composed of silvicultural treatments

and program support activities. – Land that is producing, or is capable of producing, crops of industrial wood and is not withdrawn

from timber use by statute or administrative regulation Commercial Forest Land from Glossary of Wildland Fire Terminology (2012) by National Wildfire Coordinating Group (Commercial includes Tribal Traditional forest product uses, Benedict & Emery 2018)

• 3.2 Silvicultural Treatment Activities. Site preparation; – reforestation; and commercial forest stand improvement (CFSI).

• A. Site Preparation. These methods are further divided into: – mechanical methods (mechanized and hand treatments); prescribed fire; and chemical methods of

site preparation. • B. Reforestation. Promotion of natural regeneration includes seed collection, direct seeding,

seedling production and care, and tree planting methods; – regeneration methods; regeneration evaluation and monitoring, including survey methods;

plantation maintenance; and limited access road repair. • C. CFSI. Types of projects;

– pre-commercial thinning, understory sanitation, prescribed burning, pruning, release cuttings, and fertilization; and the coordination of projects with other facets of the program, e.g., timber sales, fuels management, and other natural resources.

Forest Development Handbook September 2006idc008870.pdf 2006 Forest Development Manual Part 53 Chapter 5.pdf

Forest Development Handbook 53 IAM 5H 1996 3

FD Projects

• 4.3 Methods of Site Preparation. For the purposes of this handbook, site preparation methods will be grouped into three principle categories: mechanical, prescribed fire, and chemical.

– 1. Mechanized Site Preparation – 2 Hand Site Preparation – 3. Prescribed Fire:

• N. Can hazardous fuels funding be used for treating FD project slash? Yes in specific instances.

– With some advance planning, to cost-share thinning projects and their resulting slash/fuel treatment

with the hazardous fuels reduction programs (both wildland urban interface (WUI) and Non-WUI) that are managed by the BIA National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC). It should be NOTED that these programs cannot be used exclusively for the treatment of activity fuels.

• Refer to Chapter 6.6C of this Handbook Volume for more information.

Forest Development Handbook 53 IAM 5H 1996 4

Annual Reporting

• Memos for Forestry Reporting are sent to the Regions in Late August or early September from Central Office for annual reporting deadlines.

• New for FY 18 – Second Year for reporting in FIRST – New FD Update Spreadsheets

• Updated Instructions • Formulas are protected • All values are reported as the actual value: i.e. Dollars • The Accomplishment Spreadsheet has drop down lists for Type and Metrics

• Draft Updated_9-28-17_Illustration 1 - FD Planned projects.xls

• Draft Updated_10-4-17_Illustration 2a Accomplishment and 2b - Inventory.xls

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Forest Development Requests and Accomplishments FIRST

Planned and Accomplishments & Inventory Spreadsheets are still required, even with the new Reporting Application Forest Information Statistics & Tracking (FIRST). The new spreadsheets have improved instructions and protected calculations. Also All funding is in actual dollars instead of Thousands of dollars. This will match what is in FIRST, https://firstapp.bofrp.solutions/Account/Login Final Fixes and enhancements for FIRST should be ready by September. The following slides show FD funding and Carry Over Trends for 2007-2017. NOTE: Due to delays with Central Office finding a permanent home for FIRST year end reports and funding requests may have to be submitted to the region and central office using spreadsheets this year. 6

Commercial Timber Sale Activity 2009 MRO Spreadsheet

This is the spreadsheet created by Midwest Region in 2009 to report Commercial Timber sales accomplishments. A Regional FD Addendum was written to address collecting Commercial Timber Sales Activity (Link). The Addendum served to clarify the National Handbook on proper use of FD Non-Recurring Funds. Since 2014 two of the three Agencies have not used this report and is no longer required since it is not a national requirement.

Commercial Timber Sale Activity

Location or Project Name Natural Regeneration Artificial Regeneration Precommercial

Thinning Other Projects Admin. Costs Carry Over

Acres $M Acres $M Acres $M Type Accomp. Metric $M $M $M

Regional Office Upper Sioux Lower Sioux

Sac & Fox Shakopee Mdewakanton

Minnesota Agency

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$1,566 $1,644 $1,665

$1,784

$1,155 $1,232

$1,016 $1,083

$1,287

$1,447

$1,313

$471

$0 $0

$478

$141

$1,342

$135 $60

$0 $52

$867

$78

$774 $742 $810

$518 $586

$430

$587

$423 $332

$156

$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.55

$495.41

$192.31

$0

$500

$1,000

$1,500

$2,000

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Non RecurringFundingOther Funding

Non-RecurringCarryoverOtherCarryover

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2007-2017 Forest Development Non Recurring , Other Funding

FD Funding Trends

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$724

$941

$141

$1,4

81

$190

$207

$203

$260

$328

$179

$263

$201

.938

$654

.137

$132

.094

$579

.774

$165

.298

$229

.432

$338

.264

$1,2

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$446

.400

$0.0

00

$107

.204

$507

$820

$140

$1,0

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$188

$219

$231

$287

$340

$149

$184

$0

$500

$1,000

$1,500

$2,000

$2,500

$3,000

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

NR Planting Cost Per Acre

Other Planting Costs Per Acre

Combined NR and Other Planting Costs PerAcre

2007-2017 Planting Cost Per Acre Non-Recurring &Other Funding and Combined Costs Per Acre

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Average Cost Planting Per Acre: NR= 11 year Period $447.00 Other $376.00

FD Funding Planting Costs/Acre

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$100

$200

$300

$400

$500

$600

$700

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

NR Precom Cost Per Acre

Other Precom Cost Per Acre

2007-2017 Non-Recurring & Other Pre-Commercial Thinning Cost Per Acre

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Average Cost Per Acre 11 year period: NR $117.00 Other $232.00

FD Funding Pre-Commercial Thinning Cost/Acre

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FD Inventory 11 Year Average

71,392.27

40,112.55

1,160.33 3,149.09

4,812.45

359.82 625.36 2,054.27

61,571.13

38,642.64

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20,000

30,000

40,000

50,000

60,000

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BeginningAcres

Reforestation

Beginning CFSI AccomplishedReforestation

AccomplishedCFSI

AdminReduction

Reforestation

AdminReduction CFSI

AccrualsReforestation

Accruals CFSI EndingInventory

Reforestation

EndingInventory CFSI

2007-2017 Inventory 11 Year Average Inventory

Beginning Acres Reforestation

Beginning CFSI

Accomplished Reforestation

Accomplished CFSI

Admin Reduction Reforestation

Admin Reduction CFSI

Accruals Reforestation

Accruals CFSI

Ending Inventory Reforestation

Ending Inventory CFSI

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Image Source: Kames, 2009 Thesis, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1125786510000299?via%3Dihub

Image Source: http://www.hobbithouseinc.com/personal/woodpics/_anatomy/ring_porous/ash/_ash.htm

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