Status and Trends of Timber Related Activities in the Nisqually Basin: Fish Protection & Buffers
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Actual and Forecasted Price Trend 2004-2017, and Trends in Volume Extracted by County and by Nisqually Basin
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Washington State DNR’s Economic and Revenue Forecasts, November, 2014
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Thurston County MBF
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Fish Protection: Standard RulesWetland Area Determines Size of Buffer
F Stream Site Class and Stream Width Category Determines Size of Buffer
Np Size of Buffer = 50 feet (for some x distance
• *(3) The rules provide for the conversion and/or treatment of riparian forests which may be understocked, overstocked or uncharacteristically hardwood dominated while maintaining minimum acceptable levels of function on a landscape scale. The diversity of riparian forests across the landscapes is addressed by tailoring riparian prescriptions to the site productivity and tree community at any site
To be approved an alternate plan must provide protection for public resources at least equal in overall effectiveness to the protection provided by the Forest Practices Act and Rules.
Alternate Plans
Overstock Hardwood Conversion
Fixed Width Buffer
Identifying other Features in the FieldVegetated Western Washington
• CMZs• Perennial Initiation Point
• Off-Channel Habitat• Unstable Slopes• Np Sensitive Features
– Headwall Seeps– Sideslope Seeps– Np Intersections– Headwater Springs– Alluvial Fans
Conclusion
• Trend Toward More Timber Harvest• FPAs are Generally in Compliance• Always Room For Improvement
– Exempt Parcels and Alternate Plans: Shade and Stand Requirements are met
– Identifying and Mapping Sensitive Areas for buffering– CMER Participation to assure Rule Effectiveness– Site Specific Adaptive Management