Alternate Plans Hardwood Commission

Meeting June 29,2005

Mary McDonald

360-902-1415

mary.mcdonald@wadnr.gov

www.dnr.wa.gov/sflo

Mary McDonald

360-902-1415

mary.mcdonald@wadnr.gov

www.dnr.wa.gov/sflo

Small Forest Landowner Office in

OlympiaManager- Mary McDonald

Grant Writing and Outreach-Kirk Hanson

Forestry Riparian Easement Program–Dan Pomerenk

Alternate Plans –Larry Dominguez

Family Forest Fish Passage Program –Scott Potter

Small Forest Landowner Office

(SFLO) in the Field Pacific Cascade North: Chehalis -Rick Kuykendall

Pacific Cascade South: Castle Rock –Teri Lysak

Olympic: Forks -Ritch Wood

Northeast: Colville -Steve DeCook

Northwest: Sedro Woolley -Boyd Norton

Southeast: Ellensburg -Joe Weeks

What the SFLO Does

Alternate Plans

Forestry Riparian Easement Program

Seek External funding for Programs

Technical Assistance

Family Forest Fish Passage Program

How many small forest landowners are there?

Statistics

Number of small forest landowners: at least 22,000

Number of small forest landowner acres: as much as 4.2 million

Alternate PlansSite-specific Management

OpportunitiesProvides flexibility with

the state forest practices rules

Alternate PlansCommon Scenarios

Hardwood Conversion (22)

Overstocked Stand (11)

Individual & Group Tree

Selection (11)

Forest Health (10) Mixed Stand Management (5)

Others:

• Reverse in slope away from RMZ

• Imminent Mortality within RMZ

Must meet the resource protection goals and address the 5 riparian functions required by the forest practices rules

Alternate PlansParameters

3-5 year forest practices application Plan expires with application

Riparian Functions

Bank stability Recruitment of Woody debris Leaf litter fall and nutrients Sediment filtering Shade

Landowner meets with SFLO forester

Alternate PlansProcess

Landowner drafts Plan Pre site visit Landowner submits Plan/FPA I.D. Team meeting Approval/Disapproval

Conditions may apply Approved within 30-45 days

Alternate PlansTemplates

Templates simplify Alternate Plan process by recommending management prescriptions for common scenarios

Westside Overstocked Stand approved 11/04 Eastside Riparian Imminent Mortality (work in progress)

Application Success Rate

52 Alternate Plans Approved 01-05

76.% approved on first submittal

12.5% disapproved

6 % withdrawn, no re-submittal

6 % withdrawn, resubmitted

(random sample, 52 applications)

R. Gootee, Washington State University, In progress

Alternate Plan –Hardwood Conversion

How to ensure your alternate plan is successful:

Not in CMZ

Written Prescriptions match field marking

Short term/long term riparian functions

= surprises id team

Observations on an Alternate plan

Alternative harvest restrictions +

Economic benefit to landowner +

Protection to public resources +/-

Site Prep -

Reforestation -

Arkansas Creek, Cowlitz County

Hardwood Conversion Temperature Modeling Project

Purpose: collect information for Template for Hardwood Conversions

Dept. of Ecology proposed using existing data vs. CMER hardwood study

Model exercise

Assumptions Harvest on one

side of stream Existing data 30’ no harvest

buffer Sensitive stream Variable lengths:

500’-1500’

Questions 1) Effects of

variable length harvests on temp. sensitive streams

2) If the temp. is affected how much shade is required downstream for the temp. to recover?

Goal is to complete Model by January 2006,then use this information to develop template

Small Forest Landowner Office

Olympia Main OfficePO Box 47012

Olympia, WA 98504-7012360-902-1391

sflo@wadnr.govwww.wa.gov/dnr/sflo

Olympia Main OfficePO Box 47012

Olympia, WA 98504-7012360-902-1391

sflo@wadnr.govwww.wa.gov/dnr/sflo