Forest Management Treatments

Activity Type: Only one can be selected; Primary goal of the treatment

• Defensible Space: Select where only a defensible space is being created 

• Forest Restoration: Projects that promote forest health through scientifically based forestry practices that restore ecosystem functions, structures and species composition (FRWRM definition)

  • FRWRM projects: Select if the only objective is forest restoration.  If the project is a mix of fuels reduction and forest restoration select “Fuels Reduction”

• Forest Stand Improvement

• Fuel Break: Select where only a fuel break is being constructed

• Fuels Reduction: Select for FRWRM, CAFA, SFA-WUI, Forest to Faucets 2, DW Land Management Agreement, Colorado Springs Utilities, Summit County Agreement, HFVC Section 2

  • If defensible space and/or fuel breaks are a part of the projects add them as separate activities for the project

• Insect and Disease Control

• Reforestation

• Regeneration

• UCF Tree Planting

• Wildlife Habitat Improvement

• Windbreak Establishment

Activity Details - For Defensible Space, Forest Restoration, Forest Stand Improvement, Fuel Break, Fuels Reduction, Insect and Disease Control, Regeneration, Wildlife Habitat Improvement

• Primary Treatment: Only one can be selected  

  • Thin from below (low): removal of trees in the lower crown classes to increase growth of dominant and codominant trees

  • Thin from above (crown): removal of poorer quality codominants to increase the growth of high-quality dominants and codominants

  • Free thinning: combination of two or more of the above

  • Patch cut:  

  • Clearcut: A stand in which essentially all trees have been removed in one operation, producing a fully exposed microclimate for the development of a new age class. Cutting may be done in groups or patches, and reserve trees may or may not be left on the site.

  • Clearcut with coppice: All trees in the previous stand are cut and the majority of regeneration is from stump sprouts or root suckers. Also called “low-forest” regeneration method.

  • Seed tree: The cutting of all trees except for a small number of widely dispersed trees retained for seed production and to produce a new age class in a fully exposed microenvironment. Seed trees are usually removed after regeneration is established.

  • Shelterwood: The cutting of most trees, leaving those needed to produce sufficient shade to produce a new age class in a moderated environment. The sequence of treatments can include three types of cutting: a) an optional preparatory cut to enhance conditions for seed production; b) an establishment cut to prepare the seed bed and to create a new age class; and c) a removal cut to release established regeneration from competition with the overstory.

  • Group Selection: trees are removed and new age classes are established in small groups (1/20 to ½ ac in size, mid-tolerant species)

  • Sanitation: The removal of trees to improve stand health by stopping or reducing the actual or anticipated spread of insects and disease 

  • Salvage cut: The removal of dead trees or trees damaged or dying because of injurious agents other than competition, to recover economic value that would otherwise be lost

• Treatment Method: Select all that apply

  • Manual (hand)

  • Mechanical

  • Chemical

  • Mastication (whole tree)

  • Chipping (whole tree)

  • Mowing (brush hog)

• Slash Treatment Method: Only Select One

  • Chipping

  • Mastication

  • Pile burning

    • Hand or pile

    • Number of piles

    • Year created: year piles were created

    • Year(s) piles were burned (TBD in system)

  • Lop/scatter

  • Broadcast Burning

  • Removal (off-site)

• Product Removal: Select Yes/No

  • Post: A piece of timber, fixed firmly in an upright position especially as a stay or support (i.e. fence post). On average, 5-7.9 inches diameter outside bark.

  • Pole: A tree sized between a sapling and mature tree, and has minimum diameter, length and taper. The size may vary depending on region. On average, 5-7.9 inches diameter outside bark. 

  • Firewood: Pieces of wood intended for burning.

  • Sawlogs: A log that meets minimum regional standards of diameter, length, and defect, with stem quality suitable for conversion to lumber.

  • Product Other than Logs (POL): Products other than logs.

  • Transplants: A tree, typically a seedling or sapling, which is either lifted by a hand spade shovel or a mechanical spade to be replanted.

  • Other: other forest products such as Christmas trees, etc.

  • Unit of Measure (e.g., acre, cord, M.B.F., Cunit, etc.)

  • Value – use $/unit of measure

• Maintenance Treatment: Enter date of maintenance

  • Type of Treatment: TBD in system

• Monitoring: Select Yes/No

  • If yes enter: (dropdown not in system)

    • Pre-treatment date

    • Post-treatment date

    • Monitoring interval

    • Funding for monitoring

Activity Details - for Reforestation, UCF Tree Planting, and Windbreak Establishment (details not in system)

• Primary treatment: Select “Planting”

• Treatment method: Select “Hand” or “Mechanical”

• Number of trees

• Species: Enter common name of species planted