Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
The goal of this section is to achieve Maximum Sustained
Production of High Quality Timber Products (MSP). MSP is achieved by meeting
the requirements of either (a) or (b) or (c) in a THP, SYP, NTMP or WFMP, or as
otherwise provided in Article 6.8, Subchapter 7, Chapter 4, Division 1.5, Title
14 of the California Code of Regulations.
(a) Where a Sustained Yield Plan
(14 CCR
§
1091.1), a NTMP, or a WFMP has not
been approved for an ownership, MSP will be achieved by:
(1) Producing the yield of timber products
specified by the landowner, taking into account biologic and economic factors,
including factors related to fire risk, while accounting for limits on
productivity due to constraints imposed from consideration of other forest
values, including but not limited to, recreation, watershed, wildlife, fire
protection, range and forage, fisheries, regional economic vitality, employment
and aesthetic enjoyment.
(2)
Balancing growth and harvest over time, as explained in the THP for an
ownership, within an assessment area set by the Timber Owner or Timberland
owner and agreed to by the Director. For purposes of this subsection the
sufficiency of information necessary to demonstrate the balance of growth and
harvest over time for the assessment area shall be guided by the principles of
practicality and reasonableness in light of the size of the ownership and the
time since adoption of this section using the best information available. The
projected inventory resulting from harvesting over time shall be capable of
sustaining the average annual yield achieved during the last decade of the
planning horizon. The average annual projected yield over any rolling 10-year
period, or over appropriately longer time periods for ownerships which Project
harvesting at intervals less frequently than once every ten years, shall not
exceed the projected long-term Sustained Yield.
(3) Realizing growth potential as measured by
Adequate Site Occupancy by Species to be managed and maintained given
Silvicultural Methods selected by the landowner.
(4) Maintaining good Stand Vigor.
(5) Making provisions for adequate
regeneration. At the Plan submitters option, a THP may demonstrate achievement
of MSP pursuant to the criteria established in (b) where an SYP has been
submitted but not approved.
(b) Where a SYP, NTMP, or WFMP is submitted
for an ownership, an approved SYP, NTMP, or WFMP achieves MSP by providing
sustainable harvest yields established by the landowner which will support the
production level of those high-quality timber products the landowner selects
while at the same time:
(1) meeting minimal
Stocking, and basal area standards for the selected Silvicultural Methods as
provided in these Rules as described;
(2) protecting the soil, air, fish and
wildlife, water resources and any other public trust resources;
(3) giving consideration to fire risk, fire
protection, recreation, range and forage, regional economic vitality,
employment and aesthetic enjoyment;
(4) balancing growth and harvest over time.
The projected inventory resulting from harvesting over time shall be capable of
sustaining the average annual yield achieved during the last decade of the
planning horizon. The average annual projected yield over any rolling 10-year
period, or over appropriately longer time periods for ownerships which Project
harvesting at intervals less frequently than once every ten years, shall not
exceed the projected long-term Sustained Yield. A THP which relies upon and is
found to be consistent with an approved SYP shall be deemed adequate to achieve
MSP.
(c) In a THP, NTMP,
or WFMP, MSP is achieved by:
(1) for evenaged
management, meeting the minimum stand age standards of
14 CCR
§
953.1(a)(1), meeting
minimum Stocking and basal area standards for the selected Silvicultural
Methods as contained in these Rules only with group A Species, and protecting
the soil, air, fish and wildlife, water resources and other public trust
resources through the application of these Rules; or
(2) for Unevenaged Management meeting minimum
Stocking and basal area standards for the selected Silvicultural Methods as
contained in these Rules and protecting the soil, air, fish and wildlife, water
resources and other public trust resources through the application of these
Rules.
(3) for Intermediate
Treatments and special prescriptions, complying with the Stocking requirements
of the individual treatment or prescription.
(4) Timberland ownerships totaling 50,000
acres or less may use subsection (c) to show MSP.
(5) Timberland ownerships of 50,000 acres or
more may use subsection (c) through December 31, 1999. Thereafter they may use
subsection (c) if an SYP or demonstration of achievement of MSP pursuant to
14 CCR
§
953.11(a) has been
filed with the Department and has not been returned unfiled or
approved.
(6) For Scattered Parcels
on Timberlands ownerships of 50,000 acres or more, subsection (c) may be used
to show MSP.
Note: Authority cited: Sections
4551
and
4554.5,
Public Resources Code. Reference: Sections
4513,
4551.5,
4561,
4597
and
21080.5,
Public Resources Code.
Note: Authority cited: Sections
4551
and
4554.5,
Public Resources Code. Reference: Sections
4513,
4551.5,
4561,
4597
and
21080.5,
Public Resources Code.
