Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
The silvicultural Rules of each forest District and the
Act contain point count Stocking Standards to be met following the completion
of a Timber Operation. The following procedure shall be used to determine if
these Stocking Standards have been met.
Since there are separate values for three different size
classes, three circular concentric plots may be needed at each plot center. The
following standards are for each Forest District listed below:
(a) Coast Forest District (two hundred (200)
point count)
(1) For trees counted as one
point each, a plot with an 8.33 foot radius is used (1/200th of an acre). If a
Countable Tree of a value of at least one point is found in the plot, it is
stocked, so recorded, and the Timber Owner or agent thereof moves on to the
next plot center. If no Countable Tree is found, the next concentric plot is
measured.
(2) For trees counted as
two (2) points each, a plot with an 11.78 foot radius is used (1/100th of an
acre). If a Countable Tree of a value of at least two 2) points is found in the
plot, it is stocked, so recorded, and the Timber Owner or the agent thereof
moves on to the next plot center. If no Countable Tree is found, the next
larger concentric plot is measured.
(3) For trees counted as four (4) points
each, a plot with a 16.65 foot radius is used (1/50th of an acre). If a
Countable Tree of a value of at least four (4) points is found in the plot, it
is stocked. If no Countable Trees of the required sizes are found in the three
(3) concentric plots, the plot center is recorded as being unstocked and the
Timber Owner or agent thereof moves on to the next plot center. For point
counts of one hundred twenty-five (125) per acre, the three (3) concentric
circular plot radius sizes are: 10.53 feet (1/125th of an acre), 14.89 feet
(1/62.5th of an acre), and 21.06 feet (1/31.25th of an acre). For point counts
of one hundred (100) per acre, the three (3) concentric circular plot radius
sizes are: 11.78 feet (1/100th of an acre), 16.65 feet (1/50th of an acre),
23.55 feet (1/25th of an acre).
(4)
The point count values of various size trees and for determining how sprouts
will be counted is found in
14 CCR
§
912.7.
(b) Northern and Southern (one hundred
twenty-five (125) point count)
(1) For trees
counted as one (1) point each, a plot with a 10.53 foot radius is used (1/125th
of an acre). If a Countable Tree of a value of at least one (1) point is found
in the plot, it is stocked, so recorded, and the Timber Owner or agent thereof
moves on to the next plot center. If no Countable Tree is found, the next
concentric plot is measured.
(2)
For trees counted as two (2) points each, a plot with a 14.89 foot radius is
used (1/62.5th of an acre). If a Countable Tree of a value of at least two (2)
points is found in the plot, it is stocked, so recorded, and the Timber Owner
or the agent thereof moves on to the next plot center. If no Countable Tree is
found, the next larger concentric plot is measured.
(3) For trees counted as three (3) points
each, a plot with an 18.24 foot radius is used (1/41.67th of an acre). If a
Countable Tree of a value of at least three (3) points is found in the plot, it
is stocked. If no Countable Trees of the required sizes are found in the three
concentric plots, the plot center is recorded as being unstocked and the Timber
Owner or agent thereof moves on to the next plot center. For point counts of
one hundred (100) per acre, the three concentric circular plot radius sizes
are: 11.78 feet (1/100th of an acre), 16.65 feet (1/50th of an acre), and 20.39
feet (1/33.34th of an acre).
(4)
The point count values of various size trees and for determining how sprouts
will be counted is found in
14 CCR
§§
932.7 and
952.7.
1.
Editorial correction filed 8-29-84; effective thirtieth day thereafter
(Register 84, No. 35).
2. Change without regulatory effect amending
section filed 10-31-2017 pursuant to section
100, title 1, California Code of
Regulations (Register 2017, No. 44).
3. Amendment of section and
NOTE filed 11-14-2019; operative 1-1-2020 pursuant to Public Resources Code
section
4554.5(a)
(Register 2019, No. 46).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
4551
and
4587,
Public Resources Code. Reference: Sections
4587
and
4561.2,
Public Resources Code.
