Illinois Administrative Code
Title 17 - CONSERVATION
Part 1537 - FOREST MANAGEMENT PLAN
Exhibit A - Forest Management Plan Outline
Universal Citation: 17 IL Admin Code ยง A
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 38, September 20, 2024
I. Cover Page
A. Timber grower's name, address, phone
number and email
B. Plan preparer's
name, address, phone number and email
C. Plan preparation date
D. Plan acreage
E. Plan duration and Plan expiration
date
II. Signatures and Approval Page (IFDA Certification, Exhibit B)
III. Property Location and Description
A. General
land description
1. Quarter section, section,
township, range
2. Name of township
and county
B. Specify
how to access property (include GPS coordinates)
C. Adjacent land use to the north, south,
east and west of this property
D.
Land use and/or management history
E. Acknowledgement of easements, legal land
designations or encumbrances
IV. Forest Management Goals and Resource Concerns
V. Stand Descriptions and Analysis
A. Existing forestland
1. Stand # and acreage
2. Topographic features and aspect
3. Soils
a.
Soil mapping units
b. Site
index
c. Annual timber productivity
or yield (bd.ft./acre or ft3/acre)
4. Society of American Foresters
cover type or IL natural community type
5. Stand age class or structure
6. Tree size classes and canopy
position
7. Invasive and/or exotic
species
(Provide separate assessments for woody and herbaceous species)
a. Species present and
relative size
b. Percent ground
and/or canopy cover
c. Average
number of woody stems per acre
8. Advanced regeneration and understory
conditions
9. Forest inventory data
(stand and stock tables)
a. Stand-level
summary data
a.1. Trees/acre
a.2. Basal area/acre
a.3. Volume/acre
a.4. Quadratic mean diameter (QMD) or average
diameter
a.5. Stocking
level
a.6. Percent
stocking
b. Species-level
summary data, by stand
b.1.
Trees/acre
b.2. Basal
area/acre
b.3.
Volume/acre
b.4. Average
diameter
10.
Timber quality and timber production assessment
11. Timber harvest and forest practices
history
12. Active conservation
practices or projects
B.
Afforestation or reforestation land (if applicable)
1. Stand or field # and acreage
2. Existing vegetative cover
3. Topographic features and aspect
4. Site limitations
5. Soils
a.
Soil mapping units
b. Site
index
c. Annual timber productivity
or yield (bd.ft./acre or ft3/acre)
d. Soil drainage class
VI. Stand Prescriptions
A. Existing forestland
1. Designation and description of the
silvicultural system
2.
Stand-specific objectives
3.
Narrative description of silvicultural practices and treatments necessary to
achieve stand objectives and desired future conditions
4. Appropriate quantified practice and
treatment targets based upon stand objectives, silviculture and desired future
conditions
a. Stocking or density
a.1. Basal areas to remove and
retain
a.2. Avg. # of crop
trees/acre to release and retain
a.3. Avg. # of trees/acre to remove and
retain
b. Desired species
composition
c. Desired stocking
percent
d. Exotic/invasive species
control prescriptions and required targets of treatment
d.1. Expected post-treatment results,
including residual population structure and density for each prescribed
treatment
e.
Underplanting specifications
e.1. Planting
stock species
e.2. Planting stock
type, source and quantity
e.3.
Location and spacing
e.4. Site
preparation
e.5. Competing
vegetation control and maintenance
f. Quantified wildlife habitat
specifications
g. Advance
regeneration specifications, composition and quantity
h. Prescribed burning specifications or plan,
if applicable (Prescribed burn plans must be submitted to the IDNR Forester
prior to application for cost share assistance)
5. Timber harvest schedule and harvest
projections
B.
Afforestation or reforestation land (if applicable)
1. Planting stock species
2. Planting stock type, source and
quantity
3. Planting stock size or
specifications (other than required)
4. Planting method
5. Site preparation specifications and cover
crop needs
6. Row spacing (between
and within)
7. Vegetation control
and maintenance
8. Post-planting
care and management
9. Minimum
performance standards
a. Survival of planted
stock per acre
b. Suppression of
grasses and weeds
VII. Conservation Opportunities, Constraints and Concerns
A. Recreation
and aesthetics
1. Address timber grower's
goals and objectives
2. Visual
impacts (aesthetics) or recreational use impacts resulting from applied
management activities (if any)
B. Air, soil and water quality conservation
1. Presence or absence of forest structure,
condition and concerns affecting air, soil and water quality
2. How the affecting condition can be
maintained or modified to have positive influence on the air, soil and water
conservation
3. Prescribe
site-specific Illinois Forestry Best Management Practices necessary to conserve
soil and water quality
C. Wetland protection
1. Presence and location of possible wetlands
on the property; the Plan is not an official determination of
wetlands
2. Management activities
necessary to protect streams, ponds or wetlands
3. Prescribe site-specific Illinois Forestry
Best Management Practices necessary to conserve wetland functions and
features
D. Fish,
wildlife and biodiversity
1. Address timber
grower's specific goals and objectives
2. Consistent with IDNR State Wildlife Action
Plan (available on the IDNR website)
E. Forest health and protection
1. Detection and/or management of existing
and imminent insects and diseases
2. Implications of relevant or existing
invasive/exotic species
3. Physical
or environmental threats or damage
4. Livestock management and/or exclusion
recommendations if applicable
F. Threatened and endangered (T&E)
species
1. Search Ecological Assessment Tool
(EcoCAT) database, available on the IDNR website
2. Explain records or facts of existing and
likely T&E species
3.
Management implications or constraints of existing T&E species
4. Management for federally listed species
requiring habitat protection
G. Identify and protect special sites
1. Summarize findings from field
reconnaissance with regard to special sites (unique historical, archaeological,
cultural, geological, biological or ecological characteristics)
2. Provide protection and mitigation measures
from planned forest management activities for documented special
sites
VIII. Practice Schedule (of all prescribed forest management practices)
A. List the practices planned for each stand
for the next 10 years; list these practices in priority order; use a table
format
B. Use one table row for
each unique treatment in order of treatment priority
C. Include the following information under
column headings
1. Year practice
prescribed
2. Stand
3. Treatment description
4. NRCS practice code
5. Treatment units
6. IFDA requirement? (yes or no)
7. Proposed completion date
D. Practices that are recommended
for good forest management but not required shall be listed, preceded by the
word optional
IX. Considerations Specific to the Forest Development Cost-Share Program
A. Plan entitlements for
timber grower or subsequent timber growers
1.
Eligible for technical assistance from the IDNR Forester
2. Eligible for IDNR nursery stock, pending
availability
3. Eligible for
cost-share funds to help implement planned practices
B. Plan requirements of timber grower or
subsequent timber growers
1.
Afforested/reforested area must maintain a minimum stocking level of 300 live,
desirable trees/acre during establishment
2. Repay all cost-share monies if Plan is
cancelled
3. Never remove IDNR
nursery stock with the roots attached
4. Timber harvest marking or operations will
be only as approved by the IDNR Forester
5. Modify the Plan or practices within the
Plan period only with approval of both the timber grower and IDNR Forester, and
documented in writing
6. Return
biennial review letter to maintain enrollment in IFDA Program
7. Protect Plan acreage from
wildfire
8. Exclude any Plan
acreage accessible to livestock unless approved in the Plan
9. To implement this Plan according to the
practice schedule and not contingent upon State or federal funding
10. Notify IDNR within 30 days of address or
ownership changes
X. Plan Maps (copy-ready on 8.5 x 11 inch paper)
A. Property map
1. North arrow and legend
2. Map with timber grower name, township,
county and scale
3. Depict property
and stand boundaries, roads, fields, water and features
4. Aerial photo having minimum scale of 1" =
660' or 1:7920
5. Large properties
may adjust scale to fit
8.5 x 11 inch
paper
6. GPS coordinates
B. Soils map
1. North arrow and legend
2. Map with timber grower name, township,
county and scale
3. Forest areas
and soil mapping units, roads, fields, water and features
4. Aerial photo having minimum scale of
1:16,000 or larger
5. GPS
coordinates
XI. Appendices
A. Glossary of technical
terminology
B. Documents cited in
the body of the Plan
C. Forest
inventory data, output or report
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