Oregon Administrative Rules
Chapter 629 - DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY
Division 630 - HARVESTING
Section 629-630-0600 - Felling; Removal of Slash
Universal Citation: OR Admin Rules 629-630-0600
Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 9, September 1, 2024
(1) Operators shall fell, buck, and limb trees in ways that minimize disturbance to channels, soils and retained vegetation in riparian management areas, streams, lakes and all wetlands greater than one-quarter acre, and that minimize slash accumulations in channels, significant wetlands and lakes.
(2) During felling operations operators shall:
(a) Whenever possible, fell all
conifer trees away from riparian management areas, streams, lakes and
significant wetlands, except for trees felled for stream improvement
projects.
(b) On steep slopes, use
felling practices such as jacking, line pulling, high stumps, whole tree
yarding, or stage-cutting as necessary and feasible to prevent damage to
vegetation retained in riparian management areas, soils, streams, lakes and
significant wetlands.
(c) When
hardwoods must be felled into or across streams, lakes or significant wetlands,
operators shall:
(A) Buck and yard the trees
to minimize damage to beds, banks and retained vegetation.
(B) When it can be done consistently with
protecting beds and banks, yard hardwood trees or logs away from the water
before limbing.
(3) Operators shall minimize the effects of slash that may enter waters of the state during felling, bucking, limbing or yarding by:
(a) Removing slash from Type F,
Type SSBT and Type D streams, lakes and significant wetlands as an ongoing
process (removal within 24 hours of the material entering the stream) during
the harvest operation.
(b) Not
allowing slash to accumulate in Type N streams, lakes or wetlands in quantities
that threaten water quality or increase the potential for mass debris
movement.
(c) Placing any slash
that is removed from streams, lakes, or wetlands above high water levels where
it will not enter waters of the state.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 527.710
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 527.715 & 527.765
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