Oregon Administrative Rules
Chapter 629 - DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY
Division 643 - WATER PROTECTION RULES: VEGETATION ALONG STREAMS
Section 629-643-0400 - Site Specific Vegetation Retention Prescriptions for Streams and Riparian Management Areas
Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 12, December 1, 2024
(1) A primary purpose of these site-specific vegetation retention prescriptions in Table 7 and described for the geographic areas in Figure 1, is to identify opportunities and allow incentives for restoring or enhancing riparian management areas or streams. Another purpose of site-specific vegetation retention prescriptions is to allow for changes to the vegetation retention requirements in this rule division. The changes must provide for the functions and values of streams and their riparian management areas as described in the vegetation retention goals for streams while affording a better opportunity to meet other objectives.
Figure 1. Geographic Areas, OAR 629-643-0400
Table 7. Site Specific Basal Area Targets
Geographic Areas |
SQUARE FEET OF BASAL AREA PER 1000 FEET OF STREAM EACH SIDE | ||
LARGE TYPE F |
MEDIUM TYPE F |
SMALL TYPE F |
|
RMA = 110 feet |
RMA = 110 feet |
RMA = 100 feet |
|
Coast Range, S. Coast |
253 |
253 |
230 |
Interior & W. Cascades |
297 |
297 |
270 |
Siskiyou |
242 |
242 |
220 |
RMA = 30 feet |
RMA = 30 feet |
RMA = 30 feet |
|
Eastern Cascade & Blue Mountain |
51 |
51 |
51 |
(2) The operator may develop site specific vegetation retention prescriptions for streams and their riparian management areas to achieve the vegetation retention goals described in OAR 629-643-0000 if:
(3) An operator who wishes to implement site specific vegetation retention prescriptions instead of the standard practice shall submit to the State Forester a plan for an alternate practice.
(4) The State Forester shall approve a plan for an alternate practice if the State Forester determines that, when it is properly executed, the alternate plan will have no significant or permanent adverse effects, and:
(5) The State Forester may consider the following non-exhaustive list of factors in evaluating the plan:
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 527.710, Section 2(1), Chapter 33, Oregon Laws 2022
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 527.715, 527.765, Section 2(2), Chapter 33, Oregon Laws 2022