| Roadmap for Reconciling Landscape Allocations | |||
| November 23, 2009 | |||
| The purpose of this table is to provide a tentative roadmap for identifying areas of agreement, unresolved issues, and steps toward resolution with respect to landscape allocations in Jackson State Forest. | |||
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The first section lists the first five goals from the JDSF
management plan, in the order listed in the plan. The following sections list
recommendations by the Landscape and Research Committees on the left, issues and
questions in the center, and proposed ways to resolve the questions and issues
on the right. The recommendations of the Landscape Committee have general approval by most committee members. There is not yet general agreement on the recommendations listed for the Research Committee. Active links are provided to references where helpful. |
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Management Plan Goals |
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| Research and Demonstration | |||
| Forest Restoration | |||
| Watershed and Ecological Processes | |||
| Timber Management | |||
| Recreation and Aesthetic Enjoyment | |||
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Issues/Questions | Proposed Resolution | |
| East‐West and North‐South Band of Older Forest ≈ 18,000 acres | |||
| Management Plan Older Forest Breakdown | |||
| Allocation for Research and Demonstration to be determined by Research Comm. | |||
| Basic Restoration Management on the Remainder | Silvicultural description | Silviculture Committee to develop guidelines | |
| Bigger, Older Trees, Aesthetics | How big, how old? | Focus on next 20‐40 years; describe possible futures, but no JAG position | |
| Selection Silviculture | Group-cluster selection role | Silviculture Committee to develop guidelines; research topic | |
| Regeneration | How to obtain? | Silviculture Committee initially, research priority longer run | |
| Adequate revenues for State Forest System | Will revenues be sufficient? | Staff make projections based on Silviculture Committee guidelines | |
| Implementation Issues | Staff management flexibility | Silviculture Committee to address operational issues and guideline | |
| Research Committee Allocation Recommendations/Points | |||
| R&D Focus on Ecosystem Restoration, Sustainable Production & Recreation | |||
| Obtain Diversity for Research by Maintaining Three Seral Stages (Helms) | What proportions? | Develop in conjunction with Long‐Term Research Plan | |
| Maintain Seral Stages Primarily with All-Age Management (Helms) | How much even‐age? | Research Committee, with outside & JAG input members; subject to | |
| Allocate Tests of Alternative Silviculture to All Three Seral Stages (Helms) | modification in Long‐Term Research Plan | ||
| Primary purpose in all Seral Zones is to Test Alternative Restoration Approaches | What tests? | Part of Long-Term Research Planning | |
| Most Tests Utilize All‐Age Methods | How much even‐age? | Develop in conjunction with Long‐Term Research Plan | |
| Developing Long-Term Research and Management Plan Will Take 3‐5 Years | |||
| Use Basic Restoration Management on THPs not part of Research or Demonstration | |||
| Long-Term Research Plan Developed with Landscape Management Plan - 3‐5 years | No conflict with short‐term | ||
| management | |||
| Next Steps | |||
| 1. Form Silvicultural Committee | |||
| Develop silvicultural description of basic restoration management | |||
| Develop guidelines for use of clump, cluster, group selection | |||
| Develop guidelines for regeneration management | |||
| Address staff concerns | |||
| Address implementation issues | |||
| 2. Assign tasks to Research Committee | |||
| Develop recommendations on even-age research amounts | |||
| 3. Staff develop growth and yield projections for basic restoration management areas |
