Multi-age stocking standards must be achieved within three years after operations. Plantations should aim for 90 percent of stocking standard for the chosen management system, and if survival is less than 50 percent, re-establishment should follow, providing the reason for initial failure is identified and corrective measures can be taken. The forest owner should periodically check forest health and regeneration for at least 10 years, and rehabilitate if necessary. It is a condition of felling that an area will be restocked. The newly restocked site must be maintained for at least 5 years, and management grants are available to assist with further management work.
Standards vary according to regional and site specific conditions.
Standards for the purpose of defining clearcut areas are noted in Part II, Section 3 of this report. On both public and private lands, stocking assessments must be completed within two years after regeneration establishment in order to monitor success. If stocking standards are deficient, further assessments must occur as prescribed in Forest Management Plans or Planning Schemes. Acceptable stocking must be established usually within 3 years of completion of harvesting for western Washington and 5 years for eastern Washington. The Department of Natural Resources may determine an acceptable period of between 1 and 10 years for natural regeneration.