No actual stocking levels are specified in the Act or Regulations. Those kind of details are addressed in various guidebooks. The Federal Forest Law does not regulate forest operation activities. Historic standards resulted in forest land overstocked with exotic tree species. Today, the forest administration is encouraging forest owners to re-establish native species.
Subsidies are available for re-establishing forests that include broadleaf species.
As in Baden-Wurttemberg, Bavaria does not include stocking standards in their Forest Law. However, standards are specified for state and community forests in the silvicultural plans prepared by the Forest Offices. Subsidies are used to regulate stocking in private forests. Mixed species forests are also promoted by Bavaria's forestry administration. On average, approximately 10 million deciduous trees are planted annually.