California Code of Regulations › Title 14 - Natural Resources › Division 1.5 - Department of Forestry and Fire Protection › Chapter 4 - Forest Practices › Subchapter 7 - Administration › Article 6.95 - Working Forest Management Plan Administration › Section 1094.2 - Definitions

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
The following definitions apply to this article:
(a) "Designated Agent" means a person granted
					 sole authority, through written certification of all the Working Forest
					 Landowner(s) designated in a submitted or approved WFMP, to conduct those
					 activities specifically assigned to a Designated Agent by Board
					 Rules.
(b) "Late Succession Forest
					 Stands", pursuant to PRC §
											4597.2(g)(3),
					 means stands of dominant and predominant trees that meet the criteria of the
					 California Wildlife Habitat Relationships System class 5D, 5M, or 6 with an
					 open, moderate, or dense canopy closure classification, often with multiple
					 canopy layers, and are at least ten (10) acres in size. Functional
					 characteristics of late succession forest stands include large decadent trees,
					 snags, and large down logs.
(c)
					 "Long Term Sustained Yield (LTSY)", pursuant to PRC §
											4597.1(a),
					 means the average annual growth sustainable by the inventory predicted at the
					 end of a 100-year planning horizon, or a shorter planning horizon if the forest
					 encompassed by the WFMP has reached a balance between growth and
					 yield.
(d) "Major Stand Type",
					 pursuant to PRC §
											4597.1(b),
					 means a stand that occupies an area equal to or greater than 25 percent of a
					 WFMP.
(e) "Management Unit",
					 pursuant to PRC §
											4597.1(c),
					 means a geographically identifiable area delineated for silviculture or
					 management purposes. A Management Unit is intended to reflect an area scheduled
					 for harvest under the Plan in any given year, but may also be designated to
					 address specific resource sensitivities.
(f) "Stand", pursuant to PRC §
											4597.1(d),
					 means a geographically identifiable group of trees sufficiently uniform in
					 age-class distribution, composition, and structure and growing on a site of
					 sufficiently uniform quality to be a distinguishable unit.
(g) "Strata", pursuant to PRC §
											4597.1(e),
					 means a grouping of similar Stands defined for silvicultural or management
					 purposes, usually according to similarities in stand composition, structure,
					 and age.
(h) "Sustained Yield",
					 pursuant to PRC §
											4597.1(f),
					 means the yield of commercial wood that an area of commercial timberland can
					 produce continuously at a given intensity of management consistent with
					 required environmental protection and that is professionally planned to achieve
					 over time a balance between growth and removal. Sustained Yield management
					 implies continuous production planned so as to achieve, at the earliest
					 practical time, a balance between growth and harvest.
(i) "Uneven aged Management", pursuant to PRC
					 §
											4597.1(g),
					 means forest management with the goal of establishing a well-stocked stand of
					 various age classes, which permits the periodic harvest of individual or small
					 groups of trees to achieve Sustained Yield objectives of the WFMP, and provide
					 for regeneration of trees and maintenance of age class structure.
(j) "Working Forest Harvest Notice", pursuant
					 to PRC §
											4597.1(h),
					 means notice of timber harvest operations, pursuant to an approved WFMP, which
					 meets the requirements of PRC §
											4597.11
					 and
					 14
					 CCR §
											1094.8.
(k) "Working Forest Landowner", pursuant to
					 PRC §
											4597.1(i),
					 means an owner of timberland with 10,000 or fewer acres of timberland who has
					 an approved WFMP and is not primarily engaged in the manufacture of forest
					 products.
(l) "Working Forest
					 Management Plan (WFMP)", pursuant to PRC §
											4597.1(j),
					 means a management plan for Working Forest Timberlands, with objectives of
					 maintaining, restoring, or creating Uneven aged Managed timber stand
					 conditions, achieving Sustained Yield, and promoting forestland stewardship
					 that protects watersheds, fisheries and wildlife habitats, and other important
					 values. Other important values include maintained forest ecosystem processes
					 and services. A Working Forest Management Plan may include multiple Working
					 Forest Landowners, but shall cover no more than 10,000 acres of timberland. The
					 Harvest Area of a Working Forest Management Plan must be contained within a
					 single CALWATER 2.2 hydrologic area.
(m) "Working Forest Timberlands", pursuant to
					 PRC §
											4597.1(k),
					 means timberlands owned by a Working Forest Landowner(s).
1. New
						section filed 6-2-2017; operative 1-1-2018 pursuant to Public Resources Code
						section
						4554.5(a)
						(Register 2017, No. 22).
2. Amendment of subsections (k)-(l) filed
						2-15-2019 as an emergency; operative 2-15-2019 (Register 2019, No. 7). Pursuant
						to Statutes 2018, chapter 626, section
						46 (SB 901) this amendment is
						deemed an emergency, and shall remain in effect until revised by the Board of
						Forestry and Fire Protection.
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						  4551,
						  4551.5,
						  4552
						  and
						  4553,
						  Public Resources Code. Reference: Sections
						  4597.1
						  and
						  4597.2,
						  Public Resources Code.