California Code of Regulations › Title 14 - Natural Resources › Division 1.5 - Department of Forestry and Fire Protection › Chapter 4 - Forest Practices › Subchapter 1 - Abbreviations and Definitions › Article 1 - Abbreviations and Definitions › Section 895.1 - Definitions

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
The definitions contained in the Z'berg-Nejedly Forest
						Practice Act of 1973 as amended (commencing with PRC §
											4511)
						shall apply to this chapter, as well as the following definitions, unless the
						context clearly requires otherwise.
Defined word or phrase
PRC Sec. Containing Ref.
								Def.
"Abandoned Road" means a Logging Road on which
								proactive measures have been applied to effectively remove it from the
								Permanent Road network.
"Abandonment" means implementing measures to
								effectively remove an existing Logging Road, Landing, or Logging Road
								Watercourse crossing from the Permanent Road network.
"Act" means the Z'berg-Nejedly Forest Practice Act of
								1973 as currently amended.
(Commencing with §
															4511
								of the Public Resources Code.)
4511
"Active Channel Width" means the width of a
								Watercourse channel at the height of the active channel. The Active Channel
								Width may be indicated by absence of vegetation or the presence of actively
								scoured sediment (see Figure 4).
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Defined word or
								phrase
PRC Sec. Containing Ref.
								Def.
"Active nest" means a bird Nest Site at
								which breeding efforts have recently occurred as determined by the CDFW, as
								specified below:
For the Great blue heron, Great egret,
								recently means within the last two years.
For the Golden eagle, Osprey, Goshawk,
								recently means within the last three years.
For the Bald eagle and Peregrine falcon,
								recently means within the last five years.
Nests that have not been used within this
								time period are considered abandoned.
"Activity Center" means a known northern
								spotted owl site documented from detections, pursuant to the USFWS document
								"Protocol For Surveying Proposed Management Activities That May Impact Northern
								Spotted Owls" revised January 9, 2012, hereby incorporated by reference.
(a) An Activity Center is established
								by:
(1) Resident Single Status is established
								by:
(A) The presence or response of a single
								owl within the same general area on three or more occasions within a breeding
								season, with no response by an owl of the opposite sex after a complete
								survey;
(B) Multiple responses over several years
								(i.e., two responses in year one (1) and one response in year 2, from the same
								general area).
(2) Pair Status Unknown is where the
								presence or response of two birds of the opposite sex is detected but pair
								status cannot be determined and where at least one member must meet the
								resident single requirements.
(3) Pair Status wherein a male and female
								are heard and/or observed (either initially or through their movement) in
								proximity (less than one-quarter mile apart) to each other on the same visit;
								or a male takes a mouse to a female; or a female is detected on the nest; or
								one or both adults are observed with young.
(4) Unoccupied Status where no responses
								have been obtained from a previously identified northern spotted owl Activity
								Center after three (3) years of survey, barring other evidence to the
								contrary.
An Activity Center with unoccupied status
								will not be considered an Activity Center when it has been evaluated and a
								determination made by the Director. The determination shall be based upon
								available information on survey history, habitat conditions within the home
								range, and changes to habitat that may have occurred since the northern spotted
								owl site was first identified.
"Adequate Site Occupancy" means the range
								of Stocking levels which provide a balance between the largest number of trees
								per acre capable of maximum individual tree growth on future crop trees and
								maximum overall stand growth. This balance is achieved when Stocking levels are
								within Zones 2 and 3 of the Langsaeter curve, as shown in "The Practice of
								Silviculture", by David Smith (1962).
"Alternative Prescription" means a
								written analysis of preharvest and postharvest timber stand conditions and a
								description of the silvicultural practices and systems to be used in lieu of
								the standard methods.
"Approved and Legally Permitted
								Structure" means only structures that are designed for human occupancy and
								garages, barns, stables, and structures used to enclose fuel tanks.
"Approved and Legally Permitted Habitable
								Structure" means a building that contains one or more dwelling units or that
								can be occupied for residential use. Buildings occupied for residential use
								include single family homes, multi-dwelling structure, mobile and manufactured
								homes, and condominiums. A habitable structure does not include commercial,
								industrial, or incidental buildings such as detached garages, barns, outdoor
								sanitation facilities, and sheds.
"Appurtenant Road" means a Logging Road
								under the ownership or control of the Timber Owner, Timberland Owner, Timber
								Operator, or Plan submitter that will be used for log hauling.
"Archaeological Coverage Map" means the
								map or maps required as part of a Confidential Archaeological Addendum or a
								Confidential Archaeological Letter pursuant to
								14 CCR
								§§
															929.1 [949.1, 969.1](c)(9) and
								1052(a)(10). The map(s) shall contain a north arrow, a scale, and accurately
								display the project boundary, the Site Survey Area showing survey
								intensity(ies), and specific location of all archaeological and historical
								sites identified within the Site Survey Area. The map(s) must be on a 1:1 scale
								copy of a USGS 7.5'quadrangle(s), or digitally generated topographical
								equivalent. Additional maps at other scales may be required to more accurately
								display required information or increase clarity.
"Average slope" means the arithmetic
								average of a sample of slopes taken systematically over the area to which the
								average is to be applied.
"Bankfull stage" means the stage that
								occurs when discharge fills the entire channel cross section without
								significant inundation of the adjacent floodplain, and has a recurrence
								interval of 1.5 to 2.0 years.
"Basal Area Per Acre", pursuant to PRC
								§
														4528(a),
								means the sum of the cross-sectional areas at breast height of the tree stems
								of Commercial Species per acre.
4528(a)
"Beneficial Functions of Riparian Zone"
								means the specific role of the Riparian zone to provide protection for water
								temperature control, streambed and flow modification by large Woody Debris,
								filtration of organic and inorganic material, upslope stability, bank and
								channel stabilization and vegetative structure diversity for fish and wildlife
								habitat.
"Beneficial Use" means those uses of
								water as defined by §
														13050(f)
								of the Water Code and as described in the applicable Water Quality Control
								Plan.
"Berm" means a curb, dike, or linear
								mound of earth that is constructed to control water and direct roadway runoff
								waters or that has developed through road grading activities.
"Board", pursuant to PRC §
														4521.3,
								means the State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection.
4521.3
"Broadcast Burning" means the use of fire
								to burn over a designated area to prepare it for regeneration, to reduce fuel
								hazard, or to achieve a management objective consistent with the Act and Rules.
								It does not include burning of organic matter which is piled during mechanical
								Site Preparation.
"Brood Material" as used in these Rules
								refers to any cut or downed portion of a tree's stem greater than three inches
								with intact undeteriorated bark.
"Buffer zone" means the area of
								protection surrounding a Nest Tree in which Timber Operations must be conducted
								in accordance with the provisions set forth in these regulations. A Buffer Zone
								does not constitute a Special Treatment Area.
"Cable roads" means the path followed by
								logs being yarded by a cable system.
"Cable Yarding" means that system of
								Skidding (transporting) logs by means of cable (wire rope) to the Yarding
								machine (yarder) or a Landing while the yarder remains stationary.
"CAL FIRE Review Team Office" means the
								office of the Director's representative(s) or Chairperson(s) as listed under
								14 CCR
								§
															1032. (ref.
								14 CCR
								§§
															1037.5. and 1090.19).
"Canopy" means the more or less
								continuous layer of branches and foliage formed collectively by the crowns of
								adjacent trees and other woody Species.
"Channel Migration Zone" means the area
								where the main channel of a Watercourse can reasonably be expected to shift
								position on its floodplain laterally through avulsion or lateral erosion during
								the period of time required to grow forest trees from the surrounding area to a
								mature size, except as modified by a permanent levee or dike. The result may be
								the loss of beneficial Functions of the Riparian zone or Riparian habitat (see
								Figure 1).
Figure 1. Plan view diagram of a simple Channel Migration
						Zone designation.
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Defined word or
								phrase
PRC Sec. Containing Ref.
								Def.
"Channel Zone" means that area located
								between the Watercourse Transition Lines.
For the Coast Forest
								District:
"Coastal Commission Special Treatment
								Area" means an identifiable and geographically bounded forest area designated
								within the Coastal Zone that constitutes a significant wildlife and/or plant
								habitat area, area of special scenic significance, and any land where Timber
								Operations could adversely affect public recreation areas or the biological
								productivity of any wetland, estuary, or Stream especially valuable because of
								its role in a coastal ecosystem.1
								(
Reference: Section
								31118.5,
								Public Resources Code
.)
For the Southern Forest
								District:
"Coastal Commission Special Treatment
								Area" means an identifiable and geographically bounded forest area designated
								within the Coastal Zone that constitutes a significant wildlife and/or plant
								habitat area, area of special scenic significance, and any land where Timber
								Operations could adversely affect public recreation areas or the biological
								productivity of any wetland, estuary, or Stream especially valuable because of
								its role in the coastal ecosystem. Special Treatment Areas were adopted by the
								Coastal Commission on July 5, 1977. Maps or designations of "Coastal Commission
								Special Treatment Areas" are on file in the Department offices within the
								Southern Forest District.2 (
Reference:
								Section
								31118.5,
								Public Resources Code.
)
"Codominants" means trees with crowns
								forming the general level of the forest Canopy and receiving full light from
								above, but comparatively little light from the sides. Codominants usually have
								medium-sized crowns, but are crowded on the sides.
For the Coast Forest
								District:
"Commercial Species" means those Species
								found in Group A and those in Group B that are found on lands where the Species
								in Group A are now growing naturally or have grown naturally in the recorded
								past.
Group A
--coast redwood
(Sequoia
								sempervirens
)
--Douglas-fir (
Pseudotsuga
								menziesii
)
--grand fir (
Abies grandis
)
--western hemlock (
Tsuga
								heterophylla
)
--western redcedar (
Thuja
								plicata
)
--bishop pine (
Pinus muricata
)
--Sitka spruce (
Picea
								sitchensis
)
--incense cedar (
Calocedrus
								decurrens
)
--Port Orford cedar
								(
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana
)
--California red fir (
Abies
								magnifica
)
--white fir (
Abies concolor
)
--Jeffrey pine (
Pinus jeffreyi
)
--ponderosa pine (
Pinus
								ponderosa
)
--sugar pine (
Pinus
								lambertiana
)
--western white pine (
Pinus
								monticola
)
Group B
--tanoak (
Notholithocarpus
								densiflorus
)
--red alder (
Alnus rubra
)
--white alder (
Alnus
								rhombilfolia
)
--Pacific madrone (
Arbutus
								menziesii
)
--golden chinkapin (
Chrysolepis
								chrysophylla
)
--California bay laurel (
Umbellularia
								californica
)
--Oregon white oak (
Quercus
								garryana
)
--California black oak (
Quercus
								kelloggii
)
--Monterey pine (
Pinus radiata
)
Defined word or
								phrase
PRC Sec. Containing Ref.
								Def.
For the Northern Forest
								District:
"Commercial Species" means those Species
								found in Group A and those in Group B that are found on lands where the Species
								in Group A are now growing naturally or have grown naturally in the recorded
								past.
Group A
--sugar pine
(Pinus
								lambertiana)
--ponderosa pine
(Pinus
								ponderosa)
--Jeffrey pine
(Pinus jeffreyi)
-- western white pine
(Pinus
								monticola)
-- lodgepole pine
(Pinus
								contorta)
-- coast redwood
(Sequoia
								sempervirens)
-- white fir
(Abies concolor)
-- California red fir
(Abies
								magnifica)
-- noble fir
(Abies procera)
-- Douglas-fir
(Pseudotsuga
								menziesii)
-- incense-cedar
(Calocedrus
								decurrens)
-- Port Orford cedar
(Chamaecyparis lawsoniana)
Group B
-- knobcone pine
(Pinus
								attenuata)
-- gray pine
(Pinus sabiniana)
-- California black oak
(Quercus
								kelloggii)
-- Oregon white oak
(Quercus
								garryana)
-- tanoak
(Notholithocarpus
								densiflorus)
-- mountain hemlock
(Tsuga
								mertensiana)
-- Brewer spruce
(Picea
								breweriana)
-- Englemann spruce
(Picea
								englemanii)
-- giant sequoia
(Sequoiadendron
								giganteum)
-- golden chinkapin
(Chrysolepis
								chrysophylla)
-- foxtail pine
(Pinus
								balfouriana)
-- white alder
(Alnus
								rhombifolia)
-- Monterey pine
(Pinus
								radiata)
-- Pacific madrone
(Arbutus
								menziesii)
-- California bay laurel
(Umbellularia californica)
-- Western juniper
(Juniperus
								occidentalis)
For the Southern Forest
								District:
"Commercial Species" means those Species
								found in Group A and those in Group B that are found on lands where the Species
								in Group A are now growing naturally or have grown naturally in the recorded
								past.
Group A
--Coulter pine (
Pinus coulteri
)
--Jeffrey pine (
Pinus jeffreyi
)
--ponderosa pine (
Pinus
								ponderosa
)
--sugar pine (
Pinus
								lambertiana
)
--lodgepole pine (
Pinus
								contorta
)
--western white pine (
Pinus
								monticola
)
--Douglas-fir (
Pseudotsuga
								menziesii
)
--California red fir (
Abies
								magnifica
)
--white fir (
Abies concolor
)
--incense cedar (
Calocedrus
								decurrens
)
--coast redwood (
Sequoia
								sempervirens
)
--giant sequoia (
Sequoiadendron
								giganteum
)
--mountain hemlock (
Tsuga
								mertensiana
)
Group B
--white alder (
Alnus
								rhombifolia
)
--cottonwood (
Populus
								fremontii
)
--Monterey pine
(Pinus radiata)
--Pacific madrone (
Arbutus
								menziesii
)
--California black oak (
Quercus
								kelloggii
)
--tanoak (
Notholithocarpus
								densiflorus
)
Defined word or phrase
PRC Sec. Containing Ref.
								Def.
"Community Fuelbreak Area" means a shaded Fuelbreak
								approved by a Public Fire Agency as part of a fire prevention plan for fire
								protection, ignition management, prefire management or other fire defense
								improvements. Within a shaded Fuelbreak, vegetation is managed to reduce the
								potential for wildfire damage and provides a direct benefit to defensible space
								as defined in
								14 CCR
								§
															1271. Community Fuelbreak Areas
								include defensible space areas within 200 feet of Approved and Legally
								Permitted Structures, as defined in
								14 CCR
								§
															895.1, and those areas comprising
								systems of Fuelbreaks that are designed or approved by a Public Fire Agency as
								part of a fire prevention plan.
"Compatible Use" means uses which do not
								significantly detract from the use of the property for, or inhibit, growing and
								harvesting timber, and shall include those specified in Government Code §
														51104(h)
								unless in specific instances such use would be contrary to this
								definition.
"Concentration" means an accumulation of Slash,
								limbs, tops, slabs or other logging debris that exceeds 30 inches (76.2 cm) in
								height above the ground and covers more than 100 square feet (9.29 m2) of
								surface area except that individual logs not associated with other logging
								debris which exceed these dimensions shall not be considered a concentration of
								slash or logging debris.
"Confidential Archaeological Addendum" means the
								archaeological and historical resources survey and impact assessment report
								prepared for a proposed timber operation. The addendum is confidential to the
								extent permitted pursuant to Government Code §§
														6254(r)
								and
								6254.10.
								It shall not be included in any document provided to the public. It shall
								contain all information required by
								14 CCR
								§§
															929.1,
								929.2,
								929.3,
								929.7,
								949.1,
								949.2,
								949.3,
								949.7,
								969.1,
								969.2,
								969.3,
								969.7.
"Confidential Archaeological Letter" means the
								archaeological and historical resources survey and impact assessment prepared
								for an Emergency Notice covering three acres or more in size. It is included
								with the submittal of the Emergency Notice to the Director and contains all
								information required by
								14 CCR
								§
															929.1 [949.1, 969.1](c)(2), (3), (7),
								(8), (9), (10) and (11), including site records, as required pursuant to
								14 CCR
								§§
															929.1 [949.1, 969.1](g) and
								929.5 [949.5, 969.5]. The information may be presented in either a letter or
								report format. It is confidential to the extent permitted pursuant to
								Government Code §§
														6254(r)
								and
								6254.10
								and shall not be included in any document provided to the public.
"Confined Channel" means a Watercourse with an
								incised channel that does not shift position on a floodplain, the channel has
								no contiguous flat, Flood Prone Areas, and the width of the valley floor is
								less than 2 times the channel width at Bankfull stage.
"Connected Headwall Swale" means a geomorphic feature
								consisting of a concave depression with convergent slopes, typically of 65
								percent or greater steepness that is connected to a Watercourse or Lake by way
								of a continuous linear depression and that has been sculpted over geologic time
								by shallow landslide events. The slope profile is typically smooth and unbroken
								by benches, but may be interrupted by recent landslide deposits or scars.
								Emergent groundwater and Wet Areas may exist at the base of the swale. Soil and
								colluvium depth is typically greatest at the axis of the swale, thinning to
								either side.
"Countable Tree", pursuant to PRC §
														4528(b),
								means a tree that can be used in calculating the degree of Stocking under the
								following criteria:
4528(b)
(1) The tree must be in place at least two growing
								seasons.
(2) The tree must be Live and Healthy.
(3) The tree must have at least one-third of its
								length in live crown, except in pure stands of Douglas fir (
Pseudotsuga
								menziesii
) the tree must have at least one-fourth of its length in
								live crown.
(4) The tree must be a Commercial Species from a
								local seed source or a seed source which the Registered Professional Forester
								determines will produce commercial trees physiologically suited for the area
								involved.
"Critical Dip" means a constructed dip or low point
								across a Logging Road surface down grade from, or over, a Logging Road
								Watercourse crossing that functions to prevent crossing overflow from draining
								down the road and minimizes Fill erosion.
"Critical Period" means the time of year when the
								special Timber Operations practices set forth in these regulations are required
								to minimize nesting disturbance to a Species of special concern.
"Crop of Trees," within the meaning of PRC §
														4526,
								means any number of trees which can be harvested commercially.
"Crowning" means creating a road surface with a
								convex cross sectional profile that drains runoff toward both sides of the
								road.
"Cumulative Impacts" means those impacts as defined
								in 14 CCR
								§
															15355.
"Current Archaeological Records Check" means a review
								of the State's archaeological and historical resource files conducted at the
								appropriate Information Center of the California Historical Resource
								Information System for the area which could be affected by Timber Operations.
								The Office of Historical Preservation, which is within the Department of Parks
								and Recreation, has the address for the regional Information Center a Person
								must contact. The records check must have been conducted within five years
								prior to the date a THP, NTMP, WFMP, or Emergency Notice of 3 acres or more is
								submitted to the Director.
"Cutting Method" means silvicultural method within
								the Southern Subdistrict of the Coast Forest District.
"Damaging Effects" means demolition, destruction,
								relocation, or significant alteration of an archaeological or historical site
								or resource before the significance of the site is determined.
"Danger Tree" means any tree located on or adjacent
								to a utility right-of- way or facility that could damage utility facilities
								should it fall where (1) the tree leans toward the right-of-way, or (2) the
								tree is defective because of any cause, such as: heart or root rot, shallow
								roots, excavation, bad crotch, dead or with dead top, deformity, cracks or
								splits, or any other reason that could result in the tree or main lateral of
								the tree falling. See chapter VII, Hazardous Tree Identification, Powerline
								Fire Prevention Field Guide -- 1977, A joint Publication of the California
								Department of Forestry, U.S. Forest Service, and U.S. Bureau of Land
								Management.
"Deactivated Road" means a Logging Road that is part
								of the Permanent Road network where measures have been implemented to prevent
								active use by logging trucks and standard production four-wheel drive highway
								vehicles.
"Deactivation" means implementing measures necessary
								to prevent the active use of an existing Logging Road, Landing, or Logging Road
								Watercourse crossing.
"Decadent and Deformed Trees of Value to Wildlife":
								Trees, either conifers or hardwoods, that are not countable per PRC §
														4528
								but which exhibit characteristics of substantial value to wildlife including
								but not limited to such features as broken tops, dead tops, forked tops, nests,
								mistletoe clumps, substantial decay and cavities.
"Department" means the Department of Forestry and
								Fire Protection (CAL FIRE).
"Diameter" when measuring standing live trees, means
								the average Diameter of a tree measured outside the bark, at breast eight, a
								point 4.5 feet (1.37m) above the average ground level.
"Director" means the Director of the California
								Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE).
"Diseased Trees" means trees which have abnormal
								physiological conditions or structural changes that result in a substantial
								adverse effect on the trees' health or threatens to spread the disease, thus
								threatening the sustained health of surrounding trees. These conditions or
								structural changes express characteristic signs or symptoms and are caused by
								identifiable biotic or abiotic agents including but not limited to fungi,
								bacteria, insects, parasitic plants, vertebrates, lightning, fire and
								mechanical wounds.
"District" pursuant to PRC §
														4523,
								means a forest District. 4523
"Ditch Drain" means a Drainage Structure or facility
								which will move water from an inside road ditch to an outside area.
"Domestic Water Use" means the use of water in homes,
								resorts, motels, organization camps, developed campgrounds, including the
								incidental watering of domestic stock for family sustenance or enjoyment and
								the irrigation of not more than one half acre in lawn, ornamental shrubbery, or
								gardens at any single establishment. The use of water at a developed campground
								or resort for human consumption, cooking or sanitary purposes is a domestic
								use.
"Dominants" means trees with well-developed crowns
								extending above the general level of the forest Canopy and receiving full light
								from above and partly from the sides.
"Drainage Facilities" means facilities constructed to
								control water, including, but not limited to, Fords, inside ditches,
								Waterbreaks, Outsloping and Rolling Dips.
"Drainage Structure" means a structure installed to
								control, divert or to cross over water, including, but not limited to,
								culverts, bridges and Ditch Drains.
"Dunning's Classification" although initially devised
								exclusively for pine, here is intended to apply to all commercial coniferous
								Species and means a system of tree classification based on maturity of trees,
								age, position of tree crown in stand, shape of top, Diameter, density of
								foliage and risk or susceptibility of tree to insect and other mortality where
								trees are classed as follows:
Class 1. Tree immature, 60 to 150 years of age, crown
								dominant or extending above general level of the crown cover, top pointed,
								d.b.h. up to 30 inches (76.2 cm), foliage dense and risk good.
Class 2. Tree immature, 60 to 150 years of age, crown
								codominant or equal to general level of the crown cover, top pointed, d.b.h. up
								to 24 inches (61.0 cm), foliage dense and risk good.
Class 3. Tree mature, 150 to 300 years of age, crown
								dominant or extending above general level of the crown cover, top rounded,
								d.b.h. 18 inches (45.7 cm) to 40 inches (101.6 cm), foliage moderately dense
								and risk fair to good.
Class 4. Tree mature, 150 to 300 years of age, crown
								codominant or equal to general level of the crown cover, top rounded and risk
								poor to fair.
Class 5. Tree overmature, over 300 years of age,
								crown dominant or extending above the general level of the crown cover, top
								flat, foliage thin, and risk poor.
Class 6. Tree immature, 60 to 150 years of age, crown
								intermediate to or Suppressed by the general level of the crown cover, top
								pointed, d.b.h. 12 inches (30.5 cm) to 15 inches (38.1 cm), foliage moderately
								dense and risk fair to good.
Class 7. Tree mature or overmature, over 150 years of
								age, crown intermediate or Suppressed by the general level of the crown cover,
								top flat, d.b.h. rarely over 18 inches (45.7 cm), foliage sparse and risk poor.
								(
Reference: §
															4531,
								Public Resources Code.
)
"Dying Trees" means trees which exhibit one or more
								of the following: fifty percent or more of the foliage-bearing crown is dead or
								fading in color from a normal green to yellow, sorrel, or brown, excluding
								normal autumn coloration changes; successful bark beetle attacks with
								indications of dead cambium and brood development distributed around the
								circumference of the bole; seventy-five percent or more of the circumference of
								the lower bole is girdled by wildlife; or trees designated by an RPF as likely
								to die within one year.
"Effects" means Effects and Impacts as defined in
								14 CCR
								§
															15358.
"Emergency" means those conditions that will cause
								waste or loss of timber resources to the Timber Owner that may be minimized by
								immediate harvesting of infected, infested or damaged timber or salvaging down
								timber, or those conditions that will cause appreciable financial loss to the
								Timber Owner that may be minimized by immediate harvesting of timber.
"Energy Dissipator" means a device or material used
								to reduce the energy of flowing water.
"Equipment Exclusion Zone (EEZ)" means the area, as
								explained in the THP, where heavy equipment associated with Timber Operations
								is totally excluded for the protection of water quality, the Beneficial Uses of
								water, and/or other forest resources.
"Equipment Limitation" is the term used when the use
								of timber harvesting equipment is to be limited for the protection of water
								quality, the Beneficial Uses of water, and/or other forest resources.
"Equipment Limitation Zone (ELZ)" means the area, as
								explained in the THP, where heavy equipment associated with Timber Operations
								is limited for the protection of water quality, the Beneficial Uses of water,
								and/or other forest resources.
"Erosion Controls" means Drainage Facilities, soil
								stabilization treatments, road and Landing Abandonment, removal and treatment
								of Watercourse crossings, and any other features or actions to reduce surface
								erosion, gullying, channel erosion, and mass erosion.
"Erosion Hazard Rating" means the rating derived from
								the procedure specified in
								14 CCR
								§
															912.5 [932.5, 952.5] designed to
								evaluate the susceptibility of the soil within a given location to
								erosion.
"Excess Material" means excavated material that is
								not used as a functional part of the road or Landing. Excess Material is
								synonymous with spoils.
"Executive Officer" means the Executive Officer of
								the State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection authorized by PRC §
														739.
"Extended Dry Periods" means those periods during the
								Winter Period when saturated soil conditions do not exist.
"Extended Wet Weather Period" means the period from
								October 15 to May 1.
"Feasible" means capable of being accomplished in a
								successful manner within a reasonable period of time, taking into account
								economic, environmental, legal, social and technical factors. With regard to
								economic feasibility, the issue shall be whether the Plan as revised could be
								conducted on a commercial basis within 5 (five) years of the submission of the
								Plan and not solely on the basis of whether extra cost is required to carry out
								the alternatives.
"Fill" means material that is mechanically placed and
								built up in compacted lifts to form a roadbed or Landing surface. Fill includes
								the material placed around culverts and related Drainage Structures at Logging
								Road Watercourse crossings.
For the Coast Forest District:
"Fire Protection Zone" means that portion of the
								Logging Area within 100 feet (30.48 m), as measured along the surface of the
								ground, from the edge of the traveled surface of all Public Roads and
								railroads; and within 200 feet (60.96 m), as measured along the surface of the
								ground, from permanently located structures currently maintained for human
								habitation.
"Flood Flow" means that magnitude of peak flow that
								would, on the average, be equaled or exceeded once every specified period of
								years (e.g. once every 10 year, 50 years, 100 years). This flow shall be
								estimated by Flood Flow measurement records and by empirical relationships
								between precipitation, watershed characteristics, and runoff, and may be
								modified by direct channel cross-section measurements informed by local
								experience.
"Flood Prone Area" means an area contiguous to a
								Watercourse Channel Zone that is periodically flooded by overbank flow.
								Indicators of Flood Prone Areas may include diverse Fluvial landforms, such as
								overflow side channels or oxbow Lakes, Hydric vegetation, and deposits of
								fine-grained sediment between duff layers or on the bark of hardwoods and
								conifers. The outer boundary of the Flood Prone Area may be determined by field
								indicators such as the location where valley slope begins (i.e., where there is
								a substantial percent change in slope, including terraces, the toes of the
								alluvial fan, etc.), a distinct change in soil/plant characteristics, and the
								absence of silt lines on trees and residual evidence of floatable debris caught
								in brush or trees. Along laterally stable Watercourses lacking a Channel
								Migration Zone where the outer boundary of the Flood Prone Area cannot be
								clearly determined using the field indicators above, it shall be determined
								based on the area inundated by a 20-year recurrence interval Flood Flow event,
								or the elevation equivalent to twice the distance between a Thalweg Riffle
								Crest and the depth of the channel a Bankfull stage. When both a Channel
								Migration Zone and Flood Prone Area are present, the boundaries established by
								the Channel Migration Zone supersedes the establishment of a Flood Prone
								Area.
"Fluvial" means the processes associated with rivers
								and Streams and the deposits and landforms created by them.
For the Northern Forest District:
"Fire Protection Zone" means that portion of the
								Logging Area within 100 feet (30.48 m), as measured along the surface of the
								ground, from the edge of the traveled surface of all Public Roads and
								railroads, and 50 feet (15.24 m) as measured along the surface of the ground
								from the traveled surface of all private roads, and within 100 feet (30.48 m),
								as measured along the surface of the ground, from permanently located
								structures currently maintained for human habitation.
(Reference:
								§
															4561.6,
								Public Resources Code.)
For the Southern Forest District:
"Fire Protection Zone" means that portion of the
								Logging Area within 100 feet (30.48 m), as measured along the surface of the
								ground, from the edge of the traveled surface of all Public Roads and
								railroads; and within 200 feet (60.96 m), as measured along the surface of the
								ground from permanently located structures currently maintained for human
								habitation.
"Ford" means a Logging Road Watercourse crossing
								where the road grade dips through the Watercourse channel. This includes but is
								not limited to one of the following construction types:
- "Rock-armored crossing" means a Logging Road
								Watercourse crossing where fill is placed in the channel to establish a usable
								road grade and the outfall of the crossing and road surface are protected
								against scour by revetment composed of rock.
- "Rock-fill crossing" means a Logging Road
								Watercourse crossing where rock that is free of fines is placed as fill in the
								channel to establish a usable road grade through the crossing.
- "Vented crossing" means a Logging Road Watercourse
								crossing designed to allow low water flow in the stream channel to pass through
								the structure, usually through a culvert, and high water flow to pass over the
								roadway.
- p road surface crosses at the natural grade of the
								channel and the channel surface is composed of stable native material
								sufficient to support crossing use.
"Fuel break", pursuant to PRC §
														4528(e),
								means a strip of modified fuel to provide a line from which to work in the
								control of fire.
4528(e)
"Functional Wildlife Habitat" means vegetative
								structure and Composition which function to provide essential characteristics
								for wildlife feeding, Reproduction, cover and movement between habitats. The
								habitat components must be in sufficient quantities and arrangement to support
								the diverse assemblage of wildlife Species that are normally found on or use
								forestlands within that area. Within this definition the following terms
								mean:
Function(al): Refers to ecological relationships
								between both the habitat components and needs of the Species which allows for
								all of the normal life cycle including, migration corridors, genetic pathways,
								food availability, temperature protection, moisture retention, nutrient
								cycling, denning, spawning, nesting, and other functions necessary to complete
								a life cycle.
Composition: Refers to the types, abundance,
								distribution, and ecological relationships of Species of terrestrial and
								aquatic vegetation within the forest stand including, dominance, richness,
								trophic levels and other population and community features at levels which
								affect the long-term survival of individual forest Species.
Structure: Refers to the physical arrangement of and
								relationships between living and non-living terrestrial and aquatic components
								within the forest stand including, age, size, height and spacing of live
								vegetation in the forest in addition to seeps, spawning gravels, pools,
								springs, Snags, logs, den trees, meadows, Canopy coverage, levels of canopies
								and other physical features necessary to allow Species to function.
"Good Cause is Shown" as used in PRC §
														4590
								means when: the Plan submitter presents facts which describe the factors beyond
								the control of the Plan submitter and his or her agents, such as market
								conditions, weather, technical difficulties or natural disaster, that have
								prevented Feasible completion of the timber operation within the effective
								period of the Plan.
"Hard Frozen Conditions" means those frozen soil
								conditions where loaded or unloaded vehicles can travel without sinking into
								the road surfaces to a depth of more than six inches over a distance of more
								than 25 feet.
"Harm" means an act where it actually kills or
								injures a federally listed wildlife Species. Such acts may include a
								significant habitat modification or degradation which actually kills or injures
								wildlife by significantly impairing essential behavior patterns, including
								breeding, feeding or sheltering.
"Harass" means an intentional or negligent act or
								omission which creates the likelihood of injury to a federally listed wildlife
								Species by annoying it to such an extent as to significantly disrupt normal
								behavioral patterns which include, but are not limited to, breeding, feeding or
								sheltering.
"Harvest Area" means the area where trees are felled
								and removed.
"Harvesting Method" means the process used to cut and
								remove timber. It may have as its Silvicultural objective either stand
								regeneration or Intermediate Treatments.
"Historic Road" means an existing road, including
								associated Landings and Watercourse crossings, that is not part of the
								Permanent Road network and that has not been maintained or proactively
								abandoned.
"Hydric" means a soil that formed under conditions of
								saturation, flooding, or ponding long enough during the growing season to
								develop anaerobic conditions in the upper portions of the soil profile.
"Hydrologic Disconnection" means the removal of
								direct routes of drainage or overland flow of road runoff to a Watercourse or
								Lake.
"Impacts" means Effects and Impacts as defined in
								14 CCR
								§
															15358.
"Inner Gorge" means a geomorphic feature formed by
								coalescing scars originating from landsliding and erosional processes caused by
								active Stream erosion. The feature is identified as that area beginning
								immediately adjacent to the Stream channel below the first break in slope.
"Insloping" means shaping the Logging Road or Landing
								surface to drain toward a cutbank or inside ditch.
"Intermediate treatments" means harvests conducted to
								modify or guide the development of an existing stand of trees, but not to
								replace (regenerate) the stand with a new one. The treatments involve the
								removal of trees to allow expansion of the crowns and root systems.
"Intermediates" means trees with crowns below the
								general level of the forest Canopy and receiving little light from either above
								or the sides. Intermediates have minimally-developed crowns and are crowded on
								the sides.
"Ladder Fuels" means vegetative fuels that can spread
								a fire vertically between or within a fuel type.
"Lake" is a permanent natural body of water of any
								size, or an artificially impounded body of water having a surface area of at
								least one acre, isolated from the sea, and having an area of open water of
								sufficient depth and permanency to prevent complete coverage by rooted aquatic
								plants.
"Lake Tahoe Region" means those portions of Placer
								and El Dorado Counties lying within the authority of the Tahoe Regional
								Planning Agency.
"Lake Transition Line" means that line closest to the
								Lake where mesic vegetation is permanently established.
"Landing" means that area where forest products are
								concentrated prior to loading for transportation to market.
"Late Succession Forest Stands" means stands of
								Dominant and Predominant Trees that meet the criteria of WHR class 5M, 5D, or 6
								with an open, moderate or dense Canopy closure classification, often with
								multiple Canopy layers, and are at least 20 acres in size. Functional
								characteristics of late succession forests include large decadent trees, Snags,
								and large down logs.
"Layout" means a prepared bed into which a tree is
								felled. A Layout is generally constructed by tractor and is intended to reduce
								the breakage that occurs during the felling of trees.
"License", pursuant to PRC §
														4524,
								means a License to engage in Timber Operations issued pursuant to Article 6
								(commencing with §
														4571 of Chapter 8 of PRC).
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"Listed Species" means a plant or animal Species
								which is listed as rare, threatened or endangered under federal or state law,
								or a Sensitive Species by the Board.
"Live and Healthy" as used in PRC §
														4528(b)(2)
								means a tree that is a potential crop tree.
"Log Culvert" means a Drainage Structure consisting
								of logs or logs and Fill material placed in a drainage in such a manner as to
								allow for the passage of water. Also commonly referred to as a "Humboldt
								crossing."
"Logging Area" means that area on which Timber
								Operations are being conducted as shown on the map accompanying the Timber
								Harvesting Plan, and within 100 feet as measured on the surface of the ground,
								from the edge of the traveled surface of Appurtenant Roads owned or controlled
								by the Timberland Owner, Timber Operator or Timber Owner, and being used during
								the harvesting of the particular area. The traveled surface of such Appurtenant
								Roads is also part of the Logging Area.
"Logging road" means a road other than a Public Road
								used by trucks going to and from Landings to transport logs and other forest
								products.
"Logging Road Surface Drainage Network" means the
								system of Drainage Facilities and structures associated with Logging Roads,
								which are used to control, divert, or cross over water.
"Long-term significant adverse effect on fish,
								wildlife, or Listed Species known to be primarily associated with Late
								Succession Forest Stands" means an effect that creates an identifiable trend or
								set of conditions which provide a substantial level of scientific evidence that
								a population of one or more Species of fish, wildlife, or Listed Species
								primarily associated with Late Succession Forest Stands will become extirpated
								from a significant portion of its current range in the Forest District within
								the planning horizon.
"Long Term Sustained Yield" means the average annual
								growth sustainable by the inventory predicted at the end of a 100 year planning
								period.
For the Coast Forest District:
"Lopping" means severing and spreading of Slash so
								that no part of it remains more than 30 inches (76.2 cm) above the ground.
For the Northern Forest District:
"Lopping" means severing and spreading of Slash so
								that no part of it remains more than 30 inches (76.2 cm) above the ground.
(Reference: §
															4551.5,
								Public Resources Code.)
For the Southern Forest District:
"Lopping" means severing limbs from the exposed sides
								of the unutilized portions of trees so that portions of the severed limbs are
								in contact with the ground. (
Reference: §
															4551.5,
								Public Resources Code
.)
"Lopping For Fire Hazard Reduction" means severing
								and spreading Slash so that no part of it generally remains more than 30 inches
								above the ground except where a specific rule provides another standard.
"Mainline Road" means roads on non federal lands that
								are used as the primary route for the transportation of forest products that
								are fed by arterial (secondary) haul roads.
"Manmade Watercourse" means a Watercourse which is
								constructed and maintained to facilitate man's use of water and includes, but
								is not limited to ditches and canals used for domestic, hydropower, irrigation,
								and other Beneficial Uses (Manmade Watercourses as defined do not include
								roadside drainage ditches).
"Marking" means a painted horizontal band or other
								distinguishing designation which is visible from two sides of a tree, and a
								stump designation, if required in the THP, which is visible after felling
								operations.
"Meadows and Wet Areas" means those areas which are
								moist on the surface throughout most of the year and/or support aquatic
								vegetation, grasses and forbs as their principal vegetative cover.
"Mechanical Site Preparation" means all Site
								Preparation activities undertaken by motorized heavy equipment to prepare an
								area for regeneration.
"Minor Deviations" means any change, minor in scope,
								in a Plan which can reasonably be presumed not to make a significant change in
								the conduct of Timber Operations and which can reasonably be expected not to
								significantly adversely affect Timberland productivity or values relating to
								soil, water quality, watershed, wildlife, fisheries, range and forage,
								recreation, and aesthetic enjoyment.
"Native Americans" means the Native American Heritage
								Commission and those local Native American tribal groups and individuals to be
								notified or consulted pursuant to the Forest Practice Rules as defined in the
								Native American Contact List.
"Native American Archaeological or Cultural Site"
								means any archaeological or other cultural resource that is associated with
								Native Americans. These sites must be identifiable by a specific physical
								location containing specific physical attributes. Native American
								Archaeological or Cultural Sites include but are not limited to: village sites,
								camp sites, petroglyphs, prehistoric trails, quarries, milling stations,
								cemeteries, ceremonial sites or traditional cultural sites and properties.
"Native American Contact List" means the list that
								identifies those Native Americans that must be notified or consulted pursuant
								to the Forest Practice Rules. The Department shall maintain this list utilizing
								information and advice provided by the Native American Heritage Commission
								(NAHC). The list shall identify the appropriate contacts to be notified or
								consulted during preparation or review of Timber Harvesting Plans. The list
								shall be organized by counties or portions of counties and shall include all
								local federally recognized tribal governments. It shall also include other
								California Native American organizations or individuals that the Department
								places on the list based upon demonstrated knowledge concerning the location of
								archaeological or cultural resources within California. The NAHC shall also be
								included as a required contact for each county on the list to enable the NAHC
								to complete a check of their Sacred Lands File which is authorized by PRC
								§§
														5097.94(a),
								5097.95,
								and
								5097.96.
								The list shall be posted on the Department's internet site to make it readily
								available to RPFs and others needing the list to comply with these rules. The
								list shall also be available by mail through written request to the appropriate
								CAL FIRE Review Team offices. At least twice annually, the Department shall
								update the list to provide the most current information. Each update will
								reflect a new revision date, so users of the list may identify which version of
								the list they were using.
"Nest Site" means the geographic area and surrounding
								habitat that includes the Nest Tree(s), Perch Tree(s), screening tree(s), and
								Replacement Tree(s) of a bird Species of special concern.
"Nest Tree" means the tree, Snag, or other structure
								that contains the nest of a Sensitive Species.
"Northern Spotted Owl Breeding Season" means the
								period February 1 through July 31 for the Coast Forest District and February 1
								through August 31 for the Northern Forest District.
"Northern Spotted Owl Evaluation Area" means the
								following counties: Marin, Napa, Del Norte, Mendocino, Colusa, Tehama (west of
								Interstate-5), Sonoma, Humboldt, Lake, Trinity, and Glenn (west of
								Interstate-5) and those portions of Siskiyou and Shasta counties west of the
								line indicated by the following descriptions: south from the California-Oregon
								border along the east boundary of Township 48N, Range 2W, MDB&M ; thence
								west along the south boundary of Township 48N, Range 2W, MDB&M ; thence
								south along Secret Spring Road; thence south and east along Meiss Lake Sams
								Neck Road; thence southwest along U.S. Highway 97; thence, at the southern end
								of the town of Macdoel, south along Old State Highway to due east of Orr
								Mountain; thence east and south along Tennant Road to about one half mile south
								of the town of Tennant; thence east along Forest Highway 77 (44N01) to its
								junction with Forest Highway 15; thence east along 44N01; thence south along
								the line dividing Ranges 4E and 5E, MDB&M ; thence west along the line
								dividing Townships 42N and 41N, MDB&M ; thence south along the line
								dividing Ranges 2E and 3E, MDB&M ; thence south along State Highway 89;
								thence west along the Pit River to Shasta Lake; thence west along the south
								shore of Shasta Lake to Interstate 5; thence south along Interstate 5 to the
								Shasta County line.
"Northern Spotted Owl Habitat" means those areas
								which support the owl's biological needs for breeding, sheltering, or feeding.
								Plans may use regional information consistent with guidance provided by the
								listing agency(s) or Director, or may propose alternative standards based upon
								substantial site-specific information for review and approval by the
								Director.
"Occupied Nest" means a nest currently being used by
								one or more adult birds with eggs or young present.
"Outsloping" means shaping the road surface to drain
								toward the outside edge of the Logging Road or Landing.
"Overhanging Bank" means a condition in which the
								upper portion of a cut slope projects (hangs) over the lower portion of a cut
								slope.
"Overstory" means that portion of the trees, in a
								forest of more than one story, forming the upper Canopy layers.
"Past Projects" means previously approved, on-going,
								or completed projects which may add to or lessen impact(s) created by the THP
								under consideration. These generally include, but may not be limited to,
								projects completed within the last ten years.
"Perch Tree" means a tree or Snag identified and
								designated by the RPF or Supervised Designee in consultation with the CDFW as
								utilized periodically by a Species of special concern for nesting, territorial
								defense, or as an approach to its nest or feeding area.
"Permanent Road" means a Logging Road that is part of
								the Permanent Road network and is designed for year-round use. These roads have
								a surface that is suitable for maintaining a Stable Operating Surface
								throughout the year.
"Permanent Road Network" means the permanent,
								seasonal, temporary, and Deactivated Roads, including Appurtenant Roads, that
								provide the infrastructure necessary for Timber Operations and forest
								management. Abandoned Roads are not part of the Permanent Road network.
"Permanent Watercourse Crossing" means a Watercourse
								crossing that will remain in place when Timber Operations have been
								completed.
"Person", pursuant to PRC §
														4525,
								includes any private individual, organization, partnership, corporation,
								limited liability company, city, county, District, or the state or any
								department or agency thereof.
4525
"Plan" means:
4582
(a) Timber Harvesting Plan (THP) as described in PRC
								§
														4582.
(b) Nonindustrial Timber Management Plan (NTMP) as
								described in PRC §
														4593.2(e).
(c) Program Timber Harvesting Plan (PTHP) as
								described in
								14 CCR
								§§
															1092 and
								1092.1.
(d) Working Forest Management Plan (WFMP) as
								described in PRC §
														4597.1
"To Plan" means examination of Feasible alternatives,
								field review of alternatives, and reflection of this examination and field
								review in choice of road or Landing locations, and other factors, together with
								associated mitigation measures in the harvest Plan.
"Planning Watershed" means the contiguous land base
								and associated watershed system that forms a fourth order or other watershed
								typically 10,000 acres or less in size. Planning Watersheds are used in
								planning forest management and assessing impacts. The Director has prepared and
								distributed maps identifying Planning Watersheds Plan submitters must use.
								Where a watershed exceeds 10,000 acres, the Director may approve subdividing
								it. Plan submitters may propose and use different Planning Watersheds, with the
								Director's approval. Examples include but are not limited to the following:
								when 10,000 acres or less is not a logical planning unit, such as on the
								Eastside Sierra Pine type, as long as the size in excess of 10,000 acres is the
								smallest that is practical. Third order basins flowing directly into the ocean
								shall also be considered an appropriate Planning Watershed.
"Predominant trees" are those whose crowns are above
								the general level of the Canopy and are significantly older than the
								surrounding stand.
"Pre-existing Large Wood" means, for Class III
								Watercourses in Watersheds with Listed Anadromous Salmonids:
(a) a log or tree segment that is (i) at least 12
								inches or greater in Diameter outside bark when measured at the small end, (ii)
								at least six feet in length, (iii) in contact with the ground, and (iv) present
								prior to Timber Operations.
(b) a root wad that is (i) at least 12 inches or
								greater in Diameter outside bark when measured at the base of the trunk, (ii)
								in contact with the ground, and (iii) present prior to Timber Operations.
"Prescribed Maintenance Period" means the time
								period, beginning with filing of the work completion report, provided that the
								report is subsequently approved, during which Erosion Controls that are
								required and constructed as part of Timber Operations must be maintained in a
								functional condition.
"Professional Archaeologist" means a Person who holds
								at least a Bachelor of Arts or Science degree in Anthropology or Archaeology
								from a college or university and has completed at least three years of
								professional experience in research, writing, or project supervision in
								archaeological investigation or cultural resource management and protection
								programs.
Program Timberland Environmental Impact Report
								(PTEIR), means a Program Environmental Impact Report in compliance with CEQA
								for ongoing management of Timberlands, including timber operatrions and related
								land management practices which require permits from public agencies.
								Subsequent PTHPs shall be tied to a PTEIR.
Program Timber Harvesting Plan (PTHP), means a Timber
								Harvesting Plan prepared by an RPF which relies upon a PTEIR for CEQA
								compliance and meets the standards of PRC §
														4581.
								PTHPs must be within the scope of the PTEIR, the Rules of the Board and other
								applicable state laws.
"Project" means an activity which has the potential
								to cause a physical change in the environment, directly or ultimately, and that
								is 1) undertaken by a public agency, or 2) undertaken with public agency
								support, or 3) requires the applicant to obtain a lease, permit, license or
								entitlement from one or more public agencies. This includes Timber Harvesting
								Plans.
"Properly Functioning Salmonid Habitat" means the
								beneficial functions of the Riparian zone are suitable for all life-history
								stages of listed anadromous salmonid Species that would be expected to occur in
								specific geomorphic conditions considering spatial and temporal
								variability.
"Public fire agency" means California Department of
								Forestry and Fire Protection, United States Forest Service, Bureau of Land
								Management, and other federal fire protection agencies, counties providing fire
								protection pursuant to PRC §
														4129,
								or city, county, or local fire agencies.
"Public Road" means a road open to the general public
								which is (a) in the State or County road system, or (b) a road on which a
								public agency has a deeded, unlimited easement.
"Quality of Water" means the level of water quality
								as specified by the applicable Water Quality Control Plan, including its water
								quality objectives, policies and prohibitions.
"Reasonably Foreseeable Probable Future Projects"
								means projects with activities that may add to or lessen impact(s) of the
								proposed THP including but not limited to:
(1) if the project is a THP on land which is
								controlled by the THP submitter, the THP is currently expected to commence
								within but not limited to, 5 years or,
(2) if the project is a THP on land which is not
								under the control of the THP submitter the THP has been submitted or
								on-the-ground work including THP preparation has materially commenced, or
(3) if the project is not a THP, and a permit is
								required from a public agency, and the project is under environmental review by
								the public agency, or
(4) if the project is one which is undertaken by a
								public agency, the agency has made a public announcement of the intent to carry
								out the project.
"Reconstructed Roads" means those existing roads that
								are to be restored or improved to make them useable for hauling forest
								products.
"Reconstructed" does not include Road Maintenance or
								rehabilitation that does not require substantial change in the original prism
								of the road.
"Reconstruction of Existing Tractor Roads" means
								restoring or improving the surface of pre-existing Tractor Roads or skid trails
								in a manner that requires substantial cutting or filling of soil or rock.
"Regeneration Method" means the process used to
								secure replacement of a forest stand.
								14 CCR
								§
															895.1, Table 1, entitled
"Relationship of Standard Silvicultural Treatments to
								Objectives and Stand Conditions" shows the general relationships of
								Regeneration Methods and Intermediate Treatments to even-aged and uneven-aged
								management.
"Registered Professional Forester" means a Person who
								holds a valid license as a professional forester pursuant to article 3, chapter
								2, division 1 of the Public Resources Code.
"Replacement Tree" means a tree or Snag within the
								Nest Site of a Species of special concern identified and designated by the RPF
								or Supervised Designee in consultation with the CDFW as being suitable as a
								replacement for a nest or Perch Tree should the existing tree become
								unusable.
"Reproduction" means young trees of Commercial
								Species that are less than 4 inches (10.2 cm) d.b.h., i.e., seedlings and
								saplings.
"Resource Conservation Standards", pursuant to PRC
								§
														4525.3,
								means the minimum acceptable condition resulting from Timber Operations.
4525.3
"Rigging" means the cable (wire rope), blocks, and
								hook equipment used in cable Yarding systems.
"Riparian" means the banks and other adjacent
								terrestrial environs of Lakes, Watercourses, estuaries, and Wet Areas, where
								transported surface and subsurface freshwaters provide soil moisture to support
								mesic vegetation.
"Riparian-Associated Species" means those plant,
								invertebrate, amphibian, reptile, fish, or terrestrial wildlife Species that
								require utilization of Riparian zones during any life history stage
"Rip-rap" means rock or other suitable material
								placed to prevent or reduce erosion.
"Road Approach" means the portion of the Logging Road
								surface that drains overland water flow to the Watercourse crossing.
"Road Failure" means damage to the roadbed not
								permitting vehicular passage for hauling of forest products, but does not mean
								cut bank or Fill sloughing incidental to road settling.
"Road Maintenance" means activities that do not
								require substantial change to the Logging Road Prism to maintain Stable
								Operating Surfaces, functioning Logging Road Drainage Facilities and
								structures, and stable cutbanks and Fill slopes. Examples of Road Maintenance
								may include rocking a road surface; localized shaping or Outsloping;
								installation and maintenance of rolling and Critical Dips; restoring functional
								capacity of inboard ditches, cross drains, or culverts; and repairing water
								bars.
"Road Management Plan" means a document submitted as
								part of a plan that describes the long-term management of a road system in one
								or more Planning Watersheds on Timberlands. A RMP identifies, evaluates, and
								proposes approaches to avoid or mitigate significant environmental Effects that
								could result from the construction, reconstruction, use, maintenance,
								Abandonment, and management of roads related to forest resource management
								activities on Timberlands.
"Road Management Unit" means the part or parts of
								Timberland ownership(s) that are analyzed together as part of an RMP and may
								include areas of one or more Timberland ownerships. A Road Management Unit
								shall be limited to one Forest District unless otherwise approved by the
								Director. The landowner has the option of including within the Road Management
								Unit the entire ownership(s) and any areas outside the ownership that the
								Director agrees are part of a logical Road Management Unit based upon
								regulatory and ecological factors.
"Road Prism" means all parts of a road including cut
								banks, ditches, road surfaces, road shoulders, and road Fills.
"Rolling Dip" means a drainage facility that is
								constructed to remain effective while allowing passage of motor vehicles at
								reduced road speed.
"Rules", pursuant to PRC §
														4525.5,
								means the District forest practice Rules adopted by the Board, pursuant to the
								Administrative Procedure Act.
4525.5
"Sampling Area" means the area delineated on a map
								accompanying a report of Stocking showing the area sampled by one of the
								procedures specified in
								14 CCR
								§
															10172.
"Saturated Soil Conditions" means that soil and/or
								surface material pore spaces are filled with water to such an extent that
								runoff is likely to occur. Indicators of Saturated Soil Conditions may include,
								but are not limited to: (1) areas of ponded water, (2) pumping of fines from
								the soil or road surfacing material during Timber Operations, (3) loss of
								bearing strength resulting in the deflection of soil or road surfaces under a
								load, such as the creation of wheel ruts, (4) spinning or churning of wheels or
								tracks that produces a wet slurry, or (5) inadequate traction without blading
								wet soil or surfacing materials.
"Scattered Parcel" means a Timberland ownership
								within a Planning Watershed is less that 10% of the area of the watershed and
								does not adjoin a Planning Watershed where the Timberland ownership is greater
								than 20% of the watershed.
"Screening Trees" means those trees or Snags
								identified and designated by the RPF or Supervised Designee in consultation
								with the CDFW as necessary to protect Nest Trees of Species of special concern
								from the impacts of human activities and natural elements.
"Seasonal Road" means a Logging Road that is part of
								the Permanent Road network that is not designed for year-round use. These roads
								have a surface that is suitable for maintaining a Stable Operating Surface
								during the period of use.
"Seed Tree" a thrifty vigorous tree of Commercial
								Species of seed bearing age, with full crown, and free from damage caused by
								Timber Operations and hazard abatement which would impair seed
								productivity.
"Sensitive Species" means those Species designated by
								the Board of Forestry pursuant to
								14 CCR
								§
															898.2(d). These
								Species are the Bald eagle, Golden eagle, Great blue heron, Great egret,
								Northern goshawk, Osprey, Peregrine falcon, California condor, Great gray owl,
								Northern Spotted Owl, and Marbled Murrelet.
"Sidecast" means excess earthen material pushed or
								dumped over the side of a road or Landing.
"Significant Adverse Impact on the Environment" means
								a substantial, or potentially substantial, adverse change in any of the
								physical conditions within the area affected by the project including land,
								air, water, minerals, flora, fauna, ambient noise, and objects of historic or
								aesthetic significance. An economic or social change by itself shall not be
								considered a significant effect on the environment. A social or economic change
								related to a physical change may be considered in determining whether the
								physical change is significant.
"Significant Archaeological or Historical Site" means
								a specific location which may contain artifacts, or objects and where evidence
								clearly demonstrates a high probability that the site meets one or more of the
								following criteria:
(a) Contains information needed to answer important
								scientific research questions.
(b) Has a special and particular quality such as the
								oldest of its type or best available example of its type.
(c) Is directly associated with a scientifically
								recognized important prehistoric or historic event or Person.
(d) Involves important research questions that
								historical research has shown can be answered only with archaeological
								methods.
(e) Has significant cultural or religious importance
								to Native Americans as defined in
								14 CCR
								§
															895.1.
"Significant Existing or Potential Erosion Site"
								means a location where soil erosion is currently, or there are visible physical
								conditions to indicate soil erosion may be in the future, discharged to
								Watercourses or Lakes in quantities that violate Water Quality Requirements or
								result in significant individual or cumulative adverse impacts to the
								Beneficial Uses of water.
"Significant New Information" means substantial
								changes in the Plan or environmental setting, as well as additional data or
								other information. New data or information added to a Plan is not "significant"
								unless the Plan is changed in a way that deprives the public of a meaningful
								opportunity to comment upon a substantial adverse environmental effect of the
								Plan or a Feasible way to mitigate or avoid such an effect (including a
								Feasible project alternative) that the Plan's proponents have declined to
								implement. "Significant New Information" requiring recirculation includes, for
								example, a disclosure showing that:
(1) A new significant environmental impact would
								result from the Plan or from a new mitigation measure proposed to be
								implemented.
(2) A substantial increase in the severity of an
								environmental impact would result unless mitigation measures are adopted that
								reduce the impact to a level of insignificance.
(3) A Feasible project alternative or mitigation
								measure considerably different from others previously analyzed would clearly
								lessen the significant environmental impacts of the Plan, but the Plan's
								proponents decline to adopt it.
(4) The Plan was so fundamentally and basically
								inadequate and conclusory in nature that meaningful public review and comment
								were precluded.
"Significant Sediment Discharge" means soil erosion
								that is currently, or, as determined based upon visible physical conditions,
								may be in the future, discharged to Watercourses or Lakes in quantities that
								violate Water Quality Requirements or result in significant individual or
								cumulative adverse impacts to the Beneficial Uses of water. One indicator of a
								Significant Sediment Discharge is a visible increase in turbidity to receiving
								Class I, II, III, or IV waters.
"Silviculture" is the theory and practice of
								controlling the establishment, Composition and growth of forests.
"Silvicultural System" is the planned program of
								forest stand treatments during the life of a stand. It consists of a number of
								integrated steps conducted in logical sequence leading to maintaining a forest
								stand of distinctive form for the level of management intensity desired.
"Silvicultural Methods" in Public Resources Code
								§
														4852(d)
								is referred to as "Silvicultural Systems" for purposes of these
								regulations.
"Site Classification", pursuant to PRC §
														4528(d),
								means the classification of productive potential of Timberland into one of five
								classes by Board regulation, consistent with normally accepted forestry
								practices. Site I shall denote sites of highest productivity, site II and site
								III shall denote sites of intermediate productivity potential, and site IV and
								site V shall denote sites of lowest productivity potential.
4528(d)
"Site Preparation" means any activity involving
								mechanical disturbance of soils or burning of vegetation which is performed
								during or after completion of timber harvesting and is associated with
								preparation of any portion of a Logging Area for artificial or natural
								regeneration.
"Site Preparation Addendum" means an addendum to the
								THP which describes proposed Site Preparation areas, Site Preparation
								practices, and related measures.
"Site Preparation Area" means any portion of a
								Logging Area in which Site Preparation is conducted.
"Site Survey Area" means: the area where a field
								survey is conducted for archaeological and historical sites which includes the
								entire Logging Area except Appurtenant Roads and those portions of the 100 foot
								strip along such roads unless there are Timber Operations to remove commercial
								wood products that could affect an archaeological or historical site.
"Skidding" (see "Yarding" in this section).
"Slash", pursuant to PRC §
														4525.7,
								means branches or limbs less than four inches in Diameter, and bark and split
								products debris left on the ground as a result of Timber Operations.
4525.7
"Slide Areas" are areas indicated by the following
								characteristics:
1. Shallow-seated Landslide. An area where surface
								material (unconsolidated rock colluvium, and soil) has moved downslope along a
								relatively steep, shallow failure surface. The failure surface is generally
								greater than 65% in steepness and less than 5 feet in depth. It is usually
								characterized by: (1) a scarp at the top; (2) a concave scar below the scarp,
								where surface material has been removed; and sometimes (3) a convex area at the
								bottom where slide material is deposited. Vegetation is usually disturbed
								(tilted trees), anomalous (younger, even-aged stand), or absent (bare soil).
								Minor bank slumps are excluded from this definition.
2. Deep-seated Landslide. An area where landslide
								material has moved downslope either as a relatively cohesive mass (rotational
								slides and translational block slides) or as an irregular, hummocky mass
								(earthflow). The failure surface is generally deeper than five feet and is
								usually well-exposed at the head scarp. Complex failures with rotational
								movement at the head and translational movement or earthflows downslope are
								common. Vegetation on rotational and translational slides is relatively
								undisturbed, although trees and shrubs may be pistol-butted or tilted.
								Deep-seated landsides may have intermediate tension cracks, scraps, and shallow
								slides superimposed throughout the slide mass.
Deep-seated landslide risk is usually associated with
								cohesive soils.
"Small Group" means groups of trees in areas up to 2
								1/2 acres.
"Snag" means a standing dead tree or standing section
								thereof, regardless of Species.
"Southern Subdistrict" of the Coast Forest District
								is comprised of the Timberlands in the Counties of Santa Cruz, Santa Clara, San
								Mateo, San Francisco and Marin situated within the boundaries of the Coast
								Forest District.
"Special Treatment Areas" are specific locations
								which contain one or more of the following significant resource features which
								may be at risk during Timber Operations.
a. Within 200 feet of the Watercourse Transition Line
								of federal or state designated wild and scenic rivers;
b. Within 200 feet of national, state, regional,
								county or municipal park boundaries;
c. Key habitat areas of federal or state designated
								threatened, rare or endangered Species;
d. Coastal Commission Special Treatment Areas;
e. Within 200 feet of state designated scenic
								highways or within scenic corridors established pursuant to Article 2.5
								(commencing with §
														260) of Chapter 2 of Division 1
								and §
														154 of Chapter 1 of Division 1 of
								the Streets and Highways Code.
"Species" means a native Species or subspecies of
								animal or plant in California.
"Specific Forest" means the area delineated under a
								timber management Plan.
"Spotted Owl Expert" means a Person with at least a
								Bachelor of Science degree in Wildlife Biology, Biology, Forestry, Zoology or
								related field and a minimum of five field seasons of verifiable northern
								spotted owl survey and biological evaluation work. The SOE shall possess
								sufficient experience, knowledge and education in order to analyze data from
								field conditions and present written information which substantiates why Harm
								and Harassment of the northern spotted owl associated with Timber Operations
								will be avoided. The individual shall be able to verify such experience,
								knowledge and education upon the Director's request. The Director shall refer
								all SOE qualifications received to the USFWS and CDFW for evaluation of
								qualifications.
"Spotted Owl Resource Plan" means a plan that
								demonstrates an approach to preventing a taking of the northern spotted owl
								while conducting Timber Operations. A Spotted Owl Resource Plan involves Timber
								Operations conducted under Notices of Timber Operations for an NTMP, Working
								Forest Harvest Notices under a WFMP, and/or more than one THP.
"Stable Operating Surface" means a road or Landing
								surface that can support vehicular traffic and has a structurally sound road
								base appropriate for the type, intensity and timing of intended use.
"Stand Vigor" is a measure of stand health. A measure
								of good Stand Vigor is an exhibition of characteristics which include large
								live crowns or leaf surface area, high needle retention, pointed tops, crown
								dominance relative to other trees in the same age or size class, and
								disease-free.
"Stocking"
4528(c)
For the Coast Forest District:
"Stocking Standards" mean the Resource Conservation
								Standards established in
								14 CCR
								§
															912.7 defining minimum acceptable
								Stocking of an area with commercial tree Species (
Ref.
								14 CCR
								§
																912)
after the harvesting of
								timber therefrom.
For the Northern Forest District:
"Stocking standards" mean the Resource Conservation
								Standards established in
								14 CCR
								§
															932.7 defining minimum acceptable
								Stocking of an area with commercial tree Species (Ref.
								14 CCR
								§
															932) after harvesting timber
								therefrom.
(Reference: §
															4561,
								Public Resources Code.)
For the Southern Forest District:
"Stocking standards" mean the Resource Conservation
								Standards established in
								14 CCR
								§
															952.7 defining minimum acceptable
								Stocking of an area with commercial tree Species (Ref.
								14 CCR
								§
															952) after harvesting timber
								therefrom. (
Reference: §
															4561,
								Public Resources Code
.)
"Stream"
4528(f)
"Stream Order" means a classification method based on
								the branching pattern of Watercourses in a watershed. As Watercourses of equal
								order meet, they combine to form a Watercourse of the next higher order. A
								first order Watercourse is defined as the smallest unbranched Watercourse in
								the headwaters of a watershed (usually an ephemeral channel). When two first
								order Watercourse channels join, they form a second order Watercourse.
								Similarly, when two second order Watercourses join, they form a third order
								Watercourse (See Figure 2).
Figure 2: Plan view of Stream order delineation
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Defined word or phrase
PRC Sec. Containing Ref.
								Def.
"Substantial Adverse Change" means demolition,
								destruction, relocation, or alteration such that the significance of an
								archaeological or historical site would be impaired.
"Substantial Deviation" means changes that are not
								"Minor Deviations" as defined in §
														895.1 and are presumed to be
								Substantial Deviations because they could significantly affect the conduct of
								Timber Operations and potentially could have a significant adverse effect on
								timber productivity or values relating to soil, water quality, watershed,
								wildlife, fisheries, range and forage, recreation and aesthetic enjoyment. Such
								actions include, but are not limited to:
(1) Change in location of timber harvesting
								operations or enlargement of the area to be cut.
(2) Change in the silvicultural method and cutting
								system on any portion of the Plan area.
(3) Change in type or location of logging (Yarding)
								system or basic type of equipment.
(4) Change in location, nature or increase in length
								of proposed Logging Roads incorporating one or more of the following
								criteria:
(A) Any road in the Watercourse and Lake Protection
								Zone or where Sidecast will extend into the Watercourse and Lake Protection
								Zone.
(B) Any road located in an extreme Erosion Hazard
								Rating area in the Coast or Northern Forest District, or a high Erosion Hazard
								Rating area in the Southern Forest District.
(C) Any road where the average side slope exceeds
								50%.
(D) Any road where Unstable Areas, active soil
								movement, or Slide Areas must be traversed.
(E) Any increase in gradient allowed by the District
								Rules as an exception and not provided for in the original Plan.
(F) Any road extension of more than 600 feet (182.9
								m).
(5) Any use of existing roads not shown in the
								original Plan when reconstruction work to allow for vehicle travel will be
								substantial. Substantial work on an existing road means more than minor repair
								and dressing of the travel surface and removal of vegetation to allow for
								vehicle passage.
(6) Use of any roads not shown in the Plan which
								would affect the key habitat of rare or endangered Species or other critical
								wildlife habitat.
(7) Enlargement of Landings where such enlargement
								was not justified in the original Plan.
(8) Any change of operation in, or designation of,
								the Watercourse and Lake Protection Zone.
(9) Any downgrading of Stream classification.
(10) A change to winter operation where summer
								operations was previously specified.
"Substantially Damaged Timberlands" means areas of
								Timberland where wildfire, insects, disease, wind, flood, or other blight
								caused by an act of God occurs after January 1, 1976 and the damage reduced
								Stocking below the requirements of PRC §
														4561
								or other higher minimum Stocking requirements that may be applicable under
								Articles 3 and 11 of Subchapter 4, Article 3 of Subchapter 5, and Articles 3
								and 11 of Subchapter 6.
"Supervised Designee" means a Person who need not be
								an RPF, acting as an assistant under the supervision of an RPF pursuant to
								Article 3, Chapter 2, Division 1 of the Public Resources Code. For the purposes
								of this definition, "supervision" means the RPF must perform regular and timely
								quality control, work review and inspection, both in the office and in the
								field, and be able to take, or effectively recommend, corrective actions where
								necessary; the frequency of review, inspection and guidance shall take into
								consideration the experience of the non-RPF and technical complexity of the
								job, but shall be sufficiently frequent to ensure the accomplishment of work to
								professional standards.
"Suppressed" trees are those which have their crowns
								in the lower layers of the Canopy. They receive virtually no direct sunlight,
								and they are generally growing very slowly.
"Surface Cover" means the cover of litter, downed
								woody material (including Slash, living vegetation in contact with the ground,
								and loose rocks (excluding rock outcrops)) that resist erosion by raindrop
								impact and surface flow.
"Surface Fuel" means loose surface litter on the soil
								surface normally consisting of fallen leaves or needles, twigs, bark, cones and
								small branches that have not yet decayed enough to lose their identity.
"Sustained Yield" 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
								which is professionally planned to achieve over time a balance between growth
								and removal.
"Take" for federally Listed Species means to Harass,
								Harm, pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture, or collect, or to
								attempt to engage in any such conduct as stated in
								16 United States Code §
															1532(19).
"Take" for state Listed Species means to hunt,
								pursue, catch, capture, or kill, or attempting to do so, pursuant to Fish and
								Game Code §
														86.
"Temporary Road" means a Logging Road that is to be
								used only during Timber Operations and that will be deactivated or abandoned
								upon completion of use.
"Tethered Operations" means those Tractor Operations
								which utilize synchronized (here meaning a mode in which a traction aid winch
								is operated automatically with pre-set pulling and braking forces to maintain
								cable tension with the forward or reverse speed of the machine) cable winch
								systems which have been specifically designed or modified by the manufacturer
								or a Professional Engineer, as described within the Professional Engineers Act
								(Chapter 7 of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code), to assist
								equipment in felling or Yarding during Timber Operations.
"Thalweg Riffle Crest" means the upstream end of a
								riffle feature and can be identified as the area where the surface water flow
								changes from smooth to turbulent. The thalweg is found at the deepest part of
								the channel. Where the thalweg is measured in a pool, the riffle crest is a
								high point on a longitudinal profile and the shallowest place at the downstream
								end of a pool.
"THP" means Timber Harvesting Plan as described in
								PRC §
														4582.
"Through Cut" means a section of road that lies below
								the adjacent ground level on both sides of the road.
"Tight-Lining" means to move Rigging from one
								tailblock location to another and tightening the main line to pull the cable to
								the new position.
"Timberland", pursuant to PRC §
														4526,
								means land, other than land owned by the federal government and land designated
								by the Board as experimental forest land, which is available for, and capable
								of, growing a Crop of Trees of a Commercial Species used to produce lumber and
								other forest products, including Christmas trees. Commercial Species, on a
								District basis, is defined in
								14 CCR
								§
															895.1.
4526
"Timber Falling Limitation" is the term used when
								special falling techniques and falling practices are required for the
								protection of water quality and Beneficial Uses, and/or other forest
								resources.
"Timber Operations"
4527
"Timber Operator", pursuant to PRC §
														4526.5,
								means a Person who is engaged in Timber Operations or who contracts with others
								to conduct the operations on his or her behalf, except a Person who is engaged
								in Timber Operations as an employee with wages as his or her sole
								compensation.
4526.5
"Tractor Operations" means any activity which is
								associated with Timber Operations and is performed by wheel or track mounted
								ground-based equipment, including, but not limited to, tractors or
								skidders.
"Tractor Roads" means constructed trails or
								established paths used by tractors or other vehicles for Skidding logs. Also
								known as "skid trails".
"Tractor Yarding" means the system of Skidding
								(transporting) logs by a self-propelled vehicle, generally by dragging the logs
								with a grapple or chokers.
"Understory"--Generally, trees and woody Species
								growing under an Overstory.
"Unevenaged Management" means management of a
								Specific Forest, with the goal of establishing a well stocked stand of Various
								Age Classes and permits the periodic harvest of individual or Small Groups of
								trees to realize the yield and continually establish a new crop.
"Unique Area" means Special Treatment Areas defined
								in the 14
								CCR §§
															895.1,
								912,
								932, and
								952.
"Unstable Areas" are characterized by Slide Areas or
								Unstable Soils or by some or all of the following: hummocky topography
								consisting of rolling bumpy ground, frequent benches, and depressions; short
								irregular surface drainages begin and end on the slope; tension cracks and head
								wall scarps indicating slumping are visible; slopes are irregular and may be
								slightly concave in upper halt and convex in lower half as a result of previous
								slope failure; there may be evidence of impaired ground water movement
								resulting in local zones the surface by sag ponds with standing water, springs,
								or patches of wet ground. Some or all of the following may be present:
								hydrophytic (wet site) vegetation prevalent; leaning, jackstrawed or split
								trees are common; piltol-butted trees with excessive sweep may occur in areas
								of hummock topography (note: leaning and pistol butted trees should be used as
								indicators of slope failure only in the presence of other indicators).
"Unstable Soils" may be indicated by the following
								characteristics:
1. Unconsolidated, non-cohesive soils (coarser
								textured than Loam, as defined in Appendix I.A.1a of Board of Forestry
								Technical Rule Addendum No. 1 dated December 15, 1981) and colluvial debris
								including sands and gravels, rock fragments, or weathered granitics. Such soil
								are usually associated with a risk of shallow-seated landslides on slopes of
								65% or more, having non-cohesive soils less than 5 feet deep in an area where
								precipitation exceeds 4 inches in 24 hours in a 5-year recurrence
								interval.
2. Soils that increase and decrease in volume as
								moisture content changes. During dry weather, these materials become hard and
								rock-like exhibiting a network of polygonal shrinkage cracks and a blocky
								structure resulting from desiccation. Some cracks may be greater than 5 feet in
								depth. These materials when wet are very sticky, dingy, shiny, and easily
								molded.
"Utility Contact List" means the list that identifies
								those utilities that must be notified pursuant to the Forest Practice Rules.
								The Department shall maintain this list utilizing information and advice
								provided by utilities. Each utility shall identify one (1) appropriate contact
								to be notified or consulted during preparation or review of THPs. The list
								shall be posted on the Department's internet site to make it readily available
								to RPFs and others needing the list to comply with these Rules. The list shall
								also be available by mail through written request to the appropriate CAL FIRE
								Review Team Offices. The utility shall be responsible for providing accurate
								contact information. Should an update be required, each update will reflect a
								new revision date, so users of the list may identify which version of the list
								they were using.
"Various Age Classes" means a stand with at least
								three distinct layers of tree crowns.
"Vegetation Protection" is the term used when special
								measures are required to prevent damage to vegetation for the protection of
								water quality, the Beneficial Uses of water, and/or other forest
								resources.
"Water Quality Requirements means a water quality
								objective (narrative or numeric), prohibition, TMDL implementation plan,
								policy, or other requirement contained in a water quality control plan adopted
								by the Regional Board and approved by the State Water Board.
"Waterbreak" means a ditch, dike, or dip, or a
								combination thereof, constructed diagonally across Logging Roads, Tractor Roads
								and firebreaks so that water flow is effectively diverted therefrom.
								Waterbreaks are synonymous with waterbars.
"Watercourse" means any well-defined channel with
								distinguishable bed and bank showing evidence of having contained flowing water
								indicated by deposit of rock, sand, gravel, or soil, including but not limited
								to, Streams as defined in PRC §
														4528(f).
								Watercourse also includes Manmade Watercourses.
"Watercourse Bank" means the portion of the channel
								cross-section that confines the normal high water flow
"Watercourse and Lake Protection Zone (WLPZ)" means a
								strip of land, along both sides of a Watercourse or around the circumference of
								a Lake or spring, where additional practices may be required for protection of
								the quality and Beneficial Uses of water, fish and Riparian wildlife habitat,
								other forest resources, and for controlling erosion.
"Watercourse Transition Line"
Watercourse Transition Line for a Watercourse without
								a CMZ, means the line defined by one or more the following features: 1) a
								change of vegetation from bare surfaces or annual water tolerant Species to
								perennial water tolerant or upland Species at least 25 years in age at breast
								height, 2) physical indicators of scour such as undercut banks, moss lines on
								rocks, the top of exposed roots along the channels, and 3) a change in the size
								distribution of surface sediments from gravel to fine sand. See Figure 3 and
								3A.
Figure 3. Indicators for determining a Watercourse
						Transition Line
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Figure 3A. Indicators for determining a Watercourse
						Transition Line
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Defined word or phrase
PRC Sec. Containing Ref.
								Def.
"Watersheds in the Coastal Anadromy Zone" means any
								Planning Watershed(s) in the Central California Coast coho salmon
								Evolutionarily Significant Units (ESU), South Central Steelhead Distinct
								Population Segment (DPS), Central California Coast steelhead DPS, Northern
								California steelhead DPS, California Coastal Chinook salmon ESU, and Southern
								Oregon/Northern California Coast coho salmon ESU, as defined in 70 Federal
								Register 37160, dated June 28, 2005, where salmonids listed as threatened,
								endangered, or candidate under the State or Federal Endangered Species Acts are
								currently present or can be restored.
"Watersheds with Coho Salmon" means any Planning
								Watershed(s) where coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) have been documented by
								the CDFW to be present during or after 1990. In Watersheds with Coho Salmon,
								the following definitions apply:
"Road Maintenance" means activities used to maintain
								and repair roads involving minor manipulation of the Road Prism to produce a
								Stable Operating Surface and to ensure road Drainage Facilities, structures,
								cutbanks and Fillslopes are kept in a condition to protect the road, minimize
								erosion, and to prevent sediment discharge into a Watercourse or Lake. Examples
								of Road Maintenance include shaping and/or rocking a road surface; installation
								and maintenance of rolling and Critical Dips; restoring functional capacity of
								inboard ditches, cross drains, or culverts; and repairing water bars.
"Road Prism" means all parts of a road including cut
								banks, ditches, road surfaces, road shoulders, and road Fills.
"Stable Operating Surface" means a road or Landing
								surface that can support vehicular traffic and that routes water off of the
								road surface or into Drainage Facilities without concentrating flow in ruts
								(tire tracks), pumping of the road bed, or ponding flow in depressions. A
								Stable Operating Surface shall include a structurally sound road base
								appropriate for the intended use. The number, placement, and design of Drainage
								Facilities or Drainage Structures on a Stable Operating Surface prevents the
								transport of fine-grained materials from the road or Landing surface into
								Watercourses in quantities deleterious to the Beneficial Uses of water.
"Watersheds with Listed Anadromous Salmonids" means
								any Planning Watershed where populations of anadromous salmonids that are
								listed as threatened, endangered, or candidate under the State or Federal
								Endangered Species Acts, are currently present or can be restored. This
								definition does not apply to those portions of watersheds that are upstream of
								barriers, including large dams (where removal and/or fishway construction has
								been determined by NMFS and California Department of Fish and Wildlife to not
								be Feasible) and natural barriers, such as long term bedrock falls or large
								static ancient slides with high-gradient or high-velocity barriers, that NMFS
								and California Department of Fish and Wildlife have determined are permanent
								and preclude anadromous fish passage.
"Wet Meadows and Other Wet Areas" mean those natural
								areas which are moist on the surface throughout most of the year and support
								aquatic vegetation, grasses and forbs as their principal vegetative cover.
"While Giving Consideration" means the selection of
								those Feasible Silvicultural Systems, operating methods and procedures which
								substantially lessen Significant Adverse Impact on the Environment and which
								best achieve long-term, maximum sustained production of forest products, while
								protecting soil, air, fish and wildlife, and water resources from unreasonable
								degradation, and which evaluate and make allowance for values relating to range
								and forage resources, recreation and aesthetics, and regional economic vitality
								and employment.
"Winter Period" means the period between November 15
								to April 1, except as noted under special County Rules at 14 CCR, Article 13
								§§
														925.1,
								926.18,
								927.1, and
								965.5.
"Woody Debris" means woody material four inches and
								greater in Diameter and no less than two feet long left on the ground as the
								result of Timber Operations.
"Yarding" means the movement of forest products from
								the point of felling to a Landing.
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1 All Coastal Commission
								Special Treatment Areas were adopted by the Coastal Commission on July 5, 1977,
								and they include several specially identified areas, Buffer Zones adjacent to
								designated highways within Coastal Scenic View Corridors, and Buffer Zones
								adjacent to publicly owned preserves and recreation areas. Maps or designations
								of Coastal Commission Special Treatment Areas are on file in department offices
								in the Coast Forest District. Coastal Commission Special Treatment Areas have
								been designated according to the following criteria:
A. Scenic View Corridors
B. Sites of significant scenic
								value
C. Wetlands, lagoons, Streams,
								estuaries, and marine environments
D. Significant animal and plant habitat
								areas
E. Recreation areas
The Coastal Commission has also set
								forth in its designations special management objectives considered essential by
								the Coastal Commission for the protection of public values within the Coastal
								Zone.
The following is a listing of the
								Coastal Commission Special Treatment Areas. In parentheses following the name
								of each area are capital letters indicating the specific criteria as listed
								above. The letters referencing the criteria are listed in order of priority of
								the significance of the various criteria applicable to the area.
(a) Del Norte County. Elk Creek Valley
								(C), Sitka Spruce Grove (D,A), False Klamath Cove (B,A), Klamath River
								(B,A,C).
(b) Humboldt County. Freshwater Lagoon
								(B,C,E), Stone Lagoon (A,B,C,E), Big Lagoon (A,C,B), Big Lagoon Bog (B,C,E),
								Agate Beach Bluff (B,A), Mattole River (B,C). The King Range National
								Conservation Area forestlands that parallel the beach: All private inholdings
								that are within view of the beach trail that are in the recreational zoned
								western slopes.
(c) Mendocino County. Usal Creek (A,C),
								Rockport Beach (B), Hardy Creek Knoll (B), Westport (B), Ten Mile River (B,C),
								Noyo River (A,B,C), Caspar and Doyle Creeks (A), Big River (A,B,C,E), Albion
								River (A,B,C,D), Navarro River (B,C,A), Navarro to Irish Beach Terrace (A,B),
								Elk Creek (C,B), Gualala River (B,C).
(d) Sonoma County. Gualala River (B,C),
								Sea Ranch Area (A), Stewarts Point Area (A), Horseshoe Cove Area (C,B,E),
								Stockoff Creek and Kolmer Gulch (B,C,D), Fort Ross (A,B), Mill Gulch (A,B),
								Timber Gulch (A,B), Russian Gulch (A), Sawmill Gulch (A), Sheephouse Creek
								(A,C,D), Duncan Mills Marsh (A,C,D), South Side of the Russian River
								(A,B,C,D,E), Willow Creek Headwaters (C,D), Jenner Gulch (C,D), Slaughterhouse
								Gulch (A,D), Furlong Gulch (A,D), Scotty Creek (C,D), Rough Creek (C,D).
(e) San Mateo County. San Pedro Valley
								(A), South Montara Mountain (A,B), Butano Panorama (B,E), Ano Nuevo Uplands
								(A,B,E).
(f) Santa Cruz County. Ano Nuevo Uplands
								(A,B,E), Waddell Creek (A,B,C,E), Bonny Doon Botanic Area (B,D), Molino Creek
								(A,B).
(g) Buffer Zones within Coastal Scenic
								View Corridors in Del Norte, Humboldt and Mendocino Counties.
(1) Del Norte County. Highway 101 from
								Crescent City to Smith River town along the west side of the highway.
(2) Humboldt County.
(A) Highway 101 from the
								Moonstone-Westhaven Exit to Big Lagoon Bridge along both sides of the
								highway.
(B) Old Highway 101 from Trinidad north
								to Patrick's Point State Park entrance along both sides of the road.
(3) Mendocino County. Highway 1 from Ten
								Mile River to Sonoma County line along both sides of the highway.
(h) Buffer Zones adjacent to all
								publicly owned preserves and recreation areas, including national, state,
								regional, county, and municipal parks.
2 Coastal Commission Special
								Treatment Areas have been designated according to the following criteria:
A. Scenic View Corridors
B. Sites of Significant Scenic Value
C. Wetlands, Lagoons, Streams, Estuaries,
								and Marine Environments
D. Significant Animal and Plant Habitat
								Areas
E. Recreation Areas
The Coastal Commission has also set forth
								in its designations special management objectives considered essential by the
								Coastal Commission for the protection of public values within the Coastal
								Zone.
The following is a listing of the Coastal
								Commission Special Treatment Areas. In parentheses following the name of each
								area are capital letters indicating the specific criteria as listed above. The
								letters referencing the criteria are listed in order of priority of the
								significance of the various criteria applicable to the area.
(a) Monterey County. Del Monte Forest
								(A,B,D,E), Pt. Lobos Uplands (A,B,D), Malpaso Creek (B), Doud Creek (B), False
								Sur (B), Little Sur (A,B,C,E), Molera Uplands (A,B,C,E), Big Sur Valley
								(A,B,C,E), Sycamore Canyon (A), Post Creek (A,B,C,E), Grimes Canyon (A), Toree
								Canyon (B), Partington Canyon (B,E) McWay Canyon (B), Anderson Canyon (A,B),
								Burns Creek (A), Hot Springs Canyon (B,E), Lucia Area Canyonmouths (B,E), Mill
								Creek (B,E).
(b) San Luis Obispo County. Cambria
								Monterey Pines (A,B)
(c) Publicly Owned Preserves and
								Recreation Areas. Coastal Commission Special Treatment Areas include those
								forested areas within the Coastal Zone within 200 feet (60.96 m) of all
								publicly owned preserved and recreation areas including national, state,
								regional, county, and municipal parks.
Table 1. RELATIONSHIP OF STANDARD SILVICULTURAL
						TREATMENTS TO OBJECTIVES AND STAND CONDITIONS
(Refer to "Regeneration Method")
Regeneration Method
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF EACH METHOD AND
								INTERMEDIATE TREATMENTS
Patch
Stand is of harvestable size and savable understory
								is absent. Cutting unit boundaries are dictated by stand boundaries or other
								considerations where stand boundaries are not identifiable. All trees in unit
								are cut. Unit is normally regenerated artificially.
Clearcutting
Strip
Stand is harvestable and savable understory is
								absent. Most appropriate for large, even-aged stands of true fir. Strips are
								long and normally not over 1 1/2 times the average height of the stand in
								width, in contouring shapes. All trees are cut. Unit is normally naturally
								regenerated.
Even-aged Management
Shelterwood
Preparatory Step
Overstory is well stocked and is of harvestable size,
								savable understory is absent. Regeneration not immediately scheduled. Stand
								needs to have wind firmness and seed producing ability improved before seed cut
								is made.
Seed Step
Salvable understory is not present or unsatisfactory.
								Sufficient suitable seed trees must be left after harvest to provide shade for
								new seedlings. All trees other than shelter trees are cut. Unit usually
								regenerated naturally.
Removal Step
Timber stands normally consist of an adequately
								stocked savable understory with sheltering overstory. All overstory trees are
								cut. Some additional regeneration may follow the timber operation.
Seed Tree
Seed Tree Step
Overstory is harvestable and savable understory is
								absent. Suitable seed trees are left after harvest. Aside from scattered seed
								trees, cutover areas may be similar to clearcut in appearance. Unit is
								naturally regenerated.
Seed Tree Removal Step
Timber stands consist of an adequately stocked
								savable understory with an overstory of scattered seed trees.
Uneven-aged Management
Selection
Stands are uneven-aged or converted to uneven-aged
								condition. Some trees in all size classes are generally cut. Regeneration is
								usually obtained naturally. Shade tolerant trees are usually harvested
								individually and intolerant trees in small groups. Best suitable to economic
								conditions which make possible frequent entry into stand for small volumes,
								ground cover and vegetation conditions that will tolerate repeated logging, to
								maintain control of the site, and when natural regeneration is likely. An
								intensive road system is normally necessary.
Intermediate Treatments
Commercial Thinning
It is the adjustment of stocking prior to harvest at
								rotation age. The overstory consists of young growth-type trees. Understory may
								or may not be present.
Sanitation-salvage
To be used in the cutting and removal of only those
								trees that are dead, dying or deteriorating because of damage from fire, wind,
								insects, disease, flood, or other injurious agents, and to prevent the spread
								of insects or diseases.
Special
These methods are used to achieve land management
								objectives not necessarily associated with regeneration or stand tending.
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						  4551,
						  4551.5,
						  4553,
						  4561,
						  4561.5,
						  4562,
						  4562.5,
						  4562.7
						  and
						  4591.1,
						  Public Resources Code. Reference: Sections
						  4511,
						  4512,
						  4512.5,
						  4513,
						  4521.3,
						  4523,
						  4524,
						  4525,
						  4525.3,
						  4525.5,
						  4525.7,
						  4526,
						  4526.5,
						  4527,
						  4527.5,
						  4528,
						  4551,
						  4551.5,
						  4561,
						  4562,
						  4562.5,
						  4562.7,
						  4583.2,
						  4584,
						  4591.1,
						  4597.1,
						  21001(f),
						  21080.5,
						  21083.2
						  and
						  21084.1,
						  Public Resources Code; CEQA Guidelines Appendix K (printed following Section
						  15387 of Title 14 Cal. Code of
						  Regulations), Laupheimer v. State (1988) 200 Cal.App.3d 440; 246 Cal. Rptr. 82;
						  and Joy Road Area Forest and Watershed Association v. California Department of
						  Forestry & Fire Protection, Sonoma County Superior Court No. SCV
						  229850.