Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 669 - BUREAU OF FORESTRY (MAINE FOREST SERVICE) › Chapter 4 - RULES FOR SILVICULTURAL TREATMENT DESIGNATION AND NEW MARKET WITHDRAWAL › Section 669-4-4 - The Silvicultural Treatment Designation

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
A.
Scope and Purpose
. The
				Regulations in Parts 3 and 4 hereof implement 12 MRSA §1018. They define
				silvicultural practices which are considered to minimize susceptibility and
				vulnerability to future budworm infestations. These standards are based on the
				best current knowledge about the budworm's behavior, and may be revised as more
				knowledge accumulates.
B.
The
				silvicultural plan
. A silvicultural plan shall be submitted with each
				application for silvicultural treatment designation, containing a forest type
				map, a general long-term silvicultural strategy, and a specific plan to
				operations through the calendar year 1981, for the parcels in question. The
				plan must be submitted by a professional forester, registered in Maine under 32
				MRSA §§ 5001-5019.
C.
Elements of the silvicultural plan
1.
The forest type map
. The
				forest type map shall be drawn to scale, and shall indicate forest types of
				more than 10 acres classified according to species composition, age or height
				of trees, and stocking or crown density levels. Areas of less than 10 acres
				need not be identified as distinct forest types. The type map shall be updated,
				and shall be based on cruise data no more than 10 years old. In the event the
				Director finds such maps to be unreasonably inaccurate with respect to the
				actual composition, age or height, and stocking levels, then he may require the
				applicant to prepare new maps which he deems accurate.
2.
The long-term silvicultural
				strategy
. A description of long-term silvicultural strategy shall be
				submitted for the parcels of land under consideration, indicating in general
				terms how the species composition performance goal will be met. The long-term
				strategy shall state whether timber types are to be managed on an even-aged or
				multiple-aged basis, and shall describe the general management approach to be
				employed. If the stands currently meet the performance goals as set up by these
				rules, a statement shall be included stating how the goals will be maintained.
				As a part of this long-term strategy a table shall be included which shows the
				current percentage of fir by stand type and what percentage will be achieved by
				1981. Also this table shall show the average age of the trees in the stands.
				Specific dates of planned operations need not be given in the long-term
				strategy.
3.
The operating
				plan
. An operating plan shall be submitted describing specific
				silvicultural operations, such as plantings, thinnings, final harvesting, etc.,
				to be undertaken in the years through 1981, and indicating the areas in which
				these operations are to be performed. These operations shall be supportive of
				the general long-term silvicultural strategy.
4.
Modifications
. The
				silvicultural plan may be modified when acts of God, such as insect damage,
				fire, windstorms, etc., make such modifications desirable or necessary. In this
				event, the applicant may submit a new silvicultural plan to the Director,
				Bureau of Forestry, with an explanation of why modification of the original
				plan has been made desirable or necessary. Approval or denial of the modified
				plan shall be on the same basis as that applying to new plans.
5.
Sale of Property
. Upon sale
				or other disposal of the property, the Director, Bureau of Forestry shall be
				notified.