Ohio Administrative Code › Title 1501:3 - Division of Forestry › Chapter 1501:3-10 - Forest Management Plans › Section 1501:3-10-04 - Forest management plan; provisions

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
All forest land qualifying under the provisions of section
				5713.22 of the Revised Code
				
								will be
				managed according to a forest management plan approved by the chief.
				
								The owner 
								will certify to
				the chief that the forest is being managed according to the approved management
				plan, at a minimum of every five years. The chief
				may cause an examination of the forest land to determine compliance with the
				forest management plan. Failure by the owner to comply with the provisions of
				the forest management plan shall constitute a violation of section
				5713.26 of the Revised Code. If
				after notification of violation from the chief, and a failure to correct the
				violation within a one hundred and eighty day period of time, the chief
				
								will
				deem such failure cause to void the owner's declaration of intent in accordance
				with section 5713.26 of the Revised Code and
				the land shall be withdrawn from forest land tax reduction.
(A) The forest management plan needs to
			 contain the following information:
(1)
			 Identification of the owner(s) of the parcel with address(es);
(2) Acres of eligible forest land and total
			 acreage in each parcel;
(3) County
			 and township of eligible forest land or municipal incorporation;
(4) Maps that include each of the following:
(a) Property boundaries indicated on an
			 aerial photo or topographic map;
(b) Stands within the eligible parcel
			 delineated as to number or letter and acreage on the aerial photo or
			 topographic map defined in this paragraph;
(c) North arrow on all maps.
(5) A listing of the stands that
			 comprise all of the forest land to be committed to forest management. The
			 listing 
									needs
			 to include the following information for each stand:
(a) A stand number or letter
(b) Forest type or tree species
			 composition;
(c) Diameter class or
			 classes;
(d) Estimated
			 acreage;
(e) Basal area or stocking
			 level.
(6) The owner's
			 general forest land management objectives;
(7) The property's potential for:
(a) timber production,
(b) wildlife habitat,
(c) soil and water conservation concerns, and
(d) recreation and aesthetic
			 considerations;
(8)
									
									The management plan needs to include  provisions
			 incorporating best management practices, as defined in paragraph (D) of rule
			 1501:3-10-01 of the
			 Administrative Code, to prevent nonpoint source pollution, erosion and minimize
			 sedimentation of waterways in all commercial and non-commercial cuttings and
			 all forest activities that directly or indirectly impact the forest
			 productivity. All cultural and management activities 
									will be
			 executed according to accepted specifications that minimize nonpoint source
			 pollution. Any activity deviating from the best management practices
			 
									will
									 be approved by the chief
			 prior to the deviation.
(9) A work schedule for the duration of the
			 plan, 
									will contain all commercial and non-commercial
			 cuttings and practices, road construction and other treatments needed for
			 continued certification.