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Chesapeake Forest Sustainable Forest Management Plan Sustainable Forest Management Plan FOR Chesapeake Forest Lands Sustainable Forests for People and the Bay FOREST SERVICE July 1, 2007 (Revision #12, April 2021) CHESAPEAKE FOREST 75,559 ACRES Dual Certified By Promoting Sustainable Forestry Certificate NSF-SFIS-0Y301-FM1 www.sfiprogram.org Preface (Revision #12, April 2021) The Chesapeake Forest Sustainable Management Plan that is presented within this document came together after several months of internal Departmental review, citizen advisory committee input and public comment. This resulted in the new Chesapeake Forest Sustainable plan that came out on July 1, 2007. Portions of the 2007 plan were developed from the original 1999 Chesapeake Forest Sustainable Forest Management Plan. Since that time, the 2007 plan has since gone through ten revisions with the most recent version dated March 2018. Revision 6 included revised Delmarva Fox Squirrel forest management recommendations that were reviewed and approved by USFWS and Maryland DNR Wildlife & Heritage Division. Revision 5 included a new section in Chapter 2 on Climate Change and its effect on the forest and in Chapter 3 detailed information was added concerning Old Growth Forests the goal for setting specific areas aside on CFL for future Old Growth. Changes within the fourth revision were the result of recommendations presented in the 2009 certification audit. The specific revisions to this edition included management recommendations for vernal pools and policy recommendations for determining areas of potential old growth and how these areas are managed. This new information is referenced in the table of contents. The third revision to the plan included a major redefinition of High Conservation Value Forest (HCVF) that now includes a much broader scope of sensitive species and habitat. This redefinition can be found at the end of Chapter 5 and has been incorporated throughout the entire plan. Also included in the third revision are a number of updated figures and tables that resulted from the numerous land acquisitions of the past few years. Other changes within this plan from previous revisions include land acquisitions that added over 9,000 acres of forest. These additions included the 2009 acquisition of the Foster Tract (4,900 acres) in Worcester County, which was one of the largest contiguous private land holdings left on the Eastern Shore, the Sustainable Conservation Properties (1,073 acres formerly owned by Glatfelter Pulp & Paper Company), an acquisition that was completed in 2010 for property in Dorchester County belonging to Besley & Rodgers Inc. (1,043 acres), ACE Timberlands/ABC Woodlands properties (3,422± acres) that closed in early 2017 and most recently the Brice Stump property in Somerset County (1,750 acres). Previous revisions also added content relating to Forest Service policies on “Green Tree Retention” within forest harvest sites, this addition can be found in Chapter 5 of this plan. The Chesapeake Forest which is owned by the State of Maryland and managed by the Maryland Forest Service through the Department of Natural Resources originally consisted of 58,000 acres of forest land. These lands were part of a 1999 divestment by the Chesapeake Forest Products Corporation. At that time, a partnership between the State of Maryland, The Conservation Fund, and Hancock Timber Resources Group moved to purchase the forests. The original 1999 plan was prepared by a 10-person technical team assembled by The Sampson Group, Inc. Oversight and decision making for the technical team was provided by a Steering Committee composed of representatives from Maryland Department of Natural Resources, The Conservation Fund, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, and the local forest industry. The 2007 plan was built upon the extensive framework of resource information compiled by that group. Additionally the 2007 plan utilized the previous seven years of field work and research, including feedback provided through the SFI and FSC forest certification process to build on the original 1999 plan. The Chesapeake Forest currently consists of 75,559 acres divided into 187 Management Units distributed across six counties. In spite of this scattered character, the forests include some of the last large segments of unbroken forest in a region that is largely agricultural in nature. Chesapeake Forest i Lands include more than 6,000 acres of wetlands and comprise portions of 23 separate watersheds, many of which have been given a high priority for conservation action under the Maryland Clean Water Action Plan. They contain established populations of threatened and endangered species, including the Delmarva fox squirrel (Sciurus niger cinereus), bald eagle, and some 150 other species that have been identified as rare, threatened, or endangered in the region. Abundant populations of deer, turkey, and waterfowl create the basis for extensive hunting opportunities and other recreational activities on the land. For additional information about Chesapeake Forest and to provide feedback concerning management policies please visit the website at: http://dnr.maryland.gov/forests/Pages/chesapeakeforestlands.aspx. Revision #1: 04/22/08 Revision #2: 03/01/09 Revision #3: 10/01/09 Revision #4: 04/07/10 Revision #5: 02/14/12: • Added Climate Change section to Chapter 2 Revision #6: 03/12/13 • Added revised DFS management recommendations to Chapters 5 & 8. • Updated Monitoring Section & Appendix M Revision #7: 11/04/13: • Final Delmarva Fox Squirrel management revisions (Chapters 5 and 8), updated acreages Revision #8: 03/30/15 Revision #9: 11/23/15 Revision #10: 04/12/17: • Updated style formatting, table of contents, and cross-reference links • Updated web links • Updated tables and figures using the best available data • Removed blank pages and areas, resulting in page reduction • Added DFS Future Translocation language (Chapters 5 & 8) • Updated the Riparian Stream Buffer no-cut distance to match the best management practices described in the 2015 Maryland Soil Erosion and Sediment Control Standards and Specifications for Forest Harvest Operations guide • Updated SFI Standards to the 2015-2019 Management Standard • Updated FSC Standards to the 2010 FSC-US Forest Management Standard (v 1.0) Revision #11: 03/30/18: • Updated tables and figures using the best available data • Updated acreage throughout document Revision #12: 04/16/21 • Incorporated OGEMA map, table, and descriptions into Section 3.2 • Revised Section 6.4: Riparian Forest Buffer Delineation for High Conservation Value Forest • Updated tables and figures using the best available data • Updated acreage throughout document ii TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 ....................................................................................... 1 CHESAPEAKE FOREST LANDS ................................................................................................................. 1 1.1 Background and History of the Forest ............................................................................................................. 1 1.2 Planning Process ............................................................................................................................................. 2 1.3 Goals for Chesapeake Forest Lands ................................................................................................................. 2 1.4 Future Land Acquisition Goals for Chesapeake Forest ..................................................................................... 3 1.5 Primary Constraints to Be Addressed In the Plan ............................................................................................. 4 1.6 Major Planning Issues ..................................................................................................................................... 5 1.7 Achieving the Vision ........................................................................................................................................ 5 1.8 Challenges to Modern Forest Management .................................................................................................... 6 1.9 Adaptive Management ................................................................................................................................... 7 1.10 What Will and Won’t Change? ........................................................................................................................ 8 1.11 But Is It Sustainable? ....................................................................................................................................... 9 CHAPTER 2 ..................................................................................... 10 MARYLAND’S LOWER EASTERN SHORE - RESOURCE ASSESSMENT ................................................................. 10 2.1 Maryland’s Lower Eastern Shore ................................................................................................................... 10 2.2 General Geology and Soils ............................................................................................................................. 11 2.3 Water Resources ........................................................................................................................................... 12 2.3.1 Groundwater ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 12 2.3.2 Wetlands ...............................................................................................................................................................................................
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