ECOTRUST FOREST MANAGEMENT, INC. FOREST MANAGEMENT PLAN FEBRUARY 2009 UPDATED AND AMENDED AUGUST 2011 EFM Forest Management Plan - i - Contents Table of Contents PROPERTY DATA SUMMARIES .......................................................................................................... 1 DICKEY RIVER FOREST ............................................................................................................................. 1 GARIBALDI FOREST .................................................................................................................................. 2 SIXES RIVER FOREST ................................................................................................................................ 3 SOOES FOREST .......................................................................................................................................... 4 PURPOSE OF PLAN ................................................................................................................................. 5 RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER DOCUMENTS ................................................................................................... 5 FRAMEWORK FOR GROWTH ...................................................................................................................... 5 MANAGEMENT PLAN UPDATES AND REVISIONS ...................................................................................... 6 MANAGEMENT OBJECTIVES .............................................................................................................. 7 FOREST MANAGEMENT PHILOSOPHY ....................................................................................................... 7 MANAGEMENT OBJECTIVES ..................................................................................................................... 7 DESIRED FUTURE CONDITION .................................................................................................................. 8 PLANNING PROCESS .............................................................................................................................. 8 FOREST MANAGEMENT PLAN ................................................................................................................... 8 HARVEST PLAN ......................................................................................................................................... 8 PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT ............................................................................................................................. 9 SETTING ................................................................................................................................................... 11 HISTORIC CONTEXT ................................................................................................................................ 11 SOCIOECONOMIC CONTEXT .................................................................................................................... 11 Community Stakeholders ................................................................................................................... 12 New Member Group Properties ......................................................................................................... 13 LANDSCAPE CONTEXT ............................................................................................................................ 13 LEGAL CONTEXT .................................................................................................................................... 13 Federal Rules ...................................................................................................................................... 13 State Rules .......................................................................................................................................... 14 FSC Principles & Criteria................................................................................................................... 14 Boundary Lines .................................................................................................................................. 14 Dispute Resolution ............................................................................................................................. 15 Chain of Custody ................................................................................................................................ 15 RESOURCE CONDITIONS ................................................................................................................... 17 SOILS ....................................................................................................................................................... 17 TIMBER ................................................................................................................................................... 18 VEGETATION ........................................................................................................................................... 19 WATER RESOURCES ................................................................................................................................ 19 FISH HABITAT ......................................................................................................................................... 20 WILDLIFE HABITAT ................................................................................................................................ 21 EFM Forest Management Plan - ii - Contents Oregon ................................................................................................................................................ 21 Washington ......................................................................................................................................... 22 THREATENED AND ENDANGERED SPECIES ............................................................................................. 22 ARCHEOLOGICAL/CULTURAL RESOURCES ............................................................................................. 23 AESTHETICS ............................................................................................................................................ 24 RECREATION ........................................................................................................................................... 24 FOREST MANAGEMENT ..................................................................................................................... 27 SILVICULTURE ........................................................................................................................................ 27 Systems to Be Used ............................................................................................................................ 27 Constraints and Considerations .......................................................................................................... 28 Steep Slope .................................................................................................................................... 28 Wind and Weather ......................................................................................................................... 28 Markets and Timber Value ............................................................................................................ 28 Hardwood Management ..................................................................................................................... 28 Harvesting Policies ............................................................................................................................. 29 GROWTH AND YIELD .............................................................................................................................. 31 Forest Inventory ................................................................................................................................. 31 Allowable Harvest Level .................................................................................................................... 31 Rotation Age ...................................................................................................................................... 31 Species Selection ................................................................................................................................ 32 Modeling Growth Dynamics .............................................................................................................. 32 Modeling Assumptions and Rationale for FPS .................................................................................. 32 General Assumptions ..................................................................................................................... 32 Commercial Harvest ........................................................................................................................... 33 Ground-based Assumptions ........................................................................................................... 33 Cable-based Assumptions .............................................................................................................. 33 Salvage ............................................................................................................................................... 34 STAND MANAGEMENT ...........................................................................................................................