COUNTY FOREST COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 500 LAND MANAGEMENT AND USE Section or Subsection Subject Page 500 LAND USE .......................................................................................................... 7 500.1 OBJECTIVES ............................................................................................... 7 505 AESTHETIC MANAGEMENT ZONES .......................................................................... 7 505.1 AESTHETIC MANAGEMENT ZONE A ............................................................... 7 505.1.1 Examples of Zone A ................................................................ 7 505.1.2 Zone A Boundaries ..................................................................................... 8 505.1.3 Zone A Management .................................................................................. 8 505.1.4 Permitted Uses ............................................................................................. 8 505.2 AESTHETIC MANAGEMENT ZONE B .............................................................. 10 505.2.1 Examples of Zone B ................................................................................. 10 505.2.2 Zone B Boundaries ................................................................................... 10 505.2.3 Zone B Management ................................................................................. 10 505.2.4 Permitted Uses ........................................................................................... 11 505.3 AESTHETIC MANAGEMENT ZONE C.............................................................. 11 505.3.1 Examples of Zone C ................................................................................. 11 505.3.2 Zone C Boundaries ................................................................................... 11 505.3.3 Zone C Management ................................................................................. 11 505.3.4 Permitted Uses ........................................................................................... 11 505.4 AESTHETIC MANAGEMENT ZONE R.............................................................. 12 505.4.1 Examples of Zone R ................................................................................. 12 505.4.2 Zone R Boundaries ................................................................................... 12 505.4.3 Zone R Management ................................................................................. 13 505.4.4 Permitted Uses ........................................................................................... 13 500-1 505.4.5 Conditional Permitted Uses in Zone R ...................................................... 13 505.5 PARK SERVICE AGREEMENT .......................................................................... 15 510 SILVICULTURAL PRACTICES ................................................................................... 16 515 SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY ......................................................................................... 16 520 TIMBER HARVESTS ..................................................................................................... 16 520.1 HARVEST TREATMENTS .................................................................................. 17 520.1.1 Jack Pine .................................................................................................... 17 520.1.2 Aspen ......................................................................................................... 18 520.1.3 Scrub Oak .................................................................................................. 19 520.1.4 Red Pine ..................................................................................................... 20 520.1.5 Other .......................................................................................................... 21 525 TIMBER SALES .............................................................................................................. 22 525.1 FIELD PREPERATION OF TIMBER SALE ........................................................ 22 525.2 ADVERTISING FOR BID ..................................................................................... 22 525.3 PROSPECTUS ....................................................................................................... 23 525.4 METHOD OF BIDDING........................................................................................ 23 525.5 AWARDING SALES ............................................................................................. 23 525.6 SALE CONTRACTS .............................................................................................. 24 525.6.1 Timber Sale Contract Default Policy ......................................................... 25 525.6.2 Timber Sale, Logger Training Requirements ............................................ 25 525.7 TIMBER SALE PERFORMANCE BOND ............................................................ 25 525.8 CONTRACT PROVISIONS .................................................................................. 26 525.8.1 Slash Disposal, Landings, and decking...................................................... 26 525.8.2 Duration and Extensions of Contract ......................................................... 27 525.8.3 Contract Violations .................................................................................... 27 525.9 TIMBER SALE RESTRICTIONS ......................................................................... 28 525.9.1 Rutting Standards ....................................................................................... 29 525.9.1.1 Guidelines.................................................................................. 29 525.9.1.2 Standards ................................................................................... 30 525.9.1.3 Measures .................................................................................... 31 525.10 SPECIAL FOREST PRODUCTS CONTRACTS .................................................. 31 500-2 525.11 TIMBER SALE ROADS ........................................................................................ 31 525.12 SUPERVISING SALE ............................................................................................ 32 525.13 FOREST PRODUCTS ACCOUNTABILITY........................................................ 32 525.13.1 Scaling Merchantability ........................................................................... 32 525.13.2 Utilizations Standards .............................................................................. 33 525.13.3 Methods of Accountability ...................................................................... 33 525.14 SPECIAL FOREST PRODUCTS PERMITS/TREATY RIGHTS .................................................................................................................. 34 530 FOREST REGENERATION AND IMPROVEMENT PRACTICES ........................ 36 530.1 REGENERATION .................................................................................................. 37 530.2 SITE PREPERATION AND REGENERATION TREATMENTS ....................... 38 530.2.1 Residual Tree Removal .............................................................................. 38 530.2.2 Mechanical Seedbed Preparation ............................................................... 38 530.2.3 Prescribed Burning .................................................................................... 38 530.2.4 Preparation for Hand Planting or Direct Seeding ...................................... 38 530.2.5 Chemical Site Preparation ......................................................................... 39 530.2.6 Tree Planting and Direct Seeding .............................................................. 39 530.3 TIMBER STAND IMPROVEMENT ..................................................................... 39 530.3.1 Release ....................................................................................................... 40 530.3.2 Thinnings ................................................................................................... 40 530.3.3 Pruning ....................................................................................................... 40 535 EXCEPTIONAL RESOURCES ...................................................................................... 40 535.1 AREAS HIGH IN LOCALLY, REGIONALLY OR NATIONALLY SIGNIFICANT BIODIVERSITY VALUES .......................................................... 41 535.1.1 Wisconsin State Natural Areas .................................................................. 41 535.2 RARE, THREATENED, OR ENDANGERED ECOSYSTEMS .......................... 41 535.2.1 Old Growth Forests .................................................................................... 41 535.2.2 Old Growth Reserves ................................................................................. 42 535.2.3 Managed Old Growth Stands ..................................................................... 43 535.2.4 Extended Rotation Forest Stands ............................................................... 43 535.2.5 Habitat for Special Identified as Rare, Threatened, 500-3 Endangered, or Greatest Conservation Needs ........................................................ 44 535.2.6 Savana and Pine Barons ............................................................................. 44 535.3