Common use of Timber Management Clause in Contracts

Timber Management. Timber management is the primary activity in the plan area, occurring on approximately 203,000 acres. Management activities include timber harvest and regeneration, site preparation, planting, vegetation management, thinning, and fire suppression. Table 1. Watershed Assessment Areas (acres) Ownership Category WAA TOTAL Humboldt Bay ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ Eel Bear- Mattole Other Lands1 PALCO 38,777 34,107 24,934 75,457 34,528 3,903 211,706 Large Industrial 20,148 5,456 9,524 4,036 14,365 0 53,529 Other Private 60,895 44,068 19,998 287,187 204,614 0 616,762 Parks2 7,367 23 837 48,930 236 0 57,393 Government3 850 900 48 9,768 50,795 0 62,361 Not Classified 553 0 0 568 206 0 1327 Total Area 128,590 84,554 55,341 425,946 304,744 3,903 1,003,078 PALCO Current ownership, excluding lands to be transferred to government ownership and including lands to be transferred to PALCO under the Headwaters Agreement. Large Industrial Other large commercial timber landowners. Other Private Small commercial timber landowners and other privately-held lands. Parks Local, state, and federal parks and reserves. Government Non-park federal and state lands. Not Classified Ownership could not be determined. 1 Includes PALCO lands outside the other five WAAs. 2 Includes the proposed Headwaters and Elkhead Springs reserve in the Humboldt Bay WAA. 3 Includes 7,000+ acres administered by the US Forest Service in the Eel WAA. Marbled murrelet, Brachyramphus marmoratus FT CE Northern spotted owl, Strix occidentalis caurina FT CSSC, BOF Chinook salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha FPT CSSC Coho salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch FT CCT Cutthroat trout, Oncorhynchus clarki FSR CSSC Steelhead/rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss FSR CSSC Southern torrent salamander, Rhyacotriton variegatus CSSC Tailed frog, Ascaphus truei CSSC Red-legged frog, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ CSSC Foothill yellow-legged frog, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ CSSC Northwestern pond turtle, Clemmys marmorata marmorata CSSC Bald eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus FT, BEPA CE, BOF, CFP American peregrine falcon, Falco peregrinus anatum FE CE, BOF, CFP Western snowy plover, Charadrius alexandrinus nivosus FT CSSC Bank swallow, Riparia riparia CT California red tree vole, Arborimus pomo CSSC Pacific ▇▇▇▇▇▇, Martes pennanti pacifica CSSC BEPA Bald Eagle (and Golden Eagle) Protection Act FE Federal endangered species BOF Board of Forestry sensitive species FPT Proposed for federal listing as threatened CCT California candidate for listing as threatened FSR Federal status review CE California endangered species FT Federal threatened species CFP California fully protected species CSSC California species of special concern CT California threatened species

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Sources: Habitat Conservation Plan, Habitat Conservation Plan