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| R8: Southern | Alabama (2004) |
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| Alabama (2004) |
Unless necessary for insect or disease control or to provide for public and employee safety, standing snags and den trees will not be intentionally felled during vegetation management treatments unrelated to timber salvage. For pine timber salvage tr More ...
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| Alabama (2004) |
Unless necessary for insect or disease control or to provide for public and employee safety, den trees will not be intentionally felled during vegetation management treatments. Within Indiana bat range, refer to the more stringent Indiana bat standar More ...
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| Alabama (2004) |
In even-aged regeneration areas where at least 2 snags per acre are not present or cannot be retained as residuals, at least 2 standing snags/acre will be created from the larger diameter classes within the original stand. In addition, a minimum of 5 More ...
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| Alabama (2004) |
When seeding temporary openings such a temporary roads, skid trails and log landings, use only native or non-persistent non-native species.
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| Alabama (2004) |
Minimize adverse effects of invasive non-native species. Control such species where feasible and necessary to protect National Forest resources.
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| Alabama (2004) |
Manage existing forest communities to reduce risks from insects and disease.
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| Alabama (2004) |
Restore and increase, by 30% as a minimum, areas of each management unit managed as Mountain Longleaf Forest and Woodland, Upland Longleaf Pine Forest and Woodland, Dry and Dry-Mesic Oak-Pine Forest, and Xeric Pine and Pine-Oak Forest and Woodland Co More ...
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| Alabama (2004) |
Inventory and map priority areas with non-native, invasive plant species.
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| Alabama (2004) |
Use native species when planting in restoration and reclamation sites
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| Alabama (2004) |
Retain soft mast producing species (dogwood, black gum, hawthorn, grapes, serviceberry, etc) during vegetation cutting treatments to the extent compatible with meeting treatment objectives.
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| Alabama (2004) |
Only mowing, chopping, ripping, and scarifying are used on sustained slopes over 15 percent. No mechanical equipment is used on sustained slopes over 35 percent.
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| Alabama (2004) |
Mechanical site preparation is not done on sustained slopes over 20 percent with erodable or failure-prone soils.
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| Alabama (2004) |
To limit soil compaction, no mechanical equipment is used on plastic soils when the water table is within 12 inches of the surface, or when soil moisture exceeds the plastic limit. Soil moisture exceeds the plastic limit if the soil can be rolled to More ...
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| Alabama (2004) |
Mechanical equipment is operated so that furrows and soil indentations are aligned on the contour (with grades under 5 percent).
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| Alabama (2004) |
Windrows and piles are spaced no more than 200 feet apart to limit soil exposure, soil compaction, and nutrient loss from piling and raking. Windrows are aligned on the contour.
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| Alabama (2004) |
Mechanical equipment is not allowed in any defined stream channel except to cross at designated points, and may not expose more than 10 percent mineral soil in filter strips along lakes, perennial or intermittent springs and streams, wetlands, or wat More ...
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| Alabama (2004) |
The Integrated Pest Management (IPM) approach will be used to manage pest populations, such as SPB (Southern Pine Beetle). IPM is a decision-making and action process that includes biological, economic, and environmental evaluation of pest/host relat More ...
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| Alabama (2004) |
Timber harvesting with conventional equipment is limited to slopes < 40%.
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| Alabama (2004) |
Temporary roads will cross streams only on temporary bridges or low water fords. Fords may be used only when stable channel conditions exist and downstream beneficial uses, including threatened and endangered species, are not jeopardized. Temporary b More ...
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| Alabama (2004) |
When regenerating forest stands, regenerate to native, on-site tree species that commonly occur naturally on similar sites within the same land type association.
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