DNR_Baraga_GNA2 Thunderbolt.pdf

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Michigan Department of Natural Resources – Forest Resources Division

TIMBER SALE PRESCRIPTION

GENERAL

Forest Resources Division Management Unit Baraga

Sale Name (or prescription name) GNA2 Thunderbolt

Timber Sale Number (if applicable) 11-815-21-01

LOCAL CONTACT

Name Mike Brodeur

Email Address brodeurm@michigan.gov

Telephone 906-201-1090

TIMELINE

CONTRACT WORK CAN BEGIN: Immediately Date:

CONTRACT WORK MUST BE COMPLETED BY: 8/1/2021

LEGAL DESCRIPTION

Town Houghton County, Baraga Twp. T50N

Range R35W

Section(s) 02 & 11

Description Sec 02; Sec 11, N1/2NE, NENW

Year of Entry

Compartment(s) 5001 & 5002

Stand Number(s) 10, 106, 108, 109, 112, 113, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, Access

From M38, turn South onto Maki Rd or Old M35 and then turn onto Pananen Rd. The sale is accessed through private (Lanse School Forest).

ACREAGE (Payment will be made based on these estimated acres) Estimated Acres

273.9 Source: Inventory GPS Other:

TREATMENT & OBJECTIVE

STAND/VDU # COVER TYPE ACRES INITIAL BA TREATMENT MANAGEMENT OBJECTIVE

10 M6 35.4 81-110 Selection Northern Hardwoods

106 A9 14.5 111-140 Clearcut with Ret Aspen

108 M6 25.7 111-140 Selection Northern Hardwoods

109 A9 22.8 111-140 Clearcut with Ret Aspen

112 A9 33.0 111-140 Clearcut with Ret Aspen

113 M9 11.5 111-140 Selection Northern Hardwoods

115 M9 14.1 111-140 Selection Northern Hardwoods

116 A9 8.6 111-140 Clearcut with Ret Aspen

117 M6 25.5 81-110 Selection Northern Hardwoods

118 A9 20.9 111-140 Clearcut with Ret Aspen

119 MC9 4.1 111-140 Selection Northern Hardwoods

120 A9 15.9 111-140 Clearcut with Ret Aspen

121 A9 20.4 111-140 Clearcut with Ret Aspen

122 M6 21.5 111-140 Selection Northern Hardwoods

PRESCRIPTION

For Prescriptions see attached “Marking Guide” sections below.

Cruising will be done by Stand/VDU, not by payment unit

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MARKING GUIDE:

Name of Treatment – Single-Tree Selection (4151)

Desired Residual BA: 70-90 ft2/ac

Stand/VDU: 10, 108, 113, 115, 117, 119, 122

Acres – 137.8

MARKING GUIDE STANDARDS:

• Do not mark below 60 ft2/ac and no more than 40% of initial BA regardless of risk or quality.

• GENERALLY RETAIN: Black cherry, hemlock, white pine, red pine, elm, oak and cedar unless removal needed for logging operability.

• GENERALLY FAVOR ALL SPECIES OTHER THAN MAPLE AND IRONWOOD: Favor less common species but not at the expense of the best quality trees. This is usually addressed in Step #3, where if most conditions are relatively equal, continue to improve the relative spacing by marking ironwood, red and sugar maple to meet desired BA.

MARK BY ORDER OF REMOVAL

1. HIGH RISK: Mark diseased/structurally damaged trees of any size class (die within next 15 years) that still contain merchantable products unless needed for other resource values (cavity trees).

Consider most mature aspen, black ash, red maple >15” DBH, fir and spruce as high risk. However, avoid marking large aspen (>16” DBH), especially if large drop zone is needed to fell the tree. This effort will contribute to the 2-3 wildlife tree objectives.

2. QUALITY DEVELOPMENT: Identify the best crop trees in the stand and provide a release by marking two main crown competing trees of lesser quality. Generally allow competition among closely spaced crop trees to preserve as much quality as possible while adhering to desired BA. Oak should be released on 3 sides to an average BA of 60 ft2.

3. DENSITY/MATURITY/SPACING: If BA is still above desired, continue to improve stand quality and growing space by marking fair and marginal quality trees (mostly 6-10” DBH class). First identify trees that are:

3a – Unacceptable Growing Stock: Trees of any size that are likely to survive for decades but have structural/growth/disease issues; and/or exhibit signs of marginal improvement or significant volume loss; and/or trees that exhibit signs of suppression and are less likely to develop sawlog potential. If after addressing this part of the step and the BA is still higher than desired, then look at:

3b – Acceptable Growing Stock: Trees that have sawlog potential but possess slight quality issues specific to form, structure, soundness. Examples are sweep, low branching, old branch stubs or epicormic sprouting. This category can also include hardwood trees that are arriving at biological maturity and includes: black cherry >15” DBH; sugar maple and yellow birch >19” DBH; white ash and basswood >21” DBH. (Note: This step can come first in step #3 if these large sawtimber sized trees form closely spaced groups.)

If BA is still above desired, then continue marking other additional trees to improve the relative spacing and achieve desired BA.

4. REGENERATION GAPS: Install approximately one 66’ x 66’ gap every three acres. Utilizing the removal of large sawtimber trees and/or groups of poor-quality trees. It is recommended to do this first, and then mark remainder of stand to 70-90 ft2/ac to achieve the desired residual BA.

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MARKING GUIDE:

Name of Treatment – Clearcut

Desired Residual BA – see below

Stand/VDU: 106,109, 112, 116, 118, 120, 121

Acres – 136.1

Resultant stand appearance needs to be a near-complete open condition with some small groups of trees retained (if available) to allow every opportunity for aspen to regenerate and become established. As a general rule, average basal area should not exceed 5 ft2/ac.

MARK/CRUISE:

• All merchantable-sized tree species unless designated with red paint band, indicating retention.

Tree Retention:

• Generally retain hemlock, white pine, red pine, elm, oak and cedar.

• This effort should create a group or groups of retained trees, rather than scattered single-tree retention.

• Retention groups should generally be 33’ x 33’.

• Consider healthy species to act as a trigger to create groups, these species include: hemlock, white and red pine, elm, oak and cedar.

• Mark healthy species, other than the species listed above, via orange paint banding for retention.

• Any species, possessing wildlife habitat attributes (e.g. cavity).

• Mark 2-3 >16” DBH aspen via orange paint banding for retention.

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PAINT LINES

This is included in the bid This is not included in the bid

Paint line work to be performed: (See attached map for locations)

TYPE OF LINE WORK TO BE DONE PAINT COLOR

Exterior line against private Blue Other: Red blaze and orange triple slash

Exterior line against state Red Other: Orange triple slash

Interior payment unit Red Other: Orange double slash

Other: Green Other:

Exclusions to mark and why:

Standards for marking lines against private land:

BOUNDARY GPS

GPS data files will be provided

FEATURE WORK TO BE DONE NOTES

Volume Determination Unit (VDU)

Payment Unit (PU)

Exclusions Special Instructions:

TIMBER MARKING SPECIFICATIONS

Total Merchantable Residual BA (Basal Area): 80 (Minimum 70 to Maximum 90)

TREATMENT NUMBER SIZE

Regeneration Gaps Per Acre: 1 Gap/3 Acres 66’x 66’

Girdled Trees Per Acre:

PRODUCT MARKING SYMBOL MINIMUM DBH TOP DOB

Sawlogs Slash on 2 sides 10.6” 10.0”

Pulpwood Slash on 2 sides 4.6” 4.0”

TYPE OF WORK WORK TO BE DONE PAINT COLOR

Trees marked to leave Green Other

Trees marked to cut Orange Blue

SPECIAL MARKING INSTRUCTIONS:

Pulpwood and sawtimber marks will be a single paint slash well-marked on both sides of tree, all marked trees must have stump marks. Keep slash marks high for visibility during winter harvest (approx. 6 feet above ground level). Stump marks must be well-marked in order to last several years and intersect the ground. Be aware there may be small, unmapped wetlands or drainways nested within the marking units, look for signs of bed/bank along with plant species that are known to occupy wet sites. Exact buffering requirements for unmapped wetlands and drainways will be addressed at the pre-work meeting. Be aware of all slopes while marking. For slopes between 18-35%, mark to support logging operations and to avoid erosion/soils damage.

All slopes deemed inoperable and/or greater than 35% will be excluded by not marking these areas. The contractor must furnish the DNR with plot data showing residual BA/Ac for payment units to be checked (Self Administration). This is due before The DNR checks the marking. The contractor is responsible for checking all workers on the sale. Final marking details are to be discussed at the pre-work meeting.

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TIMBER CRUISING SPECIFICATIONS

Cruise layout file will be provided

CRUISE SETUP

STAND/VDU NUMBER OF PLOTS

10, 106, 108, 109, 112, 113, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122 1:1 Acres

TOTAL NUMBER OF CRUISE POINTS

SAMPLING METHOD

(Any checked method will be accepted)

Sample Tree Ratio (STR)

BAF: 5 10 15 20 30 40

Species Product Sample Ratio

All Species Saw 1 : 5

All Species Pulp 1 : 10

First Tree North (FTN)

Big BAF (BB)

Count BAF: 5 10 15 20 30 40

Measure BAF: 5 10 15 20 30 40

Count/Measure Plots (PCM)

Ratio of Measure Plots: 1:

RESTRICTIONS

1. Forest Resources Division must be able to identify who did what on the timber sale.

2. The contractor may not have more than two markers in one cruise unit without prior approval.

3. Each marker should have an assigned area to mark (not strips).

PAINT

4. Call Mike Brodeur at 906-201-1090 to make arrangements for paint.

5. Paint will be supplied from Baraga.

6. Contractor’s work schedule must coincide with the DNR work schedule for paint supply.

7. The DNR will not be available on weekends or evenings.

DELIVERABLES

8. A list of names that marked or cruised each cruise unit.

9. A summary of paint used (in quarts).

10. All data, cruise and GPS, must be uploaded from MobileMap to InventoryManager.

Additional Information

Prework Meeting: The contractor must schedule and attend a prework meeting with Baraga DNR staff.

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