TE 7 Eearthworks Park & Timber Requirements.pdf

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JBLM LOG DECKING SPECIFICATIONS

As per AR-200-1, 4-3, “Assure that agricultural and forest products are not given away, abandoned, carelessly destroyed, used to offset contract costs or traded for services, supplies, or products or otherwise improperly removed”.

If timber is to be harvested, coordination with DPW Forestry is necessary in advance of cutting.

1. SALABLE TIMER REQUIREMENTS

a. Merchantable trees shall be piled in a neat, limb-free deck for subsequent disposal by the Government.

b. A merchantable tree is defined as a tree with a small end diameter of at least 4 inches and 16 feet in length. Shorter lengths are still salable as firewood and shall be decked accordingly.

c. Log decks shall be located AS DIRECTED by the Joint Base Lewis-McChord Public Works Forestry Branch. DECKING MAY REQUIRE LOG TRANSPORT

OFFSITE TO AN APPROPRIATE LOCATION ON THE INSTALLATION.

d. Trees shall be cut from the stump and limbed (flush to the trunk) out to a 4 inch stem diameter.

e. Trees shall be topped at 4 inches diameter and from this point to the top of the tree shall be considered unmerchantable (slash).

f. Trees shall not be cut into log lengths; if trees are too large to be handled tree length, cut 41- foot logs from the butt end until the top log is less than 16 feet with a small end diameter of 4 inches.

g. Tree length logs shall be piled separately from all shorter material (cut and broken logs will still be sold as firewood).

h. Logs shall not be cut in lengths shorter than 41 feet simply to facilitate haul by dump truck or flatbed unless authorized by government.

i. Log decks shall be located so as not to interfere with construction work and so they will be easily accessible for disposal action by government.

j. Log decks shall be stable and should not exceed 8 feet in height.

k. Log decks should be separated by species to the greatest extent possible.

l. Black cottonwood is considered unmerchantable and shall NOT be placed in log decks. Treat as slash.

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m. Logs with rot showing in both ends are considered unmerchantable and shall be disposed of as slash.

n. Unauthorized removal of logs or firewood from JBLM is considered timber theft and subject to prosecution.

2. OREGON WHITE OAK REPLACEMENT

a. Development, construction or timber harvest operations on Joint Base

LewisMcChord that results in the loss of Oregon white oak trees will be subject to

Fish and Wildlife Program mitigation measures.

b. Oregon white oak mitigation will require the project proponent to replant six

Oregon white oak seedlings to every one tree (> 4” diameter at breast height [dbh]) that is removed through the direction and coordination with Fish & Wildlife Program staff.

Eco Park on Steilacoom DuPont Road.

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Timber Re-Sale Lot on Lewis North

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Timber Re-Sale Lot on McChord Field.