Ron Torgerson – FFSL Central Area Manager
Nick Mustoe – Central Area Forester
Fred Johnson – Fire Management Officer
Agenda
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Understanding Trees
Forests Through Time
Forest Health Risks and Resources
Forest Practices Act
Utah Water Quality Guidelines
Forest Action Plan
Utah Wildfire Risk Assessment Portal
How Do Trees Allocate Energy?
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Maintenance and Respiration
Height Growth
Diameter Growth
Energy Storage
Insect and Disease Resistance
Reproduction
Forests Through Time
Forest Health Concerns
• Spruce Beetle
• Mountain Pine Beetle
2013-2027 National Insect and Disease Risk Map
Viewer
Link:http://foresthealth.fs.usda.gov/nidrm/
Short Link:http://goo.gl/g7eBZJ
2013-2027 National Insect and Disease Risk Map Viewer
Full Link: http://foresthealth.fs.usda.gov/nidrm/
Short Link: http://goo.gl/g7eBZJ
Documents to Consider
•Forest Practices Act
•Utah Forest Water Quality Guidelines
•Forest Action Plan
Forest Practices Act (65A-8a)
The Utah Forest Practices Act is a state law
which requires the registration of operators and
notification by operators of intent to conduct
forest practices on private land.
Forest Practices Act
Forest Practices Include:
–harvesting of trees such as thinning and salvage operations
–new road construction and maintenance associated with harvesting or
accessing trees
–site preparation for regeneration of a timber stand
–reforestation
–management of logging slash
Forest practices do not include the following:
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harvest of Christmas trees
harvest of trees for noncommercial, personal use by the owner
harvesting operations encompassing fewer than 5 contiguous acres of forest land.
Utah’s Forest Water Quality Guidelines
Full Link: http://www.ffsl.utah.gov/images/forestry/stewardship/UFWQGBook.pdf
Short Link: http://goo.gl/LjXYo2
Forest Action Plan
Priorities
–Conserve and Manage Working Forest Landscapes for Multiple
Values and Uses
•Forest Stewardship
•Forest Legacy
–Protect Forests from Threats
•Wildland Fire Efforts (Catastrophic Wildfire Reduction)
•Forest Health
–Enhance Public Benefits from Trees and Forests
•Fire Prevention
•Urban and Community Forestry
Utah Forest Action Plan 2016
Full Link: http://www.ffsl.utah.gov/images/forestry/stateassessment/UtahFAP-2016LowRes.pdf
Short Link: http://goo.gl/nRBwoF
Utah Forest Action Plan 2016 Priority Area Map
Full Link: http://arcg.is/1njPIut
Short Link: http://goo.gl/6A0kZR
Thinking About RMP Efforts
“Healthy forest stands feature 40 trees per
acre.”
“We want to get the forest back to a preEuropean state.”
Implementing Forest Action Plan On the Ground
Maintain forests with diversity of:
Age Classes
Densities
Species
Through:
Appropriate landscape scale forest management
approach (harvest/prescribed fire/etc)
In order to provide a sustainable supply of:
Market and nonmarket goods and services
(wildlife, forest products, and watershed services)
What Makes Forest Management More Difficult?
• Low acreage forest ownership
• Fewer operating mills to process material
• Difficulty in wood product market
Possible Future Markets
• Biomass
• Carbon Sequestration
Utah Wildfire Risk Assessment Portal
Will be open to public this year.
Shapefiles available upon request.
email:[email protected]