Resource Management Links
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- State Forests
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Publications & Memorandums
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Memorandums
Mountain Yellow-Legged Frog
Black-backed Woodpecker
- Black-backed Woodpecker and Timber Operations
- Black-backed Woodpecker Species Information
- DFG's Interim Guidelines for Black-backed Woodpecker
- Black-backed Woodpecker Range Map
Humboldt Marten
Climate Change
- THP Greenhouse Gas Emissions Calculator (6/11/10)
- THP Greenhouse Gas Emissions Calculator User Guide (6/11/10)
Emergency and Exemption Notices
Monitoring
THP Workshop Materials
- 1611 Notification Information
- Assessment of Sensitive Plants
- CGS THP Workshop PowerPoint
- Cumulative Effects of Timber Operations on DFG Trust Resources
- DFG Guidance for LSAA Amendments
- Guidance for Amending Timber Lake or Streambed Alteration Agreements
- Late Seral Habitat and Habitat Elements
- Marbled Murrelet and Timber Harvest Planning
- Roles of DFG
- Scoping for Wildlife Issues
- WQ’s Responsibilities and Authorities in a Nutshell
- Writing Mitigation Measures and Implementing Recommendations
Pacific Fisher
- Pacific Fisher - Important Habitat Requirements and Timber Harvesting
- Pacific Fisher Range Northern-Central California 8-09
- Pacific Fisher Range Southern-Central California 8-09
- Pacific Fisher Range Coastal California 8-09
Damaged Tree Information
- Delayed Conifer Tree Mortality Following Fire in California
- Guidelines for Estimating the Survival of Fire Damaged Trees in California
Risk Rating System
California Red-Legged Frog
- USFWS Extension of Regulatory Protection in Mendocino County (2 MB)
- USFWS Revised CRLF Info Needs and Take Avoidance Scenarios (03/25/08)
- CAL FIRE CRF Take Avoidance Recommendations (7/28/08)
- CRF Range Amador, Calaveras and Tuolumne Counties
- CRF Range Fresno County
- CRF Range Kern County
- CRF Range Los Angeles County
- CRF Range Mariposa and Madera Counties
- CRF Range Mendocino County
- CRF Range Placer and El Dorado Counties
- CRF Range Plumas County
- CRF Range Riverside County
- CRF Range San Bernardino County
- CRF Range San Diego County
- CRF Range San Joaquin County
- CRF Range Shasta County
- CRF Range Sierra and Nevada Counties
- CRF Range Stanislaus and Merced Counties
- CRF Range Tulare County
- CRF Range State of California
San Francisco Garter Snake
- CAL FIRE SFGS Take Avoidance Recommendations (7/28/08)
- USFWS Revised SFGS Info Needs and Take Avoidance Scenarios (03/25/08)
Northern Spotted Owl
- USFWS One-Year Survey Letter (2/21/12)
- Revised 2011 NSO Survey Protocol (1/9/12)
- Summary of Revisions to 2011 NSO Survey Protocol
- NSO Disclosure and Impacts Analysis Interior (12/13/11)
- Revised USFWS Attachement A NSO Take Avoidance Analysis-- Coast Redwood 3-15-11
- Evaluation for "Take" Avoidance of Northern Spotted Owl Rule Questions and Answers (1-21-10)
- CAL FIRE 919.9(g) Additional Info Explanation 8/09
- Estimating the Effects of Auditory and Visual Disturbance to Northern Spotted Owls and Marbled Murrelets in Northwestern California
- Northern Spotted Owl Boundaries Map (02/10/09)
- Evaluation Process for Northern Spotted Owl Info to Determine Compliance 919.9(g) and 919.10
- CNDDB Spotted Owl Viewer Selected Codes Defined and Described (2/27/08)
- NSO Noise Disturbance No Take Scenerio 8/09
- USFWS Information for NSO Technical Assistance 02/01/08
- USFWS NSO Take Avoidance Scenarios 02/01/08
- Revised USFWS Attachment B Northern Spotted Owl Take Avoidance Analysis -- Interior (2/27/08)
- USFWS NSO Take Avoidance Guidelines Science Support Document (12-14-09)
- Corrections Required to the Northern Spotted Owl Survey Guidance Provided on February 27, 2008, Attachments A and B
- Technical Assistance for Determination of Unoccupied and Aboandoned Status for Northern Spotted Owl Sites
Take Avoidance
Timber Harvesting Plan Related
- CAL FIRE's Botanical Review Team Guidance Memo and Flowchart 6-09
- Anadromous Salmonid Protection Rules: Interpretive Questions and Answers for RPFs and Landowners (1.3MB PDF)
- Anadromous Salmonid Protection Rules Overview PowerPoint (revised) (18MB PDF)
- How SMARA Applies to Timber Operations (7/15/05)
- CLFA Guide to Determining Need for a Geologist
- California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection Assistance to RPF's to Avoid Plan Returns (104K PDF)
- Disclosure, Evaluation and Protection of Large Old Trees (3/05) (1MB PDF)
- Mitigation Measures to prevent the spread of Sudden Oak Death (SOD) During Timber Harvest Operations under Department of Food and Agriculture Regulation and Zone of Infestation. (3/05) (44K PDF)
- The Timber Harvesting Plan Extensions (12/04) (1MB PDF)
- The Application of SMARA to Surface Mining Operations Relative to Timber Harvest and Forest Management Activities (12/04) (31K PDF)
- Supplemental Instructions For Completing The Timber Harvesting Plan (THP) Form Memo (8/04) (2.7MB PDF)
- Cost Share Roads Memo (7/04) (790K PDF)
- Closeout of Expired or Soon to Expire Timber Harvesting Plans (THPs) (11/06) (334K PDF)
- AB 47 (Simitian) Chapter 816 -- Mapping Requirements and TImber Harvesting Plans (THPs) tiered to Sustained Yield Plans (SYPs) (03/06) (286K PDF)
- Timberland--Vegetation Management Program, CFIP, Prop 40 (07/05) (1.4MB PDF)
- Notification of Commencement of Timber Operations (03/07) (253K PDF)
- Policy Guidelines for Use with County, State or Federal Agency or Native American Advisors to the Review Team per 14 CCR 1037.5(a) (11/06) (287K PDF)
Non-Industrial Timber Management Plan Related
- Non-Industrial Timberland Management Plan, GROWTH AND YIELD GUIDELINES (DRAFT) (3/06) (109K PDF)
- NTMP Workshop Summary Documents (8/04) (109K PDF)
- Revision of CAL FIRE Policy Regarding the Applicability of Intermediate Treatments for NTMPs that Demonstrate MSP by Option C (14 CCR § 913.11(c) [933.11(c), 953.11(c)]) (7/02) (1MB PDF)
- CAL FIRE Policy Regarding the Applicability of Intermediate Treatments for NTMPs that Demonstrate MSP by Option C (14 CCR § 913.11(c) [933.11(c), 953.11(c)]) (2/02) (1MB PDF)


