PLAN OF WORK FISCAL YEAR 1997

LASSEN, PLUMAS, SIERRAVILLE OF TAHOE N.F.'S
ACRES OFFERED WITH TIMBER SALES

Report dated 5/20/97
Glossary

Category Estimated Area
(acres)
FY 96 reoffers in FY 97 7,600
FY 97 offer of other than salvage 44,892
FY 97 salvage offer1/ 5,904
Biomass site preparation (timber sale) 2,016
Biomass thinning (timber sale within service contract 2,374
Total area offered by timber sales 62,786

1/Where there are no acre figures for savage, 3 MBF/ac is used to estimate the area from the estimated volume

 


FY 97, LASSEN, PLUMAS, SIERRAVILLE OF TAHOE N.F.'S (cont.)
ACRES OFFERED OTHER PROJECTS

  Estimated Area (acres)
Category Appropriated Funds KV Funds BD Funds
Biomass site preparation1/ (483) (1,533) ( 0 )
Biomass thinning1/ (550) (1,824) ( 0 )
Planting 5,561 4,983 0
Release 5,106 2,974 0
Hand thinning 1,161 122 0
Hand pile 300 0 419
Machine piling/mastication 399 751 2,614
Broad Cast Burning 64 84 195
Underburn (prescribe fire) 4,881 0 856
Machine/hand pile burning 170 0 6,133
Lopping 0 0 58
Total area offered by other projects 17,642 8,914 10,275

1/ Biomass projects have timber sales contracts within the service contract, these projects are not listed on the sales program as the contracts are end result, biomass is a possible option, (     ) not included in total.


FY 97, LASSEN N.F.
ACRES OFFERED WITH TIMBER SALES

Category Estimated Area
(acres)
FY 96 reoffers in FY 97 450
FY 97 offer of other than salvage 21,728
FY 97 salvage offer1/ 4,198
Biomass site preparation (timber sale within service contract) 1,333
Biomass thinning (timber sale within service contract 1,050
Total area offered by timber sales 28,759

1/Where there are no acre figures for savage, 3 MBF/ac is used to estimate the area from the estimated volume (11283MBF/.3MBF/ac = 3761 acres)


FY 97, LASSEN N.F.
ACRES OFFERED OTHER PROJECTS

  Estimated Area (acres)
Category Appropriated Funds KV Funds BD Funds
Biomass site preparation1/ (333) (1,000) ( 0 )
Biomass thinning1/ (500) (550) ( 0 )
Planting 250 1900 0
Release 650 650 0
Hand thinning 140 0 0
Hand pile 0 0 105
Machine piling/mastication 0 0 2,614
Broad Cast Burning 0 0 0
Underburn (prescribe fire) 2,155 0 0
Machine/hand pile burning 0 0 4,514
Lopping 0 0 0
Total area offered by other projects 3,195 2,550 7,233

1/ Biomass projects have timber sales contracts within the service contract, these projects are not listed on the sales program as the contracts are end result, biomass is a possible option, (     ) not included in total.


FY 97 PROGRAM OF WORK (OFFERED) LASSEN N.F.

Project Estimated
Volume (MBF)
Estimated
Acres Treated
Airport Expansion 80 24
Bailey (DFPZ) 3,100 620
Bear (CDZ) 2,000 400
Ben (DFPZ) 1,800 360
Benner Windthrow1/ 721 --
Biomass Site Prepartion3/ 8,400 4,000
Bird Windthrow1/ 409 --
Bond Thinning (Swain Exp.) 147 18
Butte House Windthrow1/ 929 --
Camp 10 Windthrow1/ 40 --
Cooper Windthrow1/ 500 --
Crash Biomass Thin (FRZ) 688 225
Dillon Windthrow1/ 2,652 --
Dixie Fire Salvage2/ 924 437
Duke (DFPZ, FRZ) 4,000 2,000
Feather/Pillow Hazard Tree 84 12
Fiddlehead Windthrow1/ 421 --
Four Corners (FRZ) 4,000 2,000
Grays Windthrow1/ 596 --
Hatfield Windthrow1/ 48 --
Humbug Windthrow1/ 182 --
Highway 36 Haz Tree Removal 96 --
Hwy. 44 (DFPZ) 3,000 980
Highway 44 Haz. Tree Removal 222 --
Ironhorse Windthrow1/ 176 --
Jacksback Windthrow1/ 93 --
Kobets (FRZ) 3,200 800
Legume (DFPZ) 2,000 500
Little Grizzly Windthrow1/ 1,362 --
Lost Lake (DFPZ, FRZ) 10,700 939
Lost Park (FRZ) 3,000 1,500
Misc. Small Salv. Sales1/ 1,000 --
McCoy Windthrow1/ 60 --
Mud Creek Windthrow1/ 291 --
Northface #2 (FRZ) 2,000 1,000
Pit Windthrow1/ 98 --
Permits 10,000 --
Quacker Windthrow1/ 442 --
Road 17 Windthrow 199 --
Robbers (DFPZ) 4,300 860
Ruffa (DFPZ, FRZ) 6,300 840
Signal Windthrow1/ 300 300
Simloki (FRZ)3/ 2,300 1,400
Star Windthrow1/ 764 --
Swains Hole (FRZ) 2,500 850
Wheel (DFPZ) 3,600 900
Willow (DFPZ) 1,000 200
Sub-total 90,724 22,165
Sub-total salvage acres -- 3,761

Note: Does note include reoffer of FY96 projects. All sales require roadside hazard tree removal.

1/ Salvage of material only, e.g. removal of wind thrown timber
2/ Salvage of burned material, significant restoration efforts as follow-up
3/ Service contract
4/ Where there are no acres figures for salvage, 3 MBF/ac is used to estimate the area from the estimated volume (11283 MBF / 3 MBF/ac = 3761 acres)


OTHER PROJECTS, APPROPRIATED AND TRUST FUNDS

Project Estimated Acres Treated
Site preparation1/ 1,333
Timber Stand Improvement1/ 2,490
Reforestation 2,150
Machine piling/mastication1/ 2,614
Hand piling1/ 105
Lopping 0
Prescribed Fire 2,155
Broadcast Burning 0
Machine/hand pile burning 4,514
Sub-total 15,361
Total 41,287

 


FY 97, PLUMAS N.F.
ACRES OFFERED WITH TIMBER SALES

Category Estimated Area
(acres)
FY 96 reoffers in FY 97 6,250
FY 97 offer of other than salvage 19,090
FY 97 salvage offer1/ 1,706
Biomass site preparation (timber sale within service contract) 683
Biomass thinning (timber sale within service contract 1,324
Total area offered by timber sales 29,053

1/Where there are no acre figures for savage, 3 MBF/ac is used to estimate the area from the estimated volume (1694MBF/.3MBF/ac = 565 acres)


FY 97, PLUMAS N.F.
ACRES OFFERED OTHER PROJECTS

  Estimated Area (acres)
Category Appropriated Funds KV Funds BD Funds
Biomass site preparation1/ (150) (533) ( 0 )
Biomass thinning1/ (50) (1,274) ( 0 )
Planting 511 1,814 0
Release 56 1,924 0
Hand thinning 506 122 0
Hand pile 300 0 314
Machine piling/mastication 211 751 0
Broad Cast burning 64 84 195
Underburn (prescribe fire) 2,064 0 856
Machine/hand pile burning 0 0 1,054
Lopping 0 0 58
Total area offered by other projects 3,712 4,695 2,477

1/ Biomass projects have timber sales contracts within the service contract, these projects are not listed on the sales program as the contracts are end result, biomass is a possible option, (     ) not included in total.


FY 97 PROGRAM OF WORK (OFFERED) PLUMAS N.F.

Project Estimated
Volume (MBF)
Estimated
Acres Treated
Arkansas (FRZ) 1,880 240
Blakeless (FRZ) 4,379 990
Boulder (DFPZ , FRZ) 5,000 2,000
Cooks Fire2/ 700 300
Crock (FRZ)1/ 2,336 689
Davis Windfall1/ 1,300 300
Dixie (FRZ) 1,394 221
Dotta (FRZ) 3,915 1,118
Galen3/ 300 300
Fish Mdw II Windfall1/ 93 --
Ghost Windthrow1/ 30 --
Grigsby Camp(FRZ) 7,475 1,531
Hartman Windthrow1/ 279 --
Hungry (DFPZ, FRZ) 3/ 3,000 2,050
Jordan (FRZ) 12,526 3,045
Keddie II Windfall 1/ 120 --
Lucky S (DFPZ) 1/ 610 562
Madelena Fire 2,000 500
Mt. house (CDZ) 3/ 300 500
National Windfall 1/ 50 --
North Antelope (DFPZ) 1,389 712
Permits 5,000 --
Ranch Windfall1/ 368 --
Ridge (DFPZ) 700 450
Robinson (FRZ 96) 1,540 420
Rock Island (FRZ) 4,540 526
Saddle Windfall 400 --
Sly Roadside 1/ 267 --
Spanish Ranch (CDZ) 3/ 400 300
Spike (DFPZ, FRZ) 3,020 1,182
Summit Windfall 1/ 22 --
Tower Fire 2/ 600 41
Wheeler Windthrow 1/ 65 --
Willow (CDZ, FRZ) 4,898 2,004
Sub-total 71,916 20,231
Sub-total salvage acres4 -- 565

Note: Does note include reoffer of FY96 projects. All sales require roadside hazard tree removal.

1/ Salvage of material only, e.g. removal of wind thrown timber
2/ Salvage of burned material, significant restoration efforts as follow-up
3/ Service contract
4/ Where there are no acres figures for salvage, 3 MBF/ac is used to estimate the area from the estimated volume (1694 MBF / 3 MBF/ac = 565 acres)


OTHER PROJECTS, APPROPRIATED AND TRUST FUNDS

Project Estimated Acres Treated
Site preparation1/ 683
Timber Stand Improvement1/ 3,932
Reforestation 2,325
Machine piling/mastication1/ 962
Hand piling1/ 614
Lopping1/ 58
Prescribed Fire 2,920
Broadcast Burning 343
Machine/hand pile burning 1,054
Sub-total 122,891
Total 33,687

FY 97, SIERRAVILLE R.D.,TAHOE N.F.
ACRES OFFERED WITH TIMBER SALES

Category Estimated Area
(acres)
FY 96 reoffers in FY 97 900
FY 97 offer of other than salvage 4,074
FY 97 salvage offer1/ 0
Biomass site preparation (timber sale within service contract) 0
Biomass thinning (timber sale within service contract 0
Total area offered by timber sales 4,974

1/Where there are no acre figures for savage, 3 MBF/ac is used to estimate the area from the estimated volume (11283MBF/.3MBF/ac = 3761 acres)


FY 97, SIERRAVILLE R.D.,TAHOE N.F.
ACRES OFFERED OTHER PROJECTS

  Estimated Area (acres)
Category Appropriated Funds KV Funds BD Funds
Biomass site preparation1/ (0) (0) ( 0 )
Biomass thinning1/ (0) (0) ( 0 )
Planting 4,800 1,269 0
Release 4,400 400 0
Hand thinning 515 0 0
Hand pile 0 0 105
Machine piling/mastication 188 0 0
Broad Cast Burning 0 0 0
Underburn (prescribe fire) 662 0 0
Machine/hand pile burning 170 0 565
Lopping 0 0 0
Total area offered by other projects 10,735 1,669 565

1/ Biomass projects have timber sales contracts within the service contract, these projects are not listed on the sales program as the contracts are end result, biomass is a possible option, (     ) not included in total.


FY 97 PROGRAM OF WORK (OFFERED) SIERRAVILLE R.D.,TAHOE N.F.

Project Estimated
Volume (MBF)
Estimated
Acres Treated
Crown (DFPZ) 1/ 4,900 562
Hwy 89 (DFPZ) 14,000 1,341
Jade (DFPZ) 4,900 971
Pearl (DFPZ) 4,800 1,200
Sub-total 28,600 4,074
Sub-total salvage acres -- 0

Note: Does note include reoffer of FY96 projects. All sales require roadside hazard tree removal.

1/ Service contract


OTHER PROJECTS, APPROPRIATED AND TRUST FUNDS

Project Estimated Acres Treated
Site preparation1/ 0
Timber Stand Improvement1/ 5,315
Reforestation1/ 6,069
Machine piling/mastication1/ 188
Hand piling 0
Lopping 0
Prescribed Fire 662
Broadcast Burning 0
Machine/hand pile burning 735
Sub-total 12,969
Total 17,976

GLOSSARY

Biomass - Site Preparation - Site preparation that is completed by the removal of unwanted trees and slash in the form of chips.

Biomass Thinning - Thinning small diameter trees by machines and removing the material in the form of chips.

Broadcast Burning - The burning of slash in clear cut blocks to prepare the site for planting.

CDZ - Community defense zone.  A CDZ is an area around or within a community where fuels have been modified to increase protection of the community from wildfire. A CDZ will also reduce the chance of fire spreading into the wildland from the community.

DFPZ - Defensible fuel profile zone, also known to some as fuelbreaks. A DFPZ is a strategically located strip or block of land on which fuels, both living and dead, have been modified. The objective is to reduced the potential for a crown fire and to allow fire suppression personnel a safer location from which to take action against a wildfire.

FRZ - Fuel reduction zone. A FRZ is an area in which continuous high hazard fuels are broken up. FRZ are designed to increase firefighter safety and reduce resistance to control efforts. In the three forest's programs, areas of trees are thinned from below. Most will require follow-up treatment to treat the ground fuels and in some cases treat small diameter ladder fuels.

Ladder Fuel - Fuels which provide vertical continuity between strata. Fire is able to carry from surface fuels through convection into the crowns with relative ease.

Machine and Hand Pile Burning - The burning of slash piles created by hand or machines.

Planting - Planting one or two year old seedling on sites needing reforestation.

Prescribed Fire - Generally a light burn that is intended to reduce ground fuels and small ladder fuels.

Reforestation - Planting an area or preparing an area for natural regeneration.

Salvage Sales - Removal of dead, burned or wind thrown timber.

Site Preparation - Work needed to prepare an area for planting.

Timber Stand Improvement - Work to improve the vigor or growth of a stand of small trees. Can include hand thinning, biomass thinning, hand grubbing, or cutting competing vegetation.

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