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1. Managing stand -level habitat features. <br />2. Promoting aquatic and riparian areas. <br />3. Managing landscape features. <br />4. Conserving rare species and communities. <br />5. Protecting special features and sites. <br />6. Developing partnerships with natural resource agencies and conservation organizations. <br />For more information on managing for biological diversity, refer to the following website: <br />httD: / /www.fs. fed. us /ecosystemservices /biodiversitv.shtml <br />Biological Diversity on This Property: Cropland, pasture, wetlands, riparian areas, and <br />multiple ages of mixed species forest provide a mosaic of habitats on this property. Because of <br />this diversity in both landforms and land -uses, this property has the potential to support a wide <br />range of species and communities. Protection of riparian areas, ponds, and active beaver <br />populations will help protect biodiversity, wildlife habit, soil and water resources, and aesthetics <br />simultaneously. This combined with forest management that attempts to maintain high <br />productivity, mixed species stands, and multiple stages of stand development, will likely increase <br />the species and community richness on the property. <br />Aesthetic Quality <br />By definition aesthetic quality (pleasing in appearance) means different things to different <br />people. It can be anything from buffering a timber harvest from a busy road to managing for an <br />open forest understory that is enjoyable to walk through. There are numerous management <br />techniques that may be employed to achieve the landowner's desired level of aesthetic quality <br />and many are discussed at the following websites: <br />• www.ncrs.fs.fed.uL/gubs/viewpub.asp?key=4866. <br />• htip:Hncforestservice.gov/fsandfl/stewardship aesthetics.htm <br />Aesthetic Qualities on This Property: The pastoral and wooded setting, well buffered from <br />surrounding roads and residential development define the aesthetics for this property. <br />Highlighting the diversity of habitats and the working landscape, while avoiding the negative <br />visual impacts of forest management operations, will be the challenge. Visual disturbances can <br />be mitigated by reducing the size of major canopy disturbances, buffering higher use areas from <br />timber harvests, and feathering the edges between different land -uses. Some management <br />operations may disturb the aesthetic qualities in the short term, but will improve aesthetics and <br />meet other objectives over time. <br />VA <br />154 <br />