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Draft 8/26/04 <br />ZO <br />All forest management activities shall be conducted only in accordance with N.C. <br />Division of Forest Resources Best Management Practices guidelines for timber management as <br />the same maybe promulgated bylaw or regulation in the state of North Carolina and as adopted <br />by the North Carolina organization of professional foresters, and amended from time-to-time.. <br />Forest management is permitted to generate occasional income from harvest and sale of forest <br />products and to maintain the general health of the forest ecosystem, <br />All forest management activities must be in accordance with a written Forest <br />Management Plan, prepared by a professional forester and approved by Grantee. The Forest <br />Management Plan must be updated and re-approved by Grantee at least every ten (10) years so <br />long as Grantors wish to continue to manage or harvest the forest. <br />The Forest Management Plan required by this Paragraph 10 and a Harvest Plan prepared <br />by a professional forester must be submitted to Grantee for approval at least thirty (.30) days prior <br />to any commercial harvest of timber. No commercial silvicultural activity may occur until the <br />Forest Management Plan and a more specific Harvest Plan have been approved by Grantee. The <br />Hazvest Plan must include the following: <br />a) A statement signed by the forester acknowledging that management activities follow <br />the teens of the easement and will be supervised by the forester; <br />b) Landowner goals and the forester's silvicultural objectives & goals from the harvest; <br />c) A timber inventory in targeted management areas with volume, stocking, and species <br />data, and projected yields. Inventory maybe estimated or omitted with prior written <br />approval of Grantee in cases where it is not deemed necessazy (such as pre- <br />commercial thinnings). <br />d) An inventory for the presence of rare, threatened or endangered species and other <br />unique natural, geological or historic resources in targeted management areas which <br />may require special treatment; <br />e) Prescribed activities and precautions including protection methods for any unique <br />natural, geological, or historical areas and erosion and sedimentation control actions <br />for water quality protection and a smoke management plan if fire is to be prescribed; <br />f) Description of property (timber sale area) access and constraints to access; under no <br />circumstances will Grantee approve a Forest Management Plan or a Hazvest Plan <br />containing stream or wetland crossings; <br />g) Descriptive map(s) of all management areas, including logging deck(s), skid trails, <br />roads, streams, streamside management zones (buffers) and areas of special concern, <br />including wetlands; <br />h) Clear marking of stream buffers. Inadequate buffer widths and/or potential for <br />excessive disturbance of stream buffers are grounds for rejection of a Harvest Plan by <br />Grantee; <br />i) Aesthetic and recreational considerations including impacts on views from public <br />roads. Aesthetic impacts should be minimized to the greatest extent possible by use <br />of un-harvested buffers and careful selection of hazvest areas, hazvest techniques, and <br />