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is <br />cleared in connection to a development permit application. The remaining permits are for <br />parcels cleared by a landowner with no immediate development permit being sought. <br />Silvicultural Burning <br />There are 4 reasons that burning is practiced for silvicultural purposes. These are: <br />• Site preparation for timber planting (open burning) est. 50-150 ac/yr. <br />• Thinning for timber management (understory burning) est. 20-30 ac/yr. <br />• Thinning for wildlife management (understory) est. 20-30 ac/yr. <br />• Fire hazard reduction (understory.) est. 25-75 ac/yr._ <br />Total est. 115-285 ac/yr. <br />Acreage burned year to year varies widely. For example from 1995 to 2000, only one year, 1999, saw <br />more than 90 acres burned for site preparation by the Forest Service. The figure for that year was <br />423 acres. Forest.managers are not required to, but often contract with the Forest Service for burns <br />and the Forest Service utilizes a Smoke Management Plan as criteria for determining the <br />circumstances for an appropriate bum. The Forest Service performs about 2/3 of the burns in Orange <br />County; the remainder is done by a small group of private, certified bumers. <br />Forestry burns are for material "in place", that is, without pushing material into piles. In the case <br />of understory burns, this is to avoid damage to the trees being cultivated. In the case of open, <br />site preparation burns this is so that the soil does not get baked by intense heat, thus hindering <br />the growth of newly planted seedlings. Burns are not designed to remove all debris but only the <br />material less than 1" to 2" in diameter. <br />Each forest management site and situation is unique and there are alternatives to burning such <br />as herbicides, chopping, root-rake bulldozing and others. Forest Management Plans (FMPs) <br />written by a Registered Forester, required if the landowner takes part in any of a variety of State <br />reforestation cost-sharing and tax status programs, prescribe activities which will be used in the <br />management of the forest, including burning. The City of Greensboro requires FMPs as part of <br />their tree ordinance. While alternative methods are often employed in place of or in addition to <br />burning, the consensus among the forestry professionals staff consulted with was that burning <br />is unparalleled as a forest management practice, provided that it is done: <br />• safely <br />• according to law <br />• by a Certified Burner <br />• as part of a Forest Management Plan <br />Agricultural Burning <br />There are 4 reasons that burning is practiced for agricultural purposes. These are: <br />• Pasture development (usually post-timbering) . est. 50-75 acres/year <br />• Edge clearing (clears roads and fights encroachment) est. 5-10 ac/yr. <br />• Storm damage debris varies, difficult to est. <br />• Bermuda rass for earl ha production) est. 5-10 ac/ r. <br />Total 50-95ac/yr. +
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