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18 <br />E~1~IT A <br />FOREST MANAGEMENT STANDARDS <br />There shall be no timber harvesting, cutting of trees, or silvicultural activities except as follows: <br />Trees in the Envelopes may be cut to control insects and disease, or to salvage wind-thrown <br />timber. Such management activities must be approved in advance, except in emergencies, by Grantee and <br />Grantor based upon review of the proposal by forest and wildlife consultants, giving due consideration to <br />possible unintended consequences to wildlife and wildlife habitat. <br />Tree or vegetation cutting may be permitted without approval of Grantee to maintain trail and <br />road access, and to prevent personal injury and property damage. <br />Commercial timber harvests are prohibited. <br />All forest management activities must be in accordance with a written Forest Management Plan, <br />prepared by a NC registered forester and approved by Grantee. The Forest Management Plan must be <br />updated by Grantor and re-approved by Grantee at least every ten (10) years so long as Grantor wishes to <br />continue to actively manage the forest or harvest forest products. If no forest management or harvest is <br />intended, a forest management plan is not required, but there shall be no active forest management or <br />harvest without an approved Forest Management Plan and Harvest Plan. <br />A Harvest Plan prepared by a NC registered forester must be submitted to Grantee for its <br />approval at least thirty (30) days prior to any harvest of timber. No silvicultural activity may occur until <br />the Forest Management Plan and a more specific Harvest Plan have been approved in writing by Grantee. <br />The Harvest Plan, also produced by a NC registered forester and approved by Grantee, must include at <br />least the following: <br />Description of property (timber sale area) access and constraints to access; <br />Landowner goals and the forester's silvicultural objectives and goals from the harvest; <br />• A timber inventory in targeted management areas with volume, stocking, and species <br />data, and projected yields. Inventory may be estimated or omitted with prior approval of Grantee in cases <br />where it is not deemed necessary (such as pre-commercial thinnings); <br />• Prescribed activities and precautions including protection methods for any unique natural, <br />geological, or historical areas and erosion and sedimentation control actions for water quality protection <br />and a smoke management plan if fire is to be used; <br />• Descriptive map(s) of all management areas, including logging deck(s), skid trails, roads, <br />streams, streamside management zones (buffers), stream crossings, and areas of special concern; <br />• Clear marking of stream buffers and any stream crossings. Inadequate buffer widths <br />and/or potential for excessive disturbance of stream buffers are grounds for rejection of a Harvest Plan by <br />Grantee. The number of stream crossings should be minimized and carefully selected to minimize <br />disturbance to the streams or drainage channels and surrounding soils and vegetation; <br />KCBCM: 252126.5 <br />14 <br />