Module 5 - VicForests

The Fire Salvage Harvesting Prescriptions apply to burnt areas up to 3 years after a
fire event. Conditions applied to approved coupes, in conjunction with the Fire
Salvage Harvesting Prescriptions 2009 constitute the ‘Special Plans’ required by the
Code.
The 2009 prescriptions were issued on the 6 October 2009 and commenced on 6
October 2009. The prescriptions replace the Fire Salvage Harvesting Prescriptions,
Revision 2.0, previously issued 3 March 2008. Additional revision history can be found
in Appendix 2 of the current prescriptions.
3.7.2 Management Procedures for Timber Harvesting, Roading and Regeneration
in Victoria’s State Forests 2009 (as amended)
The Management Procedures provide additional guidance to DSE and VicForests staff
in meeting the requirements of the Code, and specify environmental and operational
requirements additional to those of the Code.
The objectives of the Management Procedures are to:
• Standardise, where appropriate, the management of timber harvesting operations
and associated activities in all Victorian State forests;
• Provide instruction on operational and administrative procedures;
• Form part of the regulatory framework for timber harvesting operations and
associated activities;
• Provide a framework for consistent administrative arrangements between DSE
and VicForests at an operation level; and
• Provide a framework for VicForests and DSE to prepare subsidiary operational
procedures for staff, contractors and timber harvesting operators.
The 2009 procedures were issued on the 12 October 2009 and commenced on 19
October 2009. The procedures replace the Management Procedures for timber
harvesting operations and associated activities in State forests in Victoria, previously
issued October 2007.
3.7.3 Coupe Finalisation Procedures
The Coupe Finalisation Procedures (CFPs) describe the process by which DSE will
resume full management responsibility of coupes following the completion of timber
harvesting operations, rehabilitation and regeneration activities. The CFPs are only
relevant to coupes harvested by VicForests.
The CFPs set out:
• Minimum regeneration and rehabilitation standards for even aged and uneven
aged coupes harvested after 31 July 2004 and thinned coupes of ash or mixed
species;
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