Module 5 - VicForests
Module 5 - VicForests
Module 5 - VicForests
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Forest Coupe Plans<br />
FOREST AUDIT PROGRAM, AUDIT WORKBOOK 5A – FOREST COUPE PLANS<br />
Ref Origin Section Prescription Audit Criteria Compliance Extent<br />
(E)<br />
5A43<br />
5A44<br />
Fire Salvage<br />
Harvesting<br />
Prescriptions 2009<br />
8 Ash<br />
Exclusion<br />
Areas<br />
Fire Salvage 8.2.1 Green<br />
Harvesting Patch<br />
Prescriptions 2009 Exclusion<br />
Areas<br />
and Mildura FMA;<br />
7. Within 10m of vertical<br />
or near vertical sided<br />
gullies with a depth of<br />
half a metre or more that<br />
are actively eroding;<br />
8. Within 50m of a<br />
silvicultural system<br />
project treatment site(s)<br />
at which long term<br />
ecological monitoring is<br />
being conducted within<br />
the Central FMA.<br />
Identification and marking<br />
of exclusion zones in fire<br />
affected forest stands are<br />
referred to in the Fire<br />
Salvage Harvesting<br />
Prescriptions.<br />
Areas of fire severity class 4<br />
or 5 must be at least 40m<br />
wide to be a green patch<br />
Exclusion zones are in<br />
accordance with the<br />
Prescriptions.<br />
Refer to Workbook B for<br />
Barred Galaxias<br />
Management Prescriptions<br />
Refer to Workbook C for<br />
Habitat Tree Exclusion<br />
Areas<br />
Green patches are<br />
identified adequately in<br />
accordance with the<br />
Prescriptions<br />
Refer to Fire Salvage<br />
Harvesting Prescriptions:<br />
Appendix 1, Green patch<br />
retention by compartment<br />
to determine the<br />
application of the<br />
prescriptions.<br />
Exclusion Zones – Mandatory Actions<br />
Environmental Impact Assessment<br />
Duration<br />
(t)<br />
Auditor Comments<br />
Asset<br />
Value (z) Impact<br />
FOREST AUDIT PROGRAM – MODULE 5 HARVESTING AND CLOSURE, APRIL 2010 PAGE 19 OF 22<br />
Forest Coupe Plans<br />
FOREST AUDIT PROGRAM, AUDIT WORKBOOK 5A – FOREST COUPE PLANS<br />
Ref Origin Section Prescription Audit Criteria Compliance Extent<br />
(E)<br />
5A45<br />
5A46<br />
5A47<br />
Fire Salvage<br />
Harvesting<br />
Prescriptions 2009<br />
8.2.2 Green<br />
Patch<br />
Exclusion<br />
Areas<br />
Fire Salvage 8.2.3 Green<br />
Harvesting Patch<br />
Prescriptions 2009 Exclusion<br />
Areas<br />
Fire Salvage<br />
Harvesting<br />
Prescriptions 2009<br />
8.2.4 Green<br />
Patch<br />
Exclusion<br />
Areas<br />
Where less than 15% of<br />
Ash dominated forest within<br />
a compartment is classified<br />
as fire severity class of 4 or<br />
5, retain all green patches<br />
greater than 0.5ha in area.<br />
Where more than 15% and<br />
less than 40% of Ash<br />
dominated forest within a<br />
compartment is classified as<br />
fire severity class 4 or 5,<br />
retain, in exclusion areas,<br />
all green patches greater<br />
than 5ha in area.<br />
Green patches may be<br />
harvested where, within a<br />
compartment, more than<br />
40% Ash dominated forest<br />
is classified as fire severity<br />
class 4 or 5. The total area<br />
of fire severity class 4 or 5<br />
Ash within a salvage coupe<br />
must not exceed 40ha.<br />
Green patches have been<br />
maintained in accordance<br />
with the Prescriptions and<br />
meet the area<br />
specifications.<br />
Green patches have been<br />
maintained in accordance<br />
with the Prescriptions and<br />
meet the area<br />
specifications.<br />
Percentage of Ash is larger<br />
than 40% if green patches<br />
have been harvested.<br />
Total area of fire salvage<br />
does not exceed 40ha.<br />
Exclusion Zones – Mandatory Actions<br />
Environmental Impact Assessment<br />
Duration<br />
(t)<br />
Auditor Comments<br />
Asset<br />
Value (z) Impact<br />
FOREST AUDIT PROGRAM – MODULE 5 HARVESTING AND CLOSURE, APRIL 2010 PAGE 20 OF 22
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