Workshop Day 3
Native Forest Management Workshop 3 - Preparing for a Harvest
Re-cap of Previous Workshop
Who has undertaken a harvest in the last 10 years?
Satisfaction levels
Lessons
Type of contract
State of the retained stand
Post Harvest management
Reasons for your harvest
Need a set amount of money for a specific purpose?
The forest is ready to for a harvest?
Pressure from processors
Setting Objectives of a Harvest / from an ESFM perspective
Where in the continuum is the stand and where does it need to be after the harvest?
Thinning?
Reset?
Basics of tree removal - Why harvest any particular tree?
Tree marking for retention to ensure stand health, improve growth rates and maintain optimum site stocking rates considering site quality, product, species and management cycle
Tree has reached its optimal product size/value
Tree is in decline ( signs of suppression, fault, defective crown, poor form)
Tree is not required for spacing/stocking
Forest Products and specifications
What products are available and are they at the optimum size class
What processors will be interested in products
Landholders - Basic visual forest assessment
Do you know your commercial species?
How would you describe the forest to a purchaser?
How would you determine an estimate of net forest area?
How would you determine an approximation of available volume?
Harvest access
(Property access – power lines, bridges, low branches, sharp corners, grade, wet weather access, log-dump/loading/turn around area size and location, snig tracks, crossings)
Sawmiller’s Perspective
What do you want to know from the landholder?
How do you determine if a block is worth while visiting?
How do you go about securing a block for harvest and negotiating a purchasing price
What type of sale
Contracted to sawmill
Owner managed
Independent contractor managing a fully integrated sale
Harvest Planning
Code of practice
Buffer and filter zones (unstable areas)
Habitat tree retention
Track and dump drainage
Logging debris
Location of major snig tracks and log dumps
Tree marking code (if applied)
Planning for regeneration (seed, lignotuber or coppice), mapping, fire management, exclusion zones and maintenance ecological values.
Managing contractors
Cutters
Snigging
Haulage
Marketing
Post harvest planning
Top disposal burn
