Workshop Day 5
Native Forest Management Workshop 5 - Planning
Broad Mapping Skills
Scale
On ground calculations
Calculating block size
What is net area
1 :250 000 maps for stream classification
Air Photo Interpretation
Obtaining an Air photo to suit your planning requirements
Recognizing block differentiation for assessment planning
Overlaying tracks, infrastructure and management units
Calculating air photo scale, lineal and area measurements
Reading your forest
Visual or Ocular Assessment per management unit
Simple Exercise
A – av dbh ASV .5 m³
B – av Length
C – stems /ha 15 x 7.5 m³/ ha
D – Net area 100 ha = 750 m³
Detailed Stand assessment – transferring stratification onto aerial photos
Management units
Stratification
Calculations of area, standing volume, treatment size class and stems/ha and basic cost calculation
NFM Continuum
What condition is your forest in?
Where are you on the continuum?
High Management High Productivity
Young Regrowth Stand
Unmanaged Advanced Growth (even aged stand
Designing workplans/schedules to your situation
Objectives:
Thinning/stand improvement treatment
Owner or
Contractor (training requirement)
Fire
Harvesting
Infrastructure
Prioritization
