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Components of a Good
Management Plan
Goals
Objectives
Maps
Assessments
Action Plans
Pictures
Mike Haasken, ODF,
Tree School, March, 2012
Template by Nicole Strong
OSU Extension Forestry
Benefits of a Stewardship Plan
Communication Tool
Financial Incentives Programs
Tax Benefits
Document Management History
Certification Programs (Tree
Farm, SFI, FSC)
Components of a Plan
Goals vs. Objectives
Articulating Goals & Objectives
Mapping
Resource Inventory
Writing Action Plans
Pictures & Technical Information
Forest Stewardship Plan
What’s a goal?
Statement of intent; Big picture
Very broad & general
Goals?
Goals
Grow trees and produce income
Enhance wildlife habitat
Improve woodland roads
Protect soil and water resources
Improve Forest Health
Maintain recreation opportunities
Get family involved on property
Pass property intact to next generation
What’s an objective?
Statement of intent to accomplish goals
Specific
Defines
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What?
When?
Where?
How much?
Example
Objectives?
Example Objectives
Produce $10,000 in after-tax income each
year for the next 5 years
Develop 10 acres of black tail deer browse
habitat within 7 years
Rock roads throughout property within 15
years
Convert 30 acre pasture to mixed conifer
stand in 5 years
Inventory/Measurement
Forest/Timber Resource
Intensity varies from low (aerial photo
interp.) to high (many plots, systematic
sampling. Ideal is a few plots in each stand
• Stand identifier
• Acreage
• Vegetation type, tree species
• Site productivity, stand density
• Age
• Elevation, Seed zone
• Aspect, topography
• Tree/Stand condition
• Note wildlife habitat, roads, water,
archeological, cultural and recreation
resources
Forest Stewardship Plan Checklist
Cover Page
Introduction/Property History
Landowner Goals &Objectives
Maps/Woodland Description
Forest Vegetation/Timber
Fish/Wildlife Habitat
Soils
Roads and Access
Water Resources
Forest Health
Integrated Pest Management
Fire Plan
Agroforestry/Range
Invasive Species
High Conservation Value
Forests & Rare Species
Special Sites:
Archeological/Cultural, etc.
Recreation
Aesthetic/Scenic
Threatened/Endangered
Species
Forest Practice Rules
Assistance Available
Tax/Business Management
Recommendations/Priorities
Signature Page
After you have…
Developed your maps
Inventoried your resources
Summarized your inventory data
…it’s time to identify
opportunities, actions, and constraints
Matching Goals and Objectives
with Needs and Opportunities
Need/Opportunity
Thinned and Pruned
Conditions
Problems
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Invasive Plants
100% crown cover
Small crown ratios
Extensive deer browse
Slumping road
Blocked fish passage
Fence down
Opportunities
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Escaped Christmas
trees
Stand ready to harvest
Hunting area identified
Good spring located
Edible mushrooms
Floral greenery
Vacant field
Identifying Conditions
Work from your unit
summaries and plot
notes
Make a list for each unit
Remember to check
management goals and
objectives
Upland Unit Summary
Unit Name:
Date Inventoried:
Inventoried By:
Number of Plots in Unit:
Stand Age:
Plot Size (acres):
Slope Range:
Primary Aspect:
Unit Acreage:
Primary Slope:
Forest Structure Type:
Tree Crown Cover:
Seedings & Saplings Summary
Seedlings (.5’ to 4.5’ height)
Good per
Poor per
Total per
Acre
Acre
Acre
Species
Saplings (4.5’ height to 6.5” DBH)
Good per
Poor per
Total per
Acre
Acre
Acre
Combined
Timber Summary
Scribner Volume
(____ foot logs) per
Acre
Trees per Acre
Species
Combined
Good
Poor
Total
Ave.
DBH
At Inv.
5 Years
Cubic Volume
per Acre
At Inv.
Basal Area per
Acre
At
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5 Years Inv.
Years
Management Actions
What you need to do to fix a problem or take
advantage of an opportunity
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Thin a stand
Conduct a salvage/sanitation harvest
Harvest mushrooms or floral greenery
Repair/improve a road segment
Replace a stream crossing culvert
Control unwanted vegetation
Engage family/friends by having camping
weekends
Identifying Actions
Develop Action Plan
Make a list for each unit/objective
Consider your options
Get help if needed
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Extension Forestry Agent
Master Woodland Manager
ODF Stewardship Forester
Forestry Consultant
Constraints
Things that will limit your ability to take
action
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Lack of money
Lack of time
Lack of expertise
Poor health
Laws/rules
Factors that Determine your
Management Options
What do you Want?
Goals and
Objectives
Constraints
Existing
Condition
Regulatory &
Personal
What is Allowed
And What can I do?
What do you Have?
Ecosystem
Capability
What is Possible?
Range of Acceptability
Goals and
Objectives
Regulatory
Constraints
Ecosystem
Capability
Existing
Condition
Prioritize
Identify the most critical action items for
each stand/unit
Create a prioritized action list for the
property as a whole
Develop a Timeline
Determine
when each
item
should be
completed.
Priority
Action Item
Action
Date
1
Repair main Road Nov 2006
2
Control
Scotchbroom
May 2008
3
Thin Unit B
Sept 2006
4
Harvest Unit C
Sept 2007
Assign Responsibility
Priority Action Item
1
Repair main
Road
Action
Date
Work to be done
by…
Nov 2006
Self – hand tools
2
Control
Scotchbroom
May 2008
Self – borrow backpack
sprayer from Service
Forester
3
Thin Unit B
Sept 2006
Contract w/ logger
4
Harvest Unit C
Sept 2006
Contract w/ logger
Final Result
Contented
Landowner
Tree Farm or
other
Certification
Forest
Stewardship
Future Forests