Transcript Is Certification under the Forest Stewardship Council Feasible and Desirable at Pack Forest? Greg Ettl and Duane Emmons.

Is Certification under the Forest
Stewardship Council Feasible
and Desirable at Pack Forest?
Greg Ettl and
Duane Emmons
Meeting Goals
• Review SFI Certification
• Examine feasibility of FSC
– Recommend a course of action*
• Compare this year’s harvest options
– Recommend on harvest*
*Action Items
Post-Eatonville Fire 1926
2000- 5 TPA,
Silviculture
Pathway
plant 300 DF
2005weeding
60-81 year-old DF
2015-Thin
200 TPA
2035-Thin
100 TPA
2001 Management Plan
Mean=$3.15 Million/5 years,
Mean=9.1 MMBF
but 10-20% overestimate by LMS
http://www.packforest.org/plan/Expected_files/PackExpectedOutcomes_files/SummaryCharts2.htm
Oliver’s Classification 2000
Oliver 5C Structure
Stand Initiation
Stem Exclusion
Understory Reinitiation
Old Growth
Savanna
Oliver’s Classification Comparison
under Existing Plan
2025
Oliver 5C Structure
Stand Initiation
Stem Exclusion
Understory Reinitiation
Old Growth
Savanna
2000
Oliver 5C Structure
Stand Initiation
Stem Exclusion
Understory Reinitiation
Old Growth
Savanna
Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI)
Certification
• November 2004 Pack Forest Certified—Dean Bare’s lead
• Washington State Forest Practices and extensive forest
inventory data and management plan  compliance
• Changes? We now mandate certified loggers, Road
Maintenance and Abandonment Plan (RAMP)
• No change in annual income target
• Pack Forest as SFI Leaders--State Implementation
Committee
• Initial cost $37,000
• Third Party Certification with Annual audit $5500
FSC Certification?
• Dean Bare requested a feasibility study
• Can we maintain $500,000/yr revenue under FSC?
– 5%, 10% more or less harvest?
• FSC Forest Practice Restrictions
– Older stands (those at culmination of MAI) require 10% BA
reserve
– Stands not at MAI require 30% BA reserve
– Largest allowed cut is 60 acres
– Adjacency rules—require 7’ height of all adjacent stands
• Costs: Initial $4500 (Group Certification)
– Every 1/5th year $3000
– Other years $2000 annual
Methods
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Use existing recalibrated stand data
Stands broadly classified into 10 groups
Representative from each group selected.
88 treatment alternatives were developed for both FSC
and SFI constraints
• The representative stands were treated under the 88
alternatives in LMS and projected out 50 years
• The LMS outputs were incorporated into the Toggle
spreadsheet
• Alternatives compared in GIS database so we did not
violate FSC policies or state forest practice rules.
Stands separated into 10 groups
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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Younger than 8 years
Stands 8 – 20 with low site ground (less than 101)
Stands 8 – 20 with high site ground (greater than 101)
Stands 21 - 50 low site
Stands 21 – 50 high site
Stands 51 – 85 low site
Stands 51 – 85 high site
Stands 51-85 high site mixed conifer
Stands 51 – 85 high site mixed hardwoods
Stands 86+ old reserves
Costs used by LMS
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Planting mixed species -$135/acre
Weeding -$200/acre
PCT from below -$140/acre
CTA (100 TPA proportional) Net $300/MBF
CTB (40% RD proportional) Net $300/MBF
CC (leave 5 TPA >10”, all under 6”, all >45” DBH trees)
– Net $400 MBF
• CCA (FSC required >65 year-old [reached MAI])
– Leave 10% BA proportional, all >45” DBH trees
– Net $400 MBF
• CCB (FSC required for stands yet to reach MAI)
– Leave 30% BA proportional, all >45” DBH trees
– Net $400 MBF
Current Condition:
Plant (300 TPA)
NA
ShortNoPCTNoCT
ShortNoCT
ShortNoPCT
Standard
Long2CTCC
ShortNoCT
Standard
Long2CTCC
ShortNoPCT
Standard
Long2CTCC
Long2CTNoCC
Long2CTCC
Long2CTNoCC
ShortNoPCTNoCT
ShortNoCT
ShortNoPCT
Standard
ShortNoCT
Standard
Long2CTCC
ShortNoPCT
Standard
Long2CTCC
Long2CTNoCC
Long2CTCC
Long2CTNoCC
ShortNoPCTNoCT
ShortNoCT
ShortNoPCT
Standard
ShortNoCT
Standard
Long2CTCC
ShortNoPCT
Standard
Long2CTCC
Long2CTNoCC
Long2CTCC
Long2CTNoCC
ShortNoPCTNoCT
ShortNoCT
Now
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WD
WD
WD
WD
WD
PCT
PCT
PCT
CT A
CT A
CT A
CT A
CT B
CT B
CC A
CC A
CC A
CC A
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2016
15
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2026
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2036
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2046
CC B
CC B
PCT
CT A
PCT
PCT
CC B
CT A
CT A
WD
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2051
WD
WD
CC B
WD
CT B
PCT
CT A
CC B
CT A
CT B
CC B
CT B
CT B
CC B
WD
WD
WD
WD
PCT
PCT
PCT
CT A
CT A
CT A
CT A
CT B
CT B
CC A
CC A
CC A
CC A
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WD
CC B
CT A
PCT
WD
CC B
WD
CT B
WD
CT B
PCT
CC B
CC B
PCT
CT A
PCT
CC B
CT A
WD
CT B
WD
WD
CC B
PCT
CT A
CT A
CT B
CC B
CT B
CT B
CC B
WD
WD
WD
WD
PCT
PCT
PCT
CT A
CT A
CT A
CT A
CT B
CT B
CC A
CC A
WD
CC B
WD
CC B
WD
CT B
WD
CT B
PCT
CC B
CC B
PCT
CT A
PCT
CC B
CT A
WD
CT A
CT A
CT B
CC B
CT B
CT B
CC B
WD
WD
PCT
WD
CC B
WD
CC B
WD
CT B
PCT
ShortNoPCT
Standard
ShortNoPCT
Standard
Long2CTCC
Long2CTCC
Long2CTNoCC
ShortNoPCTNoCT
ShortNoCT
ShortNoPCT
Standard
ShortNoPCT
Standard
Long2CTCC
Long2CTCC
Long2CTNoCC
ShortNoPCTNoCT
ShortNoPCT
Standard
ShortNoPCT
Standard
Long2CTCC
Long2CTCC
Long2CTNoCC
ShortNoPCTNoCT
ShortNoPCT
Standard
Standard
Long2CTCC
Long2CTCC
Long2CTNoCC
ShortNoPCT
Standard
Long2CTCC
Long2CTNoCC
Standard
Long2CTCC
Long2CTNoCC
Standard
Long2CTCC
Long2CTNoCC
Standard
Long2CTCC
Long2CTNoCC
Standard
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CC A
CC A
WD
WD
CT A
CT A
CT A
CT B
CT B
CC A
CC A
CC A
CC A
CT A
PCT
CC B
CT B
CC B
WD
WD
WD
WD
CT A
CT A
CT A
CT B
CT B
CC A
CC A
CC A
CT A
WD
CC B
WD
WD
CT B
PCT
CT A
PCT
CC B
CT B
CC B
WD
WD
WD
CT A
CT A
CT A
CT B
CT B
CC A
CC A
CC A
CT A
WD
CC B
WD
CT B
CT A
PCT
CC B
CT B
CC B
WD
WD
WD
CT A
CT A
CT B
CT B
CC A
CC A
WD
CT B
CT A
PCT
CT B
CC B
WD
WD
CT A
CT B
CC A
PCT
WD
CT A
CT B
CC A
WD
CT A
CT B
CC A
WD
CT A
CT B
CC A
Retain Projected
30% of45
basal
years area
Plant 50 shade tolerant tpa
Projected Income Under FSC Could be Met but…Adjacency Rules
$500,000/year Discounted
$3,000,000.00
$2,500,000.00
$2,000,000.00
Total Revenue
$1,500,000.00
$500,000
$1,000,000.00
$500,000.00
$0.00
2006
2011
2016
2021
2026
2031
2036
2041
2046
2051
2056
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Stand Ages
N
0-7
8 - 20
21 - 50
51 - 85
86 - 205
N
0.5
0
0.5 Miles
Less than 5 years-old or adjacent to recently cut stands are in yellow
N
0.5
0
0.5 Miles
Stands in green are of harvestable age but are adjacent to young stands (in red).
N
0.5
0
0.5 Miles
Stands >50 years-old that do not conflict with adjacency rules
Stands cut in the next 10 years could satisfy FSC and
provide 500K, except…
Age
02468-
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3
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300
N
0.5
0
0.5 Miles
91.51 acres (tan)
Less 5% Discounted
$3,000,000.00
$2,500,000.00
$2,000,000.00
Total Revenue
$1,500,000.00
$475,000
$1,000,000.00
$500,000.00
$0.00
2006
2011
2016
2021
2026
2031
2036
2041
2046
2051
2056
Stand Ages with 5% under FSC
2006
2056
Less 10% Discounted
$2,500,000.00
2260826.55
$2,000,000.00
1679066.1
$1,500,000.00
1269089.13
Total Revenue
$450,000
958933.69
$1,000,000.00
726067.36
534894.06
$500,000.00
394755.39
305326.5
201876.71
168957
130039.89
$0.00
2006
2011
2016
2021
2026
2031
2036
2041
2046
2051
2056
Age Structures under FSC with
5% and 10% less income
FSC with $475,000/yr 2056
FSC with $450,000/yr 2056
What if we certified ½ our land under FSC?
FSC
SFI
0.5
N
0
0.5
1 Miles
SFI/FSC Acreage Comparison
SFI
FSC
Group
Age Site Index Species
Acres
Acres
1
<8
280
170
2
8-20 low, DF
110
141
3
8-20 high, DF
523
458
4
21-50 low, DF
221
323
5
21-50 high, DF
254
386
6
51-85 low, DF
89
24
7
51-85 high, DF
170
237
8
51-85 mixed conifer
208
165
9
51-85 mixed hardwood
86
64
10
>85 yrs Old-Growth
177
187
2118
2155
Total
½ FSC can only yield $237,500/yr
Less 5% Discounted
$1,400,000.00
$1,200,000.00
$1,000,000.00
$800,000.00
Total Revenue
$237,500
$600,000.00
$400,000.00
$200,000.00
$0.00
2006
2011
2016
2021
2026
2031
2036
2041
2046
2051
2056
Age
structure
under
split
SFI
and
FSC
2056
Percentage of Land Treated in Each Pathway
FSC 5%
FSC 10%
FSC split
SFI Split
13.4%
21.1%
16.0%
14.7%
Short NoPCT
NoCT
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.2%
Short NoCT
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
1.4%
ShortNoPCT
2.3%
2.3%
2.1%
3.9%
72.3%
62.3%
68.5%
70.1%
Long2CTCC
5.9%
8.2%
8.5%
4.5%
Long2CTNoCC
6.1%
5.6%
5.2%
5.1%
Do nothing
Standard
$16,232
$18,678
$10,467
$14,001
$12,180
$35,826
$17,691
$-7638
$12,320 $-15,589 $34,145
Discussion
• Advantages to FSC Certification
– Green Building Standard
– Benefits to some wildlife
– Public Relations
• Advantages to Split Certification
– CSF-PF Research Base
– Possible Funding
– Allows greater flexibility
This year’s harvest
• We need to harvest to meet budget
• There is money in reserve, but…
• Goal is to demonstrate Biodiversity Pathways
– Variable density thinning to 30 TPA
– Multiple entries (every 10-20 years)
• 100 TPA75 TPA50 TPA30 TPA
• Negative is higher costs, more land treated
• Two stands as possibilities
– Lower Murphy (29.1 acres)
– Silviculture Demo East (49.5 acres)
Silviculture Demo East 2000
Lower Murphy 2004
Harvest Options
5 TPA
50 TPA
75 TPA
100 TPA
Net $
Leave
Leave
Leave
Proportional Proportional Proportional
Net $
Net $
Net $
Silviculture $672K $403K
Demo (49.5
acres)
$274K
Previous
thin
Lower
$373K $282K
Murphy
(29.1 acres)
$199K
$134K
Retain 5Retain
TPA (current
5 TPA, Projected
forest practice
45 years
rules)
interplanted with 100 TPA shade tolerant
Lower Murphy 100 TPA
Retain 100
100 tpa
TPA(proportionally
Projected 45 years
by dbh)
interplanted with 100tpa shade tolerant
Retain
Retain
75 TPA
75 (proportionally
TPA Projected by
45 DBH)
years
interplanted with 100tpa shade tolerant
Retain
Retain
50 TPA
50 (proportionally
TPA Projected by
45 DBH)
years
interplanted with 100 TPA shade tolerant
Retain 100 TPA
Retain 100 TPA
interplanted with 100 TPA shade tolerant
Retain 75
Retain
TPA Projected
75 TPA 45 years
interplanted with 100 TPA shade tolerant
50 TPA
Retain
Projected
50 TPA45 years
interplanted with 100 TPA shade tolerant
30 TPA,
Retain
Projected
30 TPA45 years
interplanted with 50 TPA shade tolerant