Susitna Forestry Guidelines

• Location Map
• Map of the Planning Area
• Plan Adoption Signatures
• PDF File of Entire Plan
• Preface Includes: Cover, Summary of How to use the Susitna Forestry Guidelines, Table of Contents, List of Maps, Figures, and Tables, Acronyms and Abbreviations, Using The Susitna Forestry Guidelines for Timber Sales, Personal Use Permits, and Roads

Chapter 1  Introduction

Includes: Summary of Purpose, Relationship to Land Use Plans and Legislation, Area Affected by Susitna Forest Guidelines, Planning Process, Who Implements the Guidelines

Chapter 2 Forest Management Guidelines

• Section I Forest Management Program
  Includes: Timber Sale Program and Timber Base, Personal Use Wood, Research Natural Area and Experimental Forests, Fire Management
• Section II Timber Sale Design and Management
  Includes: Public Use, Timber Sale Design, Harvesting Systems, Harvesting Schedules, Slash Disposal, Site Preparation, Reforestation, Use of Chemicals
• Section III Management of Special Areas
  Includes: Agricultural Lands, Bald Eagle Habitat, Brown Bear Habitat, Deception Creek, Fish and Wildlife Habitat – General, Heritage Sites, Marten Habitat, Moose Habitat, Private Lands, Recreation and Scenic Resources, Rivers, Streams, and Lakes, Trail Corridors, Trumpeter Swan Nesting Areas, Wetlands
• Section IV Access Design and Management
  Includes: Access Location and Design, Road Construction, Road Management
• Section V Public Notice and Interagency Coordination

Chapter 3 Implementation

Includes: Procedures for Guideline Modification, Research, Recommended Changes in Land Use Plans, Funding and Enforcement, Rights-of-way

Appendices

• Appendix A  Glossary
• Appendix B  Citizens’ Advisory Committee Participating Organizations
• Appendix C-1 Gross Timber Acreage by Subunit
• Appendix C-2 Gross Timber Volume by Subunit
• Appendix D    Forest Land Use Plan Requirements
• Appendix E     Recreation Opportunity Spectrum for the Susitna Forestry Guidelines Area
• Appendix F     Requirements for Winter Travel
• Appendix G    Acknowledgements, Planning Team, Staff, Technical Advisors and Signature Pages
• Appendix H    Publications Related to the Guidelines

Index