Tongass National Forest
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Ketchikan, AK 99901

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United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service.
Concern # 04 - 14
Concern Concern has been expressed that there is inconsistent tracking of retention areas in timber harvest units.
Screen Categories 1            
Situation/
Background

The use of timber harvest unit cards throughout project planning and implementation should make it relatively easy to track these areas. Areas that are designed for long term retention such as that designed and retained to meet marten and goshawk standards and guidelines need to be trackable in the appropriate GIS or other suitable map base. Timber management maintains existing vegetation and managed stands layers in GIS to track such retention along with much other information.

Discussion
Strategy

The Strategy Options described for the concerns related to potential affects of goshawk and marten standards and guidelines on the ASQ [04-8], and the concern that new or updated information from projects are not being incorporated into the corporate library, especially GIS [04-3] will address this concern.
Priority High
Skills Needed
  • GIS data stewards
  • Forest Silviculturalist
  • District Silviculture Representative
  • Forest Biologist
  • Forest Planner
Time Frame 1 month
Expected Outputs
  • Update 2409.26d and 1909.15 Handbooks
  • NEPA cleared and as laid out layers in GIS
Status Progress towards a consistent NEPA cleared layer compatible with FACTS (Forest Service Activities Tracking System)