Board Manual Overview
The Forest Practices Board Manual is an advisory technical supplement to the forest practices rules, Title 222 WAC.
The Forest Practices Board adopts rules that set standards for forest practices such as timber harvest, pre-commercial thinning, road construction, fertilization, and forest chemical application. (See Forest Practices Rules and Forest Practices Rule Making Activity.)
The 1974 Forest Practices Act established the Forest Practices Board. The Board is an independent state agency chaired by the Commissioner of Public Lands or his designee. DNR provides staff support to the Board and implements and enforces the forest practices rules.
Board Manual Development and Review
Before the Forest Practices Board approves changes to sections of the Forest Practices Board Manual, stakeholders and the public are invited to review them and submit comments. For more information and to review recent proposed changes please visit our Forest Practices Board Manual Development page.
Forest Practices Board Manual
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Download all sections combined:
Forest Practices Board Manual (8,477KB PDF)
Download individual sections:
Cover & Table of Contents (24KB PDF)
Section 1 Method for Determination of Adequate Shade Requirements on Streams (33KB PDF)
Section 2 Standard Methods for Identifying Bankfull Channel Features and Channel Migration Zones updated 11/04 (2,799KB PDF)
Section 3 Guidelines for Forest Roads updated 8/11 (1,625KB PDF)
Section 4 Guidelines for Clearing Slash and Debris from Type Np and Ns Water (32KB PDF)
Section 5 Guidelines for Landing Location and Construction (30KB PDF)
Section 6 Guidelines for Determining Acceptable Stocking Levels (48KB PDF)
Section 7 Guidelines for Riparian Management Zones(RMZ) (Measuring Widths and Tree Counts) updated 02/10 (806KB PDF)
Section 8 Guidelines for Wetland Delineation (113KB PDF)
Section 9 Guidelines for Wetland Replacement by Substitution or Enhancement (37KB PDF)
Section 10 Non-Native Wetland Plant Species (40KB PDF)
Section 11 Standard Methodology for Conducting Watershed Analysis updated 05/11 (97KB PDF)
Section 12 Guidance for Application of Forest Chemicals (34KB PDF)
Section 13 Guidelines for Determining Fish Use for the Purpose of Typing Waters Under WAC 222-16-031 (51KB PDF)
Section 14 Survey Protocol for Marbled Murrelets updated 02/04 (11KB PDF)
Section 15 Guidelines for Estimating the Number of Marbled Murrelet Nesting Platforms updated 02/04 (511KB PDF)
Section 16 Guidelines for Evaluating Potentially Unstable Slopes and Landforms updated 11/04 (1,213KB PDF)
Section 17 Guidelines for the Small Forest Landowner Forestry Riparian Easement Program Under development (30KB PDF)
Section 18 Guidelines for Rivers and Habitat Open Space Program updated 05/11 (30KB PDF)
Section 19 Guidelines for Hardwood Conversion Under development (30KB PDF)
Section 20 Guidelines for Financial Assurances Under development (30KB PDF)
Section 21 Guidelines for Alternate Plans updated 02/10 (201KB PDF)
Section 22 Guidelines for Adaptive Management Program updated 09/05 (331KB PDF)
Section 23 Guidelines for Field Protocol to Locate Mapped Divisions Between Stream Types & Perennial Stream Identification Under development (30KB PDF)
Section 24 Guidelines for the Interim Modification of Bull Trout Habitat Overlay Under development (30KB PDF)
Section 25 Guidelines for Bull Trout Presence Survey Protocol Under development (30KB PDF)
Section 26 Guidelines for Large Woody Debris Placement Strategies (70KB PDF)