Forest Practices Board Manual

The Forest Practices Board Manual is an advisory technical supplement to the Washington State forest practices rules (Title 222 WAC). The Forest Practices Board - an independent agency - adopts forest practices rules to set standards for timber harvesting, road construction, forest chemical application and other forest practices. (See Forest Practices Rules)

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Forest Practices Board Manual

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Cover & Table of Contents

Section 1: Method for Determination of Adequate Shade Requirements on Streams

Section 2: Standard Methods for Identifying Bankfull Channel Features and Channel Migration Zones

Section 3: Guidelines for Forest Roads

Section 4: Guidelines for Clearing Slash and Debris from Type Np and Ns Water

Section 5: Guidelines for Forest Practices Hydraulic Projects

Section 6: Guidelines for Determining Acceptable Stocking Levels

Section 7: Guidelines for Riparian Management Zones (RMZ) (Measuring Widths and Tree Counts)

Section 8: Guidelines for Wetland Delineation

Section 9: Guidelines for Wetland Replacement by Substitution or Enhancement

Section 10: Non-Native Wetland Plant Species

Section 11: Standard Methodology for Conducting Watershed Analysis

Section 12: Guidelines for Application of Forest Chemicals

Section 13: Guidelines for Determining Fish Use for the Purpose of Typing Waters

Section 14: Survey Protocol for Marbled Murrelets

Section 15: Guidelines for Estimating the Number of Marbled Murrelet Nesting Platforms

Section 16: Guidelines for Evaluating Potentially Unstable Slopes and Landforms

Section 17: Guidelines for the Small Forest Landowner Forestry Riparian Easement Program

Section 18: Guidelines for Rivers and Habitat Open Space Program

Section 19: Guidelines for Hardwood Conversion

Section 20: Guidelines for Financial Assurances

Section 21: Guidelines for Alternate Plans

Section 22: Guidelines for Adaptive Management Program

Section 23: Guidelines for Field Protocol to Locate Mapped Divisions Between Stream Types & Perennial Stream Identification

Section 24: Guidelines for the Interim Modification of Bull Trout Habitat Overlay

Section 25: Guidelines for Bull Trout Presence Survey Protocol

Section 26: Guidelines for Large Woody Debris Placement Strategies