1. Ron Torgerson – FFSL Central Area Manager Nick Mustoe – Central Area Forester Fred Johnson – Fire Management Officer

2. Agenda Understanding Trees Forests Through Time Forest Health Risks and Resources Forest Practices Act Utah Water Quality Guidelines Forest Action Plan Utah Wildfire Risk Assessment Portal

3. How Do Trees Allocate Energy? Maintenance and Respiration Height Growth Diameter Growth Energy Storage Insect and Disease Resistance Reproduction

4. Forests Through Time

5. Forest Health Concerns Spruce Beetle Mountain Pine Beetle

6. 2013-2027 National Insect and Disease Risk Map Viewer Link:http://foresthealth.fs.usda.gov/nidrm/ Short Link:http://goo.gl/g7eBZJ 2013-2027 National Insect and Disease Risk Map Viewer Full Link: http://foresthealth.fs.usda.gov/nidrm/http://foresthealth.fs.usda.gov/nidrm/ Short Link: http://goo.gl/g7eBZJhttp://goo.gl/g7eBZJ

7. Documents to Consider Forest Practices Act Utah Forest Water Quality Guidelines Forest Action Plan

8. Forest Practices Act (65A-8a) The Utah Forest Practices Act is a state law which requires the registration of operators and notification by operators of intent to conduct forest practices on private land.

9. Forest Practices Act Forest Practices Include: – harvesting of trees such as thinning and salvage operations – new road construction and maintenance associated with harvesting or accessing trees – site preparation for regeneration of a timber stand – reforestation – management of logging slash Forest practices do not include the following: harvest of Christmas trees harvest of trees for noncommercial, personal use by the owner harvesting operations encompassing fewer than 5 contiguous acres of forest land.

10. Utah’s Forest Water Quality Guidelines Full Link: http://www.ffsl.utah.gov/images/forestry/stewardship/UFWQGBook.pdfhttp://www.ffsl.utah.gov/images/forestry/stewardship/UFWQGBook.pdf Short Link: http://goo.gl/LjXYo2http://goo.gl/LjXYo2

11. Forest Action Plan Priorities – Conserve and Manage Working Forest Landscapes for Multiple Values and Uses Forest Stewardship Forest Legacy – Protect Forests from Threats Wildland Fire Efforts (Catastrophic Wildfire Reduction) Forest Health – Enhance Public Benefits from Trees and Forests Fire Prevention Urban and Community Forestry

12. Utah Forest Action Plan 2016 Full Link: http://www.ffsl.utah.gov/images/forestry/stateassessment/UtahFAP-2016- LowRes.pdfhttp://www.ffsl.utah.gov/images/forestry/stateassessment/UtahFAP-2016- LowRes.pdf Short Link: http://goo.gl/nRBwoFhttp://goo.gl/nRBwoF

13. Utah Forest Action Plan 2016 Priority Area Map Full Link: http://arcg.is/1njPIuthttp://arcg.is/1njPIut Short Link: http://goo.gl/6A0kZRhttp://goo.gl/6A0kZR

14. Thinking About RMP Efforts “Healthy forest stands feature 40 trees per acre.” “We want to get the forest back to a pre- European state.”

15. Implementing Forest Action Plan On the Ground Maintain forests with diversity of: Age Classes Densities Species Through: Appropriate landscape scale forest management approach (harvest/prescribed fire/etc) In order to provide a sustainable supply of: Market and nonmarket goods and services (wildlife, forest products, and watershed services)

16. What Makes Forest Management More Difficult? Low acreage forest ownership Fewer operating mills to process material Difficulty in wood product market

18. Possible Future Markets Biomass Carbon Sequestration

19. Utah Wildfire Risk Assessment Portal Will be open to public this year. Shapefiles available upon request. email:nmustoe@utah.gov