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

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

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

Forests Through Time

Forest Health Concerns Spruce Beetle Mountain Pine Beetle

National Insect and Disease Risk Map Viewer Link: Short Link: National Insect and Disease Risk Map Viewer Full Link: Short Link:

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

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.

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.

Utah’s Forest Water Quality Guidelines Full Link: Short Link:

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

Utah Forest Action Plan 2016 Full Link: LowRes.pdfhttp:// LowRes.pdf Short Link:

Utah Forest Action Plan 2016 Priority Area Map Full Link: Short Link:

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

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)

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

Possible Future Markets Biomass Carbon Sequestration

Utah Wildfire Risk Assessment Portal Will be open to public this year. Shapefiles available upon request.