{"id":65,"date":"2016-06-15T22:33:40","date_gmt":"2016-06-15T22:33:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wfrc.org\/new_wfrc\/crmp\/?page_id=65"},"modified":"2016-06-20T22:35:25","modified_gmt":"2016-06-20T22:35:25","slug":"forest-management","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wfrc.org\/new_wfrc\/crmp\/forest-management\/","title":{"rendered":"Forest Management"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- Image of resource --><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"resource-image\" src=\"..\/wp-content\/images\/resources\/Forest Management-Wasatch NF - Bells Canyon Trail.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Forest management consists of the principles and actions for the regeneration, use, and conservation of forests. Forests, woodlands, and urban forests add to the quality of life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Related resources for County planning include the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"..\/fire-management\/\" target=\"_blank\">Fire Management<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"..\/noxious-weeds\/\" target=\"_blank\">Noxious Weeds<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"omsc-accordion\">\n<p><!-- Map --><br \/>\n<div class=\"omsc-toggle omsc-expanded\"><div class=\"omsc-toggle-title\">Map of Data<\/div><div class=\"omsc-toggle-inner\" style=\"display:block\">\n<div class=\"invisible\">\n<table id=\"tablepress-64\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-64\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\">url<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">useLayers<\/th><th class=\"column-3\">startVisible<\/th><th class=\"column-4\">rasterName<\/th><th class=\"column-5\">imageServer<\/th><th class=\"column-6\">resourceReference<\/th><th class=\"column-7\">DisplayOrder<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">http:\/\/maps.ffsl.utah.gov\/arcgis\/rest\/services\/Forestry\/UtahUrbanTreeInventory\/MapServer<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">0<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">n<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td><td class=\"column-6\">ref-ForestManagement<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">http:\/\/landfire.cr.usgs.gov\/arcgis\/rest\/services\/Landfire\/US_130\/MapServer<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">14<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">n<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">US 130FRG<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td><td class=\"column-6\">ref-ForestManagement<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">http:\/\/maps.ffsl.utah.gov\/arcgis\/rest\/services\/Forestry\/ForestActionPlanPriorityAreas\/MapServer<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">0<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">n<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td><td class=\"column-6\">ref-ForestManagement<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">http:\/\/gis.wfrc.org\/arcgis\/rest\/services\/CRMP\/ForestManagement_Service\/MapServer<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">0<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">y<\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><\/td><td class=\"column-6\">ref-ForestManagement<\/td><td class=\"column-7\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-64 from cache --><\/div>\n<div id=\"mapArea\"><\/div>\n<p><script src=\"..\/wp-content\/maps\/js\/setupMap.min.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"layerName\"><strong>LAYER NAME TRANSLATION (alphabetical)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>US 130FRG<\/strong>= LANDFIRE Fire Regime Groups.<\/div>\n<p><a title=\"undefined\" href=\"..\/wp-content\/mxds\/ForestResources.zip\" target=\"_blank\">Download mxd<\/a> The\u00a0ESRI mxd file of the services used to create the above map.\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><!-- Resource Information --><br \/>\n<div class=\"omsc-toggle\"><div class=\"omsc-toggle-title\">Resource Information<\/div><div class=\"omsc-toggle-inner\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Potential benefits that come from good forest management include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recreation<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aesthetics<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Clean water<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Forest products (lumber, firewood, Christmas trees, etc.)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wildlife habitat<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Within the WFRC counties, the common forest types are as follows<a href=\"#ref\">[1]<\/a>: <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Urban forests within cities<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oak-maple forests in low elevations<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pinyon-juniper forests low to mid-elevations<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Douglas-fir forests in mid-elevations<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aspen forests in low to high elevations<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Dominant Vegetation data can be used to identify forested areas, while the Existing Vegetation Type (US 130 EVT) data can be used to identify vegetation type.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Forestry information and professional help can be obtained from the following agencies:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ffsl.utah.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Utah Division of Forestry, Fire, and State Lands<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/forestry.usu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Utah State University Forestry Extension<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2010 (updated for 2016) the Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands developed the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ffsl.utah.gov\/images\/forestry\/stateassessment\/UtahFAP-2016-LowRes.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Utah Statewide Forest Resource Assessment<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The assessment:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">provides an analysis of the forest conditions and trends in the state;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">addresses current state and national resource management priorities;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">spatially delineates priority rural and urban forest landscape areas;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ensures that state and federal resources are being focused on important landscape areas with the greatest opportunity for shared management priorities and achieve meaningful outcomes (see the Utah\u2019s Forest Action Plan data for priority areas); and<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">enables the efficient, strategic and focused use of limited program resources.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many communities demonstrate their commitment to urban forests by participating the the Tree City USA program <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/utahdnr.maps.arcgis.com\/apps\/Viewer\/index.html?appid=2fc204fb81be480f83bf044933611e2f\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(online map of Utah&#8217;s 2014 Tree City USA Communities).<\/span><\/a> Also, the Utah Urban Tree Inventory data shows the location of urban trees for communities that have done an inventory.<br \/>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><!-- Best Management Practices --><br \/>\n<div class=\"omsc-toggle\"><div class=\"omsc-toggle-title\">Best Management Practices<\/div><div class=\"omsc-toggle-inner\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Any harvesting of forestry products should follow the practices within <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/forestry.usu.edu\/files\/uploads\/ufwqgtech.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Utah\u2019s Forestry Water Quality Guidelines<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. These guidelines \u201care a collection of voluntary, field applicable practices for use during forestry activities to protect soil and water resources. They are designed to minimize nonpoint source pollution (sedimentation, soil erosion) associated with forestry activities.\u201d<a href=\"#ref\">[2]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ffsl.utah.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Utah Division of Forestry, Fire, and State Lands<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> can give guidance and assist with preparing contracts with loggers and in preparing Forest Stewardship Plans<\/span><br \/>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><!-- Economic Considerations --><br \/>\n<div class=\"omsc-toggle\"><div class=\"omsc-toggle-title\">Economic Considerations<\/div><div class=\"omsc-toggle-inner\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The market for forest products is very small in Utah, but it does exist. Forest products may be sold by board feet, by volume, or by piecemeal depending upon the product and the buyer. A professional forester can assist the seller in choosing the correct unit of measure and in determining value of the product.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">USU Extension maintains a <a title=\"undefined\" href=\"http:\/\/forestry.usu.edu\/htm\/forest-products\/forest-products-industry\/utah-sawmills\" target=\"_blank\">list a sawmills<\/a> interested in buying logs from Utah.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The non-extractive products and benefits that come from Utah\u2019s forests, such as recreation, water quality, wildlife habitat, and aesthetics are valuable. These contribute greatly to the quality of life in Utah and should be considered in any value consideration of Utah\u2019s forests.<\/span><br \/>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><!-- Impact Considerations --><br \/>\n<div class=\"omsc-toggle\"><div class=\"omsc-toggle-title\">Impact Considerations<\/div><div class=\"omsc-toggle-inner\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unwise management or use of forest resources can cause erosion and water quality degradation, loss of wildlife habitat, forest health may decline increasing insect and disease outbreaks, potential for wildland fires may increase, and forests may be lost from the landscape.<\/span><br \/>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><!-- Data Table --><br \/>\n<div class=\"omsc-toggle\"><div class=\"omsc-toggle-title\">Data Download<\/div><div class=\"omsc-toggle-inner\">\n<div class=\"download-icons\">\u00a0<span class=\"wp-svg-stack stack\"><\/span> GIS Data <span class=\"wp-svg-target target\"><\/span> Map Service <span class=\"wp-svg-screen screen\"><\/span> Web Map <span class=\"wp-svg-file file\"><\/span> Document\u00a0<span class=\"wp-svg-table table\"><\/span> Tabular Data\u00a0<span class=\"wp-svg-globe globe\"><\/span> Website<\/div>\n\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-40\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-40\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\">Data Name<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">Data Explanation<\/th><th class=\"column-3\">Publication Date<\/th><th class=\"column-4\">Spatial Accuracy<\/th><th class=\"column-5\">Contact<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Utah Forest Action Plan Priority Areas<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/maps.ffsl.utah.gov\/arcgis\/rest\/services\/Forestry\/ForestActionPlanPriorityAreas\/MapServer\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"wp-svg-target target\"><\/span><\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Areas of priority interest regarding forests<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2015<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Unknown<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">Geoff McNaughton geoffmcnaughton@utah.gov<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ffsl.utah.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">Utah Division of Forestry, Fire, and State Lands<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Urban Tree Inventories<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/maps.ffsl.utah.gov\/arcgis\/rest\/services\/Forestry\/UtahUrbanTreeInventory\/MapServer\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"wp-svg-target target\"><\/span><\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Trees in urban areas<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Updated as inventories are conducted<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Unknown<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ffsl.utah.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">Utah Division of Forestry, Fire, and State Lands<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">USFS Timber Harvest History <br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/apps.fs.fed.us\/arcx\/rest\/services\/EDW_FEATURE\/EDW_TimberHarvest_01\/FeatureServer\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"wp-svg-target target\"><\/span><\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Areas treated as a part of the timber harvest program 1820 - 2015<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/data.fs.usda.gov\/geodata\/edw\/edw_resources\/meta\/S_USA.Activity_TimberHarvest.xml\" target=\"_blank\">Metadata<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">February, 2016<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Updated Weekly<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fs.fed.us\/nrm\/index.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">United States Forest Service FACTS database<\/a><br \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Dominant Vegetation<br \/>\n<a href=\"ftp:\/\/ftp.agrc.utah.gov\/UtahSGID_Vector\/UTM12_NAD83\/BIOSCIENCE\/UnpackagedData\/DominantVegetation\/_Statewide\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"wp-svg-stack stack\"><\/span><\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Easy to use data to identify general location of major tree species<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2001<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1:24,000 and 1:40,000<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wildlife.utah.gov\" target=\"_blank\">Utah Division of Wildlife Resources<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">LANDFIRE Existing Vegetation Type (us_130evt)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.landfire.gov\/bulk\/downloadfile.php?FNAME=US_130_Mosaic-US_130_EVT_04232015.zip&amp;TYPE=landfire\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"wp-svg-stack stack\"><\/span><\/a> ,  <a href=\"http:\/\/landfire.cr.usgs.gov\/arcgis\/rest\/services\/Landfire\/US_130\/MapServer\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"wp-svg-target target\"><\/span><\/a> , <a href=\"http:\/\/landfire.cr.usgs.gov\/viewer\/viewer.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"wp-svg-screen screen\"><\/span><\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Use to distinguish between developed and vegetated land<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/landfire.cr.usgs.gov\/distmeta\/servlet\/gov.usgs.edc.MetaBuilder?TYPE=HTML&amp;DATASET=F0I\" target=\"_blank\">Metadata<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2012<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Delivered as 30 meter pixels but should not be used as individual pixel or as small groups of pixels<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">Wildland Fire Science, Earth Resources Observation and Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/landfire.cr.usgs.gov\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">LANDFIRE website<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-40 from cache -->\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- References --><\/p>\n<h3>References<\/h3>\n<div id=\"ref\"><\/div>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">McAvoy, D., M. Kuhns, and J. Black.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2012. <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/extension.usu.edu\/files\/publications\/publication\/NR_FF_011.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Utah Forest Types: An Introduction to Utah&#8217;s Forests<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Utah State University Cooperative Extension. NR\/FF\/011.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Department of Natural Resources, Division of Forestry, Fire, and State Lands. 2015. <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/forestry.usu.edu\/files\/uploads\/ufwqgtech.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Utah\u2019s Forest Water Quality Guidelines<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, State of Utah.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Forest management consists of the principles and actions for the regeneration, use, and conservation of forests. Forests, woodlands, and urban forests add to the quality of life. Related resources for County planning include the following: Fire Management Noxious Weeds &nbsp; &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfrc.org\/new_wfrc\/crmp\/forest-management\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"resources_page.php","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-65","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wfrc.org\/new_wfrc\/crmp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/65","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wfrc.org\/new_wfrc\/crmp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wfrc.org\/new_wfrc\/crmp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wfrc.org\/new_wfrc\/crmp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wfrc.org\/new_wfrc\/crmp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.wfrc.org\/new_wfrc\/crmp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/65\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":205,"href":"https:\/\/www.wfrc.org\/new_wfrc\/crmp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/65\/revisions\/205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wfrc.org\/new_wfrc\/crmp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}