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HomeMy WebLinkAboutApplication APPLICANT 5/2/2011 ,;- . . :City of Springfield Development Services Department 225 Fifth Street Springfield, OR 97477 Tree Felling Permit Required P~oject 'InfolCmation ~ I -.' (Appli~ant: complete this section) A licant Name: Phone: 541-895-5007 Com an : Gra Ja na Cook, LLC Fax: 541-895-3947 Address: 35300 Hendricks Road Creswell, Or 97426 " . - ''t-..-'' --;-.J_: A Iicant's Re .. N/A Com an : Phone: Fax: Address: Owner: Gra Ja na Cook, LLC Phone: 541-895-5007 Com an Gra Ja na Cook, LLC Fax: 541-895-3947 Address: 35300 Hendricks Road Creswell, Or 97426 ASSESSOR'S MAP NO: 17-02-35-00,18-02-02-00 TAX LOT NO S 3500,3604,100 7606 McKenzie H , S rin field, Or 97478 Borders McKenzie H E and W , 175 acres Acres ~ S uare Feet D Description of If you are filling in this form by hand, please attach your proposal description to this application. Pro osal: see attached timber thinnin Ian - (J1y{ ). A lication Fee: Technical Fee: '141~ 1&;0-00 PRSZOo&' 00035 TOTAL FEES: PROJECT NUMBER: Ur: .;eJ''!\E = _..---"t-_-:;~"".... "'~~',. ""~~ --,"-->.L-c' ~-'~__ .~.'......,;~,,,,-j",,,::....._..' '-.:!.3Ji""'o '''"'-'''>i'-~_...,(F . _:!:i"L".,.._ -c~).- Date Received: ,. MAY - 2 2011 Original Submittal Revised 1/1/08 Molly Markarian 1 of 5 ..~;.. . . . Signatures Applicant: The undersigned acknowledges that the information in this application is correct and accurate. b ~"a- Date, 4/20/2011 ~Signature Hugh Gray Print If the applicant is not the owner, the owner hereby grants permission for the applicant to act in his/her behalf. Owner: ~ ~^- -- Date: Signature j'-..Y ~ ?r€3_ G,,~, ~Q~ C&ck (tc Print -:::J ) tJ" , I Date Received: . MAY- 22011 Original Submittal Revised 1/1/08 Moily Markarian 2 of 5 . . TIMBER HARVEST PLAN OWNER: Hugh Gray, Connie Jaqua, Glenda Cook Estate PREPARED FOR: City of Springfield DATE: April 20, 2011 LEGAL DESCRIPTION: The property is a 175 acre tract of land that borders the McKenzie Hwy to the north and the crest of the hill to the south. It touches the southeast boundary of the City of Springfield at the south end of Holly Street east offnnd street: It is east of the Webb property and the Springfield Memorial Cemetery. The entire tract is legally described as portions of Sections 2 and 35 in Township 17 and 18 South and Range 2 West in Lane County, Oregon. The Harvest Plan involves timber in Tax Lot 100, Section 2, Township 18 South, Range 2 West. All but a portion of the Southeast comer of the tract is in the Urban Growth Boundary of the City of Springfield. INTRODUCTION: This tract of land is part of a Century Farm, owned by Hugh Gray of Creswell, Connie Jaqua of Springfield and Glenda Cook Estate of Costa Mesa, Ca. It has been in the Gray family under continuous ownership for over ISO years. Our harvest plan (being submitted at this time to Springfield) is much the same as has been implemented over the past 100 years of our stewardship. The thinning operation that we propose is part of the forest management practices which have kept it healthy, growing, and far less of a fire danger to the nearby neighborhoods. In addition, our forest management has generated needed income to pay property taxes and for land improvements. The Gray family is proud of the way we have handled the past thinning operations. People have only to look at the hill to see that we have maintained a nice stand of timber. Our interests have always been in maintaining the beauty of the land while increasing the productivity and health of the forest. This thinning operation will continue that objective. The thinning operation proposed for summer 20 II, is a continuation of our long range thinning plan. The thinning operation will be conducted on Area's 1,3,4, and 5. We project to harvest an average of 8 trees per acre on these four areas. Future development, along with Park and Trail enhancements will be a top priority as we conduct our thinning operation. Page I - GRAY F AMIL Y TIMBER HARVEST PLAN Date Received: MAY - 2 2011 ('\r!ginal Submittal . . GENERAL DESCRIPTION: The timber harvest area lays to the east of the Springfield City limits, southeast of the Springfield Memorial Cemetery and southeast of the McKenzie Hills, south nnd street development area. We run the ridgeline from due south of the Cemetery property to 0 & C timber to the east directly south of 79th street. Because of the lay of the land and the harvestable timber, the closest logging to any home will be % of a mile. A ridge of timbered property ( about 20 acres), owned by the Springfield Memorial Cemetery is added sight and sound buffer to the citizens of McKenzie Hills on south nnd street. Most of the harvest area has a north slope, some trending to a northeast slope. The steepness of the slopes is most commonly 10 to 40 %, with some as steep as 60 %. The steep areas are 200 to 250 feet or less, separated by flatter benches. There are several runoff streams in th~ winter and early spring, but no year around streams exist in the harvest areas. Douglas Fir and Big Leaf Maple, 25 to 60 years old dominate the vegetation in the harvest area. There is some Grand Fir, Alder, Oak and Incense Cedar in the area. Our tree counts (attached) indicate 60 to 75 % Conifers and 25 to 40 % Hardwoods. LOGGING METHODS & PRACTICES: 1. Falling and Bucking: The timber cutter will fall trees to lead with the skid trails to minimize damage to "Leave" trees and insure a good canopy cover. This practice protects the remaining Conifers and Hardwoods, as well as preserving the view from below. When slopes are greater than 40 %, trees will be cut and left tree length for yarding. This will minimize turns and thus help prevent erosion. Cutting of an occasional Hardwood tree will be done only for safety. All snags or possible Wildlife trees will be left undisturbed. On an average there will be 8 trees cut per acre (all conifers). No tree less than 12 inches diameter at breast height will be cut. Our No-Cut areas, property boundaries and buffer zones (see attached map) will also be undisturbed. Our plan allows for about 3/4 mile buffer zone, so equipment noise will be at a minimum for our neighbors. 2. Yarding: All skid trails are already established from previous thinning operations. No new skid trails will be needed. When the logging is completed, they will be water barred and reseeded to prevent any erosion. 3. Landings: All existing landings will be used for short yarding, No new landings will be needed. This will cause less ground disturbance, visual impact and slash accumulation. Landing size is 60 to 120 feet, parallel with our haul roads. Page 2 - GRAY F AMIL Y TIMBER HARVEST PLAN Date Received: MAY'- 2 2011 OriGinal Submittal . . 4. Trucking and Roads: The existing roads will be used. No new roads are needed, (roads ar.e detailed on map). Logs will be loaded by self-loading log trucks at our landings. Our main haul road enters Hwy 126 about 3/4 mile east of Springfield Memorial Cemetery. 5. Erosion Control: Erosion potential is moderate, considering the fact that all exi~ting haul roads, skid trails and landings will be used. Water bars will be constructed on all haul roads and skid trails after the thinning operation is completed. All haul roads, skid trails and landings will be reseeded in the fall to further minimize the potential for water damage. . 6. Slash Disposal: In a thinning' operation of this sort, the slash is generally light and fairly well scattered. Past experience has shown that Mother Nature does a good job of rotting' the slash material, thus adding to soilfertility. In the areas where slash is more concentrated we will spread it with a cat to help speed the rotting process. 7. Scheduling: It is necessary to have dry conditions for the thinning operation. The summer months beginning in June provide the right weather conditions. The job should be completed in 45 to 60 days. Fire danger increases as summer progresses, so the earlier the start the better. 8. Fire Protection: Our established roads and skid trails allow for good fire protection. All fire fighting tools and equipment required by the Oregon State Forester will be available on the site at all times. 9. Wildlife: The usual wildlife species of West em Oregon are present"on the property. As in the paSt, abandoned roads and skid trails become main travel ways for most species in the forest. We are sure that deer, for example, enjoy the ease of traveling our roads from one place to another. Feeding is much easier for them, rather than picking their way through underbrush on steep side hills. Old and rotted logs from previous logging will be left as they provide food and shelter for many types of animals. All snags and trees with tree dwellers will be left undisturbed. In some places, more light will reach the forest floor because of the thinning, thereby promoting more forage growth on which wildlife feeds. 10. Reforestation: As this is only a thinning, there will be no need for any replanting. The thinned crowns Will allow for more rapid growth ofthe remaining trees. Page 3 - GRAY F AMIL Y TIMBER HARVEST PLAN Date Received: MAY - 2 2011 Onginal Submittal . . II. Monitoring: Hugh Gray will be managing and monitoring the thinning operations. He will insure all cutting, yarding, roads, erosion control, fire protection, wildlife habitat and boundary rules and regulations are being implemented and enforced throughout the timber harvesting plan. Hugh will also make himself available to answer any questions that the City of Springfield employees, Willamalane employees, or local citizens might have about our harvest plan. SUMMARY: The Gray Family Harvest Plan emphasizes the following: I. A.great many years of experience in thiiming type logging operations. 2. Vast knowledge of our tract of land, 'along with our strong desire to protect its beauty for us, as well as our neighbors. 3. Long established roads, landings, and skid trails. 4. Conservative Thiiming Plan: The cutting of 8 trees per acre (all conifers) in our specific thinning areas. 5. Given the facts, we are on the eastern most boundary of the UGB, plus our buffer zones, our city neighbors will not be disturbed by the sights and sounds of the harvest operation. 6. Our harvest operations in 1988, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1998,2003 and 2006 have been conducted in accordance with our plan: 1 - minimum impact on the environment, 2 - minimum visual and sound impact on our neighbors, 3 - continuation of a sustained yield of timber for future harvests, 4 - coordination with Willarrialane to insure our thinning continues to best serve future development, trail planning and park. Page 4 - GRAY F AMIL Y TIMBER HARVEST PLAN Date Received: MAY - 2 2011 0,"1'" Subm""'l~ . . AREA TREE COUNTS A tree count (both Conifers and Hardwoods) was done in each area within the harvest plan. Six 1225 square feet squares were selected throughout each proposed thinning area. No tree count was done Area 2 (a no logging area), or the buffer zones (a no logging area. The squares were chosen throughout the areas so that there tree numbers would be representative of the entire area. Every tree 6 inch DBH or'larger was counted in the six 1225 square feet squares. All six squares totaled 7350 square feet, which is 16.8 % of an acre. By dividing 43,500 (square feet in I acre) by 7350 you get a factor of5.93, which when multiplied by the total trees in the six squares, a tree number per acre is determined. · uneven tree numbers were rounded to nearest full number. · all trees measured DBH (diameter at breast height). . . · all area tree counts are updated to reflect conifers removed per acre in 2006 thinning operation. · average over Area 1, 3, 4 and 5 was 6 trees per acre logged out. · tree counts (both conifer and hardwood) have changed slightly, due to growth of small trees into the 6"-7" measurement. In addition, tree numbers in all DBH measurement categories change due to approximately 4% growth per tree, per year. AREA 1 Conifers in 7350 square feet .6"-7" 8"-11" 12" -17" 18" - over Total 14 12 II 6 43 Conifers per Acre 6"-7" 8" -II" 12"-17" 18" - over Total 84 72 66 36 258 Hardwood in 7350 square feet 6"-7" 8"-11" 12"-17" 18" - over Total 6 5 4 3 18 Hardwoods per Acre 6"-7" 8" -II" 12"-17" 18" - over Total 40 30 24 18 112 AREA 2 Page 5 - ORA Y F AMIL Y TIMBER HARVEST PLAN MAY - 2 2011 Original Submittal__.____ . . AREA 3 Conifers in 7350 square feet 6"-7" 8"-11" 12"-17" 18" - over Total 20 12 15 5 52 Conifers per Acre 6"-7" 8" -11" 12"-17" 18" - over Total. 120 72 90 30 312 Hardwoods in 7350 square feet 6"-7" \ 8" -II" 12"-17" 18" - over Total. 8 4 3 2 17 Hardwoods per Acre 6"-7" 8" -11" 12" -IT' 18" - over Total 48 24 18 12 102 AREA 4 Conifers in 7350 square feet 6"-7" 8" -11" 12"-17" 18" - over Total 17 13 12 5 47 Conifers per Acre 6"-7" 8" -11" 12"-17" 18" - over Total 102 76 72 15 265 Hardwoods.in 7350 square feet 6"-7" 8"-11" 12" -17" 18" - over Total 9 6 8 3 26 Hardwood per Acre 6"-7" 8" -11" 12" -IT' 18" - over Total 54 36 48 18 182 Page 6 - GRAY F AMIL Y TIMBER HARVEST PLAN Date Received: MAY - 2 2011 Original Submittal . . AREA 5 Conifers in 7350 square feet 6" - 7" 8" - II" 12" - 17" 27 12 7 18" - over Total 3 49 Conifers per Acre 6"-7" 8"-11" 12"-17" 18"-over Total 162 72 42 14 290 Area 5 has approximately 38 young conifers per acres under 6". 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