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| Total MRC Acres
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 | Redwood/Douglas-Fir Forest
| Redwood/Douglas-Fir Forest
| 184,311
81%
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Redwood/Douglas-Fir Forest: Management activities in these areas are focused on economical and ecological sustainability. Redwoods and Douglas-fir in these stands will gradually become bigger and denser, and will retain habitat features such as snags, downed logs, and old growth trees. All management activities meet or exceed the Forest Practice Rules, MRC's long term management plan (Option A), and the Forest Stewardship Council guidelines.
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 | Type I Old Growth Stands
| Old Growth (Type I)
| 105
<1%
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Type I Old Growth Stands: These stands will be managed primarily for wildlife, ecological preserves and carbon sequestration. Harvesting will not occur in these stands. Old growth stands contain a wide variety of tree species, size classes and ages as well as very large redwoods and Douglas-fir. These stands also serve as a natural model of a redwood ecosystem, providing a baseline to compare to the rest of the property. Management focuses on the conservation of habitat features such as snags, downed logs, and old growth trees.
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 | Type II Old Growth Stands
| Old Growth (Type II)
| 707
<1%
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Type II Old Growth Stands: Management activities are limited to single tree selection. These stands will also be managed for wildlife, ecological diversity and carbon sequestration. Conservation measures include retention of all old growth trees as well as other forest structures such as snags and downed logs.
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 | Pygmy Forest
| Pygmy Forest
| 730
<1%
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Pygmy Forest: Pygmy forests are rare and unique ecosystems which exist near the Pacific coastline. There are many rare plants which are found only in these forests. Dwarfed pines and rhododendrons characterize these areas as well as many other plant species. Conservation measures include minimizing road disturbance, and leaving buffer zones surrounding these stands to help protect and maintain their unique vegetation and soils.
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 | Oak Woodland
| Oak Woodland
| 1,158
<1%
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Oak Woodland: Natural hardwood stands are a unique vegetation type on MRC's timberlands. These stands are comprised of a variety of true oaks mixed with Douglas-fir, and interspersed with grassy openings. Management is aimed at maintaining conservation values such as acorn production, snags and downed logs.
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 | Rock Outcrop
| Rock Outcrop
| 62
<1%
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Rock Outcrop: Rock outcrops are a unique feature in the forested landscape. Some of these features may be suitable habitat for Peregrine falcons. Management goals for protecting these sites include minimizing road building and providing vegetative buffer zones.
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 | WLPZ (Class I)
| Class I Watercourse
| 15,271
7%
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 | WLPZ (Large Class II)
| Large Class II Watercourse
| 6,223
3%
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 | WLPZ (Small Class II)
| Small Class II Watercourse
| 6,385
3%
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Class I & II Watercourse: The key management themes in these areas are to keep creeks and rivers cool, to reduce potential sediment delivered to watercourses and to provide a source of large woody material to these watercourses. These areas will contain very large and dense stands of Redwoods and Douglas-fir over time and will conserve habitat features such as snags, downed logs, and old growth trees.
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 | NSO
| Northern Spotted Owl
| 10,984
5%
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 | MaMu
| Marbled Murrelet
| 1,300
<1%
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Northern Spotted Owl & Marbled Murrelet: The key consideration for Northern Spotted Owl management is to ensure habitat is suitable for breeding and foraging requirements. We plan to do this by managing the stands closest to nesting centers as we would watercourse buffers (above) with a very dense and large forest. Stands further away will be managed with moderate density, with a focus on the recruitment and conservation of habitat features such as snags, downed logs, and old growth trees. Management activities will reflect the latest scientific information.
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 | Conservation Easement
| Conservation Easement
| 1,100
<1%
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Conservation Easement: Conservation easements come in many different shades. Some will never be harvested while others will be managed to maximize a forest product, such as carbon. Management in each conservation easement will be tailored to the easement.
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 | Carbon Sequestration
| Carbon Sequestration
| 341
<1%
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Carbon Sequestration: Management activities are limited to single tree selection. These are dense stands of thrifty conifers that can remove and store carbon dioxide from the atmosphere on a landscape level. These stands are also managed for wildlife, and ecological diversity. Conservation measures include retention of all old growth trees as well as other forest structures such as snags and downed logs.
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 | Visual
| Viewshed
| 3,654
<1%
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Viewshed: Management in important scenic areas prioritizes aesthetic goals above all else, including restoration. Some form of uneven age management is employed to direct the stand toward a Redwood and Douglas-fir forest without unduly compromising the scenic.
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What is "High Conservation Value Forest"?
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a) | Forest areas containing globally, regionally or nationally significant:
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i) | concentrations of biodiversity values (e.g. endemism, endangered species, refugia);and/or
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ii) | large landscape level forests, contained within, or containing the management unit, where viable populations of most if not all naturally occurring species exist in natural patterns of distribution and abundance.
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b) | Forest areas that are in or contain rare, threatened or endangered ecosystems
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c) | Forest areas that provide basic services of nature in critical situations (e.g. watershed protection, erosion control)
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d) | Forest areas fundamental to meeting basic needs of local communities
(e.g. subsistence, health) and/or critical to local communities' traditional cultural identity
(areas of cultural, ecological, economic or religious significance identified in cooperation with such local communities.
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Management activities in high conservation value forests shall maintain or enhance the attributes which define such forests. Decisions regarding high conservation value forests shall always be considered in the context of a precautionary approach.
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