Forest Resources Management Plan
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Table of Contents
| Executive Summary | i | ||
| 1. 0 Mission | 1:1 | ||
| 1.1 Mission | 1:1 | ||
| 1.2 Management Approach | 1.1 | ||
| 1.3 Certification | 1.1 | ||
| 2.0 Plan Context | 2:1 | ||
| 2.1 Economic Context | 2:1 | ||
| 2.2 Social Context | 2:2 | ||
| 2.3 Ecological Context | 2:2 | ||
| 2.4 Forest Dynamics | 2:9 | ||
| 3. 0 Resource Description | 3:1 | ||
| 3.1 Land Ownership | 3:1 | ||
| 3.2 Native Plant Communities | 3:2 | ||
| 3.3 Cover Type | 3:8 | ||
| 3.4 Resource by NPC | 3:13 | ||
| 3.5 High Conservation Value Forests | 3:23 | ||
| 3.6 Habitat | 3:24 | ||
| 4.0 Strategic Management | 4:1 | ||
| 4.1 Assumptions | 4:1 | ||
| 4.2 Principles | 4:1 | ||
| 4.3 Smartwood Standards | 4:3 | ||
| 4.4 Strategic Initiatives | 4:4 | ||
| 5.0 Department Administration | 5:1 | ||
| 5.1 Assessment | 5:1 | ||
| 5.2 Policies | 5:6 | ||
| 5.3 Strategic Actions | 5:8 | ||
| 6.0 Land Administration: General | 6:1 | ||
| 6.1 Assessment | 6:1 | ||
| 6.2 Policies | 6:2 | ||
| 6.3 Strategic Actions | 6:3 | ||
| 7.0 Land Administration: Leases and Easements | 7:1 | ||
| 7.1 Assessment | 7:1 | ||
| 7.2 Policies | 7:2 | ||
| 7.3 Strategic Actions | 7:3 | ||
| 8.0 Habitat | 8:1 | ||
| 8.1 Assessment | 8:1 | ||
| 8.2 Policies | 8:13 | ||
| 8.3 Procedures | 8:14 | ||
| 8.4 Strategic Actions | 8:20 | ||
| 9.0 Forest Roads | 9:1 | ||
| 9.1 Assessment | 9:1 | ||
| 9.2 Policies | 9:3 | ||
| 9.3 Strategic Actions | 9:3 | ||
| 10.0 Recreation | 10:1 | ||
| 10.1 Assessment | 10:1 | ||
| 10.2 Policies | 10:5 | ||
| 10.3 Strategic Actions | 10:7 | ||
| 11.0 Timber Management | 11:1 | ||
| 11.1 Assessment | 11:1 | ||
| 11.2 Policies | 11:4 | ||
| 11.3 NPC Management | 11:6 | ||
| 11.4 General Silvicultural Practices | 11:6 | ||
| 11.5 Cover Type Management | 11:12 | ||
| 11.6 Strategic Actions | 11:31 | ||
| 12.0 Assessment of Change: 2000 - 2100 | 12:1 | ||
| 12.1 Summary | 12:1 | ||
| 12.2 Cover Type | 12:2 | ||
| 12.3 NPCs and Cover Type | 12:6 | ||
| 12.4 Succession / Vegetation Growth Stages | 12:8 | ||
| 12.5 Habitat | 12:18 | ||
| 12.6 Roads | 12:20 | ||
| 12.7 Recreation | 12:20 | ||
Maps |
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| County location map | |||
| Map 1: Ecological Provinces in Minnesota | 2:3 | ||
| Map 2: Ecological Sections in Minnesota | 2:5 | ||
| Map 3: Ecological Subsections in Cass County | 2:6 | ||
| Map 4: LandType Associations in Cass County | 2:7 | ||
| Map 5: Native Plant Communities in Cass County | 3:4 | ||
| Map 6: Cover Type on Cass County Tax Forfeited Lands | 3:9 | ||
| Map 7: Forest Roads in Cass County | 9:2 | ||
Figures |
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| Fig. 1: Generalized Vegetation Growth Stages | 2:11 | ||
| Fig. 2: Simplified Succession Web | 2:12 | ||
| Fig. 3: Cass County Land Ownership | 3:1 | ||
| Fig. 4: Cover Type Cass County TF Lands, 2001 | 3:11 | ||
| Fig. 5: Aspen Cover Type by Age Class, 2001 | 3:12 | ||
| Fig. 6: Birch Cover Type by Age Class, 2001 | 3:12 | ||
| Fig. 7: Jack Pine Cover Type by Age Class, 2001 | 3:12 | ||
| Fig. 8: Red Pine Cover Type by Age Class, 2001 | 3:12 | ||
| Fig. 9: Northern Hardwoods Cover Type by Age Class, 2001 | 3:12 | ||
| Fig. 10: Oak Cover Type by Age Class, 2001 | 3:12 | ||
| Fig. 11: Composition of NPC by General Cover Type | 3:13 | ||
| Fig. 12: Land Department Income by Source, 1992-2001 | 5:2 | ||
| Fig. 13: Forfeited Tax Fund Apportionment + PILOT, 1993-01 | 5:3 | ||
| Fig. 14: Distribution of PILOT & FT Fund Apportionment, 1993-01 | 5:3 | ||
| Fig. 15: Aspen Cover Type Distribution by Patch Size, 2001 | 8:12 | ||
| Fig. 16: General Ownership by NPC | 11:2 | ||
Current Forest |
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| Dry Pine NPC (series of figures) | 3:15 | ||
| Dry Mesic Pine NPC (series of figures) | 3:16 | ||
| Dry Mesic Pine-Oak NPC (series of figures) | 3:17 | ||
| Mesic Oak NPC Growth Stage Composition, TFL 2001 | 3:18 | ||
Mesic Boreal Hardwood NPC Growth Stage |
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3:18 | ||
| Mesic Northern Hardwoods NPC (series of figures) | 3:19 | ||
| Mesic Boreal Hardwood NPC (series of figures) | 3:20 | ||
| Wet Mesic Lowland Mixed NPC Growth Stage | |||
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3:21 | ||
| Organic Conifer NPC Growth Stage Composition, TFL 2001 | 3:21 | ||
| Fig. 18: Cover Type Groups, Cass County TFL, 2001 | 12:3 | ||
| Fig. 19: Cover Type Groups, Cass County TFL, 2101 | 12:3 | ||
| Fig. 20: Aspen Pure Cover Type 2001, 2051, 2101 | 12:3 | ||
| Fig. 21: Aspen Mixed Cover Type 2001, 2051, 2101 | 12:3 | ||
| Fig. 22: Birch Cover Type 2001, 2051, 2101 | 12:3 | ||
| Fig. 23: Northern Hardwoods Cover Type 2001, 20151, 2101 | 12:4 | ||
| Fig. 24: Oak Cover Type 2001, 2051, 2101 | 12:4 | ||
| Fig. 25: Jack Pine Cover Type 2001, 2051, 2101 | 12:4 | ||
| Fig. 26: Red Pine Cover Type 2001, 2051, 2101 | 12:4 | ||
| Assessment of Change 2001-2101 | |||
| Dry Pine NPC (series of figures) | 12:9 | ||
| Dry Mesic Pine NPC (series of figures) | 12:10 | ||
| Dry Mesic Pine-Oak NPC (series of figures) | 12:11 | ||
| Mesic Oak (series of figures) | 12:12 | ||
| Boreal Hardwoods NPC (series of figures) | 12:13 | ||
| Mesic Northern Hardwoods NPC (series of figures) | 12:14 | ||
| Mesic Boreal Hardwood-Conifer NPC (series of figures) | 12:15 | ||
| Wet Mesic Lowland Mixed NPC (series of figures) | 12:16 | ||
| Organic Lowland Conifer NPC (series of figures) | 12:17 | ||
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