The Minnesota Forest Resources Council (MFRC) has completed development of its biomass harvesting guidelines for forestlands, brushlands and open lands.

These new guidelines are designed to be included in the MFRC’s 2005 forest management guidebook titled Sustaining Minnesota Forest Resources: Voluntary Site-Level Forest Management Guidelines for Landowners, Loggers and Resource Managers.  The new biomass guidelines are presented as two additional chapters to the 2005 guidebook:

• Biomass Harvesting on Forest Management Sites
• Woody Biomass Harvesting for Managing Brushlands and Open Lands

While the new biomass chapters have not been integrated into the rest of the 2005 guidebook, the existing guidelines have been fully integrated into the two new chapters. The biomass harvest chapters include extensive references to both the General Guidelines and the Timber Harvesting guidelines. As is the case with the rest of the activity-specific forest management guidelines in the guidebook (such as Timber Harvesting and Forest Road Construction and Maintenance), it is essential that the biomass harvest guidelines be considered and implemented in close conjunction with the General Guidelines (the green tabbed section of the guidebook).

For additional hard copies of the two biomass harvest chapters, as well as copies of the entire 2005 Guidelines, contact the Minnesota Forest Resources Council at 651-603-6761.



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