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Biomass Guideline Committee |
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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 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). Background Information The Project
DNR Ecological Services, Fisheries and Wildlife, and Forestry divisions and the MFRC agreed to consolidate the guideline development effort into one process under the direction of the MFRC. A 12-member interdisciplinary technical committee developed two sets of guidelines: one for brushland and one for forestland. Both sets of guidelines focus on the harvest of biomass while protecting the soil, water, and habitat that are essential to a healthy and sustainable ecosystem. Team
Meeting Dates and Summaries April 20, 2006 - Meeting #1
Summary May 16-17, 2006 - Meeting #2 Summary June 15, 2006 - Meeting #3 Summary
July 20, 2006 - Meeting #4 Summary
August 17, 2006 - Meeting #5 Summary September 21, 2006 - Meeting #6 Summary October 12, 2006 - Meeting #7 Summary November 16, 2006 - Meeting #8 Summary December 13, 2006 - Meeting #9 Summary December 21, 2006 - Meeting #10 Summary Project Documents
(Sample only, not all comments were available digitally) Tim J O’Hara - MFI Don Arnosti - IATP MN DNR - Cover Letter MN DNR - Brushlands MN DNR - Forestlands Peer Review Comments Project Contacts Dick Rossman |