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Wood Utilisation Plan: Benalla-Mansfield Forest Management Area

This Wood Utilisation Plan (WUP) applies to the Benalla-Mansfield Forest Management Area (FMA) for the period 2012-13 to 2013-14.

The WUP is a two-year works plan for timber production, domestic firewood provision, reforestation, road construction and improvement and major recreation upgrades.

This WUP includes sites located in State forest within the Benalla-Mansfield FMA.

The Department of Primary Industries (DPI) and Department of Sustainability and Environment (DSE) have prepared this WUP in accordance with relevant legislation and Government policy, including the Benalla Mansfield Forest Management Plan, North East Regional Forest Agreement and the Code of Practices for Timber Production 2007.

Supply of products

For the period of this WUP, DPI plans to provide an annual supply from the Benalla-Mansfield FMA of up to:

7450 cubic metres of firewood for domestic collectors

These volumes meet legal timber supply commitments and provide appropriate domestic firewood and minor produce resources to support the needs of local communities.

Works plan

The WUP consists of schedules and maps. The schedules list the sites by forest area map sheet where works are planned for the 2012-13 to 2013-14 period, and anticipated forest produce volumes where applicable. The maps show the location of the listed works.

Schedule 1 provides information about coupes listed for DPI-managed commercial timber production operations and non-commercial works such as domestic firewood production, reforestation, road construction and improvement, major recreation upgrades and salvage operations.

Schedule 2 provides an estimate of forest produce volume from operations listed in Schedule 1 by harvest year.

Information provided on the schedules

Address: unique numeric identifiers that help administer the coupe or work site. Each address comprises codes that relate to the coupe or work site location.

Works period: the anticipated range of financial years when works may occur on the site.

Gross area: the maximum area of the site measured in hectares, including streamside buffers and filters, and areas specifically excluded from disturbance.

Net area: an estimate of the actual area measured in hectares, where works will occur excluding streamside buffers and filters, and areas specifically excluded from disturbance.

Gross length: the maximum length of works measured in kilometres, including streamside buffers and filters, and areas specifically excluded from disturbance.

Contingency coupes: coupes available for harvesting in the first year of a Wood Utilisation Plan in the event of changed circumstances. Contingency coupes are denoted with a 'C' following the scheduled harvest year.

Operation type

The type of works planned at each site, distinguishing between commercial timber production, domestic firewood production, road construction and improvement, regeneration, major recreation upgrades and other operation types.

Silvicultural systems

Silvicultural systems are techniques used in management of forests to promote regeneration and/ or maintain forest structure.

DPI uses a number of silvicultural systems in the Benalla-Mansfield FMA. Forest condition and biological characteristics are considered in determining an appropriate silvicultural system.

Firewood fallen (FWF)

Collection of firewood lying on the ground as a result of natural events or previous forest operations.

Single tree selection (STS)

An uneven-aged silvicultural system involving the felling of scattered individual trees across the site. Single tree selection operations generally occur at 10 to 15-year intervals on a site. Regeneration is largely from lignotubers and coppice.

Seed tree (STR)

An even-aged silvicultural system in which all live trees are felled apart from a number of uniformly distributed trees retained to provide seed for regeneration and habitat.

Group selection system (GSS)

An even-aged silvicultural system which removes small groups of trees dependant on age and forest structure.

Thinning from below (THB)

Removing the smaller and poorly-formed trees from a stand and allowing the larger better-formed trees to increase their growth, and accelerate hollow development.

Forest type

A categorisation of common eucalypt forest types based on their eucalypt species mix, typical maximum tree height and landscape position.

Foothill mixed species

Forests up to 40m tall generally featuring Eucalyptus obliqua (Messmate), E. viminalis (Manna Gum) and E. cypellocarpa (Mountain Grey Gum), with some or all of E.rubida (Candlebark), E.dives (Broad Leaf Peppermint), E.sieberi (Silvertop Ash) and E.radiata (Narrow Leaf Peppermint).

Alpine mixed species

Peppermint/Gum forests at high elevation (600m-1700m above sea level), generally featuring E. radiata (Narrow Leaf Peppermint), E. dives (Broad Leaf Peppermint), E. dalrympleana (Mountain Gum), E. rubida (Candlebark) or E. mannifera (Brittle Gum).

Sugar Gum predominant

Stands dominated by E. cladocalyx (Sugar Gum). This species is endemic to South Australia but has been planted in shelterbelts, windbreaks and plantations across Victoria, mostly in the drier parts of western Victoria.

Growth stage

Growth stages describe the characteristics of a forest canopy at different times in the life cycle of a eucalypt forest. Unstocked and uneven-aged forests are also identified in this column.

Regrowth

A forest stand or individual tree (generally between one and 60 years after regeneration) in which the crowns have a narrow conical form and where trees are actively growing.

Mature

A forest stand and/or individual trees (generally between 60 and 150 years after regeneration) where the height and crown development has effectively ceased but significant crown decline is not evident.

Over mature

A forest stand or individual tree that is characterised by declining crown leaf area and irregular crown shape due to loss of branches and epicormic growth.

Uneven-aged

A forest stand with trees of three or more distinct age classes, either mixed or in small groups.

Unstocked

A site previously forested with timber-producing eucalypt species which currently has eucalypt stocking below acceptable standards resulting from disturbance.

Environmental and cultural (site) values

This plan addresses the environmental and cultural requirements of relevant legislation, the Code of Practices for Timber Production 2007, Forest Management Plans and DPI procedures.

Environmental and cultural values addressed in this plan include:

biodiversity
forest age class and structure
Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal cultural heritage values
soils
water quality and quantity
amenity and landscape sensitivity

The Benalla-Mansfield Forest Management Plan provides details of the relevant values for this plan. Schedule 1 lists values identified through desktop and preliminary field checks.

DPI, in consultation with specialists, determines management prescriptions for these values in accordance with legislation, the Benalla-Mansfield Forest Management Plan, and the Code of Practices for Timber Production 2007.

Detailed field assessment and consultation will continue throughout the operational planning process for the sites listed in this plan.

Maps

Each operation listed on a schedule is mapped and labelled with a unique address. The maps show:

coupe location, silviculture system and harvest year
location of road construction and road improvement associated with timber production
location of salvage operations
location of major access roads

The maps show forest management zoning where it exists.

Maps can be viewed online at DPI Forestry Maps

Consultation

In finalising this WUP, DPI and DSE have considered the views of specialists, stakeholders and the public

Plan availability

WUPs are public documents and are available on the DPI website Forestry section. For alternative viewing options please contact:

Forest Planner, DPI Epsom, 03 5430 4444

Schedule 1. Wood Utilisation Plan 2012-13 to 2013-14

Benalla Forest District - 1 Map Sheet

Address	Name	Works Period	Gross Area (ha)	Net Area (ha)	Operation Type	Silvicultural System	Forest Type	Growth Stage	Site Values
392-503-0010	Keystone Road	2012-13	18.1	18	Firewood	THB	FMS	Mature	Nil specific
392-503-0011	Fair Weather Track	2012-13	46.8	46.8	Firewood	RDI	PIN	Mature	Dry weather only
394-502-0001	Spring Creek Rd Firewood	2012-13	64	64	Firewood	THB	FMS	Mature	Nil specific
407-501-0001	Wilkinsons Firewood	2012-13	134.3	134	Firewood	STS	FMS	Mature	Nil specific
407-501-0002	Honeysuckle Firewood	2012-13	134.3	134	Firewood	STS	FMS	Mature	Adjacent special protection and special management zones
392-501-0001	Blue Range Firewood	2012-13	86	86	Firewood	STS	FMS	Mature	Nil specific
411-507-0001	Glen Creek Road Firewood	2012-13	32.0	30	Firewood	STS	FMS	Mature	Nil specific
412-501-0002	Police Firewood	2012-13	54.1	54	Firewood	STS	FMS	Mature	Nil specific
412-510-0001	Harpers 1 Firewood	2012-13	48.0	80	Firewood	STS	FMS	Mature	Nil specific
413-502-0003	Tiger Hill - post and poles	2012-13	154.6	155	Firewood	STS	FMS	Mature	Adjacent designated catchment
414-506-0001	Tiger Hill Firewood	2012-13	19.0	20	Firewood	STS	FMS	Mature	Nil specific
405-501-0002	Merton Road Firewood	2012-13	25.0	24	Firewood	THB	FMS	Mature	Nil specific

Mansfield Forest District - 1 Map Sheet

Address	Name	Works Period	Gross Area (ha)	Net Area (ha)	Gross Length (km)	Operation Type	Silvicultural System	Forest Type	Growth Stage	Site Values
377-503-0004	Jamison South Track	2012-13	0.54	0.54	0.3	Road alignment - construction	Clearfall	Mountain mixed species	Mature	Nil specific
381-001-0001	Walshes DAR	2012-13	497	497		Environmental weed treatment	Clearfall	Pine plantation	Mature	Near Lake Eildon. Issues associated with water quality and recreation
381-002-0001	Sheep Dip Flat	2012-13	5.0	2.7		Environmental weed treatment	Clearfall	Pine plantation	Mature	Near Lake Eildon. Issues associated with water quality and recreation
381-009-0001	The Island DAR	2012-13	48.4	48.4		Environmental weed treatment	Clearfall	Pine plantation	Mature	Near Lake Eildon. Issues associated with water quality and recreation
381-010-0001	Kangaroo Gully	2012-13	0.5	0.5		Environmental weed treatment	Clearfall	Pine plantation	Mature	Near Lake Eildon. Issues associated with water quality and recreation
381-011-0001	Crocketts Bay	2012-13	6.7	7.3		Environmental weed treatment	Clearfall	Pine plantation	Mature	Near Lake Eildon. Issues associated with water quality and recreation
381-012-0001	The Quarry DAR	2012-13	170.1	170.1		Environmental weed treatment	Clearfall	Pine plantation	Mature	Near Lake Eildon. Issues associated with water quality and recreation.
381-013-0001	Junction Camp	2012-13	1.5	1.5		Environmental weed treatment	Clearfall	Pine plantation	Mature	Near Lake Eildon. Issues associated with water quality and recreation
381-014-0001	Parkers Point	2012-13	6.0	6.8		Environmental weed treatment	Clearfall	Pine plantation	Mature	Near Lake Eildon. Issues associated with water quality and recreation
381-015-0001	Parkers Pines	2012-13	1.0	0.8		Environmental weed treatment	Clearfall	Pine plantation	Mature	Near Lake Eildon. Issues associated with water quality and recreation
381-015-0002	Highett Point North DAR	2012-13	58.82	58.82		Environmental weed treatment	Clearfall	Pine plantation	Mature	Near Lake Eildon. Issues associated with water quality and recreation
381-017-0001	Maintongoon Valley	2012-13	199.5	199.5		Environmental weed treatment	Clearfall	Pine plantation	Mature	Near Lake Eildon. Issues associated with water quality and recreation
381-024-0001	The Entrance DAR	2012-13	127	127		Environmental weed treatment	Clearfall	Pine plantation	Mature	Near Lake Eildon. Issues associated with water quality and recreation
386-502-0003	Corn Hill Logging Rd South	2012-13	83.4	100		Road construction	Single tree selection	Alpine mixed species	Mature	Spotted Tree Frog Special Management zone, water quality issues
386-503-0010	Upper Howqua Bindaree Rd	2012-13	154.7	154.0	3.5	Road construction	Single tree selection	Alpine mixed species	Mature	Known Spotted Tree Frog populations nearby. Water quality issues
389-508-0001	Carters Rd Firewood	2012-13	3.3	3.5		Road alignment - improvement	Single tree selection	Foothill mixed species	Mature	Nil specific
389-508-0002	Buttercup Firewood	2012-13	86.5	5.0		Road alignment - construction	Firewood fallen	Mountain mixed species	Mature	Nil specific
400-501-1009	Mine Creek Track	2012-13	66	1		Road construction	Single tree selection	Alpine Ash	Mature	Creek located on SPZ

Schedule 2. Forest produce volumes 2012-13 to 2013-14

Benalla Forest District

Coupe Address	Harvest Year	Sawlog (m3)	Firewood (m3)	Minor Produce (m3)	Posts (m3)	Total (m3)
392-501-0001	2012-13 and 2013-14	Nil	100	Nil	Nil	100
392-503-0010	2012-13 and 2013-14	Nil	300	Nil	Nil	300
392-503-0011	2012-13 and 2013-14	Nil	2000	Nil	Nil	2000
394-502-0001	2012-13 and 2013-14	Nil	300	Nil	Nil	300
405-501-0002	2012-13 and 2013-14	Nil	100	Nil	Nil	100
407-501-0001	2012-13 and 2013-14	Nil	1000	Nil	Nil	1000
407-501-0002	2012-13 and 2013-14	Nil	100	Nil	Nil	100
411-507-0001	2012-13 and 2013-14	Nil	500	Nil	Nil	500
412-501-0002	2012-13 and 2013-14	Nil	100	Nil	Nil	100
412-510-0001	2012-13 and 2013-14	Nil	200	Nil	Nil	200
413-502-0003	2012-13 and 2013-14	Nil	1150	Nil	Nil	1150
414-506-0001	2012-13 and 2013-14	Nil	100	Nil	Nil	100
*WUP Totals*						*5850*

Mansfield Forest District

Coupe Address	Harvest year	Sawlog (m3)	Firewood (m3)	Minor Produce (m3)	Posts (m3)	Total (m3)
377-503-0004	2012-13 and 2013-14	Nil	100	Nil	Nil	100
381-001-0001	2012-13 and 2013-14	Nil	0	Nil	Nil	0
381-002-0001	2012-13 and 2013-14	Nil	0	Nil	Nil	0
381-009-0001	2012-13 and 2013-14	Nil	0	Nil	Nil	0
381-010-0001	2012-13 and 2013-14	Nil	0	Nil	Nil	0
381-011-0001	2012-13 and 2013-14	Nil	0	Nil	Nil	0
381-012-0001	2012-13 and 2013-14	Nil	0	Nil	Nil	0
381-013-0001	2012-13 and 2013-14	Nil	0	Nil	Nil	0
381-014-0001	2012-13 and 2013-14	Nil	0	Nil	Nil	0
381-015-0001	2012-13 and 2013-14	Nil	0	Nil	Nil	0
381-015-0002	2012-13 and 2013-14	Nil	0	Nil	Nil	0
381-017-0001	2012-13 and 2013-14	Nil	0	Nil	Nil	0
381-024-0001	2012-13 and 2013-14	Nil	0	Nil	Nil	0
389-508-0001	2012-13 and 2013-14	Nil	500	Nil	Nil	500
389-508-0002	2012-13 and 2013-14	Nil	500	Nil	Nil	500
386-503-0010	2012-13 and 2013-14	Nil	200	Nil	Nil	200
386-502-0003	2012-13 and 2013-14	Nil	300	Nil	Nil	300
400-501-1009	2012-13 and 2013-14	Nil	0	Nil	Nil	0

*WUP Totals*						*1600*

Disclaimer

The Wood Utilisation Plan may not be in its final form. It may be amended from time to time. DPI maintains a record of amendments to the WUP. If you wish to inspect any amendments, contact DPI to arrange a suitable viewing time.

The Wood Utilisation Plan is based on meeting legal timber supply obligations.

The location and boundaries of coupes shown on the attached maps are only approximate and indicative. The precise boundary of any coupe will be identified on site by DPI before harvesting begins, in accordance with the Code of Practice for Timber Production 2007.

Published by the Victorian Government Department of Primary Industries
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