Harvesting Methods. Mechanical harvesting systems are used to process all wood harvested on the FMA landbase. Typically, a mechanical system consists of a tracked xxxxxx-xxxxxxx used to cut standing trees and lay them in orderly piles (drags). A grapple-skidder collects the drags of wood left distributed throughout the harvested area by the xxxxxx-xxxxxxx and skids them to roadside or into rows within the cut block to facilitate the use of a processor to remove tree branches and tops. The processor operator sorts the processed logs into three basic products: sawlogs, softwood pulp and hardwood. There are also operations where timber is felled, processed at the xxxxx, and forwarded to roadside.
Harvesting Methods. Harvesting of cockles and oysters is predominantly done by women in the Tanbi Wetlands National Park and the periphery oyster communities belonging to the Jola, Balanto and Manjago ethic groups, although other ethnic groups are also involved (Cham and Xxxxxx 2008). The majority of the harvesters are Gambians but some are migrants from Southern Senegal (Cassamance). The harvesting and collection of oysters and cockles respectively is organized during the six hours of diurnal low tide; therefore the time of departure to the collection/harvesting sites is variable and coincides with the last half of the mid-tidal period. The women walk to and from work every day, walking distance from home to landing site vary from community to community depending on distance from home to the landing site.
Harvesting Methods. Standard Hectares Average Site Felling Special concerns/seasonal site Units as in Slope % Sensitivity Method conditions and constraints SP L-M-H (Hand, etc.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monte Lake under water salvage ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- During ice free conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Maximum log length:____m or N/A Remove limbs before skidding? yes ___ no ___ Comments: Logs were limbed before they sunk N/A Equipment to be Used - Felling: Hand __________________________ Mechanical Barge with Robotic Arm - Skid and Yard: RT line skidder ________ Track-line __________ Light floatation ___________ RT grapple skidder _______ Track-grapple _______ Cable _____ Other _______ - Other Equipment: _______________________________________________________________________________ - Equipment size/power restrictions: _____________________________________________________________ Interruptions or Termination of Harvesting Operations: Seasonal Shutdown or End of Sale Measures to be followed to stabilize and rehabilitate soils on - Roads and Rights of Way: ____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ - Landings: must be cleaned up at completion of sale TSL A - Skid Trails: N/A ------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Disturbed Ground in General: Using existing non productive land only. --------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- All logging equipment, fixtures, and non-biodegradable debris (metal cans, plastic lubricant pails, oil filters, etc.) will be removed a...
