Maintaining Baseline Clause Samples

Maintaining Baseline. Groups 1. Protect active and inactive cavities and cavity start trees, within active baseline clusters, from harvesting. ADCNR-WFF can provide assistance in locating and marking all cavity and start trees at its discretion. ADCNR-WFF and the Service must review on a case-by-case basis the removal of any other active or inactive cavity tree. In the event that the location of any active cavity tree(s) changes over time such that one or more cavity tree(s) becomes established within a construction area, the landowner may be allowed to remove those cavity trees. For each active cavity tree removed in the construction area, a minimum of two (2) artificial cavities (drilled or inserts) must be installed elsewhere on the lot (at least 200 feet from the building site) four (4) months prior to initiation of construction. 2. Manage each cluster as a timber stand comprising at least ten (10) contiguous acres, if currently present on the enrolled landowner’s property, with the purpose of retaining potential cavity trees. If ten (10) contiguous acres are not currently present on the enrolled landowner’s property, the landowner would retain all of the potential cavity trees within the cluster. 3. Maintain cluster boundaries of at least two hundred (200) feet from a cavity tree. 4. Provide at least 50 ft2 of basal area per acre of pine trees >10 inches DBH in active baseline clusters if the trees are currently present on the enrolled landowner’s property. 5. Protect cavity trees from fire during prescribed burning. Precautions should be taken to minimize the risk of igniting cavity trees. Cooperators are required to rake litter at least ten