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Kittitas County Shoreline Master Program <br />2. Forest management shall proceed in accordance with regulations established by the <br />Washington State Forest Practices Act, including coordination with Kittitas County <br />on forest practice conversions and other Class lV-forest practices where there is a <br />likelihood of conversion to non-forest uses. <br />3. Ensure that timber haruesting on shorelines of statewide significance does not <br />exceed the limitations established in RCW 90.58.150 (regarding selective harvest <br />requirements), except as provided in cases where selective logging is rendered <br />ecologically detrimental or is inadequate for preparation of land for other uses. <br />4. Accomplish reforestation in shorelines as quickly as possible. Replanting should be <br />done with native species common to the area. <br />5. Forest lands should be reserved for long-term forest management and other uses <br />compatible with forest use. <br />B. Requlations <br />1. All federal forest practices or non-federal forest practices meeting the criteria below <br />shall qualify for an exemption from this Program. All forest practices qualifying for <br />this exemption shall demonstrate compliance by providing a copy of the federal <br />approval or state forest practices permit. To qualify for an exemption a non-federal <br />forest practice must meet the following criteria: <br />a. The activities includes harvesUtreatment of at least five (5) acres of forestland, or <br />supporting such an operation; <br />b. All harvesting within two hundred (200) feet of the OHWM of a shoreline of <br />statewide significance use methods meeting RCW 90.58.150 (selective harvest), <br />as amended; <br />c. The activities are not associated with a conversion option harvest; <br />d. The activities are approved under a forest practices permit; <br />e. The activities are not associated with a harvest under a Class lV-General <br />application to convert forest land to non-forestry use. <br />2. Non-federal forest practices not meeting criteria (a), (b), or (c) above shall require a <br />conditional use permit. <br />3. Non-federalforest practices not meeting criteria (d) above (Class 1 forest practices <br />activities not requiring DNR approval) shall be reviewed as separate uses or <br />activities. <br />4. Non-federal forest practices not meeting criteria (e) above shall be reviewed as a <br />new proposed use. <br />5. Within the shoreline jurisdiction, development activities associated with timber <br />harvest (such as road construction), land conversion of forest land to non-forest <br />Chapter 6 <br />March 7,2016 <br />113