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Forest Health Treatment Needs
<br />Treating 38,500 to 60,000 acres is recommended to
<br />move the landscape into a resilient condition (34-54o/o
<br />of forested acres; Table 1). This total includes an estimated
<br />27,500-43,000 acres to shift dense to open forest and
<br />11,000-17,000 acres of maintenance treatments in exist-
<br />ing open forest, based on current condition data from
<br />2017 aerial photos. Most of the treatment need is located
<br />within the Teanaway Community Forest and USFS land,
<br />although substantial need exists on private land in the
<br />southern tip.
<br />Meeting this target range will require multiple treatment
<br />strategies (Table 1). Managed wildfire under safe condi-
<br />tions will be needed, especially in the large roadless area
<br />in the northern third and for maintenance treatments over
<br />time. Based on tree size class, many areas are commer-
<br />cially viable, although treatment type will depend on road
<br />access, logging systems, and other considerations. lndi-
<br />vidual landowners will conduct their own planning and
<br />decision-making processes to determine acres and types
<br />of treatments to achieve the landscape goals while meet-
<br />ing their own objectives and regulatory requirements.
<br />Table 1. Summary of forest health treatment needs (ronge represents low ond high end of treatment need).
<br />Left Figure 4. Forest structure types that are overabundant relative to targets for a resilient landscape, as well as potential
<br />maintenance treatments. Only a portion of the areas shown need to be treated. Right Figure 5. Current land ownership.
<br />Teanowoy Landscape Evaluotion Summary (2020) | Poge 3
<br />1,500 - 3,000 56 4,034 108 236Small
<br />11,129 21,344 5,713 498
<br />Dry Dense
<br />6,684 345 48019,627Moist + cold Dense
<br />10,333 1,239 53011,992Dry + Moist Open
<br />38,500 - 60,000 *These are current ocres, not targetsTotal
<br />Noncommercial thin plus fuels treatment. May be fire only (prescribed or managed wildfire).
<br />Commercial thin plus fuels treatment if access exists. May be noncommercial, fire only (pre-
<br />scribed or managed wildfire), or regeneration treatment.Anticipated
<br />treatment type
<br />Maintenance treatment: prescribed fire, managed wildfire, or mechanical fuels treatment.
<br />Target range corresponds to 50-75% of dry open and 25-50% of moist open forests.
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<br />Type Size class
<br />Current acres by major landowner*
<br />DNR-Community Private
<br />Treatment
<br />need (acres)
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<br />OwnershipForest types to treat Forest type
<br />Dry Dense
<br />Moist, Cold Dense
<br />Dry, Moist Open
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