Memorandums

Damaged Tree Information

• Delayed Conifer Tree Mortality Following Fire in California
• Guidelines for Estimating the Survival of Fire Damaged Trees in California

Risk Rating System

• 10 Year Risk Rating System for CA REd and White Fir
• CA Pine Risk Rating System

California Red-Legged Frog

• USFWS Revised CRLF Info Needs and Take Avoidance Scenarios (03/25/08)
• CAL FIRE CRF Take Avoidance Recommendations (7/28/08)
• CRF Range Amador, Calaveras and Tuolumne Counties
• CRF Range Fresno County
• CRF Range Kern County
• CRF Range Los Angeles County
• CRF Range Mariposa and Madera Counties
• CRF Range Placer and El Dorado Counties
• CRF Range Plumas County
• CRF Range Riverside County
• CRF Range San Bernardino County
• CRF Range San Diego County
• CRF Range San Joaquin County
• CRF Range Shasta County
• CRF Range Sierra and Nevada Counties
• CRF Range Stanislaus and Merced Counties
• CRF Range Tulare County
• CRF Range State of California

San Francisco Garter Snake

• CAL FIRE SFGS Take Avoidance Recommendations (7/28/08)
• USFWS Revised SFGS Info Needs and Take Avoidance Scenarios (03/25/08)

Northern Spotted Owl

• Evaluation Process for Northern Spotted Owl Info to Determine Compliance 919.9(g) and 919.10
• CNDDB Spotted Owl Viewer Selected Codes Defined and Described (2/27/08)
• Northern Spotted Owl 1 and 2 Year Survey Diagrams
• Northern Spotted Owl Survey Data Analysis (2/27/08)
• Northern Spotted Owl THP Technical Assistance Red Flag List -- Interior (2/27/08)
• Revised USFWS Attachment A Northern Spotted Owl Take Avoidance Analysis -- Coast (2/27/08)
• Revised USFWS Attachment B Northern Spotted Owl Take Avoidance Analysis -- Interior (2/27/08)
• Technical Assistance Requests for Timber Harvest Plans from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Review of Timber Harvest Plans and Non-industrial Timber Management Plans, Transition Documents
• Corrections Required to the Northern Spotted Owl Survey Guidance Provided on February 27, 2008, Attachments A and B
• Technical Assistance for Determination of Unoccupied and Aboandoned Status for Northern Spotted Owl Sites
• Technical Assistance Regarding the Southern and Eastern Regulatory Boundaries of the Northern Spotted Owl in California
• USFWS Map Northern Spotted Owl Southern and Eastern Regulatory Boundaries California (7/15/08)
• Transmittal of Timber Havest Plans from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
• Important Information for Timber Operations Proposed within the Range of the Northern Spotted Owl (2/27/08) (1.8MB PDF)
• Northern Spotted Owl (NSO) Review Guidelines for Timber Harvesting Plans, Modified Timber Harvesting Plans, Program Timber Harvesting Plans, and Nonindustrial Timber Management Plans (3/05) (20K PDF )

Take Avoidance

• Clarification of Guidlines for Review of Timber Harvest Plans

Coho Incidental Take

• Coho Salmon Timber Regulations -- Guidance for Timber Operations (Feb 2008)

Timber Harvesting Plan Related

• California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection Assistance to RPF's to Avoid Plan Returns (104K PDF)
• Disclosure, Evaluation and Protection of Large Old Trees (3/05) (1MB PDF)
• Mitigation Measures to prevent the spread of Sudden Oak Death (SOD) During Timber Harvest Operations under Department of Food and Agriculture Regulation and Zone of Infestation. (3/05) (44K PDF)
• The Timber Harvesting Plan Extensions (12/04) (1MB PDF)
• The Application of SMARA to Surface Mining Operations Relative to Timber Harvest and Forest Management Activities (12/04) (31K PDF)
• Supplemental Instructions For Completing The Timber Harvesting Plan (THP) Form Memo (8/04) (2.7MB PDF)
• Cost Share Roads Memo (7/04) (790K PDF)
• Closeout of Expired or Soon to Expire Timber Harvesting Plans (THPs) (11/06) (334K PDF)
• AB 47 (Simitian) Chapter 816 -- Mapping Requirements and TImber Harvesting Plans (THPs) tiered to Sustained Yield Plans (SYPs) (03/06) (286K PDF)
• Timberland--Vegetation Management Program, CFIP, Prop 40 (07/05) (1.4MB PDF)
• Notification of Commencement of Timber Operations (03/07) (253K PDF)
• Policy Guidelines for Use with County, State or Federal Agency or Native American Advisors to the Review Team per 14 CCR 1037.5(a) (11/06) (287K PDF)

Non-Industrial Timber Management Plan Related

• NTMP Workshop Summary Documents (8/04) (109K PDF)
• Revision of CAL FIRE Policy Regarding the Applicability of Intermediate Treatments for NTMPs that Demonstrate MSP by Option C (14 CCR § 913.11(c) [933.11(c), 953.11(c)]) (7/02) (1MB PDF)
• CAL FIRE Policy Regarding the Applicability of Intermediate Treatments for NTMPs that Demonstrate MSP by Option C (14 CCR § 913.11(c) [933.11(c), 953.11(c)]) (2/02) (1MB PDF)