New Jersey · New Jersey State Forestry Services ... February 2, 2015 March 6, 2015 7:00 p.m....
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New Jersey State Forestry Services
Lynn FlemingDirector/State Forester
www.whrc .org /mapping /nbcd/ index .htmlView entire nation’s cover:
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Personnel
• Vicky Young –retired• Grants Administrator – retired• Bureau Chief – temp. assignment• Soon to retire – Jack Shuart• Reassignment – Joe Bennett
PRIVATE LANDS
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Private Lands
• Annual USFS Stewardship reporting– 5,279 landowners assisted– 14, 632 acres – FSI– 2,280 acres ‐ Stand Establishment ‐– Sawtimber 4.86 M BF– Round wood 27,128 cords– Total harvest $2.7 M
Private Lands
• 2014 SFS Stats
• FLA 5,500 applications• 258,000 acres
• FS 2,000 enrolled• 150,000 acres
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NURSERY
Nursery
• > 300k seedlings for reforestation/afforestation projects
• Arbor Day Sandy Storm Recovery Project – 100k seedlings will be provided to homeowners in late March/April
• A4055 – Assembly bill – sales cannot be below market value; impact sales to private landowners
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EDUCATION AND OUTREACH
Woodland Stewards
• Designed to increase basic understanding of forest management to interested public
• 4 day/3 night ‐ $75• Rutgers/NJFA with funding from SFS/USFS• 4th program in 2014• 21 successful graduates• Require 30 hours of volunteer service
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Backyard Forestry in 90 minutes
2/12 Pruning trees for health and beauty3/12 Wildlife in, on, and around your trees4/9 What’s bugging your trees5/14 Under the microscope: Tree diseases
FREC Programs
Full Moon HikeFebruary 2, 2015March 6, 20157:00 p.m.
Forest Resource Education CenterJackson, NJ
www.forestrycenter.nj.gov
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Nature Conservancy Workshop
Farms, Forests and Rivers: Sustaining Our Way of Life
January 28, 201510 a.m. – 3.p.m.Free workshop for farmers, landowners and municipalities in the Paulinskill River area.
Sussex County Fairgrounds37 Plains Rd., Augusta, NJ
Events
• Wild Outdoor Expo ‐ Colliers Mills WMA• Sept 12‐13, 10‐3
• Fall Forestry Festival ‐ FREC•Oct 3, 10‐3
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Website
• RFP in review
• Interactive; increase information
• Create SFS identity separate from Parks
STATE LANDS
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State Lands
• Plan development process finalized• Working with F&W as well as Parks• Continue discussions with Pinelands Commission
• RFP for 30k+ acres – Inventory of 7 DEP parcels – Stokes, High Point, Bear Swamp, Hainesville, Flatbrook, Trout Brook, Walpack
State Lands
• Harvesting Contracts out or soon‐to‐be– Double Trouble – Atlantic White Cedar– Whiting WMA– Stafford Forge WMA (second time)– Brendan Byrne SF– Greenwood WMA
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State Lands
• Projects underway– Wharton SF – SPB/Hazardous fuel thinning project– Double Trouble SP ‐ Stewardship plan – public comment
– Belleplain SF ‐ Stewardship Plan – draft update– Sparta Mtn WMA Stewardship Plan– Weldon Brook WMA
FIRE
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RxB
• 2014 ‐ >15,000 acres burned• Policy updates ‐ 3 methods for private landowner to manage1. Landowner conducts – current practice2. SFS implements – based on availability; no cost
for 20153. “Professional burn manager” – permits the
hiring of a professional still under development
Wildfire Stats
• 922 wildfires– 677 fires – less than ¼ acre– 200 fires – ¼ to 9.99 acres
• 6531 acres• 381 other incidents
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Fire Adapted Community Fire Service Leadership Award
Greg McLaughlin
URBAN AND COMMUNITY
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Community Forestry
• $1.2 M in funding• 264 Municipalities with CFMP• 147 Green Communities Grants• 27 CSIP Grants• 151 Tree City municipalities
Consultant program
• Shade Tree Federation/Rutgers/SFS
• Outreach regarding Community Forestry Management plans, etc
• Increase engagement with urban/community forestry foresters
• Sometime 2015
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FOREST HEALTH
Emerald ash borer in NJ
Detected in four municipalities
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EAB Task Force
• SFS/Rutgers/Dept of Ag/USDA APHIS
• Develop a united message and transfer of information to landowners, municipalities, non‐profits, etc
• Website ‐ NJ‐centric
Southern Pine Beetle
• Continue to harvest hot spots• Decrease in beetles and spots• Movement is slowly moving north – confirmed in Ocean County
• Confirmed on Long Island, NY• Working with USFS for additional forest health funding.
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Northern long‐eared bat
Proposed for listing as endangered under USFW Endangered Species Act
STEWARDSHIP RULE
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Stewardship rule
• Must conform to Treasury’s FLA rules and program
• Pinelands CMP• Flood Hazard rules and Freshwater Wetlands• OPRA and DEP General Practice and Procedure rules
• USFWS – ESA• DEP T&E rules and process• USDA ‐ USFS – Stewardship program is guidance
Stewardship rule
• Stewardship law and Beck Bill – require monitoring requirements
• Guidance document will need to be developed for implementation
• VOLUNTARY
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Stewardship rule
• 3 stakeholder meetings – Nov. 2014• New draft to go out within the next week• Submit for legal review – March/April• Governor office approval• 60 – day public comment period
New Initiatives
• FIA Inventory Contract with USFS• Industry Meeting• Private Lands fuels mitigation projects• Pilot project ‐ Installation of 2 cameras for Detection
• Focus on wildfire hazards/risks in Pinelands –grant application
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ISSUE
REFERENDUM
For more info
www.forestry.nj.gov
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Lynn Fleming, State Forester609‐292‐[email protected]
www.forestry.nj.gov