§ 1527. Eligible and Ineligible Practices.

(a) The following practices and combinations thereof as set forth in PRC 4794 are eligible for assistance through cost sharing agreements if they are completed in accordance with these procedures and the conditions of a cost sharing agreement:

(1) Preparation of management plans and addendums to management plans satisfying 14 CAC 1529.1.

(2) Site preparation as necessary to establish desirable tree species. Mechanical, chemical, and manual methods will be permitted to control and/or remove competing brush and hardwood species. Other methods include but are not limited to prescribed burning of brush and slash, and soil preparation such as plowing, discing, and fertilizing.

(3) Provision and planting of seed and seedlings of commercial tree species. Costs of said seed and seedlings from public and private nurseries are eligible for cost sharing. Planting includes manual and mechanical planting of seed and seedlings and subsequent protection of those seed and seedlings.

(4) Stand improvement within young growth stands of commercial tree species including clean and release or precommercial thinning of overstocked stands to provide more growing space for healthier stems.

(5) Forest land conservation measures including but not limited to erosion control, revegetation, road closure and stabilization of abandoned roadbeds, and improvement of drainage facilities for the purpose of reducing soil erosion and sedimentation.

(6) Fish and wildlife habitat improvement work including but not limited to stream clearance, reestablishment of desirable vegetation along stream channels and elsewhere, measures to encourage habitat diversity, restoration of anadromous fisheries, and fencing to protect wet areas and other key wildlife habitat areas from livestock.

(7) Followup work includes those practices necessary to promote the survival of seed or seedlings planted or protection or enhancement of other practices undertaken as part of a prior project pursuant to the Act and these procedures.

(b) The following categories of work are not eligible for cost sharing even if one or more may be required to make a project serve its purpose:

(1) Fencing practices designed to protect the forest stand from livestock.

(2) Practices designed to protect the forest stand from fire.

(3) Costs of using land and water including but not limited to irrigation systems, spring development and water resource improvement.

(4) Road construction.

(5) Practices intended solely to produce Christmas trees or greenery.

(6) Projects designed solely for the production of fuelwood.

HISTORY

1. Amendment filed 4-15-83; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 83, No. 16).

2. Editorial correction of effective date of 4-15-83 order filed 4-22-83 (Register 83, No. 17).

3. Amendment filed 8-31-84; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 84, No. 35).

Note

Note: Authority cited: Sections 4794 and 4799.02, Public Resources Code. Reference: Section 4794, Public Resources Code.