1. The Bio-Timber Inventory (BTI) Past, Present and Future Society for the Protection of NH Forests Land Management Committee March 19, 2008 Peter Woods Ellis Wendy Weisiger Geoff Jones

3. Fee-owned Properties 156 Reservations 42,500 Acres

4. In order to manage intelligently and responsibly… we need data .

5. How to collect, store, and display data? BTI

7. History of the BTI

12. BTI Process

13. Robie Forest

15. 1. Plan inventory priorities for upcoming year 2007 98 3,532 13 Total: 2007 8 293 Indian Arrowhead Forest Preserve 81 2007 5 177 Rocks, The 24 2007 2 58 Monadnock Reservation 2 2007 29 1,055 High Watch Preserve (and Harmon Preserve) 100 2007 12 420 Robie Forest 139 2007 3 98 Nottingham 143 2007 2 65 Smith Woodland, Sidney Butler 32 2007 6 213 Nemiah Forest 63 2007 5 168 Langenau Forest 56 2007 18 659 Cockermouth Forest 74 2007 1 26 Dickinson Memorial Forest 14 2007 2 71 Stephens Forest 94 2007 6 229 Dana Forest 141 Year Planned Man-Days Acres to Inventory Property Name Block

16. 2. Lay out inventory sampling grid 3. Print field map

17. 4. Conduct Inventory

19. 23.5 ft radius, 1/38 acre: Vegetation (largest) 11.8 ft radius, 1/100 acre: Vegetation and Regeneration Plot 5.9 ft radius, 1/400 acre: Vegetation (smallest) 59.4 ft radius, approx ¼ acre: DWD SPNHF Bio-Timber Inventory Plot Diagram Variable radius prism plot Trees

21. 5. Download data 6. Delineate stands Stand 2 H3B Stand 1 HS4B

22. 7. Process Data

23. 8. Generate Reports

25. 1. Goals and Objectives 1.1 Organization's Land Management Philosophy 1.2 Property Goals and Objectives 1.3 Inventory Methodology 1.4 Map: Inventory 2. Property Data 2.1 Location 2.1.1 Directions to the Property 2.1.2 Map: Location 2.4 Bounds 2.4.2 Table: Boundary Status 2.4.3 Table: Blaze Status 2.5 Access 2.5.2 Table: Property Signs 2.5.4 Table: Gates 2.5.5 Internal Roads and Trails 2.9 Stands 2.9.5 Table: Operability Types 2.9.8 Map: Stands 3. Historical Information 3.2 Land History 3.2.2 Table: Timber Harvesting History — Property Summary 3.2.3 Table: Timber Harvesting History — Volumes and Values 3.2.7 Map: Cultural Features 4. Ecological Information 4.1 Soils 4.1.1 Soils 4.1.2 Table: Soils 4.1.3 Site Indices 4.1.4 Table: Soil Site Indices 4.1.5 Map: Soils 4.1.6 Map: Soils IFS Group 4.1.7 Parent Material and Bedrock Geology 4.2 Hydrology 4.2.6 Map: Hydrological Features 4.3 Topography 4.3.1 Topographic Description 4.3.2 Map: Topography 4.4 Plant Life 4.4.3 Natural Communities 4.4.6 Known Rare, Endangered or Uncommon Plant Species and Their Intended Management 4.4.9 Forest Areas Exhibiting Old Growth Characteristics 4.4.10 Invasive Exotic Plants and Their Intended Management 4.4.11 Table: Invasive Exotic Plant Species 4.5 Wildlife 4.5.2 Table: Wildlife Habitats 4.5.3 Known Resident Species 4.5.7 Graph: Species Composition 4.5.11 Table: Cavity Opportunities for Wildlife: Damaged Live Trees 4.5.12 Table: Cavity Opportunities for Wildlife: Snag Trees 4.5.13 Table: Downed Logs 4.5.14 Graph: FSSWT Recommendations for Dead Wood 5. Timber Resources 5.1 Timber Cruise Methodology 5.2 Operability Assessment 5.3 Property-wide Volumes and Values 5.3.1 Table: Property Volumes and Values 5.3.2 Table: Property Cut and Leave Volumes and Values 5.4 Stand Descriptions and Prescriptions 5.4.1 Stand Narrative Descriptions and Prescriptions 5.4.2 Table: Stand Summary 5.4.3 Table: Stand Volumes and Values 5.4.4 Table: Stand Cut and Leave Volumes and Values 5.4.5 Table: Regeneration 5.4.7 Table: Diameter Distribution of All Live Trees (in TPA by MU) 5.4.10 Table: Product Class/Basal Area Diameter Distribution 5.4.12 Graph: Existing Acceptable vs. Unacceptable Growing Stock 6. Planned Management Activities 6.1 Pre-Harvest Plan 6.2 Map: Pre-Harvest Map Appendix A: Plant Species Identified On Property Appendix B: Harvest Map, Pre-Plan, and Summary 9. Write Management Plan

26. Timber Harvest Planning

31. Pre-Harvest Plans

33. Properties that Qualify in the Available Timber Report $540,000 4.6 1,447 Subtotal $260,000 2.0 646 4 Slated for Harvests $800,000 6.6 2,093 Subtotal $200,000 1.8 552 6 Recently Harvested $1,000,000 8.4 2,645 28 Qualify ApproximateTotal Value $ Total Volume MMBF Acres # Properties

34. ATD Reports On

37. 1980 Inventory: 3-five Year cutting periods 25,000 acres flown; Developed BTI Staff Changes Stumpage predicted by BTI Data

40. Annual Growth

43. Electricity $100 PSNH 1235 03/10/08 Groceries $100 Shaws 1234 03/8/08 Rec Tax Description Amount Payee Check No. Date

45. BTI/Assisi Inventory Harvest Activity Boundary/Surveying GIS ACTIVITY FRAME Field data collection Data importing Data analysis Reporting Spatial data capture GPS Editing Maps Harvest Plans Contracting Harvest Accounting Depletion and taxes Financial Report Abutters Line maintenance plan ROW documents

46. BTI/Assisi Inventory Harvest Accounting GIS Boundary/Surveying DATA FRAME Action Plans Infrastructure Contracts/Leases

47. BTI/Assisi Inventory

48. GIS