Figure 2: Plantation forestry activities and effects
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Figure 2 shows the main plantation forestry activities and environmental effects. The diagram depicts a plantation forestry setting with the various stages of the forestry operations cycle and some of the associated effects of these activities. All are numbered as follows:
- Water quality testing
A forestry crew member is taking a water quality sample downstream from plantation forestry activities
- Culvert and fish passage
A stream crossing culvert with fish passage
- Riparian setback
A buffer area between the stream and forestry activities that is vegetated with natives.
- Replanting
A forestry crew member planting plantation forestry seedlings on a site following harvesting of a previous crop. This is evident by the presence of tree stumps and debris.
- Pruning
A forestry crew member is using a ladder to climb a tree and trim the lower limbs off plantation trees.
- Planners
Two planners are standing by the road planning forestry operations.
- Slash
A pile of slash (or woody debris from harvesting activities).
- Land preparation
A digger is preparing the land in preparation for planting.
- Earthworks (road construction)
A roller prepares a road for access to the forest.
- Sediment control (silt pond)
A small pond collects stormwater runoff and sediment before it enters the waterway.
- Erosion
A section of land beneath the road is starting to erode away.
- Afforestation
Forests of young plantation trees are growing.
- Quarrying
A digger is extracting rock from a forest quarry.
- Harvesting (cable hauling)
A large machine (cable hauler) is used for extracting harvesting trees on steep terrain.
- Landing
A flat area of terrain where logs are stacked for loading into trucks.
- Thinning
A forestry crew member is thinning a more mature forest by cutting down a tree
- Wilding tree
A contractor is removing a plantation forestry tree that has starting growing in a sheep paddock adjoining a forest.
- Indigenous forest remnant
A section of indigenous forest remains in the area adjacent to the plantation forest.
- Archaeological site
An archaeological site located near the road and stream is unplanted.
