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East Gippsland Forest Management Plan
December 1995
Contents
Summary, Foreword and AcknowledgementsChapter 1 - Background
1.1 Scope and Purpose
1.2 Legislative and Policy Framework
1.3 Major Issues
1.4 Planning Process
Chapter 2 - Forest Management Strategy
2.1 Forest Management Vision
2.2 Forest Management Strategy
2.3 Zoning Scheme
Chapter 3 - Biodiversity Conservation
3.1 General Principles
3.2 Native Flora
3.3 Old-Growth Forest
3.4 Native Fauna
3.5 Sites of Biological Significance
Chapter 4 - Forest Production
4.1 Hardwood Timber Supply
4.2 Silviculture
4.3 Other Forest Produce
Chapter 5 - Forest Protection
5.1 Fire Management
5.2 Stream and Catchment Values
5.3 Pest Plants and Animals
Chapter 6 - Cultural Values
6.1 Recreation and Tourism
6.2 Landscape Management
6.3 Historical and Aboriginal Places
6.4 National Estate
Chapter 7 - Forest Roads
7.1 Establishing a Permanent Road and Track Network
7.2 Road Closures
Chapter 8 - Plan Implementation
8.1 Implementation and Review
8.2 Wood Utilization PLans
8.3 Monitoring and Reporting
References
Appendices
A - Land categories in the Forest Management Area
B - Zoning scheme register
C - Description of Geographic Representation Units
D - Representative conservation of Ecological Vegetation Classes
E - Representative conservation of Ecological Vegetation Classes within Geographic Representation Unit
F - Management of Ecological Vegetation Classes
G - Definition of rainforest
H - Management of Rare or Threatened Plant Species
I - Representation of old-growth forest in conservation reserves and forest management zones
J - Management of threatened and sensitive fauna
K - Plan for Special Management Zone no. 832/4 in Cabbage Tree Forest Block
L - Contribution of the Special Protection Zone to protection of extensive national estate and old-growth forest values
M - Areas and volumes available for timber production
N - Fuel reduction burning in the Special Protection and Special Management Zones
O - Scenic drive network and lookouts
P - List of individuals and organisations making submissions on the Proposed Management Plan
List of Tables
1 - Extent of forest management zones and other land categories in the Forest Management Area
2 - Permitted activities in management zones
3 - Levels of protection of rainforest in the East Gippsland Forest Management Area
4 - Targets for the average area and sawlog volumes to be harvested annually in each forest type
5 - Stream protection in the Forest Management Area
6 - Characteristics and management of the Rocky River and Betka River Special Water Supply Catchment Areas
7 - Invasive environmental weeds with high priority for control in State forest
8 - Management of visitor facilities in, or immediately adjacent to, State forest
9 - Management of aesthetic values of national estate significance in State forest
10 - Historical places in State forest with national estate values
11 - Representation of extensive national estate values in conservation reserves and management zones
List of Maps
1 - Regional context - State forest and conservation reserves
2 - Detail of forest management zones in the W-Tree area
3 - Plan for Special Management Zone no. 832/04 in Cabbage Tree Forest Block
4 - Forest management zones - East Gippsland Forest Management Area
Maps 1-18 form part of the Statement of Resources, Uses and Values. Maps 19-22 were part of the Proposed Plan and are consequently now out of date.
Figures
1 - Proportion of public land in forest management zones and conservation reserves
2 - Levels of representative conservation of three Ecological Vegetation Classes
3 - Levels of representative conservation of Damp Forest in geographic representation units
4 - Interaction between growth stage and disturbance level in defining old-growth forest
5 - Representation of old-growth forest for the five most extensive Ecological Vegetation Classes (EVCs)
6 - Levels of representation of old-growth forest on public land
7 - Proportion of regrowth in different forest types for the net productive area (GMZ and available SMZ)
1997 Amendment
The East Gippsland Forest Management Plan was modified in August 1997 subsequent to the East Gippsland Regional Forest Agreement. This document replaces relevant parts of the above text:
EG FMP Amendments
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