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WHIP Practice and Practice Restrictions for FY2007

Practice Code Practice   Restrictions CS Type  Rate
338 Prescribed Burning None. AC 50%
394 Firebreak Limited to use as a supplemental practice for Prescribed Burning. AC 50%
422 Hedgerow Planting Limited to use as a supplemental practice for Woodland Wildlife and Early Successional Habitat systems. AC 50%
472 Use Exclusion  Limited to areas where potential of damage from livestock exists. AC 50%
490 Forest Site Preparation Limited to use as a supplemental practice for Longleaf, Hardwood, or Early Successional Habitat Systems. AC 50%
643 Restoration and Management of Declining Habitats Maximum planting density for longleaf pine is 403 trees per acre on a 9' x 12' spacing. Prescribed fire in a burn rotation is a supplemental practice required to be planned with this practice. Maximum planting density for native mast producing hardwoods is 302 trees per acre on a 12' x 12' spacing. Must plant a minimum of three native hard mast species suited to site. AC 50%
644 Wetland Wildlife Habitat Management Minimum of 3 acres of waterfowl habitat created with dike. Minimum of 1 acre of waterfowl habitat created with Clemson beaver pond leveler. AC 50%
645 Upland Wildlife Habitat Management Openings should be well distributed throughout management area. Openings should be created in pine beetle deadenings, log loading areas, or cutover areas in existing pine stands that have been thinned. AC 50%
647 Early Successional Habitat Development/Management  Prescribed fire set up in a burn rotation or stripdisking in a two or three year rotation are required supplemental practices. A post-herbicide treatment is required for establishment of native grasses on sites with introduced grasses such as bermudagrass or fescue. AC 50%
657 Wetland Restoration Open land with 50% or greater hydric soils. AC 50%
666 Forest Stand Improvement Prescribed fire set up in a burn rotation is a required supplemental practice. Before prescribed fire is introduced into system, existing pine stands must be thinned according to System Guidelines and Practice Standards and Specifications. AC 50%


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