Forest Management Proposals and Silviculture Prescriptions are presented by the year in which they were proposed and then further by the Management Forestry District in which they are located. Proposals remain posted until the project is implemented with a timber sale or Home Fuelwood contract. Silviculture Prescriptions remain posted as long as a project is being actively implemented and at least one year after a project is completed. If you are unsure of when a project was proposed but know it’s location check the Management Forestry District map and it’s forester contact list.
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Table of Contents
Potter Mountain, Pittsfield State Forest
Proposed January 21, 2015
| State Forest | Pittsfield |
|---|---|
| Location | Lanesborough / Hancock |
| Acreage | 420 |
| Timber Sale Acres | 96 and 169 |
| Forest Type | Oak hardwood, northern hardwood, white pine hardwood |
| Silviculture | Irregular Shelterwood, Thinning, Salvage |
| Date Proposed | 1/21/2015 |
| Public Meeting Date | 2/23/2015 |
| Public Meeting Location | Pittsfield |
| Offered | 8/15/2016 and 7/11/2017 |
| Sold | Yes and Yes |
| Active | 96 acres - 2/1/2017; 169 acres - 6/11/2019 |
| Harvesting Completed | 7/31/2018 |
| Contract Closed | 8/23/2018 |
Additional Resources for Potter Mountain, Pittsfield State Forest
Open PDF file, 1.31 MB,
Potter Mountain Proposal
(English, PDF 1.31 MB)
Open PDF file, 7.6 KB,
Comments & Responses Spring 2015
(English, PDF 7.6 KB)
Open PDF file, 1.24 MB,
Potter Mountain Prescription
(English, PDF 1.24 MB)
Tannery Road, Savoy State Forest
Proposed February 26, 2016
| State Forest | Savoy Mountain |
|---|---|
| Location | Savoy |
| Acreage | 101 |
| Timber Sale Acres | 106 |
| Forest Type | Northern hardwood, Norway spruce |
| Silviculture | Group Selection, Irregular Shelterwood, Row thinning |
| Date Proposed | 2/26/2016 |
| Public Meeting Date | 3/29/2016 |
| Public Meeting Location | Pittsfield |
| Offered | 10/12/2017 |
| Sold | Yes |
| Active | 9/4/2018 |
| Harvesting Completed | 12/21/2018 |
| Contract Closed | 1/15/2019 |
Additional Resources for Tannery Road, Savoy State Forest
Open PDF file, 1012.32 KB,
Tannery Road Proposal
(English, PDF 1012.32 KB)
Open PDF file, 446 KB,
winter-spring 2016 comments and responses
(English, PDF 446 KB)
Open PDF file, 2.09 MB,
Tannery Road Prescription
(English, PDF 2.09 MB)
Open PDF file, 125.2 KB,
August 24, 2017 - Pre-Harvest Forest Tour - Savoy Mountain
(English, PDF 125.2 KB)
Ole Shaker, Lindon W. Bates Memorial State Park
Proposed February 9, 2018
| State Forest | Lindon W. Bates Memorial State Park |
|---|---|
| Location | Hancock |
| Acreage | 173 |
| Timber Sale Acres | 175 |
| Forest Type | Northern hardwoods, white pine, oak-hardwoods, beech |
| Silviculture | Thinning, group selection, irregular shelterwood, site preparation |
| Date Proposed | 2/9/2018 |
| Public Meeting Date | 2/28/2018 |
| Public Meeting Location | Pittsfield |
| Offered | 8/29/19 |
| Sold | Yes |
| Active | - |
| Harvesting Completed | - |
| Contract Closed | - |
Additional Resources for Ole Shaker, Lindon W. Bates Memorial State Park
Shear Pin, Savoy Mountain State Forest
Proposed March 15, 2019
| State Forest | Savoy Mountain State Forest |
| Location | Savoy |
| Acreage | 86 |
| Timber Sale Acres | - |
| Forest Type | Northern hardwood, sugar maple, spruce fir, mixed hardwoods |
| Silviculture | Group selection, irregular shelterwood, clearcut with reserves, thinning |
| Date Proposed | 3/15/2019 |
| Public Meeting Date | 4/2/2019 |
| Public Meeting Location | Pittsfield |
| Offered | - |
| Sold | - |
| Active | - |
| Harvesting Completed | - |
| Contract Closed | - |
Additional Resources for Shear Pin, Savoy Mountain State Forest
Open PDF file, 1.55 MB,
Shear Pin Forest Management Proposal 2019
(English, PDF 1.55 MB)
Open PDF file, 1.43 MB,
Shear Pin Final Prescription
(English, PDF 1.43 MB)
Balance Rock Lot, Balance Rock State Park
Proposed March 2, 2020
| State Forest | Balance Rock State Forest |
| Location | Lanesborough |
| Acreage | 246 |
| Timber Sale Acres | - |
| Forest Type | Oak hardwood, northern hardwood, white pine hardwood |
| Silviculture | Group selection, thinning |
| Date Proposed | 3/2/2020 |
| Public Meeting Date | 3/16/2020 |
| Public Meeting Location | Pittsfield |
| Offered | - |
| Sold | - |
| Active | - |
| Harvesting Completed | - |
| Contract Closed | - |
Additional Resources for Balance Rock Lot, Balance Rock State Park
Open PDF file, 6.13 MB,
Balance Rock Forest Management Proposal
(English, PDF 6.13 MB)
Open PDF file, 1.09 MB,
Balance Rock Final Prescription
(English, PDF 1.09 MB)
Cold River, Florida State Forest
Proposed March 2, 2020
| State Forest | Florida State Forest |
| Location | Florida |
| Acreage | 107 |
| Timber Sale Acres | - |
| Forest Type | Norway Spruce plantation, mixed hardwoods |
| Silviculture | Patch clearcut, group selection, thinning |
| Date Proposed | 3/2/2020 |
| Public Meeting Date | 3/16/2020 |
| Public Meeting Location | Pittsfield |
| Offered | - |
| Sold | - |
| Active | - |
| Harvesting Completed | - |
| Contract Closed | - |
Additional Resources for Cold River, Florida State Forest
Open PDF file, 6.32 MB,
Cold River Lot Forest Management Proposal
(English, PDF 6.32 MB)
Open PDF file, 1.26 MB,
Cold River Final Prescription
(English, PDF 1.26 MB)