Build a tract map that distinguishes retain, treat and avoid
A map makes the landowner's purpose and water protection visible to the person evaluating the work.
Scope notePlan an SMZ along covered water and select its treatment for the site; 50 feet is general guidance, not a universal statutory minimum.
Layers
- Property and access boundaries
- Purpose/end-use zones
- Healthy trees or buffers to retain
- Streams, waterbodies, wet ground and SMZ
- Roads, landings and crossings
- Mulch, hand-treat, avoid and follow-up zones
Export
One-page PDF-style brief and structured fields sent with the lead.
Authority Tool
Link to the NC Forest Service preharvest planning tool as an additional resource, without representing this site's sketch as the official tool.
The map is not a survey, timber plan, wetland delineation or permit.
Official sources and scope notes
- Logging FAQs — North Carolina Forest Service
- Forestry BMP Field Guide — North Carolina Forest Service