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Streamside

Use NC Forest Service guidance to mark water and plan an SMZ without turning a general recommendation into a fixed legal width.

Project step 01 · Streamside Zone Planner

Mark the streamside management zone before marking the treatment zone

NC Forest Service guidance requires an SMZ in covered forestry settings and gives flexible recommendations; it does not support a universal 50-foot legal claim.

Scope notePlan an SMZ along covered water and select its treatment for the site; 50 feet is general guidance, not a universal statutory minimum.

Steps
  • Mark intermittent and perennial streams and perennial waterbodies.
  • Identify slopes, erodible soil, crossings and wet approaches.
  • Draw a provisional SMZ for forester or authority review.
  • Select limited-entry, crossing and debris practices appropriate to the site.
  • Record why the final width and treatment were selected.
Width Note

The field guide gives 50 feet as a general recommendation and says conditions can justify wider or narrower treatment. Do not render it as a statewide statutory minimum.

A qualified professional and current rules should determine the site-specific zone.

Official sources and scope notes
Project step 02 · Preharvest Map

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
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