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Schedule E – Green up
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(Sections 1, 28 and 67)
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Greened-up
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An area is greened-up if
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at least 75% of the previously harvested cutblock area meets the minimum stocking requirements specified in Schedule F, and
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the average height of the tallest 10% of the trees is a minimum of 3m.
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Harvesting adjacent to areas that are not greened-up
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For the purposes of section 28 (1) (b) (iv), a participant may harvest a cutblock that is adjacent to a previously harvested cutblock that is not greened-up, if the requirements in any of the following paragraphs are met:
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the previously harvested cutblock was harvested under a licence to cut or a Christmas tree permit;
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a partial cut silvicultural system is used that retains trees in a uniform distribution throughout the cutblock to be harvested, and 40% or more of the pre-harvest basal area will be retained;
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the total area of
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the cutblock to be harvested, and
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the harvested cutblocks that are not greened-up and that are adjacent to the cutblock to be harvested
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does not exceed the maximum size for cutblocks specified or varied under Schedule B;
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the harvesting of the cutblock is necessary to achieve established visual quality objectives;
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the resultant opening has been authorized by the district manager, in a written notice given to the person, on the grounds that it will be consistent with the structural characteristics and the temporal and spatial distribution of natural openings;
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the proposed harvesting will recover timber that was damaged by fire, insects, wind or other similar events and, if possible, the cutblock to be harvested incorporates structural characteristics of natural disturbance.
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