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§ 1621.1. Qualifying Forestry Work Experiences.

14 CA ADC § 1621.1Barclays Official California Code of Regulations

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Title 14. Natural Resources
Division 1.5. Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Refs & Annos)
Chapter 10. Registration of Professional Foresters (Refs & Annos)
Article 2. Applications
14 CCR § 1621.1
§ 1621.1. Qualifying Forestry Work Experiences.
Currentness
(a) “Forestry work,” within the meaning of Section 769 of the Code, includes those activities which demonstrate professional competence in the science, art, and practice of managing and using for human benefit while protecting the public interest, the natural resources that occur on and in association with, forest land.
(b) Forestry experience qualifying to take the exam shall demonstrate an increasing level of responsibility and complexity over the required time, and is more particularly classified as:
(1) Forest management, which includes that branch of forestry concerned with overall administration in forest economics, legal and social aspects; forest mensuration, forest regulation, and the development of access for protection and management of the resource.
(2) Silviculture, which includes the science and practice of controlling the composition, constitution, and growth of forests, including also stand improvement, forest nursery production, the techniques of seeding and planting, and reforestation.
(3) Forest protection, which includes the prevention and control of damage to forests, inclusive of control of forest pests; the prevention and control of wildfire; the protection of soils from erosion, and the reduction and repair of damage resulting form all of these and those related to climatic agent. Up to two years of the activities in this subsection qualify except when Section 1622(c) are met.
(4) Forest utilization which includes scaling, and logging involving felling, bucking, choker setting, and skidding/yarding. Up to two years of the activities in this subsection qualify except when Section 1622 of this article applies; additional time can qualify when conditions in 1622(c) are met.
(5) Forest and watershed management planning, initiated and carried out in:
(A) forest working plans,
(B) forest practice standards,
(C) management contracts,
(D) litigation reports and testimony,
(E) trespass,
(F) the development, maintenance and protection of wildlife habitat and forest range resources,
(G) forest recreation and environmental studies, and
(H) reconnaissance and mapping in conservation of forest and watershed lands and the yield thereof, including the investigation of wildlands soils.
(6) Other forest activities, including timber appraisals, forestry research, urban forestry, and teaching college or university courses in forestry.

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Note: Authority cited: Section 759, Public Resources Code. Reference: Section 769, Public Resources Code.
History
1. Renumbering and amendment of former section 1622 to Section 1621.1 filed 8-4-89; operative 9-3-89 (Register 89, No. 32). For prior history, see Register 85, No. 41.
This database is current through 5/10/24 Register 2024, No. 19.
Cal. Admin. Code tit. 14, § 1621.1, 14 CA ADC § 1621.1
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