Guard
Hampton Tree Farms has completed logging both Unguard and Guard.
- Notes from the Guard Timber Sale
Twenty minutes from Estacada and moments from the popular Helens Lake Shore camp site the Guard timber sale on Mt. Hood National Forest is in its final stages of being logged.
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General Info
- District: Clackamas
- Total Acres: 246
- Watershed: South Fork Clackamas
- Basic Location: Take 224 to Estacada. Take a right on 211 in Estacada. Drive 5 miles. Take a left onto Hillock Burn Rd. which turns into Road 45. Drive 5 Miles. Take a left on Park at the Mt. Hood National Forest Sign that is on the left.
- Driving Directions: South of Hwy 224 and Estacada, off of Hillock Burn Rd. which turns into Road 45
- Legal Description: T4S, R5E section 19
- Old Growth Units: All of Unguard, parts of Guard
- Total MMBF: 4.532
- Total CCF: 7397
Timber Sales
- Guard (224 Acres, 4 MMBF, 6300 CCF)
Sold on Nov-08-2002 to Hampton
Status: Finished - Unguard (22 Acres, 0.532 MMBF, 1097 CCF)
Sold on Oct-24-2001 to Hampton
Status: Finished
Prescriptions
- Total Regeneration Acres: 35
- Total Commercial Thin Acres: 184
- "Purpose & Need:" To improve health of overstocked second-growth stands. To convert slow growing unhealthy stands into productive young stands. To provide better snag habitat. To thin approx. 180 acres in the Matrix and 7 acres in the Riparian Reserves, creating snags in these areas.
Habitat & Species
- T&E Species: NSO 1998 Bi-Op
Restrictions
- Oct 1-June 30 : Ground-based yarding equipment. Restricted Units: 1,2,3,4,6
- Dec 1 - April 1 : No harvest operations, road construction ,or blasting. Restricted Units: 1,2,3, and 6
- Jan 1st -July 31st : No harvest operations, road construction, use of motorized equipment. Restricted Units: 1,2,3 and 6
- Oct 1 and May 31st : No Landing Construction, road cosntruction, or log yarding. Restricted Units: 2 and 9
Updated 5/7/09
