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        <title>Notice of Timber Operations (NTOs) - CAL FIRE [ds2911]</title>
        <geoform>vector digital data</geoform>
        <onlink>https://forest-practice-calfire-forestry.hub.arcgis.com/</onlink>
        <onlink>https://wildlife.ca.gov/Data/BIOS</onlink>
        <onlink>https://filelib.wildlife.ca.gov/Public/BDB/GIS/BIOS/Public_Datasets/2900_2999/ds2911.zip</onlink>
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    <descript>
      <abstract>***This is non-CDFW data. It is being hosted for use in BIOS. More current data may be available from the source, https://forest-practice-calfire-forestry.hub.argis.com/. This Data was downloaded 4/25/2023.***Notices of Timber Operations (NTOs) accepted by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection as part of approved Nonindustrial Timber Management Plans (NTMPs). NTOs are valid for one year after being accepted by the department. Data from 1991 to present. This data set does not reflect the entire record set of NTOs.Link to the California Forest Practice Rules: https://bof.fire.ca.gov/regulations/bills-statutes-rules-and-annual-california-forest-practice-rules</abstract>
      <purpose>Notices of Timber Operations (NTOs) accepted by the CA Dept. of Forestry and Fire Protection as part of approved Nonindustrial Timber Management Plans (NTMPs).</purpose>
    </descript>
    <status>
      <update>Continually</update>
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      <theme>
        <themekt>ISO 19115 Topic Categories</themekt>
        <themekey>environment</themekey>
      </theme>
      <theme>
        <themekt>None</themekt>
        <themekey>CAL FIRE</themekey>
        <themekey>CALFIRE</themekey>
        <themekey>California</themekey>
        <themekey>California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection</themekey>
        <themekey>California Natural Resources Agency</themekey>
        <themekey>CAOpenData</themekey>
        <themekey>Forest Practice</themekey>
        <themekey>Forestry</themekey>
        <themekey>Nonindustrial Timber Management Plans</themekey>
        <themekey>NTMP</themekey>
        <themekey>Notices of Timber Operations</themekey>
        <themekey>NTO</themekey>
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    <accconst>Harvest histories generated by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection's Forest Practice GIS show information currently in the files of the department. This information is part of the public's domain. Because the status of harvest plans change through out operational activity and/or amendments to the original plan, and because geographic features may be reclassified or added into the data sets over time, we recommend that you not redistribute this GIS data. We recommend that you update your data through the department on a regular basis to obtain the most current and accurate version. The State of California and The Department of Forestry and Fire Protection make no representations of warranties regarding the accuracy of data or maps. Neither the State nor the Department shall be liable under any circumstances for any direct, special, incidental, or consequential damages with respect to any claim by any user or third party on account of or arising from the use of data or maps. Users should cite the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection as the original source of the data, but clearly denote cases where the original data have been updated, modified, or in any way altered from the original condition.</accconst>
    <useconst>The State of California and the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection make no representations or warranties regarding the accuracy of data or maps. Not all years reflect the entire record set, and plans that were returned, withdrawn or cancelled are often not included. These are living datasets, and do not reflect every approved harvest document submitted each year. Forest Practice GIS strives to capture plans within three months of acceptance or approval. Neither the State nor the Department shall be liable under any circumstances for any direct, special, incidental, or consequential damages with respect to any claim by any user or third party on account of or arising from the use of data or maps. For more information, contact fpgis@fire.ca.gov.For additional information on specific plans see the California Timber Regulation and Environmental Evaluation System (CalTREES): https://caltreesplans.resources.ca.gov/caltrees/Default.aspxDisclaimer: The State makes no claims, promises, or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness, reliability, or adequacy of these data and expressly disclaims liability for errors and omissions in these data. No warranty of any kind, implied, expressed, or statutory, including but not limited to the warranties of non-infringement of third party rights, title, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and freedom from computer virus, is given with respect to these data.</useconst>
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        <cntorgp>
          <cntorg>California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection</cntorg>
          <cntper>Forest Practice GIS</cntper>
        </cntorgp>
        <cntaddr>
          <addrtype>mailing</addrtype>
          <address>135 Ridgway Ave.</address>
          <city>Santa Rosa</city>
          <state>CA</state>
          <postal>95401</postal>
          <country>US</country>
        </cntaddr>
        <cntvoice>(707) 576-2011</cntvoice>
        <cntemail>fpgis"at"fire.ca.gov</cntemail>
      </cntinfo>
    </ptcontac>
    <datacred>Forest Practice GIS, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE)</datacred>
    <native>Version 6.2 (Build 9200) ; Esri ArcGIS 10.7.1.11595</native>
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  <dataqual>
    <logic>Dataset represented is a reflection of the public record and only is as accurate as the information contained within that record. Most data have not been ground truthed by California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. Thoroughness of feature representation is limited to what is represented in the source documents.</logic>
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        <enttypl>CAL FIRE Notices of Timber Operations TA83</enttypl>
      </enttyp>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>OBJECTID</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Internal feature number.</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>Esri</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <udom>Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.</udom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>Shape</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Feature geometry.</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>Esri</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <udom>Coordinates defining the features.</udom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>GIS_ACRES</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>GIS-calculated acreage</attrdef>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>REGION</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Administrative area:

1 - Coast
2 - Cascade
3 - South
4 - Sierra</attrdef>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>NTMP_YEAR</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Year Nonindustrial Timber Management Plan (NTMP) submitted</attrdef>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>NTO_YEAR</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Year Notice of Operations (NTO) submitted</attrdef>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>NTMP_NUM</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>NTMP number

Note: NTMP number starts from 1 at the beginning of every year.</attrdef>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>NTO_NUM</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>NTO number

Note: NTO numbers are consecutive numbers, which continue until NTMP is cancelled or withdrawn</attrdef>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>COUNTY</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>County NTMP (NTO) is in

County Code (County Name):
ALA (Alameda)
ALP (Alpine)
AMA (Amador)
BUT (Butte)
CAL (Calaveras)
COL (Colusa)
CCA (Contra Costa)
DEL (Del Norte)
ELD (El Dorado)
FRE (Fresno)
GLE (Glenn)
HUM (Humboldt)
IMP (Imperial)
INY (Inyo)
KER (Kern)
KIN (Kings)
LAK (Lake)
LAS (Lassen)
LAN (Los Angeles)
MAD (Madera)
MAN (Marin)
MAR (Mariposa)
MEN (Mendocino)
MER (Merced)
MOD (Modoc)
MOO (Mono)
MON (Monterey)
NAP (Napa)
NEV (Nevada)
ORA (Orange)
PLA (Placer)
PLU (Plumas)
RIV (Riverside)
SAC (Sacramento)
SBO (San Benito)
SBR (San Bernardino)
SDO (San Diego)
SFO (San Francisco)
SJN (San Joaquin)
SLO (San Luis Obispo)
SMO (San Mateo)
SBA (Santa Barbara)
SCL (Santa Clara)
SCR (Santa Cruz)
SHA (Shasta)
SIE (Sierra)
SIS (Siskiyou)
SOL (Solano)
SON (Sonoma)
STA (Stanislaus)
SUT (Sutter)
TEH (Tehama)
TRI (Trinity)
TUL (Tulare)
TUO (Tuolumne)
VEN (Ventura)
YOL (Yolo)
YUB (Yuba)</attrdef>
      </attr>
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        <attrlabl>TIMBEROWNR</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Timber owner of record</attrdef>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>LANDOWNER</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Landowner of record</attrdef>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>SILVI_1</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Silvicultural prescription:

Evenaged Management: 
Clearcut, Seed Tree Seed Step, Seed Tree Removal Step, Seed Tree Rem/Commercial Thin, Shelterwood Prep Step, Shelterwood Seed Step, Shelterwood Removal Step, Shelterwood Rem/Commercial Thin

Unevenaged Management: 
Selection, Group Selection, Transition 

Intermediate Treatments: 
Commercial Thin, Sanitation Salvage

Special Prescriptions and Other Management: 
Aspen/Meadow/Wet Area Restoration, Fuelbreak/Defensible Space, Non Standard Practice, Oak Woodland Management, Rehabilitation of Understocked, Special Treatment Area, Substantially Damaged Timberland, Variable Retention, Conversion

Others:
Road Right-of-Way, No Harvest Area

Alternative Prescriptions shall be put into the category within which the most nearly appropriate or feasible silvicultural method in the Forest Practice Rules is found pursuant to 14 CCR § 913.6 (b)(3)[933.6(b)(3), 953.6(b)(3)]. 

Link to the California Forest Practice Rules: https://bof.fire.ca.gov/regulations/bills-statutes-rules-and-annual-california-forest-practice-rules/</attrdef>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>SILVI_2</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Alternative silvicultural prescription (the most nearly appropriate or feasible silvicultural method in California Forest Practice Rules and Act) or the secondary silvicultural prescription

Evenaged Management: 
Clearcut, Seed Tree Seed Step, Seed Tree Removal Step, Seed Tree Rem/Commercial Thin, Shelterwood Prep Step, Shelterwood Seed Step, Shelterwood Removal Step, Shelterwood Rem/Commercial Thin

Unevenaged Management: 
Selection, Group Selection, Transition 

Intermediate Treatments: 
Commercial Thin, Sanitation Salvage

Special Prescriptions and Other Management: 
Hardwood Release, Rehabilitation of Understocked, Special Treatment Area, Variable Retention</attrdef>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>SILVI_CAT</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Silvicultural Category:

Evenaged Management
14 CCR § 913.1 [933.1, 953.1]

Unevenaged Management
14 CCR § 913.2 [933.2, 953.2]

Intermediate Treatments
14 CCR § 913.3 [933.3, 953.3]

Special Prescriptions and Other Management
14 CCR § 913.4 [933.4, 953.4]

Timberland Conversion
14 CCR SUBCHAPTER 7, Article 7

Others:
Road Right-of-Way, No Harvest Area</attrdef>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>YARD</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Yarding method:

Ground Based:
• Tractor or Skidder

Cable:
• Cable System

Combination:
• Tractor with Cable option
• Cable with Tractor option
• Tractor with Helicopter option
• Cable with Helicopter option
• Helicopter with Tractor option
• Helicopter with Cable option
• Tractor with Cable and Helicopter option
• Cable with Tractor and Helicopter option

Other:
• Balloon or Helicopter
• Animal
• Other</attrdef>
      </attr>
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        <attrlabl>UNIT</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Name or number of unit if mapped</attrdef>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>PLAN_STAT</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Administrative status of NTO

- Approved
- Completed
- Unlogged
- Withdrawn</attrdef>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>ACCEPTED</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Date NTO accepted</attrdef>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>COMPLETED</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Date NTO completed or administratively closed out</attrdef>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>COMMENTS</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Supplementary information

Examples:
• Am 9 change TO/TLO (Per Amendment 9, timber owner and timberland owner were changed.) 
• CCSTA (Coastal Commission Special Treatment Area)
• Elk Creek STA (Elk Creek Special Treatment Area)
• WLPZ (Watercourse and Lake Protection Zone)</attrdef>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>SPATL_MOD</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Source of spatial modifications (e.g., 1-19-00003-MEN, NAIP_2018, etc.)</attrdef>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>MODIFIED</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Date of spatial modification</attrdef>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>HD_NUM</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>NTO Harvest Document Number or Plan Number:

Document/Plan Number consists of NTMP Document Number plus NTO Number, following CalTREES plan number assignments (currently without County Code in GIS)

Examples:

• 1-19NTMP-00014-NTO1*
• 1-18NTMP-001-1
• 1-17NTMP-007-NTO2
• 2-17NTMP-003-1
• 2-16NTMP-002-NTO3
• 1-96NTMP-037-NTO2

(*1-19NTMP-00014-MEN-NTO1 in CalTREES)

Link to the California Forest Practice Rules:
https://bof.fire.ca.gov/regulations/bills-statutes-rules-and-annual-california-forest-practice-rules/
Link to CalTREES:
https://caltreesplans.resources.ca.gov/caltrees/Default.aspx</attrdef>
      </attr>
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        <attrlabl>GLOBALID</attrlabl>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>Shape_Length</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Length of feature in internal units.</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>Esri</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <udom>Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.</udom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>Shape_Area</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Area of feature in internal units squared.</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>Esri</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <udom>Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.</udom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
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