Manual Brush Piling
Definition
The piling of harvest residue by hand. May be one treatment or part of other treatments in preparing an area for natural regeneration and/or planting.
Eligibility Criteria
- An appropriate pre-harvest covertype (see General Standards)
- The presence of sufficient brush which interferes with natural regeneration establishment and/or planting
Guidelines and Assessment Procedures
- Visual inspection that the site is sufficiently free of harvest residue to allow natural regeneration establishment and/or planting at the density prescribed
- Visual inspection of sufficient micro-sites to allow the natural regeneration establishment and/or planting of at least 90% of the density prescribed