Section ENV.02.22 — Emergency/Small Lot Tribal Forest Enterprise Sale

(a) The process for an emergency/small lot tribal forest enterprise sale will be used when there is a harvest or sale of harvested timber that need to be handled quickly in order to retain the highest benefit to the Tribe.

(b) The emergency/small lot tribal forest enterprise sale will be used when the normal processes cannot be done in a timely manner and/or when the harvest is for a small amount of forest product making it impractical to conduct an open market sale, such as disease treatments, localized blowdowns, clearings for development and ceased thefts.

(c) The need, prescription, and Scope of Work for the harvest/salvage must be recommended by the Committee and approved by the Tribal Council. Such approvals will be obtained prior to the harvest unless the nature of the emergency requires immediate action. In the event immediate action is required, the approvals will be obtained as soon as possible after the fact.

(d) Timber will be harvested by either tribal staff or a hired contractor. The contractor may be from the Approved Logger list, but this is not required depending on the scope of the project. This determination will be made on a case-by-case basis by the Tribal Forester.

(e) Emergency harvests, salvages, or mitigation may be in excess of the Tribe's annual allowable cut per its Forest Management Plan.