Monitoring
Forest and Road Restoration
MRC and HRC on restoration projects to improve the quality of streams, roads, and the forest. Road restoration projects focus on improving water quality while forest restoration projects focus on restoring conifer-dominated forests on the landscape.
Road Restoration
Watershed analysis for both companies prioritizes road restoration projects including road improvement, road decommissioning, and culvert upgrades or removal. We measure water quality improvements by estimating controlled sediment or the amount of soil that is prevented from entering streams.
Table 1. Road restoration summary on MRC forestlands
| Year |
Controlled sediment (yd3) |
Total contributions* |
| 1998 |
7,284 |
$461,947 |
| 1999 |
52,819 |
$628,156 |
| 2000 |
127,555 |
$1,075,629 |
| 2001 |
38,126 |
$938,484 |
| 2002 |
88,286 |
$1,449,999 |
| 2003 |
203,463 |
$1,762,298 |
| 2004 |
30,388 |
$1,418,903 |
| 2005 |
66,284 |
$1,723,100 |
| 2006 |
58,066 |
$1,675,842 |
| 2007 |
68,726 |
$1,946,168 |
| 2008 |
34,006 |
$1,766,266 |
| 2009 |
7,893 |
$294,874 |
| TOTAL |
782,896 |
$15,026,863 |
*This is the total contribution from both MRC and funding partners.
Table 2. Road restoration summary on HRC forestlands (HRC started operations in August 2008; the road restoration summary for that year includes only the work done by HRC from August through December).
| Year |
Controlled sediment (yd3) |
Total contributions* |
| 2008 |
95,193 |
$2,027,174 |
| 2009 |
59,537 |
$1,379,376 |
| Total |
154,730 |
$3,406,550 |
*This is the total contribution from both HRC and funding partners
Forest Restoration
Forest restoration includes tree planting and encouraging the growth of redwood and Douglas-fir trees.
Table 3. Number of conifer seedlings planted on MRC forestlands.
| Planting season |
Acres planted |
Douglas-fir |
Redwood |
Total seedlings |
| 1998-1999 |
2,862 |
264,865 |
322,180 |
587,045 |
| 1999-2000 |
3,448 |
289,003 |
357,861 |
664,864 |
| 2000-2001 |
3,723 |
233,618 |
443,030 |
676,648 |
| 2001-2002 |
3,810 |
221,238 |
483,179 |
704,417 |
| 2002-2003 |
3,185 |
253,350 |
367,712 |
651,662 |
| 2003-2004 |
2,751 |
187,508 |
337,858 |
525,366 |
| 2004-2005 |
3,180 |
252,899 |
354,680 |
607,579 |
| 2005-2006 |
3,637 |
278,573 |
501,673 |
780,246 |
| 2006-2007 |
3,834 |
160,090 |
505,425 |
665,515 |
| 2007-2008 |
3,541 |
64,450 |
514,290 |
578,740 |
| 2008-2009 |
5,454 |
53,620 |
624,178 |
677,798 |
| 2009-2010 |
1,015 |
0 |
229,500 |
229,500 |
| TOTAL |
40,440 |
2,259,214 |
5,041,566 |
7,349,380 |
Table 4. Number of conifer seedlings planted on HRC forestlands.
| Planting season |
Acres planted |
Douglas-fir |
Redwood |
Total seedlings |
| 2008-2009 |
2,002 |
43,200 |
222,925 |
266,125 |
| 2009-2010 |
523 |
24,723 |
34,160 |
58,883 |
| Total |
2525 |
67,923 |
264,085 |
332,008 |
MRC and HRC also use herbicides applied manually on a plant by plant basis to reduce the amount of tanoak and other competing species, and encourage the growth of redwood and Douglas-fir.
Table 5. Herbicide use on MRC forestlands
| Year |
Acres restored |
Herbicide (lbs)* |
| 1999 |
3,368 |
5,269 |
| 2000 |
5,203 |
3,557 |
| 2001 |
6,779 |
4,145 |
| 2002 |
6,979 |
3,502 |
| 2003 |
6,621 |
3,849 |
| 2004 |
6,106 |
3,216 |
| 2005 |
6,512 |
4,700 |
| 2006 |
5,615 |
4,259 |
| 2007 |
4,811 |
2,999 |
| 2008 |
6,352 |
4,412 |
| 2009 |
1,721 |
2,577 |
| TOTAL |
60,067 |
42,485 |
*Pounds of active ingredient
Table 6. Herbicide use on HRC forestlands - in 2008, includes applications made by the previous landowner.
| Year |
Acres restored |
Herbicide (lbs)* |
Herbicide (lbs) Per Acre* |
| 2008 |
5,292 |
10,609 |
2.0 |
| 2009 |
1,392 |
1,654 |
1.2 |
| Total |
6,684 |
12,263 |
N/A |
*Pounds of active ingredient