Earth sciences

Process for earth sciences special values assessment and planning (PDF 343.5 KB)

Forest sinkhole manual (PDF 2.4 MB)

Karst Categories (PDF 295.5 KB)
Ref: Kiernan 1995, An Atlas of Tasmanian Karst, volume 2, p. 297

Earth Sciences Technical Notes

Earth Sciences Technical Note 1 - operations on high and very high erodibility soils (PDF 2.4 MB)

Guidelines

Sinkhole guidelines  (PDF 832.6 KB)
These guidelines replace recommendations in sections B2a, b and c of the Forest Sinkhole Manual (Kiernan 2002) and should be applied during forest operations in karst terrain. For situations not covered by the guidelines, contact the Earth Sciences specialist at the FPA.

Basalt talus guidelines (PDF 447.8 KB)

Dolerite talus guidelines (PDF 582.8 KB)

The Strahan guidelines (PDF 1.0 MB)
Prescriptions and guidelines for sustainable harvest of plantations on high and very high erodibility west coast dune sands

Guidelines for the protection of class 4 streams (PDF 2.2 MB)
These guidelines are now incorporated in the Forest Practices Code 

Evaluation sheets

Earth Sciences and Cultural Heritage Evaluation sheet (DOCX 54.6 KB)

Earth Sciences and Cultural Heritage evaluation sheet for small FPPs (DOCX 102.4 KB)

Forest soils fact sheet keys