Mark the tract before describing the job
Acreage alone does not say what should be touched, retained or protected.
Layers
- Name
Purpose
- Mark
- Sightline
- Trail/access
- Homesite preparation
- Pasture edge
- Invasive control
- Fuel or storm cleanup
- Name
Retain
- Mark
- Desirable trees
- Boundary screen
- Shade
- Known habitat or sensitive area
- Name
Water
- Mark
- Lake edge
- Perennial/intermittent channel
- Drainage swale
- Wet ground
- Culvert
- Name
Access
- Mark
- Gate width
- Bridge or crossing
- Slope
- Utilities
- Neighbor boundary
- Name
Treatment
- Mark
- Mulch
- Hand work
- No-entry zone
- Follow-up control
- Separate grading
- Name
Debris
- Mark
- Leave spread
- Concentrate only where appropriate
- Remove separately
- Unknown
Output
A tract legend and three wide photos sent with the project request.
The sketch is a scoping aid, not a boundary survey, wetland determination or erosion-control plan.