Extensive disintegration of spruce forests in the Beskidy Mts. in South Poland generates a need to regenerate sizeable
areas as well as to rebuild forest stands which have defended themselves against breakdown. In practice, the magnitude
of relevant management tasks does not allow for keeping up with the progressive destruction of forest, especially at
higher altitudes, where natural regeneration does not occur as much as necessary. In addition, the species composition
is limited to spruce, sometimes accompanied by beech and fir, whereas other species have a negligible share. What may
be helpful in solving this problem is the method of regeneration of such areas and of establishment of under-canopy cultures,
consisting of patchwork, multi-stage regeneration task performance, starting from the areas with the best chance
of reforestation success and using the existing self-sown trees. Such areas undoubtedly include habitats with better water
balance, i.e. humid habitats (in the case of larger areas, distinguished in the forest management plan as humid forest
site types). The aim of the present study was to propose management of watercourses and headwater areas in the region
of the Skrzyczne massif where the selected catchments are situated on the southern (the Malinowski Stream) and the
northern (the Roztoka Czyrna stream) slopes of this massif. The research was carried out in August 2012 and included
juxtaposition of available hydrological maps with actual field conditions along with identification of springs and streams
and the course of their beds in order to update the existing data. The updating of the forest numerical maps in the existing
databases of the State Forests IT System (SILP) included verification of the course of streams and determination of
their nature (penament or periodic) with a division into the existing ones and the added ones. The data was recorded
against the background of the division of the forest surface, contour lines, major roads, climate and plant floors and
forest habitat types. The total length of streams was ascertained. The catchment areas and areas along their beds were
determined by adopting variable distances from the beds, depending on climate and plant zones and the slope gradient.
The adopted distances were: 5 m in the upper forest zone, 10 m in the middle forest zone, 20 m in the lower forest zone on
both sides of the bed and in the headwater area within the radius of 10 m from a source. Specific sylvicultural procedures
in headwater areas and in the neighbourhood of watercourses were described in each climatic and vegetation zones.
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