SPECIAL PROJECTS 



The use of inmate labour from the Department of Reform Institutions and 

 the Canada Department of Justice on various silvicultural projects has been increas- 

 ing. These projects involved low-priority work for which no funds would normally 

 be available. 



Inmates carried out stand improvement on 465 acres of Crown lands in the 

 Sault Ste. Marie, Sudbury, and Parry Sound districts. 



On Agreement Forests they carried out stand improvement work on 496 acres 

 in the Maple and Lindsay districts. The men worked out of Camp Hendrie and 

 Camp Hillsdale, near Barrie; from Cold Springs Camp, a satellite camp of the 

 Bowmanville Boys' Training School; and from Beaver Creek Camp near Brace- 

 bridge, operated by the Canada Department of Justice. 



Junior Rangers were used in 26 stand improvement projects on Crown lands, 

 in which approximately 2,394 acres received improvement treatment. In a further 

 eight projects, Junior Rangers assisted in aerial spraying, surveys, line cutting, and 

 the collection of mensurational data. 



About a quarter of a million trees were planted on summer planting operations 

 by Junior Rangers. 



Special effort has been made to recruit Indians for silvicultural work. In some 

 areas they make up sizeable portion of the work force. 



Some projects, such as thinnings to increase the growth rate on desirable 

 stems, have been conducted in the off-season to reduce the unemployment in 

 certain areas. 



Forest Management Planning, March 31, 1964 



The revision of management plans for Crown units has followed closely the 

 reinventory of Crown lands, now in progress. 



Within 18 months of the completion of the reinventory of a management 

 unit, the revised management plan is prepared by the district staff. The plan is 

 drawn for a 20-year period and will be revised at 20-year intervals thereafter, on 

 the basis of rephotography and a new forest inventory at that time and on experi- 

 ence gained in the past periods. The basic planning considers management objectives 

 and the means of their attainment over a period of a hundred years, more or less. 

 This planning is based on such considerations as the arrangement of species and 

 age-classes on the productive forest land, a permanent road network, division of 

 the forest into accessible compartments, the rotations of the working groups, etc. 

 This planning constitutes a framework into which 10-year operating plans are 

 fitted as time passes. An operating plan shows, in detail, the stands to be cut, 

 regenerated, and tended, the roads to be built, and the improvements to be made. 



This type of planning is standard for Crown management units and Agreement 

 Forests for which plans are prepared by Department staff. The main essentials of 

 planning are contained in the Manual of Management Plan Requirements, as a 

 guide for the staffs of the larger licensees in the preparation of management plans 

 for Company management units. 



There are 207 management units in the Province, each operating under a plan 

 of its own. This number is subject to change from year to year due to abandonment 

 and acquisition of licences, and to division and consolidation of management units 

 at the time of plan revision. 



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