DEPARTMENT OP^ LANDS AND FORESTS FOR 1948 81 



DIVISION OF TIMBER MANAGEMENT 



The Division of Timber Management is primarily concerned with the 

 proper utiHzation of Crown timber. The immense timber resources of the 

 Province, if they are to be intelHgently used, require an intimate and scientific 

 knowledge of what timber is growing throughout the Province and what has 

 reached the stage where it should be harvested. With this in mind a Forest 

 Inventor}' is now in progress and is reported on herein. 



The proper utilization of timber which has been sold is also of the utmost 

 importance and under present management plans (with the co-operation of the 

 operators) progress is being made in this regard. This is also reported on. 



Conditions for lumbering were favourable throughout the 1947-48 season 

 and production of forest products was maintained. 



Complete figures for 1947-48 production are not available at this time but a 

 statement of timber cut 1946-47 and returned in 1947 is shown on Page 84, 

 Table 1. Statements showing production by administrative districts of the 

 Province for the season 1946-47 are also shown on Pages 85-99, Tables 2 to 2o 

 inclusive. 



Other activities of the Di\-ision are reported on herein, including: 



Timber areas sold \ear ending March 31, 1948. 



Mills Licensed. 



Results of Scaler's examinations. 



Timber agreements consummated. 



FOREST RESOURCES INVENTORY 

 Annual Report Fiscal Year ending March 31, 1948 



The resources inventory project started in the previous fiscal year was well 

 under way at the commencement of the year. Photograph}- completed during 

 the \ear amounted to 46,043 square miles under contract and 6,681 square miles 

 by the Department staff, making a total of 52,724 square miles for the entire 

 programme. 



MANACRMFNT PLANS AND CONTROL 



During the fiscal year 1947-48 increasing activit>- has been in evidence in 

 connection with the preparation of management plans. The photographs and 

 planimetric base maps supplied b\- the I3epartment have been of great assistance 

 in providing basic control and in speeding up the coverage of the forest area in 

 the surve\s required to f)r()(luce the management jilans. The majority of the 

 agreement holders are acti\'el\' engaged in the preparation of forest in\'entories 

 and management ]:)lans although there has been some difficult}' in obtaining 

 adequate personnel to carr\' on this work. As a result of issuing the manual of 

 requirements for these plans, more satisfactory and uniform reports are being 

 submitted. 



