which will not only provide for the very best possible management of each resource 

 but will also take into consideration the need for co-operation and integration of 

 the management plans for all uses, 



LAND USE PLANS 



A great deal of progress has been achieved in the districts in the preparation 

 of their land use plans. Discussions were held with the districts in the field and 

 the way was cleared for the actual submission of plans by most of the districts. 



The technical basis for the land use plan is the site classification evolved by 

 the Research Branch, which permits a recommended use capability map being 

 made according to the actual capability of the soil to produce the different prod- 

 ucts of the land. Progress is being made in this work by the Research Branch but 

 there are areas yet that have not been mapped. In such areas the work is pro- 

 ceeding, using the best information available. 



PRIVATE LANDS LIAISON COMMITTEE 



This is an interdepartmental committee appointed by order-in-council, con- 

 sisting of three members of the Department of Agriculture and three members of 

 the Department of Lands and Forests, of which the Supervisor of the Land Use 

 Planning Section is the chairman. One of the problems in land use planning in 

 Southern Ontario is that of determining the amount and location of agricultural 

 land which will be needed for agricultural use and what should be channeled into 

 other uses. This is particularly necessary in planning for timber production since 

 land planted up with trees at considerable cost, is necessarily dedicated to tree 

 production until at least the maturity of the crop, (at least 40-50 years) or the 

 effort put into tree planting is wasted. While some such waste is unavoidable, 

 proper planning should reduce this to a minimum. The committee arranged for 

 collaboration between the Department of Agriculture, particularly the Soils De- 

 partment of the Ontario Agricultural College, and the site section of the Research 

 Branch of the Department of Lands and Forests with a view to deciding upon a 

 common classification. This is now under advisement. 



RECREATIONAL LAND USE PLANNING 



The revised instructions issued last year to the districts has resulted in a 

 clearer conception of the zoning aspects of the plans and has provided a more 

 uniform classification across the province. Each district plan was reviewed at Main 

 Office and a certificate signed by the Minister giving each plan legal status under 

 the Public Lands Act. 



A meeting of the District Advisory Committee on Recreational Land Use 

 Planning was held during the year, in each district north of, and including, Pem- 

 broke and Parry Sound Districts. The Recreational Land Use Plan will eventually 

 form a part of the Land Use Plan of each district when the first plan is submitted. 



Wilderness Areas 



During the year there was no new wilderness area set aside. The Nature Re- 

 serves which are proposed for establishment under the Wilderness Areas Act are 

 under process of being established. Reports will be made on them during 1963 

 and then they will be set aside by regulation. 



Progress is being made on the establishment of a twelve hundred square mile 

 wilderness area north of Lake Superior known as the Pukaskwa. This will con- 

 stitute an important addition to the area set aside as wilderness in Ontario. 



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