TIMBER SECTION 



FOREST MANAGEMENT PLANNING 



The development of forest areas is based on management 

 plans that provide detailed information about the volume of 

 annual cut, cutting methods, regeneration treatments, road 

 and camp locations, and other facts essential to orderly 

 management. 



Standard management plans are based on inventory data 

 gathered using photo interpretation, point sampling, and 

 computer compilation methods. The information is entered 

 in stand ledgers, which also serve as a record of changes. 

 Standard plans have been prepared following the re-inven- 

 tory of Crown management units started in 1958. The essen- 

 tials of this type of planning are contained in the Manual of 

 Management Plan Requirements. 



The initial management plans, based on the inventory 

 method used prior to 1968, are retained until replaced with 

 standard plans, and form the basis for the management of a 

 large proportion of the Crown management units in the 

 Province. 



Management plans form a framework into which operat- 

 ing plans are fitted. An operating plan shows in detail the 

 stands to be cut, regenerated, and tended, and the roads to 

 be built and other improvements to be made to carry out 

 operations on the management units. 



1. Crown Management Units. The plans for these units are 

 prepared by Department staff. There are 77 Crown manage- 

 ment units comprising an area of 93,052 square miles with 

 70 management plans: 



18 standard management plans in force . . . 11,755 sq. mi. 

 11 plans being processed for Ministerial 



approval 7,223 sq. mi. 



41 initial management or operating plans 



in force 67,019 sq. mi. 



7 management units not under plans 7,055 sq. mi. 



2. Company Management Units. The management plans 

 for Company Management Units are prepared by the 

 licensees. There are 57 Company units with 93,126 square 

 miles under licence to 38 Companies. The status of manage- 

 ment planning for these units is as follows: 



50 approved management plans 85,792 sq. mi. 



4 plans being processed for Ministerial 



approval 2,734 sq. mi. 



3 plans being revised or prepared 4,600 sq. mi. 



3. /Agreement Forest Units. The management plans for 

 these units are prepared by Department staff. There are 60 

 units covering approximately 350 square miles (or 224,056 



acres) with 60 management plans. The status of manage- 

 ment planning is as follows: 



14 approved plans 74,986 acres 



15 plans being processed for approval 34,186 acres 



14 plans in process of preparation 47,980 acres 



17 units on annual plans and land acquired 



since 1960 to 1962 inventory 66,904 acres 



ACCESS ROADS 



A total of 171.8 miles of new roads was constructed, and 

 143.0 miles of existing roads were improved during the 

 fiscal year. Road work was carried out under two categories. 



1. Logging Access Roads are primarily designed for the 

 extraction of timber products. The costs of the road are 

 recovered over a five-year period through an Increase in 

 stumpage rates on the timber which has been made acces- 

 sible. Some 26.6 miles of new roads were built, and 39.7 

 miles were improved. 



2. Forest Access Roads are built for a variety of purposes 

 such as timber extraction, forest improvement, forest pro- 

 tection, hunting and fishing, research and other forest uses. 

 Under this category, 145.2 miles of new roads were built and 

 103.3 miles were improved. 



SCALING 



Scaling is carried out in the Province to determine quanti- 

 ties of wood cut for billing purposes, for forest management, 

 and for statistical analysis of economic conditions ,ind 

 trends in the wood-using industries. Each of these purposes 

 requires different standards of accuracy; so scaling methods 

 must be developed to achieve the required accuracy at 

 minimum cost. Changes in logging methods and changes in 

 utilization standards have also changed scaling methods; 

 these include tree-length scaling, sample scaling and weigh- 

 ing. 



From information gathered on weight-volume relation- 

 ships, it is apparent that weighing is a feasible method of 

 wood measurement. Further tests are required in some 

 areas, but operational weighing of hardwood pulpwood for 

 billing of Crown charges will commence in the 1969-70 

 fiscal year. 



Computer analysis of scaling data and preparation of 

 Crown dues accounts is now effective across the province, 

 allowing a monthly billing system to be initiated in 1969-70 

 and to come into full use the following year. 



Scaling examinations were held at the following locations 

 on the dates noted: Onatrio Forest Technical School, Dorset, 

 April 10-11, 1968; North Bay, May 9-10, 1968; and Sault Ste. 



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