SILVICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT 



This activity concerns investigation, development and evalu- 

 ation of new equipment and techniques that may be used 

 to improve the efficiency of silvicultural operations. 



Current work includes development of an aerial forest 

 fertilization program; participation in forest fertilization 

 trials with other provinces, the Pulp and Paper Research 

 Institute and the Canada Department of Forestry and Fish- 

 eries; investigation of new chemical herbicides and silvi- 

 cides; and field-testing of a flail site preparation unit. 



SPECIAL PROJECTS 



Correctional Camps. The Department supplied technical 

 guidance for forestry programs carried out by seven forestry 

 camps operated by the provincial Department of Correc- 

 tional Services and the Beaver Creek Correctional Camp 

 operated by the federal Department of Justice. The seven 

 provincial camps provided 16,800 man-days of labour for 

 this Department. The men cleared road right-of-ways, camp 

 sites, fireguards and compartment boundaries; they collect- 

 ed cones and burned brush; and they planted trees, pruned 

 and thinned trees, and worked on cull tree removal. The 

 men from the federal camp worked 1,400 man-days on 

 forestry work. 



lunlor Rangers. During July and August, the Department 

 employs 17-year-old students under the Junior Forest Ranger 

 Program. Some of these students spent part of their time 

 doing work for Timber Branch. About 13,000 man-days were 

 devoted to cone collection, nursery work, tree planting and 

 forest tending. 



Indians, planting trees on Crown land in Kapuskasing Forest 

 District. Photo by D. Marshall. 



SILVICULTURAL OPERATIONS, 1969-70 



Crown Agreement Total 



Lands Forests *W.I.A. Acreage 



2. Tending 



Hand cleaning 6,891 



Herbicide spraying 42,272 



Thinning, 



improvement cutting 6,111 



Girdling, frilling 



poisoning 5,841 



Pruning 898 



Fertilization 1,014 



Drainage 40 



1,243 

 257 



8,134 

 42,529 



980 4,100 11,191 



444 2,054 8,339 



1,003 1,901 



44 1 ,058 



40 



3. Site Preparation 

 for seeding and 

 planting 



4h,841 



64(i 



47,487 



•Agreements under T/ie Woodlands Improvement Act. 



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