is subject to change due to abandonment and acquisition of licences, division and 

 consolidation of management units. The present number of management units is: 

 78 Crown, 79 Company, 42 Agreement Forests and 5 Nursery Forests — 204 in all. 



KAanagement Plans 



1 . Crown Management Units — plans prepared by Department staff. 



There are 78 management units with a total area of 84,108 square miles, 

 and with 78 management plans in force, as follows: 



77 — initial management plans; 

 1 — revised management plan; 



78 — plans in use. 



Plans for fourteen management units are currently undergoing revision, as 

 scheduled. On the management units for w'hich plans are not yet due for revision, 

 Interim Operating Plans are being prepared. Forty-eight of these plans have been 

 submitted outlining in detail the volumes and kinds of timber that can be cut, its 

 location and the measures necessary for its replacements. These plans are meant 

 to bridge the gap between the present time and the date the revised management 

 plans will become operative. 



2. Company Managment Units — plans prepared by licences. 



There are 79 company units with a total area of 99,987 square miles, made 

 up of 67 company management units operating under approved management plans. 

 12 management units with plans in preparation or revision. 



79 Areas under management plans. 



3. Agreement Forests — plans prepared by Department staff. 



There are 42 Agreement Forests, 150,000 acres in area, for which separate 

 management plans are being prepared. 

 This area is made up of: 



22 County Forests; 

 6 Township Forests; and 

 14 Conservation Authorities Forests; 



42 Total. 

 Preparation of management plans follows the inventory of these forests, now 

 in progress; preliminary planning has been started this year. 



4. Nursery Forests — plans prepared by Department staff. 



There are five forest areas adjacent to the tree nurseries operated by the 

 Department, covering approximately 9,000 acres. Managment plans for these 

 areas will be prepared on completion of inventory programme. 



Other Work — during the fiscal year was as follows : 



1. A 75-hour proficiency course on advanced Forest Management, Part 2, 

 was given to the members of the staff of Management Planning Unit. 



2. Three 3-day courses were given to 69 Timber Supervisors and Unit 

 Foresters on Province-wide planning road network and compartmentation. 



3. A 12-hour lecture on implementation of management plan was given at 

 the Forest Ranger School, within the general course curriculum. 



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