Forestry Study Unit 



The Honourable A. Kelso Roberts, Minister of Lands and Forests, announced 

 on August 31st, 1964, the formation of a Forestry Study Unit to examine into the 

 existing forest resources of the Province of Ontario to assure continued progress in 

 utilization with a view to their fullest development. 



The Unit will study forestry practices in Ontario and recommend such mea- 

 sures as may be necessary to continue sound programs of silviculture, conservation 

 and forest management and suggest how to get the highest possible sustained yield 

 from our forest resources. 



The Unit will also study the forest based industries of Ontario and recommend 

 such action as may be considered necessary to promote and encourage industries 

 based on forest resources. 



The primary purpose of this study is to assure forest resources will be used 

 to the best advantage of the people of the Province and to this end all segments of 

 industry and other interested sources will be consulted. 



The studies will be carried out by J. A. Brodie, for many years Chief of the 

 Timber Branch of the Department of Lands and Forests and Gordon G. Cosens, a 

 former Dean of the Faculty of Forestry, University of Toronto, and for the past 

 several years a senior official of the Forest Industries. 



These experts in forest management bring to the study of forestry in Ontario 

 an experience extending over 40 years in Government administration and industrial 

 forest operations combined with sound academic backgrounds. Their independent 

 studies, enquiries and reports over the next two years will assist the Government 

 in efficient administration of the forest resources and aid in furthering the present 

 forest management programs and assure that Ontario is keeping pace with all 

 modern developments in Forestry. 



On February 22nd, 1965, Gordon G. Cosens, due to poor health, submitted 

 his resignation as a member of the Forestry Study Unit. 



REFORESTATION SECTION 

 Tree Distribution Unit 



NURSERY STOCK CONTROL 



The control and distribution of nursery stock involves the recording and 

 maintenance of inventories of nursery stocks that are on hand at nurseries operated 

 by the Department and that are available for disposition as provided in Section 7 

 of The Forestry Act and for use of Ontario. Over 6,000 applications and requi- 

 sitions for nursery stocks were processed resulting in the issue of over 5,000 orders 

 to nurseries and the disposition of 49,484,068 trees during the year — an increase 

 of 5,561,383 trees over the number distributed during the previous year. 1,775,580 

 more trees were furnished in respect of private lands during this year than were 

 furnished for the purpose during the previous year. 



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