A report with the committee's recommendations is received from each of the 

 sixteen districts having an Advisory Committee. These are considered by the Min- 

 ister and those approved are implemented. 



PRIVATE LANDS LIAISON COMMITTEE 



This committee is made up of three members of the Department of Agricul- 

 ture and three members of the Department of Lands and Forests. Its purpose is to 

 discuss problems common to each department and recommend solutions to both 

 Ministers. 



LAND ACQUISITION SECTION 



Continued expansions in purchasing private land for parks, general recreation, 

 access points, wilderness areas, forest management and district improvement pro- 

 grammes is shown in the undernoted table. 



Since the Land Acquisition programme commenced in 1963, 600 proposals 

 representing 2,339,971.61 acres of land which may be acquired are on file. Of 

 these, 65 proposals, or parts thereof, totalling 174,720 acres were rejected as un- 

 suitable to Department programmes or were rejected because the purchase price 

 was considered too high. Seventy-nine proposals with approximately 589,662 acres 

 are in an advanced stage of investigation or negotiation for acquisition. 



The following list shows the approximate acreage for which proposals have 

 been received, separated by programme category and their status, as of March 31, 

 1966. 



LAND ACQUISITION PROPOSALS AND AREAS ACQUIRED 

 ACREAGE ON RECORD FOR PERIOD OF APRIL 1/65 TO MARCH 31/66 



Program Acreage Acreage Acreage 



Categories Proposed Acquired Rejected 



CANADA LAND INVENTORY 



During the latter part of the year, the Province agreed to co-operate with the 

 Government of Canada in carrying out a capability inventory of the timber, wildlife 

 and recreation resources in the province. The inventory is designed to produce 

 maps and data on soil and site capability for resource management uses. 



SURVEYS SECTION 



Instructions were issued for the retracement of approximately 400 miles of 

 original surveyed township boundaries. Completed were 374 miles along with 1 1 

 miles of additional retracement in the performance of 46 Crown Subdivision 

 surveys. Special instructions were issued to 49 individual Ontario Land Surveyors 



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