FEDERAL-PROVINCIAL CO-OPERATIVE 

 AGREEMENTS 



Agreement Under The Canada Forestry Act 



By an agreement dated the 17th day of June, 1965, between the Government 

 of Canada and the Government of the Province of Ontario entered into between 

 the Minister of Forestry and the Minister of Lands and Forests, Canada agreed, 

 during the period from April 1st, 1965, to the 31st day of March, 1967, to make 

 financial contributions toward approved provincial projects as follows: 



(a) Forest Inventory — 50 per cent. 



(b) Reforestation of Crown land, including lands of public authorities under 

 the control of the Province; 



(i) $15 per unit for planting; 



(ii) $2 per unit for artificial seeding without ground preparation; 

 (iii) $4 per unit for seeding by artificial seeding with ground preparation; 

 (iv) $2 per unit for seeding by natural seeding with ground preparation; 

 (v) 25 per cent of the amount of the payments made by the province 

 for the establishment or expansion of nurseries. 

 A unit is the planting of 1,000 trees or the seeding of an acre. 



(c) Stand improvement projects, excluding projects on Crown lands paid 

 for by persons or agencies other than the Province or aesthetic projects — 

 50 per cent. 



(d) Forest access roads, trails and air strips excluding fences, signs other 

 than safety signs, maintenance, municipal roads and roads not primarily 

 intended for the protection and management of forest lands or the 

 transportation of forest products removed therefrom — 50 per cent. 



(e) Forest Fire Protection, including equipment for prevention and detection, 

 communication and transportation equipment for protection, suppres- 

 sion, equipment, buildings and improvements used primarily for pro- 

 tection, charter of communication systems, aircraft and vessel for 

 protection and full-time seasonal personnel employed for fire protection 

 purposes. 



The maximum annual payments shall not exceed $1,650,018.00 for any or 

 all projects approved under the agreement. Additional assistance may be paid if 

 other provinces do not qualify to receive their full allotment of the sum of 

 $7,910,000.00 which the federal government is spending on these programmes. 



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