contact prints; 1,229 photo mosaics at a scale of 1" = 1 mile, 73 at 2" = 1 mile, 

 and 1,235 at 4" = 1 mile; 2,368 enlargements; 76 film diapositives; 5 multiplex 

 plates and 230 Kelsh plates; and 917 copy negatives. 



The following table shows the gross value of production from the photo 

 processing unit in recent years. 



Year Cash Receipts Value of Dept. Work Total 



1961-62 $47,429.92 $19,967.59 $67,397.51 



1962-63 47,154.13 21,792.09 68,946.22 



1963-64 59,907.06 30,350.22 90,257.28 



1964-65 69,386.13 19,802.26 89,188.39 



1965-66 50,755.68 24,592.23 75,347.91 



Forest Management Planning Unit 



The development of forest areas is based on management plans that provide 

 detailed information about the volume of annual cut, cutting methods, regeneration 

 treatments, road and camp locations, and other facts essential to orderly manage- 

 ment. The plans are based on such considerations as the arrangement of species 

 and age classes on productive forest lands, the proximity to existing road networks, 

 division of the forest into compartments, and the age of maturity of the main 

 groups of species. 



Standard management plans are based on inventory data gathered using photo 

 interpretation, point sampling, and computer compilation methods. The infor- 

 mation is entered in stand ledgers, which also serve as a record of changes. 

 Standard plans have been prepared following the reinventory of Crown manage- 

 ment units started in 1958. The essentials of this type of planning are contained 

 in the Manual of Management Plan Requirements. 



Initial management plans, prepared for ten-year periods, were based on the 

 inventory method used prior to 1958, and contain less detail. They are retained, 

 however, until replaced with standard plans and form the basis for the manage- 

 ment of a large proportion of Crown Management units in the province. 



Management plans form a framework into which ten-year operating plans are 

 fitted. An operating plan shows in detail the stands to be cut, regenerated, and 

 tended, the roads to be built, and other improvements to be made to carry out 

 operations on the management units. 



The status of management plans is as follows: 



1. Crown Management Units. The plans for these units are prepared 

 by Department staff. There are 78 Crown management units covering 

 89,122.1 square miles with 74 management plans: 



5 standard management plans in force 2,876.6 sq. mi. 



12 plans being processed for approval 4,787.2 



57 initial management plans in force 77,726.0 



4 management units not under plans 3,732.3 



The four management units not under plans are in the far North, 

 temporarily inactive because of distance from markets and lack of 

 access. 



2. Company Management Units. The management plans for Com- 

 pany management units are prepared by the licensees. There are 67 



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