Company units with 97,726 square miles under licence to 45 companies. 

 The status of management planning for these units is as follows: 



45 approved management plans 78,894 sq. mi. 



11 plans being processed for approval 6,542 



11 units not under plan 12,290 



The explanation for the 1 1 units not under plan is as follows : 



1 unit is inactive; 



3 units have increased areas and revised plans not due; 

 5 units are parts of new licences and plans not due; 



2 units have been abandoned, so the plans are obsolete. 



3. Agreement Forest Units. The management plans for these units 

 are prepared by Department staff. There are 60 units covering approxi- 

 mately 315 square miles. As of March 31, 1965, the following units 

 were under agreement: 



24 Conservation Authority units 75,982 acres 



24 County Forest units 118,859 



11 Township Forest units 3,229 



1 National Capital Commission unit 3,632 



201,702 acres 

 The status of management planning for the Agreement Forest units 

 is as follows: 



2 approved standard plans 29,082 acres 



22 being processed for approval 73,355 



17 plans in the process of preparation 53,492 



19 interim or annual plans in force and 



land acquired since inventory 45,773 



TOTAL — 315 square miles or 201,702 acres 



4. Other Forest Units. There are five small management units adja- 

 cent to the tree nurseries of the Department Forest Stations and a 

 number of very small areas covering scattered Crown properties in 

 Southern Ontario under plans prepared by the Department. 



5. Other Work associated with management planning, carried out 

 during the fiscal year is: 



a) Planning courses and lecturing at the Ranger School, special courses, 

 and University of Toronto seminars; 



b) Close liaison and co-operation with Fish and Wildlife Branch in the 

 improvement of wildlife habitat by timber operations; 



c) Examination of forest access road proposals to ensure their con- 

 formity to management plans; 



d) The development and initiation of an automatic data processing 

 system for operational surveys, and the instruction of field staff in 

 its use. 



Silvicultural Operations Unit 



This field covers the establishment of new forest stands by various regen- 

 eration methods, and the tending of these stands throughout the rotation. 

 Improvement and culture of existing forests and the control of modified harvesting 



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