TIMBER BRANCH 



OBJECTIVES 



1. To provide through sound forest management practices 

 the highest possible yields of the Crown forests consist- 

 ent with the economic requirements of forest industry 

 and the general welfare of the citizens of Ontario. 



2. To encourage the expansion of forest industry to fully 

 utilize the productive capacity of the forest. 



3. To encourage sound forest management on privately 

 owned woodlands. 



ORGANIZATION 



Timber Branch is divided into three Sections and their sub- 

 ordinate units with duties and responsibilities as follows. 

 REFORESTATION 



Tree Production and Distribution: Production and treatment 

 of genetically superior tree seed; establishment of seed 

 production areas; and production and distribution of quality 

 planting stock. 



Agreement Forest Administration: Administration of man- 

 agement agreements and assistance and advice to munici- 

 palities. 



Private Land Forestry: Forestry service for landowners. 

 SILVICULTURE 



Forest Resources Inventory: Continuing program of aerial 

 rephotography; field sampling; photo interpretation and map 

 revision; compilation of inventory reports and maps for 

 Crown Management Units; checking of Company Manage- 

 ment Units inventory data; determination of productive 

 areas on timber licences; preparation of contour plans; and 

 Air Photo Library and map photo service. 

 Silvicultural Operations: Direction of the regeneration and 

 stand improvement programs on Crown lands and on lands 

 acquired for management under agreement. 



TIMBER 



Forest Management Planning: Supervision of management 

 plans prepared by Department staff; preparation of planning 

 manuals and volume tables; calculation of allowable cuts; 

 and the construction of access roads on Crown lands. 

 Scaling: Measurement of timber cut; development of new 

 methods of measurement; and licensing and registration of 

 scalers. 



Marketing and Forest Economics: Encouragement of indus- 

 trial expansion; assistance to firms in plant location studies; 

 analysis of economic implications of choices of aQtion; mill 

 licensing; publication of a directory and primary wood-using 

 industries and of regional studies of* timber availability; 

 compilation of forestry statistics. 



Sale of Timber: Issuance of timber licences; preparation of 

 final returns for collection of stumpage charges; and com- 

 pilation of cut statistics. 



REFORESTATION SECTION 

 Tree Production and Distribution 



TREE PRODUCTION 



In the current fiscal year, sufficient seed was sown at the 

 10 forest tree nurseries for the production of 62,933,000 units 

 of planting stock. 



Table 1 



NURSERY STOCK PRODUCTION TARGET BY NURSERIES 



District Nursery Production Target 



Kemptville Kemptville 10,920,000 



Kenora Dryden 3,934,000 



Lake Erie St. Williams 4,966,000 



Lake Simcoe Midhurst 10,177,000 



Lindsay Orono 7,425,000 



Port Arthur Fort William 10,721,000 



Swastika Swastika 9,710,000 



Chapleau Chapleau 2,000,000 



Gogama Gogama 1,100,000 



SaultSte. Marie Thessalon 1,980,000 



Total 62,933,000^ 



Table 2 



NURSERY STOCK PRODUCTION TARGET BY SPECIES 



Species Number of Trees 



White" Pine 8,621,000^ 



Red Pine 10,656,000 



Jack Pine 8,959,000 



Scotch Pine 2,570,000 



White Spruce 19,582,000 



Black Spruce 9,191,000 



Other Species 3,354,000 



Total 62,933,000~ 



NURSERY STOCK CONTROL 



The control and distribution of nursery stock involves the 

 recording and maintenance of inventories at nurseries oper- 

 ated by the Department and available for disposition as 

 provided in Section 7 of The Forestry Act and for use of 

 Ontario. Over 6,000 applications and requisitions were pro- 

 cessed resulting in the issue of over 5,000 orders to nurseries 

 and the disposition of 51,712,461 trees during the year, an 

 increase of 5.2 per cent over l%5-66. 



Table 3 



SUMMARY OF DISTRIBUTION OF NURSERY STOCK 



FOR PERIOD APRIL 1, 1966 TO MARCH 31, 1967 



Purpose Trees 



Furnished in respect of private lands 9,542,325 



Furnished for educational or scientific purposes 130,894 



Furnished for use of Ontario 41,839,242 



Miscellany 200,000 



"Total 5U12^1 



