Mazinaw-Lanark Forest Inc. Forest Management Planning

From its beginnings during the square timber era in the 1800’s, forest management on Crown lands has evolved from that of a system with very little planning into the modern forest management planning system of today which accounts for the multiple values that we as Ontarian’s have come to expect from our Crown forests.

Annual Work Schedules

Annual work schedules (AWS) are completed for each implementation year of a forest management plan. Therefore, since there are ten-years of operations in an approved FMP, there are ten AWS’ prepared for that period. The AWS identifies operations that were previously planned and approved in the forest management plan, and are scheduled for implementation during the year.

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Operations that are scheduled in an annual work schedule generally include:

Harvest areas
Renewal (site preparation, planting & seeding) & Maintenance (tending) areas
Primary and branch road construction
Operational road boundaries
Water crossing installation and decommissioning
Monitoring and Assessment

Each annual work schedule is in place for a one-year period lasting from April 1^st to March 31^st. Annual work schedules are found online on MNR’s website at:

https://nrip.mnr.gov.on.ca/s/fmp-online?language=en_US

Public notice of the approved annual work schedule inspection is given prior to operations commencing for the year.

Annual Work Schedules

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