Forest Management Planning Manual, 2009 Part A January, 2009

Forest Management Planning Manual, 2009

Part A January, 2009

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Part A• Section 1.0, Preparing the 10-year FMP

– Updated preparation time to 36 months

– Updated Figure A-1 to reflect 36 months

– Removed Figure A-2

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Part A• Section 1.1.2, Planning Team

– Removed lands administration, fire management, parks and natural heritage, and enforcement staff as members

– Added requirement for MNR District Manager to appoint a Project Manager

– Steering committee now a requirement

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Part A• Section 1.1.2.1, Terms of Reference

– Recognize previous planning effort – review, and confirm, update or revise

– No longer updated throughout planning process

– Moved some requirements to project plan• Section 1.1.2.2, Project Plan

– Now a requirement– Must be updated throughout planning process

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Part A• Section 1.1.5, Decision Support Systems

– Moved from section 1.2

• Section 1.1.6, Progress Checkpoints– Changed four checkpoints

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Part A• Section 1.1.8, Background Information


• Section 1.1.8.1, Sources of Direction– Added endangered species, species of

special concern and habitat regulations under ESA, 2007

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Part A• Section 1.1.8.2, Provincial Audits and

Reports– Reference to availability on internet

• Section 1.1.8.3, Forest Management Guides

– Reference to internet site where guides can be accessed

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Part A• Section 1.1.8.5, Planning Inventory

– FMP-1 and FMP-2 no longer part of Planning Inventory check point

• Section 1.1.8.7, Inventories and Information for Species at Risk

– New, specific to species at risk

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Part A• Section 1.1.8.9, Values Maps

– Removed text stating values maps available for public distribution upon request

• Section 1.1.8.10, Roads Inventory– Information Product– Portray as per FIM, 2009

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Part A• Section 1.1.9.1, Aboriginal Background

Information Report– Added to section 1.1 as part of

background information.

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Part A• Section 1.2, Preparing for Stage Two –

Proposed Long Term Management Direction– Removed Figure A-3 (FMPM, 2004)– Recognize previous planning effort –

review, and confirm, update or revise– Updated Figure for LTMD Process– Removed requirement for Natural Benchmark– Replaced references to “management

strategy” with “Long Term Management Direction”

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Part A• Section 1.2.2.3, Forest Landscape

Biodiversity Classifications– Replace Habitat Classifications– Facilitate use of the Landscape Guide

• Section 1.2.3, Management Considerations

– Added climate change

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Part A• Section 1.2.4, Base Model


• Section 1.2.4.1, Forest Dynamics - Growth and Yield

– Added requirement to provide separate estimates for yield (biofibre)

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Part A• Section 1.2.2.4, Strategic Silvicultural

Options– Removed similar silviculture

expenditures as a criteria for grouping SGRs

– Strategic silvicultural options in base model must be consistent with most common SGR

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Part A• Section 1.2.4.5, Management Zones

– Provide spatial context– Strategic and Operational– Must provide a description in text

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Part A• Section 1.2.6, Developing management

Objectives– Incorporated desired forest and

benefits meeting• Targets

– Established for first ten-year period of the FMP at a minimum

– Consider past plans and historical objective achievement

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Part A• Figure A-3, Indicators of Objective

Achievement (Figure A-5 FMPM, 2004)– Separated indicators assessed during

plan preparation and implementation– Removed criterion column– Facilitate implementation of Landscape

Guide and Stand and Site Guide– Modified compliance indicators

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Part A• Section 1.2.7.2, Spatial Assessment

– Added management zones to the considerations for preferred harvest areas

– Added direction for selecting preferred harvest areas regarding spatial and non-spatial models

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Part A• Section 1.2.7.3, Social and Economic

Assessment– Removed requirement to use a social

and economic model• Section 1.2.10, LTMD Summary

– Removed FMP table requirements

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Part A• Section 1.3, Planning of Proposed

Operations– Recognize previous planning effort –

review, and confirm, update or revise– Removed all references to “selected”

harvest areas

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Part A• Section 1.3.3.1, Harvest Areas

– One year harvest area from term 2 available for unforeseen circumstance in term 1

– Removed frequency distribution template requirements

• Section 1.3.4.1, Bridging Operations– Extended to one year

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Part A• Section 1.3.5, Prescriptions for

Operations– Preliminary prescriptions may be

developed for 2nd five year term– Added text for operational prescriptions

for Species at Risk• Section 1.3.5.1Operational Prescriptions

for Areas of concern– Added that these are also required for

areas of renewal and tending

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Part A• Section 1.3.5.2 Prescriptions for Harvest,

Renewal and Tending Areas– Added conditions on regular

operations

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Part A• Section 1.3.6.3, AOC Crossings, Primary

and Branch Roads– Crossing of AOCs for the 2nd five year

term may be developed and mapped in Phase I

• Section 1.3.6.4, Operational Roads– Operational road boundary

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Part A• Section 1.3.6.6, Aggregate

– Extraction Areasa) New to Part Ab) Existing Roadsc) Within 500 metres

– Clarified where aggregate may be removed

Category 14 aggregate pits now regulated by FMPM and applicable guide

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Part A• Section 1.3.6.7, Use Management Strategies

– Added direction for biofibre collection– Removed reference to existing roads table

• Section 1.3.7, Expenditures– Removed revenues requirements

• Section 1.3.8, Monitoring and Assessment– New to part A

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Part A• Section 1.3.9, Spatial Assessment

– Conditional upon amount of change

• Section 1.3.12, Summary Map– Removed past and approved harvest

areas for the current fmp, and previous 10 yrs

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Part A• Section 1.4, Preparation/Submission of

Draft Forest Management Plan– Deleted Figure A-7

• Section 1.4.2, Preparation of Draft FMP– Portal submission identifier on

Certification page

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Part A• Section 1.4.3, Draft Plan Submission

– Removed reference to copies and distribution of fmps

– French language for summaries mandatory

• Section 1.5.2, Final List of Required Alterations

– Receive list (SFL, plan author, LCC)– Receive written response

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Part A• Section 1.5.3, Preparation of the FMP

and FMP Summary– MNR Regional Director presentation of

the FMP no longer mandatory– Removed mandatory attendance for

MNR District Manager and Senior SFL Official

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Part A• Section 2.0 Phase II Planning

– 20 months to prepare, review and approve


• Section 2.1.8.2, Prescriptions for Harvest, Renewal and Tending Areas

– Consider year ten AR analysis

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Part A• Section 2.2.3, Submission of Draft

Planned Operations– Removed references to copies of draft

fmp

• Section 2.2.5, Draft Plan Operations Summary

– French version must be prepared

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Part A• Section 2.2.6, Availability of Draft

Planned Operations– Removed references to locations for

public review• Section 2.3.1, Revision and Approval of

Planned Operations– Plan author may discuss alterations

with MNR reviewers

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Part A• Section, 2.2.3, Preparation of Planned

Operations– Removed mandatory requirement to

present to MNR Regional Director– Removed mandatory attendance for

MNR District Manager and Senior SFL Official

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Part A• Section 3.0, Public Consultation

– Removed locations of Management Unit list availability (internet)

– Removed requirement to provide Management Unit List

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Part A• Section 3.2.4, LCC Terms of Reference

– Removed requirement for public distribution

– Removed background material and training required

• Section 3.3.2.1, Supplemental Notices– 7 day supplemental notice is now

optional

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Part A• Section 3.3.2.3, Responses to Comments

– Direction for form letters• Section 3.3.3, Consultation

– Removed requirement for a display

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Part A• Section 3.3.3.1, Phase I, Stage I,

Invitation to participate– Information available

• Removed planning inventory• Added landscape pattern map• Removed map of the management

unit• Removed FMP-1 and FMP-2

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Part A• Section 3.3.3.3, Phase I, Stage III, Review

of Proposed Operations– Removed requirement to portray

optional harvest areas on summary map

• Section 3.3.3.4, Phase I, Stage IV, Review of Draft FMP

– Removed insect pest management requirements for information centre

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Part A• Section 3.3.4.1, Phase II, Stage I, Review

of Proposed Operations– Require existing roads map and road

responsibility– Removed all AWSs from info centre– Removed requirement for MNR District

Manager to attend

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Part A• Section 3.4.1, Issue Resolution Process

– Identified where process applies– Representative for a concerned group– Rational for decision included in

summary of public consultation– Adjusted timelines in issue resolution

figures

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Part A• Section 3.4.1, Issue Resolution Process

– added requirement for concerned person to provide dates for a meeting

– Step 6, removed requirement for additional 15 days if a meeting could not be arranged

– Combined MNR DM portion of Step 9 with Step 8, Step 9 now RD stage only


Part B January, 2009

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Part B• Section 1.0, Introduction

– Removed map requirement• Section 2.1 Forest Description

– Removed geology, soils and sites– Removed historic forest discussion– Added forest unit discussion– Added habitat discussion– Added inventories and information for

species at risk discussion

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Part B• Section 3.4, Management Zones

– Added discussion on management zones

• Section 4.0, Planned Operations– Text to describe all ten years of

operations

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Part B• Section 4.2, Prescriptions for Operations

– Information product for AOCs– Conditions on regular operations– Information product for silvicultural

treatments of special public interest

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Part B• Section 4.3.1, Harvest Areas

– “selected” and “forecast” now “planned” harvest area

– Harvest Area information product• Section 4.3.6, Harvest Volume

– Includes undersize material for bio-fibre• Section 4.3.7, Wood Utilization

– Undersize material will be identified (bio-fibre)

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Part B• Section 4.4, Renewal and Tending

Operations– Information product

• Section 4.5.1.1, Operational Road Boundaries

– New, for aggregate purposes• Section 4.5.1.3, Area of Concern Crossings

– Operational Roads– Conditions now summarized in FMP-10

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Part B• Section 4.5.2, Existing Roads

– New discussion section

• Section 4.5.3, – Road Information Product

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Part B• Section 4.6, Expenditures

– Removed revenue requirements• Section 4.7.5, Fire Prevention and

Preparedness– New, description of measures to be

implemented

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Part B• Section 4.8, Comparison of Proposed

Operations to the LTMD– Outlined assessment and discussion

requirements• Section 5.0, Determination of

Sustainability– Outlined documentation requirements

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Part B• Section 6.1 Supplementary Documentation

– Updated to accommodate manual changes

• Section 7.0, FMP Summary– Removed map of management unit– Removed general description of forest– Removed index to EA components of

fmp

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Part B• Section 8.0, Planned Operations for the

Second Five-Year Term– Updated whole section to be

consistent with Phase I planning requirements and clarified requirements for Phase II Planning

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Part B• Section 9.0, FMP Tables

– FMP-1, removed all ownerships not Crown

– FMP-2, removed table from FMPM– FMP-6, removed table from FMPM– FMP-11, removed table from FMPM– FMP-12, removed table from FMPM– FMP-13, added timing of assessment

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– FMP-14, removed sgr, objection, and primary or branch road crossing columns

– FMP-14, added conditions on locations and construction of operational roads

– FMP-15, removed projected column– FMP-16, removed statistics and

clearcuts < 260 requirements

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– FMP-17, added net merchantable and bio-fibre as volume types

– FMP-18, added under size as a product– FMP-22, includes existing and planned

roads– FMP -23, removed operational roads– FMP-24, removed revenue portion– Existing Roads Table, deleted


Part C January, 2009

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Part C• Section 1.0, Introduction

– Removed information repeated elsewhere• Section 2.0, Plan Amendments

– MNR may initiate amendment to change LTMD

– New certification page for LTMD amendments

– Removed information repeated elsewhere

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Part C• Section 2.2.1

– Added direction for amendments required to provide protection for Species at risk (ESA 2007)

– Added text to clarify who receives amendment decisions

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Part C• Section 2.6, Amendment Documentation

– All amendment documentation requirements

– Removed reference to “maps” – Reduced documentation requirements

for consultation• Section 2.7, Amendment Availability

– Added MNR web site

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Part C• Removed Section 2.8 (FMPM 2004),

“Changes During AWS Implementation”

• Section 3.0– Forest management plan extensions

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Part C• Section 3.2.2 Delay in Preparation of a

FMP– Details by stage of plan preparation – Requirements prior to and after LTMD

endorsement• 3.2.4 Contingency Plan Availability

– Refer to MNR website– Removed MOE documentation

requirement

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Part C• Section 3.3, Plan Extension (New)

– Purpose– Eligibility requirements (FMPM 1996)– Preparation requirements– Documentation requirements

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Part C• Section 4.0, Early Plan Renewals

– Removed Year Three Annual Report

• Section 5.0, Delay in Approval of 2nd five-Year Term Operations

– Provide details for selecting areas of operations for year six AWS

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Part C• Section 6.2, Minor Amendment

Consultation– Consultation opportunity during

preparation


Part D, Annual Operations January, 2009

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Part D• General

– Information Products (coverages)– Removed references to maps and lists– Minimal text and tables

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Part D• Section 2.0, Forest Operations

Prescriptions– Changes to silvicultural treatments, no

longer appended to AWS– Change of SGRs required to be

submitted and appended to AWS

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Part D• Section 3.2, Introduction

– Requirements removed, only state purpose of the AWS

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Part D• Section 3.2.3, Harvest

– Up to two years of harvest area by forest unit may be identified

– SFL must ensure AHA is not exceeded due to AOC changes during ten-year plan period

– No text requirement for second pass and bridging operations

• Deleted wood utilization section

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Part D• Section 3.2.5.2, Other Crossings of AOCs

– Review and approve changes to other crossings of AOCs

• Section 3.2.5.3, Water Crossing Decommissioning

– Review using criteria for the removal of water crossings

– Fisheries Act review

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Part D• Section 3.2.6, Fire Prevention and

Preparedness– Removed standard information from

AWS• Revenues and Expenditures

– Removed requirements

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Part D• Section 3.2.7, Monitoring and

Assessment– Removed redundancies– Water crossing monitoring now part of

information product– Assessment of regeneration success is

an information product

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Part D• Section 3.3.4, Aggregates

– Removed text requirements• Provide clarification and information

product requirements for:– New category 14 pits– Existing category 14 pits– Aggregate Extraction Areas– Annual updates to aggregate information

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Part D• Section 3.5, Changes during AWS

implementation– Incorporated all information from Part

C, Section 2.8– Direction for incorrectly identified

values– Deleted increased protection text– Ability to harvest areas when AOC no

longer exists

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Part D• Section 3.6, AWS Tables

– Deleted AWS Tables 1,2,3,4,6,7– Two AWS Tables

a) Water Crossings to be constructed/reviewed

b) Water Crossings to be decommissioned

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Part D• Section 4.0, Prescribed Burns

– Changed operational plan to prescribed burn plan

– Referrred to Manual for Prescribed Burns for all preparation, review and approval for PBs

– Removed references to High and Low complexity

– Changed posting requirements from seven to fourteen days

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Part D• Section 5.0, Aerial Herbicide and

Insecticide Projects– Removed reference to MNR Aerial

Spray Manual– Added RD approves aerial insecticide

projects– Changed appended to available– Removed post operations report text

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Part D• Section 6.0, Insect Pest Management

Programs– Plan must be developed with Forest

Management Branch Specialist

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Part D• Section 7.0, Public Consultation

– Removed reference to high complexity PBs

– Added reference to AWS availability on the internet

– Added text stating one notice may be issued for multiple AWSs in a MNR District

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Part D• Section 7.0, Public Consultation -

Notices– Removed text stating AWS public

notice may serve as notice for aerial herbicide projects

– Removed PBs and aerial spray from information to be available with AWS inspection notice

– Simplified notice requirements

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Part D• Section 7.3, Prescribed Burns

– Removed reference to high complexity PBs

– Single notice may be used for multiple PBs

– Notice must identify MU and purpose

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Part D• Section 7.4, Aerial Herbicide and

Insecticide Projects– AWS notice may not be used as aerial

herbicide/insecticide spray notice

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Part D• Section 7.4, Insect Pest Management

Programs– Public notice for Stage I reduced to 15

days prior to information centre– Removed consultation schedule from

notice– Shortened public comment period

(Stage I) to 15 days


Part E, Annual Reporting January, 2009

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Part E• Section 1.0, Introduction

– Information Products (coverages)– Clarified when year ten AR

requirements apply

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Part E• Section 2.0, Content Requirements for

all ARs– Removed all references to stand lists– All text and discussion requirements

have been incorporated into Sections 2.1.3 and 2.1.4

– Only discuss SFL exception monitoring

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Part E• Section 2.2, AR Tables

– Removed AR Tables 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 10– Removed all year-to-date columns– Updated AR-9 to MOE/MNR Form– Removed Revenues from AR-11– AR-12 and 13 - Forest Operations

Inspections are combined– Moved AR-14 to Enhanced ARs

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Part E• Section 2.3, Prescribed Burn Reports

– New section added for PBs– Moved from AWS to AR– Reference PB Manual for requirements– Consistency of FMPM reporting

requirements

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Part E• Section 2.4, Information Products

– Harvest Area– Natural Disturbances– Renewal and Maintenance– Roads and Water Crossings– Assessment of Regeneration Success

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Part E• Section 3.0, Year Three Annual Report

– Clarified focus of Year Three AR– Yr 3 AR to contain summaries of:

1. Implementation of operations to date;2. Monitoring and assessment to date;

and3. Analysis of renewal and tending from

Yr 10 AR of previous plan• Clarified minor adjustments to the LTMD

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Part E• Section 4.0, Year Seven and Ten Annual

Reports– Incorporated IFA trend analysis– AR Tables 16 to 20 are replaced with

tables consistent with IFA trend analysis

– Removed requirement to discuss size and frequency of forest disturbances

– Removed summary of IFA action plans

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Part E• Section 4.1, Implementation of Operations• Trend analysis will discuss:

Harvest area;Harvest volume;Renewal and maintenance;Harvest and regeneration;Forest condition;Wildlife habitat; andMonitoring and assessment

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Part E• Section 4.5, Assessment of Objective

Achievement– Added requirement to provide

recommendations for future planning• Section 4.6, Determination of

Sustainability– Changed “on” balance to “a” balance– Added IFA action plan requirements to

determination of sustainability

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Part E• Section 4.6, Determination of

Sustainability– Removed social and economic review– Removed recommendation section

• Section 5.1 All AR Submissions– Removed requirement for hard copy of

certification page

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Part E• Section 5.2, Submission and Review of

Year 3, 7, and 10 ARs– Clarified MNR DM endorsement of Year

3 AR – Removed requirement for MNR RD to

notify MOE if a new plan is recommended in Year 3 AR


Appendices January, 2009

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Appendices• Appendix 1, Management Units within

the AOU– updated Management Unit list and

associated map• Appendix 2, Existing Roads Table

– Deleted table, all in FMP-18

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Appendices• Appendix 2, FMPM, 2009, Analysis

Package– Provided clarification of analysis

package contents– Requirements by check point– Reduced documentation requirements

(summarize and rationalize decisions)

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Appendices• Appendix VI, Information Requirements

for Analysis Tools Used in Strategic Analysis

– Removed from appendices, incorporated in Part A, Section 1.1.5, Decision Support Systems

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Forest Management Planning Manual, 2009 Part A January, 2009