SEASONAL HARVEST

PLAN
BY: WINONA DROUIN, ALI MCINTYRE, SHANE HELLYER AND AMELIA
THORNHILL
FOR: JOHN BOOS
 OBJECTIVES

• Seasonal Progression
• How their were determined
• Timing and structures
• Areas of Concern
• Wildlife present
• How our seasonal harvest plan was affected
• Development of Roads and Access
• OFAH Access Request
• Centre for Northern Forest and Environmental Research
• Complying with local trappers
• Required marten and beaver habitat
• Northern Ontario Tourist Association
• Volume and area harvested
• Summary
 PURPOSE

• To harvest timber within the area as cost effectively

and environmentally sound as possible
• Areas will be harvested during certain seasons
• Maximum harvest
• Decreased environmental degradation

(Vermilon River Wildlife, 2012)

SEASONAL HARVEST PLOTS
 WINTER PLOT

• Harvested between January – March

• Deep, wet organic soils
• Primarily Black Spruce stands

(Ontario Woodlot Association, 2012)

WINTER PLOT SITES
 SPRING PLOT

• End of March-May
• Early Spring- Frost will
still be present
• Areas with softer soils will
be harvested first
• Ground will eventually
become wet
• Sandy-silty soils
• Primarily Jack Pine
(DAAC, 2013)
• Consisted of one plot
SPRING PLOT SITE
 SUMMER PLOT

• June – August
• Causes substrates to dry up and harden
• Silty and organic soils

(Vermilon River Wildlife, 2012)

SUMMER PLOT SITES
 FALL PLOT

• September –
December
• Some precipitation
• Sandy soils
• Primarily Jack Pine
stands will be
harvested
• In late Fall, frost will
begin to occur (Wild Flora Society, 2007)
FALL PLOT SITES
 TARGETED HARVEST SPECIES

• Jack Pine and Black Spruce

• Jack Pine is harvest for pulp, as well as for construction of
crates and boxes (United States Department of Agriculture, 1987)
• Black Spruce is harvested for paper products (British Columbia
Ministry of Forests, 2013)

(PPE, 2012)
 AREAS OF CONCERN

• Areas of concern = no harvest, renewal or tending

• Reserve & Modified
• Lake Trout Lake
• 120m reserve
• Bald Eagle’s Nest
• Primary=100 m radius
reserve with – 400m
modified habitat
Alternate= 100m radius
reserve, 200 modified
• Inactive= 100 m radius (Soper Wheeler, 2013)

reserve
• Restricted during March- August (nesting)
 AREAS OF CONCERN

• Stick Nesting Raptors

• Includes: Great Grey Owl, Red
Shouldered Hawk & Northern
Goshawk
• Primary Nest= 100 m radius reserve,
100-400 modified reserve
• Alternate Nest= 50 m radius reserve
• Inactive Nest= 20 m radius reserve
• Restricted during nesting season
(March-August)
(Portland Bird Observatory, 2009)
 AREAS OF CONCERN

• Great Blue Heron Colonies

• Large Colony (>4 occupied nests)= 75m radius reserve, 75-
300m modified reserve
• Inactive Nest/ Small Colony= 30m radius reserve
• Restrictions during April-mid August (nesting)

(Seagrant, 2007)
 AREAS OF CONCERN

• Lakes > 8ha= High potential sensitivity, 90m radius

reserve
• Lake Trout Lakes
• 120m reserve
• Ponds < 8 ha= Moderate potential sensitivity, 30m
radius reserve

(Toronto Sun, 2012)

 AREAS OF CONCERN

• All areas of concern

were designated as
reserved areas (no
modified harvest) to
ensure protection of
all wildlife
• Restricted harvesting
therefore was not
affected
• Using a dot-grid, area (Wildlife Infometrics, 2013)

was counted for each AOC and then subtracted

from total harvested area
 DEVELOPMENT OF ROADS & ACCESS

• Road Management
Roads within each Seasonal Plot (O)Operational (B)Branch
Spring Summer Winter Fall
J.Knight Road
• 8 Operational (9.3Km) (B) Mcgee Conc. (B) J.Boos Trail (B) T Middel Tr.(B)
Presley Pass (B) Dzurko Dr. (B) C.Rulli Conc.(B)
• 7 Branch (22.8Km) Little Dinky Big Dinky
Dinky Rd. 2 (O) 3(O) Rd.1(O)
Big Dinky
• Road Access (Gating) Dinky Rd.3 (O)
Little Dinky
Rd.2(O)
Big Dinky
• All roads accessed from Rd.1(O) Rd.3(O)
Little Dinky
main highway ( Plus) Rd.2(O)

• All Seasonal Plot Entrances FMP- Progression Road Construction

Spring Summer Winter Fall
will be gated for ATV use Branch (Km) 5.4 5.2 4.9 7.3
after harvest Operational (Km) 0 3.2 2.4 3.7
Total/ Ha 10542.96 6930.595 8217.945 5069.727
 ONTARIO FEDERATION OF ANGLERS
AND HUNTERS (OFAH)
• The Problem
• OFAH wants every road created accessible for hunters and
fisherman and maintained in the
future

• The Solution
• Logging roads will still be accessible to
anglers and hunters after harvesting has
ceased

• However, roads will not be maintained (Miramichi, 2012)

and will be utilized solely as an “AT OWN RISK” Trail

• This will reduce cost to the company and only trails needed for
hunting and fishing will be maintained by the Hunters and Anglers
themselves
MNR-CENTER FOR NORTHERN FOREST
AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
(CNFER)
• The Problem
• All sb10 stands and PFR sites (lowland) need Careful Logging and Grubbing
(ClaG) applied to protect sites from rising water tables or excessive drying from
clear-cut silviculture
• 50% harvestable volume needs to be maintained

• The Solution
• Plots containing all Black Spruce (sb10) and PFR sites will only have 50% of the
total volume harvested
• This applies mainly to the winter harvest

(Flickr, 2012)
 COMPLYING WITH LOCAL TRAPPERS

• Trappers may be concerned with

Beaver and Marten Populations in the
Area
• In order to sustain populations the
following mitigation strategies have
been implemented:
• All beaver ponds have been left with a 30m AOC (Wild Wisconsin, 2012)
to provide beavers with food and shelter supplies

• Two Marten Core areas of 2000ha have been left to

appease trappers

• Martens require large areas of mature timber (>70

years old), Black Spruce or Jack Pine

• All marten habitats are located close to trapper

cabins (Paul Dobbin’s Trapper Talk, 2012)
 NORTHERN ONTARIO TOURIST
ASSOCIATION (NOTO)
• Problem
• They have demanded no evidence of harvesting activity from Accessible
Primary (1km buffer)and Branch Roads (500m buffer)
• Noise Restrictions during Fishing (May-August) and Moose Hunting (mid
September-end October)

• Solution
• Allotted 120m Buffer on each side of
Primary Roads
• Still no evidence of clear-cutting to tourists
• Branch roads will be closed after harvest
season to “USE AT OWN RISK” for ATV access
• Marten habitat can be used for Moose Hunting
• Harvesting around fishing lakes will done end
of August (Siouxwire, 2012)
 VOLUMES HARVESTED

Season Volume harvested Area harvested Area in AOC

(m³) (acres)

Fall 55,767.8 1,312 13%

Winter 59,911.8 1,800 10%

Spring 56,932.3 772 26%

Summer 58,217.4 988 15%

 SUMMARY

• Seasonal Progression
• How their were determined
• Timing and structures
• Areas of Concern
• Wildlife present
• How our seasonal harvest plan was affected
• Development of Roads and Access
• OFAH Access Request
• Centre for Northern Forest and Environmental Research
• Complying with local trappers
• Required marten and beaver habitat
• Northern Ontario Tourist Association
• Volume and area harvested
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