Guide to the Use of Mechanical Site Preparation Equipment in Northwestern Ontario
Guide to the Use of Mechanical Site Preparation Equipment in Northwestern Ontario

Author: F. F. Foreman

Publisher: Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. : [Great Lakes Forestry Centre]

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 190

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This guide will help forest management personnel in north-western Ontario select and use mechanical site preparation equipment in order to produce growing conditions suitable for germination and growth of seedlings. Information in the guide is presented in three sections: biological considerations for good site preparation, including the major factors affecting seedling survival and growth; mechanical site preparation categories, including screefing, inverting, trenching, mixing, and subsoiling, as well as microsite requirements of crop trees (jack pine, black or white spruce, red pine) by site preparation category; and representative examples of postharvest site conditions and site preparation results achieved, as observed in a photo series of typical site preparation case studies from across north-western Ontario. Each photo set documents pre- and post-site preparation conditions after harvesting and includes a rating of site plantability and receptivity achieved by the site preparation equipment. Includes glossary.

Northern Ontario Development Agreement, Northern Forestry Program
Northern Ontario Development Agreement, Northern Forestry Program

Author: R. L. Macnaughton

Publisher: Sault Ste Marie : Great Lakes Forestry Centre

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 92

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Descriptive summary of 58 applied research technology development and transfer, and decision-support projects, funded by Forestry Canada-Ontario Region. The projects cover a broad range of topics in integrated resource management, silvicultural practices, forest protection, environmental impacts, and planning and forest resource management. Each project summary describes the objectives, methodology, expected results, and implications of the research.

Northern Ontario Development Agreement (NODA), Northern Forestry Program
Northern Ontario Development Agreement (NODA), Northern Forestry Program

Author: Diana Callaghan

Publisher: Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. : Great Lakes Forestry Centre

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 176

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Reports on the status of over 140 projects funded under the Northern Ontario Development Agreement, Northern Forestry Program. Information given includes plot locations, plot layouts, sampling, design information, preliminary results, and an update on projected results. Projects cover a broad spectrum of sustainable forestry, including integrated management, silvicultural practices, forest protection, environmental impacts, planning and forest resource management, socio-economic analysis, integrated resource management demonstration areas, and Aboriginal forestry programming.

A Silvicultural Guide for the Spruce Working Group in Ontario
A Silvicultural Guide for the Spruce Working Group in Ontario

Author: R. W. Arnup

Publisher:

Published: 1988

Total Pages: 116

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"The main purposes of this guide are : to summarize the knowledge of the silvics of spruce; to desctibe the current timber management practices for spruce in Ontario; to identify key factors that the manager must consider during the development of the Timber Management Plan and site specific prescriptions; and provide a basis for subsequnt development in both knowledge and practice. ... The principles outlined herein may be applied elswehere."--Page 1

Forest Humus Forms in Northwestern Ontario
Forest Humus Forms in Northwestern Ontario

Author: R. A. Sims

Publisher: Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. : Great Lakes Forestry Centre

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 62

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Describes a new provisional classification of forest humus forms within forests of the boreal and Great Lakes-Saint Lawrence forest regions of north-western Ontario. Four major orders are recognized: mulls, moders, mors, and peatymors. Humus form groups are defined and described, and methodologies and approaches for humus form recognition in the field are briefly discussed. The first-approximation classification system permits identification of 11 forest humus form subgroups in north-western Ontario. The hierarchical system consists of a field key and a set of one-page summaries that describe each of the humus form subgroups. Common organic layer thickness ranges, the relative occurrence and distribution of the forest humus forms, and other data are summarized in relation to north- western Ontario's Forest Ecosystem Classification plot network. Forest humus forms are related to soil/site conditions, vegetation, general climate, and forest management practices in the region are also considered.