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Draft Forest Management Plan Prince Albert FMA Area

2018-2038

Public / Community Feedback Sessions October 2017

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Sakâw Askiy Management Inc.

New Forest Management Plan (FMP)

• Big Picture plan for the long-term management of the whole forest area

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Who Harvests Here ?

3 Sakaw Askiy Management Inc Shareholders: A.C Forestry (Agency Chiefs Tribal Council) Carrier Forest Products Edgewood Forest Products L&M Forest Products Meadow Lake Mechanical Pulp Meadow Lake OSB (Tolko) Montreal Lake Business Ventures NorSask Forest Products 16 Independent Operators

Protect Biological Diversity

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• Take our cue from nature – Natural Forest Patterns
• Natural landscapes similar to those created

historically by fire Leave Green Trees Behind (average of 9%)

• Harvest areas can contain trees, islands, peninsulas of green trees

Landscape Patterns (harvest events)

• Size distribution of most harvest events between 100-1500 ha
• Some will be smaller, some larger (large is ‘natural’)

Protect Biological Diversity

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• Maintain all forest cover types
• Maintain old forests, and interior old forests free from edge effects green trees

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Age of the Productive Forest

Where More is Needed …

Species at Risk

• Work with governments and local people to protect the species and

their habitat.

• Northern Leopard Frog, Whooping Crane, Piping Clover, Woodland

Caribou.

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Caribou Habitat Management Zones

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Trapping and Outfitting

• Work together during the development of Operating Plans
• Trapping: Accommodation measures may include retention of high value

trapping habitat within harvesting events, and the maintenance of traditional access.

• Outfitting: Accommodation measures may include adjusting harvest areas,

leaving retention in specific locations, and measures to manage access.

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Views along Lakes and Rivers, Recreation

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Water and Shorelines

Protect water quality, water quantity:

Where roads cross streams

• design crossings to allow predicted storm water flows,

and avoid getting soil and sediments in the stream Next to water - restricted or no harvesting

• Large (>5 ha) Lakes, Rivers, Streams: 40 m restricted zone

10 Large (>5 ha) Lakes, Rivers, Streams: 40m zone

Timber Harvesting

• Hardwood harvest increasing to capture older stands before they deteriorate (has no

impact on long term sustainability)

• Cap the amount of a particular type of forest cover that can be harvested in the

West, Central, and East areas

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Forest Renewal

• Ground rules for renewing and tending

specific forest types

• The new forest is surveyed twice to check

reforestation success, growth rates

Draft Tactical Plan

• Indicates General Areas where harvesting is expected to occur over 20 years, and

where harvesting will not occur (e.g. reserves of old forests, caribou deferral areas).

• Operating Plans, developed annually, is where harvesting decisions are made

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Monitoring and Reporting

• Will report annually on 38 measures of sustainable forest management, related to;
• 1) Biological Diversity;
• 2) Ecosystem Condition and Productivity;
• 3) Soil and Water;
• 4) Role in Global Ecological Cycles;
• 5) Economic and Social Benefits; and
• 6) Society’s Responsibility.
• Management Implementation Team will assess results, address issues
• Ongoing input from Public, First Nations, and Metis to continue during Operating

Plan reviews

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Next Steps

• Your comments or concerns on the FMP will be gathered and considered during the

preparation of the final plan document.

• GM@sakaw.ca
• (306) 953-2021
• The draft FMP (Volume II) will be available by October 31, 2017 at:

http://sakaw.ca/fmp_working_documents.html

• Aiming for submission of final plan by Dec 31, 2017
• Government approval by Feb 28, 2017
• Implement April 1, 2018 (the new Operating Plan)

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15 For more information: Diane Roddy, RPF gm@sakaw.ca www.sakaw.ca Cam Brown, MF, RPF cbrown@forsite.ca