Timber Class EA Decision Document (1994)

Forestry activities on Crown lands in Ontario are subject to a number of provincial and federal laws. Principle among the provincial laws is the Environmental Assessment Act. In the late 1980’s, to comply with this legislation, the MNR prepared an environmental assessment of the activities associated with forestry including building forest access roads, harvesting trees, conducting forest maintenance and renewing the forest. It also provided guidance on the preparation, review, and approval of forest management plans

 

In April 1994, after four years of hearings, the Environmental Assessment Board, which presided over the Environmental Assessment hearing on MNR’s request for a Class Environmental Assessment process for timber Management on Crown lands in Ontario, issued its decision. That decision approved a class EA process for approving timber management activities in Ontario, subject to 115 legally-binding terms and conditions.

 

In 2003 a review of the approval was conducted by MNR, as required by condition 114 of the approval, and an extension an amendment to the approval was sought and granted through the issuance of Declaration Order MNR-71. Condition 50 of Declaration Order MNR-71 requires MNR to continue to implement the original decision except as amended and extended by the Declaration Order.

 

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• Chapter 1: (PDF, 113KB 26 pages) Introduction
• Chapter 2: (PDF, 224KB 34 pages) The Requirements of the Environmental Assessment Act and Timber Management Planning
• Chapter 3: (PDF, 316KB 48 pages) Timber Management Planning Process
• Chapter 4: (PDF, 74KB 14 pages) Planning Forest Access Roads (PDF, 74KB 14 pages)
• Chapter 5: Harvest (PDF, 383KB 63 pages)
• Chapter 6: Regeneration: Helping the Forest Grow Back (PDF, 178KB 27 pages)
• Chapter 7: Maintenance of the Forest: Tending and Protection (PDF, 309KB 51 pages)
• Chapter 8: How can we tell if Timber Management Planning is Protecting the Forest? (PDF, 271KB 45 pages)
• Chapter 9: The Social and Economic Environment (PDF, 129KB 20 pages)
• Chapter 10: First Nations and Aboriginal Communities (PDF, 213KB 32 pages)
• Chapter 11: The Future of our Forests: New Developments and Directions (PDF, 215KB 34 pages)
• Chapter 12: The Hearing Process (PDF, 94KB 12 pages)
• Decision of the Board (PDF, 256KB 139 pages)
• Schedule A: 115 Terms and Conditions of Approval (PDF, 256KB 139 pages)
• Witness List (PDF, 256KB 139 pages)

• Amendments to Declaration Order MNR-71 (2007)
• Declaration Order MNR-71 (2003)
• Forest Management Class EA