Condition 30 of the Forest Management Class EA requires the MNR to maintain the Provincial Wildlife Population Monitoring Program Plan as amended from time to time as MNR considers appropriate and to update it no later than one year following the release of each Five-Year EA Report. The purpose of this plan is to describe the Provincial Wildlife Population Monitoring Program and outline the priorities, representative species to be monitored and proposed activities and schedules.
Maintaining healthy forests is key to sustaining forest ecosystems including wildlife populations. If wildlife populations are in decline, it may be an indication of a decline in the health of the forest. Species to be monitored include:
- species which benefit from forests managed for the purposes of maintaining early successional stages;
- species which benefit from forests managed for purposes of maintaining late successional stages;
- species which utilize the following habitat types and features: snags, dead and downed woody material, riparian areas, mature/overmature stands, and large areas in a similar successional stage.
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Provincial Wildlife Population Monitoring Program Plan - version 2 June 2010 (PDF, 428 KB 53 pages)
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