Algonquin Forestry Authority - Areas of ConcernAlgonquin Forestry Authority - Areas of Concern |
Within the context of planning forestry activities in Algonquin Park, the term "Areas of Concern" has its base in the Algonquin Park Management Plan. Operations Policies - 9.2 Forest Management - 9.2.1 Areas of Concern (pg. 42)
The 'area of concern' process within the Park Forest Management Plan is used to modify forest management operations and to protect Park values. This process of identifying natural, cultural or recreational values for protection results in the establishment of no-cut reserves and modified cutting areas. The width of the area of concern and the no-cut or modified cut areas varies depending on the particular value (e.g. water body, wildlife) and characteristics of the land base.
The Forest Management sub-section of the Algonquin Park Management Plan goes on to include ...
9.2.2 Special Management Areas In accordance with the Algonquin Park Forestry Agreement between the MNR and itself, the AFA has prepared a 5-year term Forest Management Plan (FMP) describing in detail how it will undertake its forest management activities. This FMP is subsidiary to and must comply with the policies of the Algonquin Park Management Plan. The current FMP is in effect from April 1, 2005 to March 31, 2010.
Within the AFA's Forest Management Plan's Operational Prescriptions For Areas of Concern, are a wide range of individual management regulations of which some examples are shown below ...
Other Operational Prescriptions For Areas of Concern found in the AFA's Forest Management Plan include ... CW - Lake Trout Lakes, Coldwater Streams, and Unknown Lakes/StreamsBT - Self-Sustaining Brook Trout Lakes CFH - Critical Fish Habitat (including Brook Trout Nursery Creeks) WW - Other Lakes, Coolwater and Warmwater Streams CL - Cottage Leases ST - MNR Designated Cross Country Ski Trails PR - Public Roads PB - Park Boundary HL - Hydro Line (Rolphton-Minden Hydro-electric transmission Line) CHS - Cultural heritage Site (Known) HPA - High potential cultural heritage areas SMA - Special Management Areas - Class 1. (significant landform assemblages) PW - Piliated Woodpecker Roost Trees BE - Bald Eagle Nesting Sites OS - Osprey Nesting Sites NH - Great Blue Heron Nesting Sites RSC - Red Shouldered Hawk and Cooper's Hawk NG - Northern Goshawk (all nests in cluster active in past 5 years) OH - Broad-winged hawk, red-tailed hawk, sharp-shinned hawk or merlin WT - Wood Turtle Habitat WTN - Wood Turtle Nest Site BH - Beaver Habitat DY - Deer Yards MAFA- Moose aquatic feeding areas and mineral licks MCS - Moose - Calving Sites WRS - Wolf Rendezvous Sites WDS - Wolf Den Sites RP - Research Plots |
In no-cut reserves, no marking or cutting is done within a minimum (slope dependent) of 30 meters of any body of water, 30 meters of a public road and railway rights-of-way, 60 meters of portages, winter portages, and ski trails, or 15 meters of the Algonquin Park boundary, except for recreation or aesthetic purposes.
