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Woodlands Operations

British Columbia · Ontario · Québec · Newfoundland


Newfoundland

Address
7 Mill Road
P.O. Box 500
Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland
Canada A2A 2K1

T (709) 292-3000

Manager: William P. Furey

Number of Employees

  • 19 permanent staff
  • 111 silviculture employees
  • 313 harvesting employees
  • 12 scalers / clerks
  • 5 technicians
  • 6 harvesting contractors

    Forest Management Plan (January 1st, 2001- December 31st, 2021)

  • Twenty-year strategic plan outlining objectives & targets for forest management related activities
  • Developed through a public participation process
  • Encompasses all jurisdiction on Insular Newfoundland (11 Management Districts)
  • Total land base ~ 1.8 Million hectares
  • Productive forest land ~ 45 % of total land base
  • Annual allowable cut ~ 600,000 m3 (black spruce & balsam fir)

    Other Management Plans/Reports

  • Five-year operating plans for each management district
     - Registered with the Department of Environment through an environmental assessment process
  • Annual operating plans for each management district
  • Past annual reports for each management district

    Roads

  • Construction:
     Primary: 16 km
     Secondary (operational): 50 km
  • Maintenance (main haul roads): 225 km

    Harvest (annual average)

  • Area: 5400 hectares

    Renewal (annual average)

  • Planting: 500 hectares, representing 1 million seedlings
  • Site preparation: 500 hectares
  • Natural regeneration: 85% of harvest area, representing 4600 hectares
  • Pre-commercial thinning: 2250 hectares

    Map of Woodlands operations

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