Year	Plan Unit	Plan Status	Public Participation Opportunities	MNR Contact	Industry Contact
2007	Big Pic	- Stage Three – First Information Centre – Review of Proposed Operations:	Centres were held June 5, 2006 – 2:00 – 8:00 PM, Manitouwadge, ON June 6, 2006 – 2:00 – 8:00 PM, Marathon, ON Draft plan anticpated October 31, 2006	Derrick Tirschmann Manitowadge Area Office Postal Bag Service, Manitou Road Manitouwadge, Ontario, P0T 2C0 tel 807-826-3223x236 derrick.tirschmann@mnr.gov.on.ca	Richard Shwedack, RPF, Plan Author Buchanan Forest Products Ltd P.O. Box 29037 Thunder Bay, ON P7B 6P9 1-807-343-6581

Last updated June 2006

Manitowadge Local Citizens' Committee

Wawa District of the Ministry of Natural Resources

Marathon Pulp Inc.(Sustainable Forest Licence Holder)

Description of the Big Pic Forest

Wawa Land Use Planning Documents

Planning Documents - 2002 Forest Management Plan

The Big Pic forest is located in the Northeast Region of the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR), in the MNR Wawa District. The Big Pic Forest includes Crown land east and north of Lake Superior and is generally north, south and west of the community of Manitouwadge. The communities of Marathon, Caramat and Hillsport are located in the forest. Craig’s Pit Nature Reserve Provincial Park is located within the unit. The Big Pic forest shares a common boundary with Pukaskwa National Park on the south-west corner of the unit.

The forest is managed under the authority of a Sustainable Forest License, which is held by Marathon Pulp Inc. The Big Pic Forest is located in the boreal forest, which is dominated by mixed-wood sites. The tree species common to the forest include black spruce, jack pine, trembling aspen, white spruce, balsam fir, white birch and balsam poplar. Tamarack and eastern cedar are scattered throughout the area. A small concentration of red pine occurs near One Shot Lake.

Land Use Policies for Wawa District

Wawa District Land Use Guidelines (~1983)

Wawa DLUG Map