| Year | Plan Unit | Plan Status | Public Participation Opportunities | MNR Contact | Industry Contact |
| 2006 | Pineland |
Final Plan Inspection The public is given the opportunity to inspect the plan that has been approved by the Ministry of Natural Resources; the review period is 30 days, and the plan is available for review in the offices of the Ministry of Natural Resources. The public may request an individual environmental assessment during the inspection period. |
Draft Plan review was May 8 to June 8 | John Sullivan, Area Forester
MNR Chapleau District 190 Cherry Street Chapleau, Ontario, P0M 1K0 PHONE: (705) 864-1710 FAX: (705) 864-0681 |
Mike Forrest, RPF
Domtar Inc. 823 Birch St. S Timmins Ontario P4N 7E3 PHONE: (705) 267-1000, ext. 235 FAX:(705) 264-3422 |
Last updated June 2006
Pineland Martel Local Citizens' Committee
Chapleau District of the Ministry of Natural Resources
Domtar Inc. (Local Sustainable Forest License Holder)
Auditing Reports
Independent
Forest Audit of the Pineland Forest (2002)(pdf)
Description of the Pineland Martel Forest
Planning Documents - 2001 Forest Management Plan
Pineland Martel Forest Description
The Pineland and J.E. Martel Forest Management Units are located within the Northeast Region of the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR). The communities in or adjacent to the management units are the Town of Chapleau, and the unorganized communities of Foleyet, Gogama and Devon. The total area of both forests is approximately 6,400 square kilometres.
Domtar Inc., under the authority of sustainable forest licences issued by MNR, currently administers both the Pineland Forest and the J.E. Martel Forest. It is proposed that these management units be amalgamated on April 1, 2001.
The Pineland and Martel Forests are situated within the boreal forest. The main tree species that the forest supports are jack pine, white and black spruce, poplar and birch, with minor components of balsam fir, white pine, eastern white cedar and tolerant hardwoods.
The management units are
the primary source of conifer fibre for wood processing facilities in Timmins
(McChesney), Chapleau (J.E. Martel) and Ostrom, with additional hardwood
fibre commitments to Grant Forest Products (Timmins), North Superior Forest
Products (Wawa), Norbord Inc. (Cochrane) and Columbia Forest Products (Hearst).
(excerpted from public notice posted on the Environmental Bill of Rights Electronic registry)
Chapleau District Land Use Guidelines
No Planning Documents are available through
this web site to date.
Please check with MNR and / or the Sustainable
Forest License Holder for planning documents, or to make an appointment
to review planning information, including maps, harvesting and road plans,
and public comments to date.
