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The 10-year Management Plan (FMP) for the Bancroft Minden Forest was developed by an interdisciplinary team of registered professional foresters and specialists in conjunction with stakeholders and indigenous community representatives using various forest management guides approved in the province of Ontario, namely the Forest Management Planning Manual. The planning manual prescribes the requirements for Ontario’s forest management planning system including the planning process and products. The FMP sets the strategic direction for all operations scheduled during the plan period. The plan also outlines how forest management on the unit has regard for the plant life, animal life, water, soil, air, and social and economic values, including recreational values and heritage values.

The forest management plan and associated documents are available to all via the Natural Resources Information Portal. Please navigate the portal to find information on your area of interest. If you have a detailed question or concern, contact BMFC staff for further information.

In addition to the plan itself, an Annual Work Schedule is produced.

• S-Doc. A: Historic Forest Condition - Julie Antler wrote this and did a presentation for the planning team/LCC that received really positive feedback. You can read more about the history in this file. It is an interesting read.
• S-Doc. E: Social and Economic Description - This is a profile of the demographics and cultural uses of the area prepared by MNRF Regional Planning Forester, Corinne Arthur. There were some
  questions at the last planning team meeting about the statistics in here specifically with respect to the most common recreational uses of the forest.
• S-Doc. H: Roads and Water Crossing Documentation - Adds more context to the roads planning and road use management strategies for forest access roads on the management unit. Is meant to be a companion to table FMP-18 which lists all the roads and use strategies for the unit.
• S-Doc. I: Area of Concern Documentation - Please note that there is a section in here for AOCs that pertain to the enhanced management area in the former Frost Centre. We are in the process of developing a few new AOCs which will be described in that section.
• S-Doc. J: Summary of Public Consultation - first two sections are prepared by MNRF Regional Planning Forester which documents the public input so far.
• S-Doc. K: LCC Report - I know you are very familiar with this report but I attached it here so you have all documents in the same place.

• Only for the Blocks 2247, 2256,2276, 2289

The Annual Work Schedule (AWS) identifies operations that were previously planned and approved in the Forest Management Plan and are scheduled for implementation during that year. An AWS is required to be developed for each year of the 10 year forest management plan period and covers a period of April 1 to March 31.

The AWS is developed in the winter (normally between November and December) by soliciting input from our licencees of where they plan to operate during the AWS period. The AWS is then prepared and shared to Indigenous communities for their input and review for a 60 day consultation period. Once the indigenous consultation period has ended and any changes have been made based on input received, the AWS is posted for a 15-day public inspection period on the Natural Resource Information Portal (normally around March 15th to April 1st).

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