A-18.1, r. 7 - Regulation respecting standards of forest management for forests in the domain of the State

Section 70 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

70. In a white-tailed deer yard, a holder of a management permit may not carry out clear cutting with regeneration and soil protection in hardwood and hardwood-dominant mixed stands over an area greater than 25 ha forming a single block, or in softwood and softwood-dominant mixed stands over an area greater than 10 ha forming a single block.

Where the holder of a management permit carries out strip cutting with regeneration and soil protection, the total area of the cut and residual strips may not exceed 25 ha forming a single block in hardwood and hardwood-dominant mixed stands or exceed 10 ha forming a single block in softwood and softwood-dominant mixed stands.

The size of a single block of a management permit holder’s block cutting harvest area in a white-tailed deer yard may not exceed 25 ha in hardwood and hardwood-dominant mixed stands or exceed 10 ha in softwood and softwood-dominant mixed stands.

In addition, the vegetation used by white-tailed deer for shelter and food shall be left intact.

This section does not apply to the holder of a management permit for public utility works who installs a power line or a gas pipeline.

O.C. 498-96, s. 70; O.C. 439-2003, s. 7.