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

Section 74 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

74. In each of the 3 forest zones described in Schedule 1, the size of a single-block area of cutting with regeneration and soil protection or of the total area of the cut and residual strips of an area of strip cutting with regeneration and soil protection shall

(1)  in the hardwood forest zone

(a)  be equal to or less than 25 ha for at least 70% of the areas cut using those cutting methods;

(b)  be equal to or less than 50& ha for at least 90% of the areas cut using those cutting methods; and

(c)  be equal to or less than 100 ha for all areas cut using those cutting methods;

(2)  in the fir and mixed forest zone

(a)  be equal to or less than 50 ha for at least 70% of the areas cut using those cutting methods;

(b)  be equal to or less than 100 ha for at least 90% of the areas cut using those cutting methods; and

(c)  be equal to or less than 150 ha for all areas cut using those cutting methods;

(3)  in the spruce forest zone

(a)  be equal to or less than 50 ha for at least 20% of the areas cut using those cutting methods;

(b)  be equal to or less than 100 ha for at least 70% of the areas cut using those cutting methods; and

(c)  be equal to or less than 150 ha for all areas cut using those cutting methods.

A single-block cutting area larger than 100 ha shall be shaped so that its length is equal to or greater than 4 times its average width.

Such distribution of the cutting areas applies annually for all the cuttings referred to in the first paragraph and indicated in the integrated forest development plan.

O.C. 498-96, s. 74.