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

Section 88 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

88. Where cutting with regeneration and soil protection, strip cutting with regeneration and soil protection or block cutting is carried out, a holder of a management permit shall recover, in a forest management sector or in the area that was used for piling, lopping and sawing timber, the volume of usable ligneous matter, as defined in section 87, in excess of an average of 3.5 m3 per hectare in each of those areas, within 1 year following the date of expiry of the permit.

Where any other silvicultural treatments are applied, the permit holder shall recover, in a forest management sector or in the area that was used for piling, lopping and sawing timber, the volume of usable ligneous matter in excess of an average of 1 m3 per hectare in each of those areas, within 1 year following the date of expiry of the permit.

In a development unit, the volume of unharvested usable ligneous matter may not exceed an average of 3.5 m3 per hectare in the case referred to in the first paragraph and an average of 1 m3 per hectare in the case referred to in the second paragraph. Where the volume is greater, permit holders shall recover the usable ligneous matter in accordance with the first or second paragraph, as the case may be.

O.C. 498-96, s. 88; O.C. 439-2003, s. 11.