Forest Management Manuals and Guidelines
Last Review/Updated: August 21, 2008
This web page provides access to those Forest Management Manuals available in electronic form. These documents are posted for the convenience of the user and in the case of any discrepancy between the Internet version and the published version, the published version is to be considered correct. These documents are posted in their original form and therefore reference to a Department, organizational level or structure may not reflect the current situation. Department staff should be considered where clarification is necessary. Due to technical limitations, some tables and figures may not be presented. In these cases the original published version should be sought.
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Forest Management Plans
The Alberta Forest Management Planning Standard (the standard) and its annexes, interpretive bulletins and updates comprise the standard for preparing and implementing Forest Management Plans (FMP) in Alberta.
Alberta Forest Management Planning Standard
- Interpretive Bulletin: In-block Roads and Timber Supply Analysis (15 KB)
- Interpretive Bulletin: Planning Mountain Pine Beetle Response Operations (.pdf) Format (2506 KB)
- Planning Standard in Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) Format (2.3 MB)
- Planning Standard Supplement: Partial Harvest Guidelines (.pdf) Format (370 KB)
Operating Ground Rules
The documents under this heading provide direction for developing timber harvest planning and operating ground rules. These rules affect forest management operations throughout the province. These documents will be under regular review by the Forest Management Branch, Alberta Sustainable Resource Development.
- Alberta Timber Harvest Planning and Operating Groundrules Framework for Renewal (723KB)
- Strategy for Ground Rules Renewal in Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) Format (148KB)
- Table of Road Construction Standards and Guidelines in Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) Format (74KB)
- TM 118 - Annual Operating Plan Standard Form in Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) Format (108KB)
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Mountain Pine Beetle Operations
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Provincial Operating Ground Rules - 1994
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Forest Management Agreement Operating Ground Rules
- ALPAC (2 MB)
- Vanderwall Contractors (1971) Ltd. (2 MB)
- Weyerhaeuser Pembina (.pdf) Format (1350 KB)
- Canadian Forest Products Ltd. Alberta Operation (.pdf) Format (1610 KB)
- Upper Hay Regional Operating Ground Rules (.pdf) Format (1.82 MB)
- Blue Ridge Lumber Inc. (.pdf) Format (895 KB)
- Sundre Forest Products (.pdf) Format(2 MB)
- Tolko/Buchanan (.pdf) Format(2.74 MB)
- Weyerhaeuser Grande Prairie (.pdf) Format(979 KB)
- Foothills Forest Products (.pdf) Format(371 KB)
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Forest Management Unit Operating Ground Rules
Regeneration Standards
Interpretive Bulletin - Alternative Regeneration Standards for FMA areas (.pdf) Format (930 KB)
Alberta Regeneration Survey Manual
- Regeneration Survey Manual - May 2008 (412KB)
- Submission Cover Page (31KB)
- Appendix 6 in Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) (460KB)
- Tally Sheets 1-4 (78KB)
- Regen Manual QA (.pdf) (32KB)
- Regeneration Survey Manual Version 2.0 for West Fraser Mills Ltd. FMAs, ANC Timber Ltd., Sundance Forest Industries, Alberta-Pacific Forest Industries, Canadian Forest Products, Weyerhaeuser Company Ltd. FMAs, and non-FMA portions of FMU S20 and R10, 2008/2009 (364KB)
Forest Management Herbicide Reference Manual
Standards For Tree Improvement In Alberta Manual
Standards For Tree Improvement In Alberta Forms
- Approved Seed Processing Facilities (.doc) Format (19KB)
- Doc Form for NonLocal Material (.doc) Format (331KB)
- Genetic Test Site Info (.doc) Format (331KB)
- PTS Genetic Tests (.doc) Format (337KB)
- PTS Wild Stands Plantations (.doc) Format (341KB)
- Reforestation Seed Veg Withdrawal (.xls) Format (20KB)
- Request for Plant Variance for Research Material (.doc) Format (332KB)
- Seed Testing Guidelines (.pdf) Format (1,010KB)
- Stream1 Registration Request (.xls) Format (45KB)
- Stream1 Request for Deployment Variance (.xls) Format (20KB)
- Stream2 Registration Request (.xls) Format (26KB)
- Stream2 Request for Deployment Variance(.doc) Format (332KB)
- Transport or Store of Research or CPP Parent Material (.doc) Format (330KB)
Standards For Tree Improvement In Alberta Sample Reports
- Example of Genetic Test Analysis Report_app28 (.pdf) Format (631KB)
- Sample Prod Facility Annual Ops Rpt and Addendum_app35 (.pdf) Format (355KB)
- Sample Prod Facility Establishment Rpt _app32.pdf (.pdf) Format (347KB)
