Reforestation Activities

These reforestation activities are being coordinated by Forsite Consultants Ltd, on behalf of Woodco Management. The following outlines Woodco’s (Forsite Consultant’s) Mechanical Site Preparation plans for the Lac Le Jeune area. Jim Phillips is liaising with the company on this project and will respond to any questions or concerns.

IMPORTANT:  People must remain clear of any equipment as well as any blocks where treatments are being conducted. This is important for their safety. 

Planned start date 
Monday September 10, 2012.

Anticipated completion date 
The completion date will be subject to daily equipment production, however, we expect to be completed all trenching activities by September 22, 2012.

Planned site preparation activities (mechanical site preparation - disc trenching)
Site preparation activities will be conducted using skidder mounted disc trenchers. The skidders will be operating on the previously harvested blocks around the Lac Le Jeune area and also on the Ross Moore Forest Service Road. The skidders / trenching equipment will be delivered to the area utilizing lowbeds. In some cases it will be necessary to unload / load the equipment along the public road system. Wherever possible the contractor will load / unload the equipment on side roads where traffic levels will be lower.

Location of planned activities
These two maps of the Lac Le Jeune area indicate all blocks. Click to enlarge.

Planned activities

The majority of these blocks will be either entirely disc trenched or partially disc trenched. Specifically, the following blocks are planned for disc trenching treatment at this time:

• CP 200 Block 1
• CP 200 Block 2
• CP 200 Block 3
• CP 200 Block 5
• CP 200 Block 6
• CP 200 Block 7
• CP 200 Block 8 

Note - these overview maps are intended to indicate the blocks where mechanical site preparation treatments are planned. If there is interest regarding the plans for specific blocks, then that information can be made available.

Project Rationale 
Treatment of these previously harvested areas is necessary in order to meet our reforestation obligation(s). The treatment is being conducted in order to address grass competition and to mechanically create plantable spots for our planned 2013 tree planting activities.