Harvest Prescriptions Sample Clauses

Harvest Prescriptions. The guiding principle of this Agreement is to obtain the best return on the municipal asset. This may include the harvesting and sale of logs, however it does not guarantee that the parcel will be harvested. If a parcel is selected by the municipality for harvest, the municipality will consider the objective related to the achievement of volume targets. The actual selection of harvest areas will be made from the operating blocks outlined on the maps in Appendix 2 and listings in Appendix 3. A harvest area selected in any given year can be comprised of either a part of an operational block or be multiple operational blocks combined together. Once the harvest areas have been selected, detailed forest operational prescriptions will be developed for each area that outline access, water crossings, other values and areas of concern, harvest practices based on the forest units to be harvested and the associated silvicultural ground rules. Season of harvest, snag retention, and the spatial distribution of residual non-harvest areas within the harvest blocks will also be considered and will be included in the AWS submission. The forest operational prescriptions will be based on information included in this Agreement, landowner direction, any updated values information that becomes available through the MNR, aerial photograph interpretation, and on site inspections. Harvesting will be carried out according to currently accepted operating practices of the forest industry in the Northeast Region of the Ministry of Natural Resources. Harvesting will be comprised primarily of fully mechanized full tree to roadside techniques utilizing ▇▇▇▇▇▇ bunchers, grapple skidders, delimbers, processors/slashers, log loaders, and log haul trucks. On occasion traditional cut and skid crews consisting of chainsaw and cable skidder crews will be utilized. There are two aspects to harvesting once all necessary agreements, permits, licences and approvals are in place: 1. All operational aspects associated harvesting the forest resource. 2. The sale of the harvested forest resource. The processes for selecting companies/individuals to carry out the harvest operation and for the sale of the harvested forest resource will be conducted in an open and transparent manner consistent with the procurement policy of the applicable municipality. All merchantable timber, as per the Crown Forest Sustainability Act’s Scaling Manual, harvested and brought to roadside will be utilized. Marketing all mer...