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SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT PLAN Corner Brook Pulp April 2018 and Paper Version 8 Woodlands g SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENTPLAN PLAN Corner Brook Pulp June 2019 and Paper Version 9 Woodlands Sustainable Forest Management Plan Corner Brook Pulp and Paper Limited This Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) Plan is one of a number of documents required for sustainable management of the Defined Forest Area (timber limits) of Corner Brook Pulp and Paper Limited. Separate but associated documents on the Woodlands computer network, the Environmental Management System Manuals, serve as references for the implementation and maintenance of the environmental standards to which Corner Brook Pulp and Paper Ltd. is certified: the ISO 14001 Environmental Management System Standard and the CAN/CSA Z809 Sustainable Forest Management Standard. June 2019_v9 The current version of this document can be found at www.cbppl.com ii Sustainable Forest Management Plan Corner Brook Pulp and Paper Limited TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS ......................................................................................................... iii LIST OF TABLES .....................................................................................................................v INTRODUCTION .....................................................................................................................1 DESCRIPTION OF THE DEFINED FOREST AREA (DFA) .................................................3 BIOPHYSICAL ....................................................................................................................... 4 Geography and Terrain ............................................................................................................ 4 Geology and Soils ................................................................................................................... 4 Ecosystems 4 Forest Types 7 Wildlife and Fish ..................................................................................................................... 8 SOCIO-ECONOMIC ............................................................................................................ 10 Tenure (Ownership and Management Responsibilities) ....................................................... 10 Communities within the DFA ............................................................................................... 13 Economic Impact ................................................................................................................... 13 Forest Uses 14 FOREST MANAGEMENT PLANNING FRAMEWORK ....................................................17 Public Participation in Planning Processes ........................................................................... 17 Five-Year Operating Plan ...................................................................................................... 17 Annual Operating Plan .......................................................................................................... 18 Sustainable Forest Management Plan .................................................................................... 18 Adaptive Forest Management ............................................................................................... 21 INDICATOR PROFILES ........................................................................................................22 Indicator 1.1.1 Ecosystem Diversity - Ecosystem Area by Type ..................................... 24 Indicator 1.1.2 Ecosystem Diversity – Working Groups ................................................. 28 Indicator 1.1.3 Ecosystem Diversity – Age Classes .......................................................... 37 Indicator 1.1.4 Ecosystem Diversity – Within-Stand Structural Retention ................... 41 Indicator 1.2.1 Species Diversity – Caribou Habitat ........................................................ 46 Indicator 1.2.2 Species Diversity – Pine Marten Habitat ................................................ 51 Indicator 1.2.3 Species Diversity – Non-native Species .................................................... 55 Indicator 1.3.1 Genetic Diversity – Sufficiently Stocked ................................................. 58 Indicators 1.4.1 and 1.4.2 Biological Diversity – Special Places ...................................... 62 Indicator 2.1.1 Forest Ecosystems Condition and Productivity – Reforestation Success ...................................................................................................................... 66 Indicator 2.1.2 Ecosystem condition and productivity - Non-native Species ................. 70 Indicator 2.1.3 Forest Ecosystem Condition and Productivity – Preharvest Planning 73 Indicator 2.1.4 Forest Ecosystem Condition and Productivity – AAC Harvested ........ 76 Indicator 3.1.1 Soil Quality and Quantity – Soil Disturbance......................................... 80 Indicator 3.1.2 Soil Quality and Quantity – Downed Woody Material .......................... 87 Indicator 3.2.1 Water Quality and Quantity – Stand Replacing Disturbance .............. 91 Indicator 3.2.2 Water Quality and Quantity – Buffers and No Grub Zones ................. 96 Indicator 4.1.1 Carbon Uptake and Storage – Carbon Budget Model ......................... 100 Indicator 4.1.2 Carbon Uptake and Storage – Reforestation Success .......................... 103 June 2019_v9 The current version of this document can be found at www.cbppl.com iii Sustainable Forest Management Plan Corner Brook Pulp and Paper Limited Indicator 4.2.1 Forest Land Conversion – Pre-harvest Planning ................................. 107 Indicator 5.1.1 & 5.1.2 Timber & Non-timber Benefits – Forest Stakeholders ........... 110 Indicator 5.1.4 Timber and Non – Timber Benefits – Wood Utilization ...................... 117 Indicator 5.1.5 Timber and Non-timber Benefits – Access Management Plan ........... 120 Indicator 5.2.1 Communities and Sustainability – Sawlogs Available ......................... 127 Indicator 5.2.2 Communities and Sustainability – Investment in Training................. 131 and Skills Development ..................................................................................................... 131 Indicator 5.2.3 Communities and Sustainability – DFA Wages.................................... 135 Indicator 6.1.1 Fair and Effective Decision-Making – Level of Satisfaction of PAC .. 139 Indicator 6.1.2 Fair and Effective Decision-making – Capacity Development and Meaningful Participation ........................................................................ 143 Indicator 6.1.3 Fair and Effective Decision-making – Environmental Progress Report .................................................................................................................... 146 Indicator 6.2.1 Safety – Cooperation with Workers and Unions .................................. 149 Indicator 6.2.2 Safety – Worker Safety Program ........................................................... 154 Indicator 7.2.1 Respect for Aboriginal Forest Values, Knowledge and Uses – Aboriginal Communities ......................................................................... 162 Indicator 7.2.2_7.2.3 Aboriginal Knowledge – Engagement of Aboriginal People ..... 164 REFERENCES ......................................................................................................................167 APPENDIX A Public Advisory Committee ........................................................................169 APPENDIX B Other Interested Parties ...............................................................................170 APPENDIX C Values, Objectives, Indicators and Targets CSA Z809-16..........................171 June 2019_v9 The current version of this document can be found at www.cbppl.com iv Sustainable Forest Management Plan Corner Brook Pulp and Paper Limited LIST OF TABLES Table 1. Native and introduced mammals on CBPPL’s Defined Forest Area1 .............................. 9 Table 2. Location (FMD) and type of agreements involving CBPPL and the provincial government (Crown) ............................................................................................................. 11 Table 3. Timber rights relinquished by CBPPL............................................................................ 13 Table 4. Communities that benefit from CBPPL's DFA .............................................................. 13 Table 5. Percent of the DFA harvested in poor black spruce forest and scrub types in Forest Management Districts 5, 6, 9, & 16. ..................................................................................... 26 Table 6. Working Group Definitions ............................................................................................ 29 Table 7. Area of productive forest present on the DFA, 2018. ..................................................... 31 Table 8. Non-productive Forest Area Summary, 2018 ................................................................. 31 Table 9. Comparison of Productive Forest on the DFA by Working Group ................................ 33 Table 10. Comparison of Non-productive Forest and Non-forest Area on the DFA by Stand ID 34 Table 11. Age Class of the Forest on the DFA in 2018 by Area .................................................. 39 Table 12. Percent of Each Age Class of the Total Productive Forest on the DFA*. .................... 39 Table 13. Wildlife trees (per hectare) left