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Government Gouvernement Ministry of of Canada du Canada COJ FRC Symposium Natural Canadian Service •• Forestry canadien des Proceedings 0-P-13 Resources Service torets Ontario ~ 1fO '4 ~ Forest Fire Management Symposium Proceedings of a Symposium sponsored by the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and the Great Lakes Forest Research Centre under the auspices of the Canada-Ontario Joint Forestry Research _ Committee Program Committee Canadian Forestry Service: B.J. Stocks (Cochairman) J.D. Walker (Cochairman) Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources: R.G. Elliott (Cochairman) R.J. Drysdale P.c. Ward B. Little Additional copies of these proceedings are available at no charge from: Information Office Great Lakes Forest Research Centre Canadian Forestry Service Government of Canada P.O. Box 490 Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario P6A 5M7 FOREST FIRE MANAGEMENT SYMPOSIUM Proceedings of a Symposium sponso~ed by the OntaPio ~nistry of Natu~at Resou~ces and the G~eat Lakes Fo~est Research Cent~e unde~ the auspices of the Canada~ontaPio Joint Fo~estry Resea~ch Committee Sautt Ste. MaPie~ OntaPio 15-18 Septembe~~ 1984 B.J. STOCKS, R.G. ELLIOTT and J.D. WALKER, COCHAIRMEN GREAT LAKES FOREST RESEARCH CENTRE CANADIAN FORESTRY SERVICE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA 1985 COJFRC SYMPOSIUM PROCEEDINGS 0-P-13 ©Minister of Supply and Services Canada 1985 Catalogue No. Fo18-3/13-1985E ISBN 0-662-14076-1 ISSN 0708-305X FOREWORD A Symposium on FoNst Fil'e Management aosponsol'ed by the Ontal'io Ministl'Y of Natul'al. Resourees ( OMNR) and the Gl'eat Lakes Fol'est Researoh Centl'e of the Canadian Fol'estl'IJ Sel'Viae (CPS) "'as hel.d from 15 to 18 Oatobel' ~ 1984 in Saul.t Ste. Mazoie ~ Ontazoio. 'J!his ltXl8 the 13th in a oon tinuing sel'ies of annual. symposia aonduated undel' the auspiaes of the Canada-Ontal'io Joint Fol'estl'Y Reseal'ah Committee (COJFRC). These sym posia pl'ovide a fol'wn fol' disaussions and intel'ahange of ideas among provinaial. ~ industl'ial. ~ academia and l'esearoh fol'estel's Wl'king in Ontal'io. 0Ve1' 200 del.egates attended this symposium~ inal.uding a smal.Z. numbel' from othel' pl'ovinaes (Al.bel'ta~ Manitoba~ N~foundl.and) and thl'ee l'epl'esentatives fl'om the United States Fol'est Sel'Viae. Seventeen papel's "'el'e pl'esented. The theme of this yeal''s symposium~ "Integl'ating fil'e and fol'est l'esoul'ae management in Ontal'io"~ stl'essed the impol'tanae of inaoz pol'ating fol'est fil'e management into futul'e management pl.ans fol' the industl'ial. and l'eal'eational. use of the fol'est. The symposium aonsisted of tT.tJo sessions. The fil'st ~ entitl.ed "Cl.ient oomments and l'esoul'ae pez speatives "~ l'an fol' one day~ "'hil.e the seaond~ entitl.ed "Meeting the ahal.Z.enge"~ 1'an fol' a day and a hal.f. Dul'ing Session I papel's outl.ining the impaat of fiN on ~l.dl.ife~ l'eal'eation~ fol'est management~ and wood suppl.y "'el'e pl'esented. Session II deal.t ~th some of the ~eal'Ch aul' l'entl.y being aonduated to ans"'el' questions l'aised by al.ient gl'oups in Session I. Invited speakel's from OMNR~ the CPS~ fol'est industl'IJ~ and the aaademia aommunity pal'tiaipated. A postel' session l'an aonau1'1'entl.y ~th Sessions I and II~ and time "'as set aside in the pl'ogl'am to al.Z.o"' del.egates to vi~ postel' displ.ays. In al.l. ~ 16 e:r:hibits highl.ighting fil'e l'eSeal'ah aativity at the Gl'eat Lakes Fol'est Reseal'Ch Centl'e~ the PetCI1i)CIJiXl National. Fol'estl'Y Institute and the Univel'sity of Tol'onto~ as wel.l. as a numbel' of OMNR projeats~ wel'e pl'esented. This symposium pl'esented the fil'st oppol'tunity fol' a Z.arge numbel' of Ontal'io fol'est and fil'e manage~ to disauss the integl'ation of fiN management into ovel'al.l. fol'est Nsouroe pl.anning. Symposium o~aniael's al'e optimistia that the momentum genel'ated on this oaaasion ~l.l. aon tinue~ ~th mol'e aompl'ehensive Nsouroe pl.anning being the ~ul.t. I T A B L E 0 F C 0 N T E N T S Page OPENING REMARKS • • • • • J.R. Sloan 1 S E S S I 0 N I Client Comments and Resource Perspectives FIRE MANAGEMENT AND WILDLIFE POLICY . • . • . • • • • • . • . • • J.D. Roseborough and L. J. Post FOREST FIRES: NATURE'S MANDATE FOR CHANGE D.L. Euler FIRE MANAGEMENT IN WILDERNESS AND NATURE RESERVES WITHIN ONTARIO'S PROVINCIAL PARKS SYSTEM • • • • • • • • • • • • • • N. R. Riahards 2oX FIRE MANAGEMENT IN QUETICO PROVINCIAL PARK A.M. Harjula 26 FOREST FIRE: WHO NEEDS IT? AN INDUSTRIAL PERSPECTIVE • • • • • • • • • M.R. Innes 31 FIRE AND FOREST MANAGEUENT K.A. Armson 36 S E S S I 0 N I I Meeting the Challenge HISTORY AND NATURAL ROLE OF FIRE IN ONTARIO • T.J. Lynham 43 REALITIES OF MANAGING FIRE IN ONTARIO • • • J.F. Goodman 49 DETERMINING FOREST VALUES AND STRATEGIC FIRE RESPONSES FOR THE NORTHWESTERN REGION OF ONTARIO • • • . • • • • • P.R. Gagnon and R. Kinaaid 57 FIRE PREVENTION AND FOREST OPERATIONS R. Bishop and D. Dasti 64 FIRE, HARVESTING, AND TIMBER SUPPLY • C. E. Van Wagner 71 A FIRE DEPLETION INVENTORY SYSTEM AND ITS APPLICATION IN FOREST AND FIRE MANAGEME~ . • . • . T. Woods~ B.P. Callaghan~ K.J. Kent and J.E. Osborn 77 DECISION ANALYSIS FOR PRESCRIBED BURN PLANNING • • • • • • • . J.M. Fullerton and D.L. Martell 88 (continued) T A B L E 0 F C 0 N T E N T S (concluded) Page REGENERATION SUCCESS AS A MEASURE OF SITE PREPARATION EFFECTIVENESS: PRESCRIBED FIRE VERSUS SCARIFICATION . • . • D.J. MORae 92 PRESCRrBED BURNING, NORTHERN REGION: TEAMWORK MAKES PRESCRIBED BURNING A SUCCESS .•••.•••• T.R. Isherwood andM.W. MacQuarrie 98 PRESCRIBED BURNING AT OJIBWAY PRAIRIE PROVINCIAL NATURE RESERVE . • • • J.W. Sulston and F. Bruin 103) * * * * * * * SYMPOSIUM WRAPUP R. V. Brady 115 * * * * * * * PARTICIPANTS IN THE FOREST FIRE MANAGEMENT SYMPOSIUM 121 Cover photo: Burnout operation on Ignace Fire No. 7 in northwestern Ontario, 30 May 1976. ,,. ··~·-,----·-· ._..,....,_,,.,.,. ... , ...-,. OPENING REMARKS J.R. Sloanl Deputy Minister of Natural Resources Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources Toronto, Ontario Ladies and gentlemen, I'd like to start And, as with the Greek chorus, it 1 s my off with a bang tonight. I'd like to dear role to describe the big picture, to tell the the decks so we can all get down to business. audience what's going on. I get to explain the action of the plot-and I always get to Forest fire fighting--especially on the have the last word. scale on which it is practised here in Ontario --can be a hot topic, and no pun intended. So--without further delay--let's begin When those huge clouds of smoke are billowing our little drama. out of northern Ontario, we can spend millions of dollars in an awfully big hurry. We can Everyone in this room is a resource man also have a significant impact on local resi ager in one way or another. But just look at dents, our forest-based industry and the tour the tremendous variety of disciplines that are ist industry. represented here tonight. Many of you, of course, are professional foresters and forest In a fireflap, staff across the province technicians. But there are also professional --who are working hard to ·.achieve important biologists, academics, administrators and resource management targets--can suddenly be planners here tonight. There are fire mana plucked from their jobs and be asked to join gers and district managers and forest managers the fire organization to help out in emergen and fisheries, parks and wildlife managers. cies. They can be away for weeks at a time- sometimes several times a year. I know that, as professionals, you are all highly dedicated and committed. You have There's no doubt about it: resource pro studied and worked and gained a great deal of grams get interrupted sometimes because of specialized knowledge about your respective fires--that's simply the nature of the beast. fields. And that's as it should be. But you But our other tasks don't simply go away dur all know there's a potential problem in be ing a fire emergency. Our own duties are coming a specialist. You can become so thor always waiting for us when we get home. oughly an expert in a narrow field that you develop tunnel vision. To borrow an appro During a fireflap 0 of course, provincial priate phrase: you can't see the forest for fire staff work for days on end without a the trees. break. When the fires are all out, and all the mopping up is over, they, too, have to And I think that's why meetings such as come back and face small mountains of paper this one--meetings with a broad appeal and re work. These are facts of life. latively wide interest within the resource community--are very important. My role here tonight is to set the tone for the next three days of meetings. I sug I notice on your program that you' 11 be gest that the proper tone is one of coopera having presentations on almost all aspects of tion between professionals, of resource mana resource management as they relate to fire. I gers working together to solve mutual problems think that's very healthy, because it's impor and discuss common concerns.