NRVIS Data Class User Guide
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1. NRVIS Data Class User Guide Forest Management Unit inviting the public to attend the Second Information Centre regarding this plan can be found at the end of the introduction It is also noteworthy to add that a single FMU may span across 2 OMNR Districts Wawa District and Sault District e An FMU may be ratified with an adjoining FMU and receive a new FMU Code and Name Pre 2000 Mississagi 733 and Spanish River 881 As of April 1 2000 FMU Ratification Note that FMU s resulting FMU is assigned anew FMU Code and Name In this example Mississagi FMU 733 and Spanish River FMU 881 were ratified into one FMU This new FMU has been assigned a new Name and FMU Code Northshore Forest 880 This is the norm for FMU consolidation e One FMU may consist of several separate parcels In this example the Nighthawk Forest 150 Forest Management Unit consists of 6 separate parcels of land Within the Natural Resources Values Information System NRVIS environment the portion of the prescribed abstract class for the FMU Data Class is Multi In layman s terms it simply means that where desired one object FMU may be defined by several features polygons In NRVIS there would only be 1 tabular record created in the Forest Management Unit table for the Nighthawk Forest The Nighthawk Forest 150 FMU consists of 6 separate parcels of land When a user spatially selects one of the parcels that make2. Northeast Example below is where an FMU is bisected by an MNR District with one of them being identified as the lead FMU_NAME FMU_CODE LICENSEE_NAME LICENSEE_NUMBER FMP_PERIOD_START_YEAR FMP_PERIOD_END_YEAR LEAD_MNR_DISTRICT_NAME LEAD_MNR_REGION_NAME d Northshore Forest 680 Northshore Forest Inc 542521 2000 2020 Sault Ste Marie Northeast Version 1 1 Issued November 27 2007 NRVIS_User_Data_Class_Guide_FORMGMT pdf 11 Document Control Version Date Author Editor Comments DRAFT Nov 27 2007 James Gratton Draft version of Users Guide 1 0 Dec 13 2007 James Gratton Incorporated Al Tomberg s new information Contributors James Gratton Allan Tomberg Approvals Allan Tomberg
3. 15 840 FRI maps and district and company consultations in some locations With the numerous changes made to each FMU to achieve an accurate and sometimes negotiated 1 Area of the Undertaking Forestry AOU The area within the geographic boundaries of the area of the undertaking is all land and water within forest management unit boundary lines The northern boundary is generally the northern limit of current commercial timber operations the southern boundary is generally the limit of the forest on Crown land Of that area 385 000 square kilometers or 38 5 million hectares is Crown land subject to the undertaking and is referred to as the Area of the Undertaking in this Decision Source Ontario Environmental Assessment Board April 1994 Reasons for Decision Class Environmental Assessment by the Ministry of Natural Resources for Timber Management on Crown Lands in Ontario Toronto Ontario Environmental Assessment Board report number EA 87 02 Version 1 1 6 Issued November 27 2007 NRVIS_User_Data_Class_Guide_FORMGMT pdf NRVIS Data Class User Guide Forest Management Unit spatial representation it is not recommended to return to the historic files for future boundary interpretations The mapping standards of the 1960 s 70 s and 80 s resulted in different interpretations of the boundaries for forest operations Adjustments have been made to reflect those operational conditions predominantly completed in the Northwest R
4. g FRL NNNNNN FMP Period Start Year optional The assigned start year for the Forest Management Plan FMP period that is directly associated to a Forest Management Unit FMP Period End Year optional The assigned end year for the Forest Management Plan FMP period that is directly associated to a Forest Management Unit Lead MNR District Name optional The name of the lead Ministry of Natural Resources OMNR District Office that is responsible for managing the Forest Management Unit FMU In some instances an FMU is bisected by an OMNR District where one of the District Offices is identified as the business lead contact The Values for this field will come from a lookup table that lists MNR District and Region Names Lead MNR Region Name optional The name of the lead Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources OMNR Region within whose boundaries the Forest Management Unit FMU resides The Values for this field will come from a lookup table that lists MNR District and Region Names Version 1 1 10 Issued November 27 2007 NRVIS_User_Data_Class_Guide_FORMGMT pdf NRVIS Data Class User Guide Forest Management Unit EXAMPLES Examples of Forest Management Units in NRVIS with attributes populated FMU_NAME FMU_CODE LICENSEE_NAME LICENSEE_NUMBER FMP_PERIOD_START_YEAR FMP_PERIOD_END_YEAR LEAD_MNR_DISTRICT_NAME LEAD_MNR_REGION_NAME Martel Forest 509 Tembec Inc 550390 2006 2026 Chapleau
5. the claimant involved to the Ministry for the materials to which this instructional documentation relates Save and except for the liability expressly provided for above the Ministry shall have no obligation duty or liability whatsoever in contract tort or otherwise including any liability or negligence The limitations exclusions and disclaimers expressed above shall apply irrespective of the nature of any cause of action demand or action including but not limited to breach of contract negligence strict liability tort or any other legal theory and shall survive any fundamental breach or breaches Additional Information For more information about this document please contact NRVIS Support at 705 755 1650 or nrvis support mnr ontario ca Published November 2007 2007 Queen s Printer for Ontario Version 1 1 3 Issued November 27 2007 NRVIS_User_Data_Class_Guide_FORMGMT pdf NRVIS Data Class User Guide Forest Management Unit FOREST MANAGEMENT UNITS April 1 2007 as seen in NRVIS Preface History and Purpose For the purposes of forest management Ontario s Crown forest is divided into geographic planning areas known as Forest Management Units FMU Forest management plans are prepared for each of these management units and are periodically renewed based on the forest management planning cycle Forest Management Units are designated and administered by the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources
6. up the FMU the remaining parcels that make up this FMU are also selected and are treated as object in NRVIS Version 1 1 8 Issued November 27 2007 NRVIS_User_Data_Class_Guide_FORMGMT pdf NRVIS Data Class User Guide Forest Management Unit e Holes may exist in the FMU Coverage Holes may exist in the Forest Management Unit fabric Holes are simply areas completely enclosed by valid Forest Management Units and do not have any attributes In this example Lake Nipigon Center is enclosed by the Armstrong Forest Black Sturgeon Forest and Lake Nipigon Forest FMUs The former Kiashke River FMU is enclosed by the Black Sturgeon Forest and Armstrong Forest FMUs Lake Nipigon and the former Kiashke River FMU are holes within the NRVIS FMU fabric Access and Security The spatial and tabular information found in this data class are deemed to be non sensitive by the Information Owner without any access restrictions This data class has one Geographic Unit Type GUT Forest Management Unit Maintenance The spatial and tabular information for FMUs will be managed by the Resource Information Specialist Forest Management Branch Forest Management Planning Section Forest Analysis and Modeling Unit Any questions or concerns about FMU boundary locations and their attributes should be directed to the Forest Management Planning Section in order to be properly addressed and or resolved Using NRVI
7. Forest Management Branch Information Owner under the Crown Forest Sustainability Act CFSA Section 7 Legislation with respect to forest management planning has been in effect in Ontario since 1947 since forest management planning required the designation of Forest Management Units Under the legislation The OMNR designated Crown Management Units while issuing large licenses in other areas of the province to forest industry companies These individual large license areas were in effect management units In the mid 1990 s the Sustainable Forest Licence SFL project was initiated The SFL project initiated partnerships between the OMNR and forest companies to transfer the operational responsibility for forest management from the Crown to forest industry Operational responsibility within a forestry context refers to activities such as planning Version 1 1 4 Issued November 27 2007 NRVIS_User_Data_Class_Guide_FORMGMT pdf NRVIS Data Class User Guide Forest Management Unit renewal evaluation compliance and reporting SFL negotiation is a process of developing new licensing arrangements with existing harvesting and processing plans and does not involve land use planning or resource allocation The transfer of operational responsibility for forest management to forest companies is one of the key elements in OMNR s Forest Management Business Plan FMBP As such the SFL project is the OMNR s top priority in forest man
8. Ontario Natural Resources Values Information System NRVIS Data Class User Guide for FOREST MANAGEMENT UNIT Version 1 0 Issued November 27 2007 NRVIS Data Class User Guide Forest Management Unit Table of Contents Table of Contents 2 Introduction 3 Disclaimer p Additional Information 3 Preface 4 General Business Area Rules 7 Using NRVIS Forest Management Unit data 9 Document Control 12 Contributors 12 Approvals 12 Version 1 1 2 Issued November 27 2007 NRVIS_User_Data_Class_Guide_FORMGMT pdf NRVIS Data Class User Guide Forest Management Unit Introduction Disclaimer This technical documentation has been prepared by the Ministry of Natural Resources the Ministry representing Her Majesty the Queen in right of Ontario No warranties or representations express or implied statutory or otherwise shall apply or are being made by the Ministry with respect to the documentation its accuracy or its completeness In no event will the Ministry be liable or responsible for any lost profits loss of revenue or earnings claims by third parties or for any economic indirect special incidental consequential or exemplary damage resulting from any errors inaccuracies or omissions in this documentation and in no event will the Ministry s liability for any such errors inaccuracies or omissions on any particular claim proceeding or action exceed the actual consideration paid by
9. S Forest Management Unit data This section describes the use and context of the information being collected for a forest management unit Forest Management Unit main feature class table FMU Name mandatory The official designated name assigned to a Forest Management unit FMU by the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources Forest Management Branch FMU Code mandatory A numeric character code with leading zeroes e g 011 which uniquely identifies each Forest Management Unit FMU within the province of Ontario The FMU Code is assigned to each designated FMU by the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources Forest Management Branch Version 1 1 9 Issued November 27 2007 NRVIS_User_Data_Class_Guide_FORMGMT pdf NRVIS Data Class User Guide Forest Management Unit Licensee Name optional The name of the main Licensee Sustainable Forest Licence authorized by the Crown to conduct forest harvest operations within the geographical area of a forest management unit For example Iroquois Falls Forest Licensee Number optional The number assigned to the Licensee Sustainable Forest Licence and filed with the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources The number is prefixed by the license type SFL Primary Sustainable Forest License SFL e g SFL 542531 Licensee Name Iroquois Falls Forest SA Supply Agreement e g SA 490000 Licensee Name Algonquin Forest Authority FRL Forest Resource License for Crown Management Units e
10. agement business activity The majority of Ontario s Forest Management Units are currently administered under SFL agreements There has been a reduction trend of the total number of Forest Management Units in Ontario especially since the Crown Forest Sustainability Act CFSA was legislated in 1995 This reduction is generally achieved through the amalgamation of 2 and sometimes 3 existing Management Units to create a new Forest Management Unit Management Unit names numbers will change as these amalgamations occur The savings generated by amalgamation are primarily represented by forest planning and administrative efficiencies In all cases new FMU designations occur during the same period as the implementation date of a new Forest Management Unit plan This list of Forest Management Units is organized by the scheduled plan renewal year e g scheduled year of implementation and includes the applicable lead MNR District and MNR Region New plans are normally scheduled to be implemented in April of the applicable plan renewal year For those planning processes being initiated this year i e scheduled for implementation in 2006 an Invitation to Participate notice will normally be issued between January and May of 2004 oo Management Unit Rationalization since April 1 1995 Date Total of FMU s April 1 1995 CFSA comes into effect 81 April 1 1996 78 April 1 1997 71 April 1 1998 69 Apri
11. egion General Business Area Rules The following section attempts to describe by example the spatial and attribute rules involved in the creation of a Forest Management Unit boundary e An FMU may increase its spatial extent and still retain its original FMU Code and Name Pre 1997 Timiskaming 901 and Walter Plonski In 1997 04 01 Timiskaming has absorbed 550 Forest Management Units Walter Plonski and retained its original FMU name and Code In this example Timiskaming FMU has absorbed the Walter Plonski FMU yet retained its original FMU Code and Name NOTE The practice of retaining an original FMU code seen in this example is the one exception to the rule e An FMU may increase its spatial extent and still retain its original Name but is assigned a new FMU Code fini ES A Current Wawa Forest 949 and Algoma Forest New April 1st 2005 Algoma Forest 615 Forest 448 Forest Management Units Management Unit The proposed consolidation of the present Wawa Forest 949 and Algoma Forest 448 into the new Algoma Forest 615 is scheduled for April 1 2005 In this case the new FMU retained the name of the larger FMU and was assigned a new FMU Code The April 1 2005 implementation date of this new amalgamated FMU coincides with the start date of the new Forest Management Plan for the area 2005 2025 A newspaper ad Version 1 1 7 Issued November 27 2007 NRVIS_User_Data_Class_Guide_FORMGMT pdf
12. l 1 1999 68 April 1 2000 63 April 1 2001 56 April 1 2002 54 April 1 2003 50 April 1 2004 49 Information and charts provided courtesy of Richard Raper RPF Version 1 1 5 Issued November 27 2007 NRVIS_User_Data_Class_Guide_FORMGMT pdf NRVIS Data Class User Guide Forest Management Unit April 1 2005 48 April 1 2006 47 April 1 2007 47 April 1 2008 dis Note The Total of FMU s reflected in the previous chart include the following 1 Although a designated management unit Southern Ontario 990 is a non typical management unit This management unit is outside of the Timber Class EA Area of the Undertaking and is primarily private land Southern Ontario will not be spatially represented in the NRVIS OLIW Forest Management Unit Data Class 2 Kiashke River is a very small MU whose status as a designated FMU was revoked effective April 1 2002 The area is now a hole within the Provincial FMU fabric It is still the intention of the OMNR North West Region to negotiate its eventual inclusion into the surrounding Black Sturgeon Forest FMU Further management unit rationalization may occur beyond 2008 2009 How Forest Management Units are created An assigned official name and a unique numeric code primarily identify a Forest Management Unit FMU The Forest Management Branch Forest Management Planning Section of the Ontario Ministry of Natura
13. l Resources approves FMU boundaries codes official names and maintains a set of file of designated management units signed by the Director of Forest Management Branch SFL technical and administrative information is collected and maintained by the Wood Allocation and Measurement Section Industry Relations Branch These sections have a close working relationship with one another and with corporate forest industry and OMNR Districts Through this relationship individual FMU boundary locations are negotiated and verified and any required alterations amalgamations take the established locations of adjacent and shared FMU boundaries into consideration The Wood Allocation and Measurement Section interprets the FMU boundary locations into metes and bounds and this information along with a small scale map of the FMU 1 100 000 1 350 000 is included as part of Appendix A of the Sustainable Forest License SFL official file Forest Management Branch uses a copy of these license files for the management unit designation These files are stored individually on an FMU by FMU basis and are accessed primarily by OMNR staff that has Forest Resource Inventory or Forest Management Planning requirements During the early stages of the Ontario Living Legacy project a comprehensive review of each FMU boundary was completed A number of gaps overlaps and other inconsistencies were resolved The review included research of the old license files older
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