Timber Supply Areas

Timber Supply Areas Represents timber supply area and other land use boundaries in the province of Saskatchewan. Timber supply areas are the primary management unit used for the allocation of timber harvest, licensing, forest management planning and harvest volume schedules. The Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment regulates forestry activities on Crown “forest lands” — as defined by The Forest Resources Management Act — using several types of licenses and permits:  Forest Management Agreement (FMA)A forest management agreement is a 20-year agreement, typically with a larger forest company, conferring long-term harvesting rights for a specific volume of timber from a defined area, as well as responsibilities for long-term sustainable forest management. Term Supply Licence (TSL)A term supply licence (TSL) is a licence with a term of up to 10 years, granting rights to harvest specified forest volumes as well as responsibilities for forest management. A TSL may be volume-based or area-based.  Forest Product Permit (FPP)A forest product permit grants the right to harvest specified forest products for a term of up to one year. This permit is also used to regulate other activities, such as grazing in the forest. Land use is classified into three categories:  Commercial ForestAreas within the provincial forest that are available for commercial timber harvest allocation through the use of forest management agreements (FMA), volume-based or area-based term supply licences (TSL), or forest product permits (FPP).  Fringe ForestAreas, generally south of the provincial forest, that contain “forest lands” — as defined by The Forest Resources Management Act. Within the fringe forest, harvest allocations are administered by the Ministry of Environment through the use of forest product permits and volume-based term supply licenses.  Other UsesAreas within the provincial forest that are not available or suitable for forestry activities. These include protected areas and areas generally north of the commercial forest.  For the entire Canwood, Nisbet, Fort a la Corne, Torch River, and Porcupine Provincial Forests, and the southern portion of the Northern Provincial Forest, boundaries follow the textual descriptions found in The Forest Resources Management Regulations, F-19.1 Reg 1, amended June 2020. Commercial forest and fringe forest areas are sub-divided into timber supply areas. Forest Names and Licence Holders are current as of August 31, 2020. 2024-06-17 Government of Saskatchewan egis@gov.sk.ca Government and PoliticsNature and EnvironmentTimber Supply AreasForest Management AgreementsFMATerm Supply LicenceTSLForestryLand UseCommercial ForestFringe ForestLand useSaskatchewanBoundariesEnvironmentForestForest ServiceMinistry of EnvironmentGovernment of SaskatchewanBoundaryProvincial ForestForest Resources Management RegulationsCrownlandSaskatchewan Crown Resource LandsGovernment information CSVCSV https://geohub.saskatchewan.ca/api/download/v1/items/fa0e014f6bfa4d57ae02468a7a98fd3f/csv?layers=0 ArcGIS GeoServiceESRI REST https://services3.arcgis.com/zcv98lgAl8xQ04cW/arcgis/rest/services/Timber_Supply_Areas/FeatureServer/0 ArcGIS GeoServiceESRI REST https://services3.arcgis.com/zcv98lgAl8xQ04cW/arcgis/rest/services/Timber_Supply_Areas/FeatureServer/0 GeoJSONGEOJSON https://geohub.saskatchewan.ca/api/download/v1/items/fa0e014f6bfa4d57ae02468a7a98fd3f/geojson?layers=0 original metadata (http://geohub.saskatchewan.ca)HTML https://geohub.saskatchewan.ca/maps/saskatchewan::timber-supply-areas KMLKML https://geohub.saskatchewan.ca/api/download/v1/items/fa0e014f6bfa4d57ae02468a7a98fd3f/kml?layers=0 ShapefileSHP https://geohub.saskatchewan.ca/api/download/v1/items/fa0e014f6bfa4d57ae02468a7a98fd3f/shapefile?layers=0

Represents timber supply area and other land use boundaries in the province of Saskatchewan. Timber supply areas are the primary management unit used for the allocation of timber harvest, licensing, forest management planning and harvest volume schedules.

The Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment regulates forestry activities on Crown “forest lands” — as defined by The Forest Resources Management Act — using several types of licenses and permits:  Forest Management Agreement (FMA)A forest management agreement is a 20-year agreement, typically with a larger forest company, conferring long-term harvesting rights for a specific volume of timber from a defined area, as well as responsibilities for long-term sustainable forest management. Term Supply Licence (TSL)A term supply licence (TSL) is a licence with a term of up to 10 years, granting rights to harvest specified forest volumes as well as responsibilities for forest management. A TSL may be volume-based or area-based.  Forest Product Permit (FPP)A forest product permit grants the right to harvest specified forest products for a term of up to one year. This permit is also used to regulate other activities, such as grazing in the forest. Land use is classified into three categories:  Commercial ForestAreas within the provincial forest that are available for commercial timber harvest allocation through the use of forest management agreements (FMA), volume-based or area-based term supply licences (TSL), or forest product permits (FPP).  Fringe ForestAreas, generally south of the provincial forest, that contain “forest lands” — as defined by The Forest Resources Management Act. Within the fringe forest, harvest allocations are administered by the Ministry of Environment through the use of forest product permits and volume-based term supply licenses.  Other UsesAreas within the provincial forest that are not available or suitable for forestry activities. These include protected areas and areas generally north of the commercial forest.  For the entire Canwood, Nisbet, Fort a la Corne, Torch River, and Porcupine Provincial Forests, and the southern portion of the Northern Provincial Forest, boundaries follow the textual descriptions found in The Forest Resources Management Regulations, F-19.1 Reg 1, amended June 2020. Commercial forest and fringe forest areas are sub-divided into timber supply areas. Forest Names and Licence Holders are current as of August 31, 2020.

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