Bancroft-Minden
In 2013-2014 the major harvesting in and around the KAPOA area will continue around Bark Lake on both sides of Harris Bay. This will be a mix of selection, shelterwood and clearcut harvesting. Chemical tending will be taking place off Bark Lake’s Hay Bay.
These areas can be viewed in greater detail on the Annual Work Schedule Operations maps: click on http://ontario.ca/forestplans, select “Bancroft-Minden Forest 220”, click on “Annual Work Schedule 2013-2014”, expand Maps, expand Operations, click on “Operations 1015 00” and “Operations 9002 00”.
Ottawa-Valley
In the Ottawa-Valley Forest Management Unit there is a small harvest area and some road building taking place planned for 2013-2014 within the area monitored by KAPOA from the Bark Lake Dam to Palmer Rapids.
The Annual Work Schedule shows road-building work that was scheduled for 2012-2013 to construct an access road from Hwy 62 towards Gun Lake. This road will impact the Thomas P Murray recreational trails in that area. Expect to see some harvesting north of Gun Lake before the end of 2016.
Some harvesting will take place this year between McMaster Lake and Wolf Lake west of Kamaniskeg. Some additional harvesting will occur off Lehovitch Rd. east of Opeongo Rd.
More information for Ottawa-Valley is available on http://ontario.ca/forestplans. Select “Ottawa-Valley Forest 780”, click on “Annual Work Schedule 2013-2014”, expand maps and start with “Index Map 04” and “Index Map 07”.
