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The Pontiac MRC forestry department is a dynamic and

experienced team with a wide ranging mandate and is involved in most of the Pontiac MRC’s forestry files. This requires ongoing cooperation with citizens, elected officials and several other partners. This service is therefore a primary meeting place for all individuals connected to the forestry sector.

 

Here is an overview of the files in which the forest service is involved.    

Public forests

  • Forest crisis
  • Consolidation of the forest industry
  • Single officer project
  • Corporation for permanent maintenance of public fire roads
  • Integrated resource management table / local issue table
  • Public consultations on forest management plans submitted by individuals awarded timber supply and forest management agreements (TSFMA)

Shared Municipal Territory (TPI)

  • Planning forest management projects on TPI, management and follow-up of harvest operations
  • Contracts for forest harvesting, timber marking, and fire road construction
  • Implementation of TPI forest certification
  • Management of cottage and commercial leases
  • Management of land files (naked possession, unlawful occupation, etc.)
  • Daily management of public requests and concerns regarding TPI
  • Management of public consultations
  • Identification of property lines with landowners adjacent to TPI
  • Multi-resource advisory committee
  • Regional and provincial TPI committee
  • Other management projects

Private forests

  • Support for municipalities with respect to municipal regulation of logging in private forests;
  • Partner with the agence de mise en valeur des forêts privées de l’Outaouais [Outaouais private forests enhancement agency] (administrative committee, board of directors and other ad hoc committees);
  • Partner with the Pontiac Wood Producers Association to accredit forest contractors for improving forest practices in private forests.

Development, education, awareness and cooperation

  • Raise awareness and educate citizens, elected officials, and partners on forest issues;
  • Organize the Journée des arbres et des forêts du Pontiac (trees and forest day)
  • Encourage cooperation among various partners;
  • Provide services to meet occasional requests from various partners using forests in the MRC territory;
  • Parcitipate in socio-economic development activities.

 

Major forest service partners

  • Agence de mise en valeur des forêts privées de l’Outaouais  [Outaouais private forests enhancement agency]
  • Associations de villégiateurs [cottagers’ association]
  • Office of the MP for Pontiac
  • Snowmobilers club
  • Commission régionale des ressources naturelles et du territoire de l’Outaouais (CRRNT) [Outaouais regional commission on natural resources and territory]
  • Conférence régionale des élus de l’Outaouais (CRÉO) [Outaouais regional conference of elected officials]
  • Corporation de gestion des forêts du Pontiac (Groupement forestier du Pontiac et la Coopérative forestière de l’Outaouais) [Pontiac forest management corporation (Pontiac forestry association and Outaouais forestry corporative]
  • Forestry contractors
  • Environmental groups
  • Forest industry
  • Ministère des ressources naturelles et de la faune (MRNF) [Quebec natural resources and wildlife ministry]
  • Adjacent MRCs
  • Office des producteurs de bois du Pontiac [Pontiac wood producers association]
  • Tourist organisations
  • First Nations groups
  • Etc.

For any questions on the Pontiac MRC forest service, contact:

 

Régent Dugas, Director of Territoryn
(819) 648-5689, ext. 219
r.dugas@mrcpontiac.qc.ca