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The Pontiac MRC forestry department includes a forest engineer and a forestry technician. This dynamic and

experienced team has 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:

Martin Ladouceur, Director of Territory
(819) 648-5689, ext. 232
m.ladouceur@mrcpontiac.qc.ca

or

Régent Dugas, Forestry Technician
(819) 648-5689, ext. 219
r.dugas@mrcpontiac.qc.ca

or

Jonathan Rochefort, Development and Promotion Officer for the forestry sector

(819)648-5689, ext. 231

j.rochefort@mrcpontiac.qc.ca