Forestry directives and standard operating procedures

Forestry policy directives

Compliance and enforcement

• 2006-04 Timber and Reforestation Operations Monitoring (May 1, 2006)
• 97-21 Public Disclosure of Penalties (December 15, 2019)

Forest business

• 2006-03 Application of Schedule 3 Timber Dues Rates – Part A and Part B (February 16, 2006)
• 97-05 Calculation of Timber Dues – Marginal Coniferous Saw Timber (September 23, 1997)

Forest harvesting operations and measurement

• AF-FDP-2021-04 Application of 10-Year Quadrants for Timber Quotas (November 1, 2021)
• AF-FDP-2017-07 Debris Management Standards for Timber Harvest Operations (January 3, 2018)
• 2016-01 Offsite Timber Storage Sites (May 1, 2016)
• 2015-05 Endangered Pine Directive – Mountain Pine Beetle Infested Stands (October 7, 2015)
• 2015-06 Approval of Exceptions to General Rate of Timber Dues (October 7, 2015)
• 2013-01 Mountain Pine Beetle Level 2 Harvest Priorities and Approval Process (April 11, 2013)
• SD 2011-03 Integration of Grazing and Timber Activities (April 15, 2011)
• 2011-02 Export of Unmanufactured Crown Timber and Wood Fibre (March 31, 2017)
• 2008-03 Industrial Timber Salvage Chargeability (November 01, 2008)
• 99-02 Timber Production Monitoring (August 16, 1999)
• 98-07 Timber on Government Road Allowances and Rights-of-Way (November 19, 1998)
• 98-03 Quota Production Chargeability (May 01, 1998)
• 97-18 Release of Timber Information (July 29, 1997)
• 97-11 Checking Weigh Scale Operations (September 23, 1997)
• 97-10 Timber Harvesting Rights Within Non-Timber Land Dispositions (July 29, 1997)
• 97-09 Off Shore Lumber Volume Calculation (July 29, 1997)
• 97-08 Use of Forms TM 9, TM 9A, TMPL 1 and TMPL 2 (July 29, 1997)
• 97-06 Marginal Timber for Sales Based Timber Operators (March 19, 1998)
• 97-02 Quadrant Over-Production – Exceeding Authorized Quadrant Volume (February 6, 1997)

Forest management

• Personal Use Forest Products Permit (May 1, 2021)
• Timber Forms (May 1, 2021)

Forest management planning

• AF-FDP-2021-03 Impacts of Wildfire Burned-Areas on Annual Allowable Cuts (October 26, 2021)
• AF-FDP-2017-03 Forest Management Planning Standard Interpretive Bulletin: Stewardship Reporting Requirements (September 8, 2017)
• AF-FDP-2017-05 Coniferous Community Timber Permit Program and Commercial Timber Program Management (August 3, 2017)
• 2007-01 Fire Salvage Planning and Operations (November 21, 2007)
• Alberta Vegetation Inventory Standards: Version 2.1.5 (January 2022)

Forest pests

• 2013-01 Mountain Pine Beetle Level 2 Harvest Priorities and Approval Process (April 11, 2013)
• 2011-04 Mountain Pine Beetle Log Management (PDF, 305 KB) (April 15, 2011)
  • Information Letter – Best Management Practices for Hauling and Milling MPB-Infested Pine (PDF, 42 KB) (February 01, 2010)
• 2011-01 Importation of Conifer Logs and Forest Products With Bark Attached (February, 2021)
• 2013-02 Pesticide, Bark Beetle Pheromone and Biological Control Use Guidelines for Forest Pest Management (May 21, 2013)
• 2013-03 Forest Pest Management Product Development Guidelines (May 21, 2013)
• 2001-06 Weed Management in Forestry Operations (May 24, 2001)

Hinton Training Centre

• 2016-01 Hinton Training Centre Rates Directive (October 18, 2021)

Reforestation

• AF-FDP-2019-03 Planning and Reporting Requirements for Tree Improvement (November 28, 2019)
• AF-FP-2016-02 Mandatory Use of Improved Seed for Reforestation Directive (October 11, 2016)

For further information, see:

• Forest management standards and guidelines
• Assessing Damage from Disturbance to Regenerating Forest Stands in Cutblock Openings and Recovering Productivity (May 9, 2014)
• Regeneration Stratum Declarations and Allowable Cut Adjustments (April 7, 2006)
  • Directive 2005-01 – Questions and Answers (PDF, 29 KB) (December 19, 2005)
• Industrial Vegetation Management Treatments (November 19, 1998)
• Continuing Contraventions of Reforestation Obligations (September 23, 1997)
• AF-FP-2016-02 Mandatory Use of Improved Seed for Reforestation (October 11, 2016)

Spatial digital data submissions

• No. 1 – Standards for Spatial Digital Data Submissions (September 1, 2023)
• No. 2 - Operational Plans Spatial Digital Data Submissions (September 1, 2023)
• No. 3 – Final Harvest Area Digital Data Submissions (November 4, 2020)
• No. 4 – Silvicultural Activities Digital Data Submissions (November 4, 2020)

Wildfire payment directive

• 2017-01 Alberta Wildfire Payment Directive (2020)

Standard operating procedures

• 2008-1 – Registered Forestry Professional Due Diligence Practise of Department Staff (August 1, 2008)