• Introduction and Acknowledgements

• Development and Policy Forestry
  The importance of a development policy
  Indentifying woodland potential
  Assessing commercial possibilities
  The economic and social benefits of forest management and their price tag
  Providing for future development

• "Managing" the Forest: What does it Mean?
  Advantages of a formal, written forest management plan
  Planning to manage the forest for ono-timber resources
  Visualizing multiple land uses

• Developing Your Own Forestry Management Plan
  Taking stock of your forest resouces
  Writting up the forest management plan
  The first nation's decision

• Cultivating Your Forest as Described in Your Management Plan
  Basic silvicultural activities
  Intensive silvicultural activities

• Harvesting, the Environment and Integrated Resource Management
  Logging plans
  Logging rationale, strategies and methods
  Silvicultural systems
  Logging activities common to all systems
  Felling and bucking
  Affordable logging and processing equipment for small operations
  Protecting the environment
  Legal and regulatory requirements for harvesting
  How will you be paid for your timber?

• Forest Access

• Protecting Your Woodlands
  Protection against pest and diseases
  Fire protection and suppression

• The Business of Forest Management

• Glossary
  Appendix A - Advisory and Assistance Programs
  Appendix B - Offices of the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development
  Appendix C - Offices of the Canadian Forest Service
  Appendix D - Provincial and Territorial Forestry Departments

QS-5304-040-EE-A1
Catalogue No. R32-131/5-1995E
ISBN 0-662-20890-0

©Minister of Public Works and Government
Services Canada

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