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<\/p>\n1<\/h2>\nObjectives<\/h4>\n\n- To maintain the components of the forest cover that provide shelter for wildlife<\/li>\n
- To allow wildlife to move around by maintaining connectivity between its habitat and the neighbouring residual forest<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Explanations<\/h4>\n
Any total cutting is prohibited in the strip of woodland between total cutting areas until the regeneration in the cutting areas has reached an average height of 3 m.<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nFigure 136<\/span> Strip of woodland between two total cutting areas other than block cutting<\/p>\n<\/div>\nPartial cutting is allowed on 25% of the total length of the strips of woodland referred to in section 136 included in a management unit or in another forest territory in the domain of the State. However, the strip of woodland that is partially cut between 2 total cutting areas must be at least 75 m wide where each cutting area covers an area less than 100 ha or a minimum width of 125 m where one of the cutting areas covers an area of 100 to 150 ha. After partial cutting, the strip of woodland, that must be used as a visual screen and a corridor for the movement of wildlife, must be composed, per hectare, of not less than 1,500 standing live trees of commercial species having a diameter of 2 cm or more, as measured at 1.3 m above the highest ground level.<\/p>\n
For carrying out the partial cutting referred to in the second paragraph, the deforestation of felling or hauling trails must be carried out over a width less than 1.5 times the width of the logging machine used.<\/p>\n
\n2<\/h2>\nObjectives<\/h4>\n\n- To allow certain forest development activities in or near a particular place<\/li>\n
- To allow wildlife to move around by maintaining connectivity between its habitat and the neighbouring residual forest<\/li>\n
- To allow for the harvesting of timber<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
The construction or improvement of a road crossing the strip of woodland is allowed to the extent that the deforestation carried out for that purpose does not exceed the width of the right-of-way provided for in Schedule 4<\/a> for the class of road to which it belongs.<\/p>\n\n3<\/h2>\nObjective<\/h4>\n\n- To allow certain forest development activities in or near a particular place<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Additional information<\/h4>\n
For road classes\u00a01 to 5 and for unclassified roads, the maximum right-of-way width is established according to the width of the roadway and road shoulders. To determine the maximum right-of-way width, i.e., the maximum width that may be cleared, refer to Schedule\u00a04<\/a>. The schedule sets out right-of-way widths for winter roads, motorized all-terrain vehicle trails and trails for other uses. Other than right-of-way, roadway and shoulder width, all other characteristics given in Schedule\u00a04<\/a> are for information only and are not provisions to observe in the application of this section.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":95242,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":""},"class_list":["post-95544","cpt_radf","type-cpt_radf","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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- To maintain the components of the forest cover that provide shelter for wildlife<\/li>\n
- To allow wildlife to move around by maintaining connectivity between its habitat and the neighbouring residual forest<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Explanations<\/h4>\n
Any total cutting is prohibited in the strip of woodland between total cutting areas until the regeneration in the cutting areas has reached an average height of 3 m.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nFigure 136<\/span> Strip of woodland between two total cutting areas other than block cutting<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Partial cutting is allowed on 25% of the total length of the strips of woodland referred to in section 136 included in a management unit or in another forest territory in the domain of the State. However, the strip of woodland that is partially cut between 2 total cutting areas must be at least 75 m wide where each cutting area covers an area less than 100 ha or a minimum width of 125 m where one of the cutting areas covers an area of 100 to 150 ha. After partial cutting, the strip of woodland, that must be used as a visual screen and a corridor for the movement of wildlife, must be composed, per hectare, of not less than 1,500 standing live trees of commercial species having a diameter of 2 cm or more, as measured at 1.3 m above the highest ground level.<\/p>\n
For carrying out the partial cutting referred to in the second paragraph, the deforestation of felling or hauling trails must be carried out over a width less than 1.5 times the width of the logging machine used.
<\/p>\n\n2<\/h2>\n
Objectives<\/h4>\n
- \n
- To allow certain forest development activities in or near a particular place<\/li>\n
- To allow wildlife to move around by maintaining connectivity between its habitat and the neighbouring residual forest<\/li>\n
- To allow for the harvesting of timber<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
The construction or improvement of a road crossing the strip of woodland is allowed to the extent that the deforestation carried out for that purpose does not exceed the width of the right-of-way provided for in Schedule 4<\/a> for the class of road to which it belongs.
<\/p>\n\n3<\/h2>\n
Objective<\/h4>\n
- \n
- To allow certain forest development activities in or near a particular place<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Additional information<\/h4>\n
For road classes\u00a01 to 5 and for unclassified roads, the maximum right-of-way width is established according to the width of the roadway and road shoulders. To determine the maximum right-of-way width, i.e., the maximum width that may be cleared, refer to Schedule\u00a04<\/a>. The schedule sets out right-of-way widths for winter roads, motorized all-terrain vehicle trails and trails for other uses. Other than right-of-way, roadway and shoulder width, all other characteristics given in Schedule\u00a04<\/a> are for information only and are not provisions to observe in the application of this section.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Section 137 - Minist\u00e8re des Ressources naturelles et des For\u00eats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mrnf.gouv.qc.ca\/en\/RADF\/guide\/chapter-vi\/section-137\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Section 137 - Minist\u00e8re des Ressources naturelles et des For\u00eats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.0.94″ module_class=”bg-radf” box_shadow_color=”#000000″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.0.94″ module_class=”wrapper-radf”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.9″] Chapter VI \u2013 Allocation of forest operations and residual forest Division II – Special provisions applicable to the bioclimatic domains of the sugar bush and the balsam fir forest \u00a72. 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