{"id":95554,"date":"2018-05-28T11:50:19","date_gmt":"2018-05-28T15:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mrnf.gouv.qc.ca\/RADF\/section-142\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T13:21:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T18:21:49","slug":"section-142","status":"publish","type":"cpt_radf","link":"https:\/\/mrnf.gouv.qc.ca\/en\/RADF\/guide\/chapter-vi\/section-142\/","title":{"rendered":"Section 142"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.94&#8243; module_class=&#8221;bg-radf&#8221; box_shadow_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.94&#8243; module_class=&#8221;wrapper-radf&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.9&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p class=\"titre-section\">Chapter VI \u2013 Allocation of forest operations and residual forest<br \/>\nDivision II &#8211; Special provisions applicable to the bioclimatic domains of the sugar bush and the balsam fir forest<br \/>\n\u00a73. Block cutting<\/p>\n<h1>Section 142<\/h1>\n<p>The residual forest of a block cutting must be preserved inside the limit of the harvest site until it may be harvested. It may be harvested only on the expiry of a 10-year period after the date on which block cutting was carried out or, if the regeneration has not yet reached after that period the average height of 3 m, until that regeneration has reached such a height.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/drapeau-texte.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"disposition\">\n<h2>1<\/h2>\n<h4>Objectives<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>To distribute cutting areas and residual forest areas in space and over time<\/li>\n<li>To allow wildlife to move around by maintaining connectivity between its habitat and the neighbouring residual forest<\/li>\n<li>To maintain the components of the forest cover that provide shelter for wildlife<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>The first paragraph does not apply to the following sylvicultural treatments carried out in a residual forest:<\/p>\n<ol class=\"alpha\">\n<li>a commercial thinning or selection cutting carried out according to the applicable sylvicultural prescriptions;<\/li>\n<li>a partial cutting in a mature tree stand or in a stand that will reach maturity in less than 15 years where not more than 35% of the marketable basal area of the stand is harvested, provided that after harvesting, a marketable basal area of at least 15 m<sup>2<\/sup>\/ha of well-spaced trees composed of species and proportions similar to those of the initial stand, is maintained.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/drapeau-texte.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"disposition\">\n<h2>2<\/h2>\n<h4>Objective<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>To allow for the harvesting of timber<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Art139_anglais-web.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Size and composition of the residual forest at a block cutting harvest site\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Art139_anglais-web.jpg\" alt=\"Size and composition of the residual forest at a block cutting harvest site\" width=\"380\" height=\"285\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Figure 139<\/span> Size and composition of the residual forest at a block cutting harvest site<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>A residual forest of a block cutting may be crossed by a road whose deforestation width does not exceed the width of the right-of-way provided for in <a href=\"\/en\/RADF\/guide\/schedules\/schedule-4\/\">Schedule 4<\/a> for the class of road to which it belongs or by a watercourse whose width at the limits of the riparian ecotone does not exceed on average 35 m. At the time of indicating a residual forest in the integrated forest management plan, neither the area nor the width of the road or the watercourse may be considered in calculating the area and the width of the residual forest for the purposes of paragraphs 1 and 2 of <a href=\"\/en\/RADF\/guide\/chapter-vi\/section-139\/\">section 139<\/a>.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/drapeau-texte.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"disposition\">\n<h2>3<\/h2>\n<h4>Objective<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>To allow certain forest development activities in or near a particular place<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Additional information<\/h4>\n<p>For road classes 1\u00a0to 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 <a href=\"\/en\/RADF\/guide\/schedules\/schedule-4\/\">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 <a href=\"\/en\/RADF\/guide\/schedules\/schedule-4\/\">Schedule\u00a04<\/a> are for information only and are not provisions to observe in the application of this section.<\/p>\n<p>Subsections 1 and 2 of <a href=\"\/en\/RADF\/guide\/chapter-vi\/section-139\/\">section 139<\/a> state that the residual forest of a block cutting must have the following characteristics:<\/p>\n<ol class=\"alpha\">\n<li>have, inside the limit of the block cutting harvest site, and area at least equivalent to the area of the cutting areas of a block cutting;<\/li>\n<li>have a width of at least 200 m.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/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-95554","cpt_radf","type-cpt_radf","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Section 142 - 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-142\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Section 142 - Minist\u00e8re des Ressources naturelles et des For\u00eats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"[et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.94&#8243; module_class=&#8221;bg-radf&#8221; box_shadow_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.94&#8243; module_class=&#8221;wrapper-radf&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.9&#8243;] Chapter VI \u2013 Allocation of forest operations and residual forest Division II &#8211; Special provisions applicable to the bioclimatic domains of the sugar bush and the balsam fir forest \u00a73. 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