A
ABF Annual Burn Fraction or Annual Disturbance Proportion (SFMM)
ABIR Aboriginal Background Information Report
ADM Assistant Deputy Minister
AFA Algonquin Forestry Authority
AFFESB Aviation, Forest Fire and Emergency Services Branch (previously Aviation, Flood and Fire Management Branch)
AFFMB Aviation, Flood and Fire Management Branch (now Aviation, Forest Fire and Emergency Services Branch)
AGS Acceptable Growing Stock
AHA Available Harvest Area (previously Maximum Allowable Depletion)
AHV Available Harvest Volume
AMAPCEO Association of Management Administrative and Professional Crown Employees of Ontario
ANSI Area of Natural and Scientific Interest
AOC Area of Concern
AOU Area of the Undertaking
APA Archaeological Potential Areas
AR Annual Report
ARA Aquatic Resource Area
ATK Aboriginal Traditional Knowledge
AWS Annual Work Schedule
B
BFOLDS Boreal Forest Landscape Disturbance Simulation Model
B&S Barren and Scattered
BMA Bear Management Area
BMI Base Model Inventory
BMP Best Management Practice
C
CA Conservation Authority
CCP Caribou Conservation Plan
CFA Canadian Forestry Association
CFIP Community Fisheries Involvement Program
CFS Canadian Forestry Service
CFSA Crown Forest Sustainability Act
CHU Critical Habitat Unit
CH Cultural Heritage
CIF Canadian Institute of Forestry
CLAAG Careful Logging Around Advanced Growth
Class EA Environmental Assessment Board’s Reason for Decision and Decision: Class Environmental Assessment by the
Ministry of Natural Resources for Timber Management on Crown Lands in Ontario
(EA-87-02) (also Timber EA)
CLI Canada Land Inventory
CLRM Crown Land Roads Manual
CLU Crown Land Use
CMU Crown Management Unit
CNFER Centre for Northern Forest Ecosystem Research
CO Conservation Officer
CP Contingency Plan
CR Conservation Reserve
CRO Condition on Regular Operations
CSA Canadian Standards Association
CWIP Community Wildlife Involvement Program
CWS Canadian Wildlife Service
D
D&D Damage and Destruction
DCL District Cutting Licence
Dec Order Declaration Order MNR-71 regarding MNR’s Class EA Approval for Forest Mgt on
Crown Lands in Ontario
DF&B Desired Forest and Benefits
DHCS Dynamic Caribou Habitat Schedule
DM Deputy Minister
DM District Manager
DMC District Management Committee
DS Development Stage
E
EA Environmental Assessment
EAA Environmental Assessment Act
EAB Environmental Assessment Board
AEB Emerald Ash Borer
EBR Environmental Bill of Rights
EIA Environmental Impact Assessment
EIS Environmental Impact Statement
ELC Ecological Land Classification
ELUP Ecological Land Use Plan
END Endangered
ENGO Environmental Non-Government Organization
EPA Environmental Protection Act
ER Environmental Registry
ESA Endangered Species Act
ESA Environmentally Sensitive Area
ESRI Environmental Scientific Research Institute
F
F&W Fish and Wildlife
FA Fisheries Act (Federal)
FAMU Forest Analysis and Modelling Unit
FAQ Frequently Asked Question
FB Forest Branch (previously Forest Mgt Branch)
FCC Forest Fire Cycle or Disturbance Cycle (SFMM)
FEAR Five Year Environmental Assessment Report on Forest Management
FEC Forest Ecosystem Classification
FFTF Forestry Futures Trust Fund
FGRA Free Growing Regeneration Assessment
FIAG Forest Industry Action Group
FIM Forest Information Manual
FIPPA Freedom of Information & Protection of Privacy Act
FLaPS Forest Land Productivity Survey
FLEP Forest Landscape Ecology Program
FLRA Final List of Required Alterations
FMP Forest Management Plan
FMPM Forest Management Planning Manual FMU Forest Management Unit (also MU)
FOIP Forest Operations Inspection Program
FOIR Forest Operations Inspection Report
FOP Forest Operations Prescription
FOSM Forest Operations and Silviculture Manual
FRAP Forest Resources Assessment Policy (previously Forests Production Policy)
FRDA Forest Resources Development Agreement
FRI Forest Resources Inventory
FRIDES Forest Resources Inventory Data Entry System
FRIROS Forest Resources Inventory Report Output System
FRL Forest Resources Licence
FRO Forest Resources of Ontario
FRTF Forest Renewal Trust Fund
FSC Forest Stewardship Council
FTG Free-to-Grow
FU Forest Unit
FWCA Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act
G
G&Y Growth and Yield
GHP General Habitat Protection
GIS Geographic Information System
GLSL Great Lakes – Saint Lawrence
GPS Global Positioning System
H
HA Harvest Area
Ha Hectare
HARO Harvest and Regeneration Option
HARP Harvest with Advanced Regeneration Protection
HPCH High Potential Cultural Heritage (now known as APA)
HPS High Potential Sensitivity to forest management operations
HRT Harvest, Renewal, Tending
HSA Habitat Suitability (Supply) Analysis
HSG Harvest Schedule Generator
HSI Habitat Suitability Index
HU Habitat Unit
I
IEA Individual Environmental Assessment
IFA Independent Forest Audit
IR Issue Resolution
IRB Industry Relations Branch (previously Forest Industry Section)
IRM Information Resources Management
IRM Integrated Resources Management
L
LCAC Local Citizens’ Advisory Committee
LDA Landscape Diversity Analysis
LDI Landscape Diversity Index
LEAP Landscape Ecology Analysis Package
LFMC Local Forest Management Corporations
LG Landscape Guide
LIO Land Information Ontario
LIS Land Index System
LLP Large Landscape Patch
LMS Learning Management System
LPS Low Potential Sensitivity to Forest Management Operations
LRC Land and Resource Cluster
LRIA Lakes and Rivers Improvement Act
LTER Long Term Ecological Research (Program)
LTMD Long Term Management Direction
LUP Land Use Permit or Plan
M
MA Management Area
MAFA Moose Aquatic Feeding Area
MAI Moose Aerial Inventory
MIS Mill Information System (previously Forest Industry Mill Information System)
MIST Modelling and Inventory Support Tool
MNDM Ministry of Northern Development Mines (Ontario)
MNO Metis Nation of Ontario
MNRF Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (Ontario)
MOA Memorandum of Agreement
MOE Ministry of Environment (Ontario
MPS Moderate Potential Sensitivity to Forest Management Operations
MU Management Unit (also (Forest) FMU)
N
NAFA National Aboriginal Forestry Association
NAN/WTC Nishnawbe-Aski Nation/Windigo Tribal Council
NDPEG Natural Disturbance Pattern Emulation Guide
(Official title: Forest Management Guide for Natural Disturbance Pattern Emulation)
NER Northeast Region
NFDP National Forestry Database Program
NGO Non-Government Organization
NHIS Natural Heritage Information System
NMA Non-Modelling Approach
NMV Net Merchantable Volume
NOTO Nature and Outdoor Tourism Ontario (previously Northern Ontario Tourist and Outfitters Association)
NPP Net Primary Productivity
NPV Net Present Value
NRC Natural Resources Canada
NRIC Natural Resource Information Centre (previously Public Information Centre)
NRVIS Natural Resources Values Information System
NWR Northwest Region
O
OBM Ontario Base Map
OBS Ontario Biodiversity Strategy
OFA Ontario Federation of Agriculture
OFA Ontario Forestry Association
OFAAB Ontario Forest Accord Advisory Board
OFIA Ontario Forest Industry Association
OFIS Ontario Fisheries Information System
OFRI Ontario Forest Research Institute
OJICREE Ojibway/Cree Language
OLI Ontario Land Inventory
OLT Ontario Landscape Tool
OMAA Ontario Métis and Aboriginal Association
OMNRF Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources & Forestry (also MNRF)
OPFA Ontario Professional Foresters’ Association
ORB Operational Road Boundary
OSSIS Ontario Seed and Stock Information System
OTIB Ontario Tree Improvement Board
OWHAM Ontario Wildlife Habitat Assessment Model
OWIS Ontario Wildlife Information System
P
PA Protected Area
PARFM Provincial Annual Report on Forest Management
PB Prescribed Burn
PCT Pre-Commercial Thinning
PD Policy Division
PF Protection Forest
PFCMIS Provincial Fish Culture Management Information System
PFMT Provincial Forest Management Team
PFR Production Forest Reserve
PFRS Provincial Forest Resource System
PFSF Policy Framework for Sustainable Forests
PLA Public Lands Act
PLANFU Plan Forest Units
PFL Private Land Forestry
PLRA Preliminary List of Required Alterations
PM Project Manager
PMO Provincial Mapping Office
PMS Proposed Management Strategy
PPCRA Provincial Parks and Conservation Reserves Act
PST Process Streamlining Test
PSW Provincially Significant Wetland
PT Planning Team
PTSBS Provincial Timber Scaling and Billing System
R
RBT Resource Based Tourism
RBTO Resource Based Tourism Outfitters
RCP Riparian Code of Practice
RD Regional Director
REIM Regional Economic Impact Model
RLUP Regional Land Use Plan
RMP Resources Management Plan
ROD Regional Operations Division
R.P.F. Registered Professional Forester
RPFO Report of Past Forest Operations
RPIAV Report on Protection of Identified Aboriginal Values
RRAS Regional Resources Allocation Strategy
RSA Resource Stewardship Agreement
RTE Rare, Threatened and Endangered (now Special Concern, Threatened and Endangered)
Rx Prescription
S
SA Supply Agreement (previously Timber Supply Agreement)
SAP Supplementary Aerial Photography
SAR Species at Risk
SARB Species at Risk Branch
SARO Species at Risk in Ontario
SAS Silvicultural Assessment System
SC Special Concern
SCA Seed Collection Area
SD Site District (e.g. SD4E2)
SDMD Stand Density Management Diagram
SEA Socio Economic Assessment
SEIM Socio-Economic Impact Model
SEMMO Silviculture Effectiveness Monitoring Manual for Ontario
SER State of Environment Report
SEV Statement of Environmental Values
SF Sustainable Forestry
SFI Sustainable Forestry Initiative
SFL Sustainable Forestry Licence (previously Forest Mgt Agreement)
SFMM Strategic Forest Management Model
SFU Standard Forest Unit
SGR Silvicultural Ground Rule
SIP Site Preparation
SIRD Science and Information Resources Division (MNRF)
SIS Silvicultural Information System
SOFR State of the Forest Report
Sp Species (singular)
Spp Species (plural)
SR Site Region
SR Southern Region
SRNV Simulated Range of Natural Variation
SSG Stand and Site Guide (Official title: Forest Management Guide
for Conserving Biodiversity at the Stand and Site Scales)
SSI Southern Science and Information Unit
STARS Silvicultural Treatments Assessment and Reporting System
STEMS Silvicultural Treatments Effectiveness Monitoring System
STP Silviculture Treatment Package
SupDoc Supplementary Documentation
T
TEK Traditional Ecological Knowledge
TIA Tree Improvement Area
Timber EA Environmental Assessment Board’s Reason for Decision and Decision: Class
Environmental Assessment by the Ministry of Natural Resources for Timber
Management on Crown Lands in Ontario (EA-87-02) (also Class EA)
TOR Terms of Reference
U
UCCM United Chiefs and Councils of Manitoulin
UGS Unacceptable Growing Stock
UHF Ultra High Frequency
UMS Use Management Strategy
UOI Union of Ontario Indians
W
WCT Water Classification Tool
WEIMS Wetland Evaluation Information Management System
WIA Woodlands Improvement Act
WMU Wildlife Management Unit
WSCP Wood Supply Competitive Process
WSFGAM Well Spaced Free Growing Regeneration Assessment Manual