Section 6 - Forest Health

Question 1

How is forest health maintained?

Answer 1

By altering forestry practices to prevent or minimize the impacts of pests that, through a risk analysis, are deemed to be significant enough to warrant management.

Question 2

What are the Government’s 3 key strategic objectives for maintaining forest health?

Answer 2

1. Pests impacts are monitored and assessed
2. Practices are adapted to accommodate known forest health risks: modified to minimize the impacts based on best available information
3. Resources are protected: forest resources are protected from pest damage through appropriately applied direct management actions

Question 3

How are forest health issues dealt with?

Answer 3

The professional must make themselves aware of the most significant forest health issues in the area being managed and determine if these issues involve them.
They must gather the best available knowledge about the topic (from FLNRO forest health web sites and publications, FPC Forest Health Guidebooks, TSA forest health strategies, etc.)
A list of management options can then be generated.

**most of the opportunities for managing forest health issues are dealt with through non-legal means