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Grazing and timber integration manual

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This manual contains the requirements to guide the beef industry, timber industry, and Sustainable Resource Development staff in the integration of grazing and timber activities regionally and on... More ≫

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This manual contains the requirements to guide the beef industry, timber industry, and Sustainable Resource Development staff in the integration of grazing and timber activities regionally and on overlapping grazing and timber dispositions. The manual is in accordance with the Lands Division and Forestry Division Policy Directive on Integration of Grazing & Timber Activities. It discusses the objectives related to integration of grazing and timber operations, the role of Regional Grazing-Timber Integration Advisory Committees, regional grazing plans, the grazing disposition application process, standards for integration of grazing and timber operations, and the dispute resolution process.

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Recommended grazing best management practices in coniferous and deciduous cutblocks in Alberta. Approximation 1

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Sustained timber yield cutblocks can be productive rangeland for both livestock and wildlife, however, careful management of these areas is requirement to ensure that both goals of successful... More ≫

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Sustained timber yield cutblocks can be productive rangeland for both livestock and wildlife, however, careful management of these areas is requirement to ensure that both goals of successful forest regeneration and maintenance of forage for livestock are achieved. After two years of meetings with the beef and timber industries, SRD released the Grazing and Timber Integration Manual. The purpose of the manual is to improve communication between overlapping grazing and timber disposition holders, thereby reducing conflict and facilitating integration. The manual requires overlapping disposition holders, thereby reducing conflict and facilitating integration. The manual requires overlapping disposition holders to discuss the potential impacts of their land management activities on each other's operations and develop operational planning agreements or Grazing Timber Agreements prior to any new integrated timber harvesting or grazing activities.

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