Chapter IV – Wildife habitat protection
Division I – Prohibited forest development activities
Section 47
No forest development activity may take place in the following wildlife habitats:
- a caribou calving area north of the 52nd parallel;
- a cliff inhabited by a colony of birds;
- a muskrat habitat;
- the site where a heronry’s nests are located;
- an island or peninsula inhabited by a colony of birds;
- a salt lick.
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Objective
- To preserve the integrity of a wildlife habitat
Additional information
The wildlife habitats in which forest development activities are prohibited are defined in
section 2 of this Regulation.
It is important to note that the definition of the term “forest development activity” in
section 2 of the Regulation means that the standards set out in sections
3,
5,
19 to 22,
47,
50,
52,
54,
55,
57 and
59 do not apply to the repair, maintenance or closure of forest roads or to the control of fires, insect epidemics and cryptogamic diseases.
