Appendix E — Independent Forest Audit Findings related to landscape guide direction

Year	MU	Findings:	Findings
2017	Lac Seul	3; 8;	3: Sioux Lookout District Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry has not met a commitment to complete a review of the Crown Land Use Policy Atlas (CLUPA) policy report for the area south of the caribou line on the Lac Seul Forest; 8: Not enough consideration is given to natural ingress on some sites;
2017	Nagagami	5, 16,	Corporate MNRF has not fulfilled its commitment to developing a strategy for managing the discontinuous range of woodland caribou; The planned renewal approach in the caribou continuous distribution zone cannot be funded adequately under the existing schedule of forest renewal trust rates on the Nagagami Forest; The fire return time of 2,655 years is not appropriate and there is no consideration of the effects of climate change on this and other parameters in the review of model assumptions;
2016	Algoma	7	Corporate MNRF shall fulfill its commitment to develop a strategy for managing the discontinuous range of woodland caribou to enhance connectivity between the northern continuous range and southern coastal Lake Superior populations. MNRF shall also provide appropriate assistance to planning teams in incorporating the strategy into future Forest Management Plans.
2016	Pic River	5; 6	5: Corporate MNRF shall fulfill its commitment to develop a management strategy for discontinuous woodland caribou range to enhance connectivity between the northern continuous range and southern coastal Lake Superior populations. MNRF shall also provide appropriate assistance to planning teams for incorporating the strategy into future Forest Management Plans; 6: NFMC shall conduct timely reporting of natural regeneration areas.
2023	Gordon Cosens	2; 3	2: Current and accurate caribou habitat use data was not provided for the protection of critical habitat; 3: The guidelines for the application of aerial herbicides in forestry in Ontario are outdated.
2021	Temagami	9	Not all clearcut harvest blocks met the residual retention requirements, for species representation or size, as required in the Forest Management Guide for Conserving Biodiversity at the Stand and Site Scales.
2017	Martel	10	MNRF NE Region is not providing the technical support to allow forest managers to complete the determination of forest disturbances required for the Year 7 annual report.
2016	Mazinaw-Lanark	3	The Planning Team for the next FMP (expected in 2021) shall consider all aspects of natural disturbance when setting disturbance cycles for the MLF.
2021	Lakehead	2	In the absence of reliable access, forestry and land use management objectives related to disturbance and renewal will not be fully achieved on the Black Bay Peninsula.
2017	Abitibi	3; 4	No progress has been made in experimental testing to determine inexpensive yet effective ways to rehabilitate roads back to the natural state as soon as possible after the cessation of forest operations, as outlined in the 2012-2022 FMP (Supplemental Documentation, ARFMI Implementation Toolkit); The total area of declared natural renewal is not being amended to account for changes to the renewal prescriptions in the Trends Analysis Report.
2015	English River	6	Conclusion: It may be that the procedure for closing “A” blocks is already in practice, but it has not been captured in written direction to District staff. A written procedure will help to make the process for closing “A” blocks clearer. Recommendation 6: Regional MNRF should provide MNRF District with interim direction on the criteria to be used for closure of an “A” caribou block.
2019	Caribou	4	The underachievement of the planned harvest, if continued, will have serious negative implications for the achievement of long-term management objectives related to the provision of caribou habitat.