Category:Algonquin Forestry Authority Act

Since the creation of Algonquin Provincial Park, private logging companies have been allowed to operate within its boundaries. In 1974, the licences of over a dozen logging companies were transferred to the Crown agency – the Algonquin Forest Authority (AFA) – created under the Algonquin Forestry Authority Act (AFAA) to manage forestry operations in the Park.

The AFAA provides general direction to the AFA in matters related to its governance, finances, priorities, principles and forest management obligations. It outlines rules related to staffing, benefits, powers and liability, and requires the AFA to harvest timber in accordance with the Crown Forest Sustainability Act. It also allows the Ministry of Natural Resources to set production objectives for the AFA and requires the ministry to ensure that the Algonquin Park Management Plan balances maintaining and improving the quality of the park for the purpose of recreation with providing a supply of logs from the Park. Furthermore, the AFA is required to act in accordance with the Park’s management plan and to have regard for the aesthetics and ecology of the Park.