South Saskatchewan Regional Plan (SSRP):

• Long range, strategic level plan.
• Sets broad management objectives and guidelines.
• Guides management and resource allocation.
• Uses a zoning system to assist managers in decision making.
• Generally mapped to a 1:100000 scale.

Detailed Forest Management Plan (DFMP):

• Focuses on lands available for timber harvesting as defined by the IRPs.
• Defines the net productive forest land base.
• Defines an Annual Allowable Cut (harvest level) based on a blend of social, environmental and economic values.
• Harvest level established based on a 200 year planning horizon.
• Harvest sequence established for a 20 year period.
• DFMP is renewed every 10 years.

General Development Plan (GDP):

• Rolling five year plan.
• Guided by the harvest sequence in the DFMP.
• Schedule of harvest area sequencing and road construction planning.
• Used to identify issues, other resource values and stakeholders specific to the harvest areas.

Forest Harvest Plan (FHP):

• Details integration of operations with other forest users both industrial and recreationists.
• Access management, sensitive sites, road design, wildlife management, insect, disease, fire and silviculture plans are outlined.
• Block Maps are provided with volume and area tables.
• Variance monitoring is completed.
• The plan is validated by a licensed professional forester and submitted to the government for approval.

Annual Operating Plan (AOP):

• Schedule of blocks to be harvested in the next year.
• Final map of approved harvest design – 1:20000 scale.
• Fire Control supplement, Silviculture component, and Road construction, maintenance and abandonment plan.