Forest
Resources and Agrifoods - 1996
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April 4
National Wildlife Week, April 7-13
May 1
Atlantic Canada Angling Days, June
22-23
May 7
Silviculture project at Exploits Bay
to employ 25 people
Silviculture projects in The
Straits/White Bay North to employ 12 people
Contract for resource road
construction Ten Mile Lake
May 8
Contract to replace three existing
bridges in Goosebery Waters area in Baie Verte District Silviculture project in Gambo area to
employ 15 people Contract to
carry out a resource road construction project Weir's Pond in
Bonavista North district
May 9
Wooddale Tree Nursery back in full
gear for ../1996/forest
May 10
Silviculture projects at Benton to
employ 12 people
May 17
Contract for work to Bloomfield
resource road
Contract to carry out a resource
road construction project at Northwest Pond in Terra Nova
district
Province announces increase in Spray
Program spending
Contract to construct an extension to
the resource road at Triton Brook
Contract to upgrade the Seal Bay
resource road
May 22
97 small game hunting seasons
May 23
Province upholds commitment to
establish Forestry Centre on West Coast
A word of caution about apparently
"abandoned" young wild animals
May 27
Silviculture project in St. George's
to employ 12 people
May 28
Site preparation contract for
Exploit's Bay area, Lewisporte District
Site preparation contract for
Brink's Pond, Lewisporte District
May 29
Contract to construct resource road
at Chouse Brook
Contract for construction of
resources road Little Indian Pond, Lewisporte district
Opening date, Salmonier Nature Park
Annual report for Regional Services
and Protection Section of Wildlife Division released
June 4
Resource Road contract awarded for
Straits/White Bay North
June 5
Resource road contract awarded for
Mt. St. Margaret's
Resource road contract awarded for
Baie Verte/White Bay district
June 6
Forest Service undertakes
silvicultural work in Swanger Cove, Bay d'Espoir area
Forest Service undertakes site
reclamation work at Swanger Cove, Bay d'Espoir area
June 11
Ministerial Statement -
Clarification regarding hiring of employee at Nfld Farm Products
Ministerial Statement - Importance
of Agrifood Industry
June 13
Forest Service undertakes
silvicultural work in Avalon District
June 14
Minsterial Statement - Resource Road
Program contracts
Resource road contract for the
Straits/White Bay North
June 17
Silviculture project Trinity North
District
Ministerial Statement -
Silvicultural Program
June 18
Silviculture project in Bonavista
North
Silviculture project in the Placentia/St. Mary's District
Silviculture project in the Bellevue
District
Road contract for St. Barbe District
valued at $24,460
June 19
Silviculture projects announced
Road contract for Port au Port
district
June 20
Silviculture projects in Exploits
District
June 21
Insect Control Program
June 26
Silviculture project to be
undertaken by Hamilton Sound Development Association in Bonavista
North
Resource road contract for Gander
District
June 27
Big Game License Draw completed
July 2
Contract awarded for reforestation
work on National Defense Access road, Cartwright - L'Anse au
Clair
July 3
Silviculture project awarded in
Humber Valley
Silviculture
project Lake Melville District
July 4
Silviculture project awarded in St.
Barbe District
Silviculture project awarded in
Labrador West District
July 5
Silvicultural contract awarded in
Windsor/Springdale
Resource road project awarded for
Bridger's Pond Resource Road, Humber Valley District
July 10
Silviculture project awarded in St.
George's/Stephenville East
July 11
Silviculture project awarded in Baie
Verte District
Bt Spray in Protected Water Supply
Areas
July 12
Silvicultural project awarded in St.
George's/Stephenville East District
July 15
Resource road contract for Bonavista
North District
July 17
Road contract for Trinity North
District
July 18
Resource road contract for Exploits
District
July 19
Minister of Forest Resources and
Agrifoods confirms support for trapper education
Silvicultural project awarded in St.
George's/Stephenville East District
July 24
Silvicultural project awarded in
Gander and Terra Nova Districts
August 5
Hemlock Looper Control Program
Firearms Safety/Hunter Education
Course
Resource road contract in
Cartwright/L'Anse au Clair District
Silviculture development awarded in
Lewisporte District
August 20
Silvicultural contract awarded in
Middle Arm Ridge
August 27
Newfoundland and Labrador Hunting
Guide
September 6
Minister advises people not to pick
partridgeberries before the opening of the commercial season
September 9
Scarification Project contract
awarded in Labrador West District
Thinning Project contract awarded
near Port Hope Simpson, Cartwright/L'Anse au Clair District
Silviculture project in Gander
District
September 10
Minister Modifies Hunting
Requirements
September 13
Extension to the Forest Fire Season
September 17
Ministers to announce the award of a
contract for constructing a bridge on the Salmon Pond Resource
road
September 19
Trapper licence application reminder
to Labrador trappers
Newfoundland and Labrador School
Milk Foundation - No increase in price of school milk for 97
September 20
Government of Canada signs Safety
Nets Agreement with Newfoundland
September 26
Minister announces dates for
domestic wood cutting on Avalon
October 3
Silviculture contracts awarded for
Island Pond/Ocean Pond, Trinity North District
October 9
End of Rabies Outbreak in Labrador
October 25
Extension to caribou hunting zone in
Labrador
October 31
Nineteen Newfoundland students receive scholarships from Nova Scotia Agricultural College
November 4
Orma North Caribou Zone closed to
caribou hunting
November 14
Firearm Safety / Hunter Education
Course deadline for Big Game Licence Draw
Public consultations on Guide
Certification and Guide use regulations
November 21
Ministerial Statement - The status
of the American Marten
November 25
Ministerial Statement - The School
Milk Program
November 27
Demonstration of a new feed
technology to develop fish silage
November 28
Renewed Stewardship Agreement signed
with Carmanville
December 3
Ministerial Statement - Fur Strategy
for Newfoundland and Labrador
December 5
Appointment of Board of Directors
for Newfoundland Farm Products Corporation
Ministerial Statement -
Federal/Provincial Farm Business Management Agreement
December 6
NOTE TO EDITORS: Minister to hold
news conference, 9:00 a.m. Monday, December 9
December 9
Ministerial Statement - Inland Fish
and Wildlife Advisory Council and Provincial Conservation and
Stewardship Stamp
December 11
Ministerial Statement - Agriculture
Awareness campaign in Newfoundland and Labrador
December 18
Bay of Islands Caribou zone to be
opened
December 20
Minister announces opening of
McPhayden River caribou extension zone
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