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he Boreal Plains contain part of the Boreal Forest.
Unlike the neighboring Boreal Shield Ecozone, the Boreal Plains have few bedrock outcrops, fewer lakes (a) and a higher percentage of nonforest land (a).
Major land uses in the Boreal Plains include: agriculture,
logging, oil and gas exploration, mining, hunting and trapping (a).
Jack and lodgepole pines, white and black spruces and tamarack are the main coniferous species (a) with
mixed stands of aspen and white spruce occurring on nutrient-rich sites.
A major forestry trend, particularly in Alberta, where several new pulp mills and OSB (oriented strand board) plants are now on stream, is the intensification of forestry practices, including pre-commercial thinning to increase growth and the amount of wood that can be harvested. In addition, the protection of the valuable white spruce understory in mixedwood stands has been receiving a great deal of attention. This two-stage silvicultural system involves harvesting the mature aspen canopy and at the same time, or forestry trend, particularly in Alberta, where several new pulp mills and OSB (oriented strand board) plants are now on stream, is the intensification of forestry practices, including pre-commercial thinning to increase growth and the amount of wood that can be harvested. In addition, the protection of the valuable white spruce understory in mixedwood stands has been receiving a great deal of attention. This two-stage silvicultural system involves harvestinor forestry trend, particularly in Alberta, where several new pulp mills and OSB (oriented strand board) plants are now on stream, is the intensification of forestry practices, including pre-commercial thinning to increase growth and the amount of wood that can be harvested. In addition, the protection of the valuable white spruce understory in mixedwood stands has been receiving a great deal of attention...