Stems per hectare - hardwood (SPHHWD) is an expression of the number of merchantable hardwood trees on a per-hectare basis. Available here as hardwood stems per hectare raster (GeoTIF) with a 20 m pixel resolution.Download: Here The Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment, Forest Service Branch, has developed a forest resource inventory (FRI) which meets a variety of strategic and operational planning information needs for the boreal plains. Such needs include information on the general land cover, terrain, and growing stock (height, diameter, basal area, timber volume and stem density) within the provincial forest and adjacent forest fringe. This inventory provides spatially explicit information as 10 m or 20 m raster grids and as vectors polygons for relatively homogeneous forest stands or naturally non-forested areas with a 0.5 ha minimum area and a 2.0 ha median area.  Stems per hectare - hardwood (SPHHWD) is an expression of the number of merchantable hardwood trees on a per-hectare basis. SPHHWD is available here as a color-mapped 16-bit unsigned integer raster grid in GeoTIFF format with a 20 m pixel resolution. An ArcGIS Pro layer file (*.lyrx) is supplied for viewing SPHHWD data in the following 500 stems/ha categories. Domain: [NULL, 0…100,000]. RANGE LABEL RED GREEN BLUE 0 <= SPHHWD < 250 0 NA NA NA 250 <= SPHHWD < 750 500 63 81 181 750 <= SPHHWD < 1250 1000 67 112 147 1250 <= SPHHWD < 1750 1500 72 144 114 1750 <= SPHHWD < 2250 2000 76 175 80 2250 <= SPHHWD < 2750 2500 136 195 73 2750 <= SPHHWD < 3250 3000 195 215 66 3250 <= SPHHWD < 3750 3500 255 235 59 3750 <= SPHHWD < 4250 4000 255 207 39 4250 <= SPHHWD < 4750 4500 255 180 20 4750 <= SPHHWD < 5250 5000 255 152 0 5250 <= SPHHWD < 5750 5500 251 124 18 5750 <= SPHHWD < 6250 6000 248 95 36 6250 <= SPHHWD < 6750 6500 244 67 54For more information, see the Forest Inventory Standard of the Saskatchewan Environmental Code, Forest Inventory Chapter.

Basal area - hardwood (BA_HWD) is an expression of hardwood site occupancy based on the cross-sectional area (m2 at breast-height) of merchantable stems on a per-hectare basis. Available here as a raster (GeoTIF) with a 20 m pixel resolution.Download: Here The Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment, Forest Service Branch, has developed a forest resource inventory (FRI) which meets a variety of strategic and operational planning information needs for the boreal plains. Such needs include information on the general land cover, terrain, and growing stock (height, diameter, basal area, timber volume and stem density) within the provincial forest and adjacent forest fringe. This inventory provides spatially explicit information as 10 m or 20 m raster grids and as vectors polygons for relatively homogeneous forest stands or naturally non-forested areas with a 0.5 ha minimum area and a 2.0 ha median area.  Basal area - hardwood (BA_HWD) is an expression of hardwood site occupancy based on the cross-sectional area (m2 at breast-height) of merchantable stems on a per-hectare basis. BA_HWD is available here as a color-mapped 16-bit unsigned integer raster grid in GeoTIFF format with a 20 m pixel resolution. An ArcGIS Pro layer file (*.lyrx) is supplied for viewing BA_HWD data in the following 5 m2/ha categories. Domain: [NULL, 0…90]. RANGE LABEL RED GREEN BLUE 0 <= BA_HWD < 3 0 NA NA NA 3 <= BA_HWD < 8 5 63 81 181 8 <= BA_HWD < 13 10 66 103 157 13 <= BA_HWD < 18 15 69 125 133 18 <= BA_HWD < 23 20 72 147 110 23 <= BA_HWD < 28 25 75 169 86 28 <= BA_HWD < 33 30 108 186 76 33 <= BA_HWD < 38 35 150 200 71 38 <= BA_HWD < 43 40 192 214 66 43 <= BA_HWD < 48 45 234 228 61 48 <= BA_HWD < 53 50 255 225 52 53 <= BA_HWD < 58 55 255 206 38 58 <= BA_HWD < 63 60 255 186 24 63 <= BA_HWD < 68 65 255 167 10 68 <= BA_HWD < 73 70 254 147 3 73 <= BA_HWD < 78 75 252 127 16 78 <= BA_HWD < 83 80 249 107 29 83 <= BA_HWD < 88 85 247 87 41 88 <= BA_HWD <= 90 90 244 67 54For more information, see the Forest Inventory Standard of the Saskatchewan Environmental Code, Forest Inventory Chapter.

Gross biological volume - hardwood (GBVHWD) is an expression of in-the-tree stem hardwood volume (m3) on a per-hectare basis. Calculated from the ground to the tip. Available here as a raster (GeoTIF) with a 20 m pixel resolution.Download: Here The Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment, Forest Service Branch, has developed a forest resource inventory (FRI) which meets a variety of strategic and operational planning information needs for the boreal plains. Such needs include information on the general land cover, terrain, and growing stock (height, diameter, basal area, timber volume and stem density) within the provincial forest and adjacent forest fringe. This inventory provides spatially explicit information as 10 m or 20 m raster grids and as vectors polygons for relatively homogeneous forest stands or naturally non-forested areas with a 0.5 ha minimum area and a 2.0 ha median area.  Gross biological volume per hectare - hardwood (GBVHWD) is an expression of in-the-tree stem hardwood volume (m3) on a per-hectare basis. Calculations are made from the ground to the tip. GBVHWD is available here as a color-mapped 16-bit unsigned integer raster grid in GeoTIFF format with a 20 m pixel resolution. An ArcGIS Pro layer file (*.lyrx) is supplied for viewing GBVHWD data in the following 50 m3/ha categories. Domain: [NULL, 0…1000]. RANGE LABEL RED GREEN BLUE 0 <= GBVHWD < 25 0 NA NA NA 25 <= GBVHWD < 75 50 63 81 181 75 <= GBVHWD < 125 100 66 101 160 125 <= GBVHWD < 175 150 68 121 138 175 <= GBVHWD < 225 200 71 140 117 225 <= GBVHWD < 275 250 74 160 96 275 <= GBVHWD < 325 300 85 178 79 325 <= GBVHWD < 375 350 123 191 74 375 <= GBVHWD < 425 400 161 203 70 425 <= GBVHWD < 475 450 198 216 66 475 <= GBVHWD < 525 500 236 229 61 525 <= GBVHWD < 575 550 255 226 53 575 <= GBVHWD < 625 600 255 209 40 625 <= GBVHWD < 675 650 255 191 28 675 <= GBVHWD < 725 700 255 174 16 725 <= GBVHWD < 775 750 255 156 3 775 <= GBVHWD < 825 800 253 139 9 825 <= GBVHWD < 875 850 251 121 20 875 <= GBVHWD < 925 900 249 103 31 925 <= GBVHWD < 975 950 246 85 43 975 <= GBVHWD <= 1000 1000 244 67 54 For more information, see the Forest Inventory Standard of the Saskatchewan Environmental Code, Forest Inventory Chapter.

Gross merchantable volume - hardwood (GMVHWD) is an expression of merchantable stem hardwood volume (m3) on a per-hectare basis. Available here as a raster (GeoTIF) with a 20 m pixel resolution.Download: Here The Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment, Forest Service Branch, has developed a forest resource inventory (FRI) which meets a variety of strategic and operational planning information needs for the boreal plains. Such needs include information on the general land cover, terrain, and growing stock (height, diameter, basal area, timber volume and stem density) within the provincial forest and adjacent forest fringe. This inventory provides spatially explicit information as 10 m or 20 m raster grids and as vectors polygons for relatively homogeneous forest stands or naturally non-forested areas with a 0.5 ha minimum area and a 2.0 ha median area.  Gross merchantable volume per hectare - hardwood (GMVHWD) is an expression of merchantable hardwood stem volume (m3) on a per-hectare basis. Calculations are made assuming a cut-to-length scenario, and including all stem wood from a 30 cm stump height to an 8 cm top diameter (inside bark), with a minimum bole length of 5.1 m and a minimum log length of 2.7 m for hardwood. GMVHWD is available here as a color-mapped 16-bit unsigned integer raster grid in GeoTIFF format with a 20 m pixel resolution. An ArcGIS Pro layer file (*.lyrx) is supplied for viewing GMVHWD data in the following 50 m3/ha categories. Domain: [NULL, 0…1000]. RANGE LABEL RED GREEN BLUE 0 <= GMVHWD < 25 0 NA NA NA 25 <= GMVHWD < 75 50 63 81 181 75 <= GMVHWD < 125 100 66 101 160 125 <= GMVHWD < 175 150 68 121 138 175 <= GMVHWD < 225 200 71 140 117 225 <= GMVHWD < 275 250 74 160 96 275 <= GMVHWD < 325 300 85 178 79 325 <= GMVHWD < 375 350 123 191 74 375 <= GMVHWD < 425 400 161 203 70 425 <= GMVHWD < 475 450 198 216 66 475 <= GMVHWD < 525 500 236 229 61 525 <= GMVHWD < 575 550 255 226 53 575 <= GMVHWD < 625 600 255 209 40 625 <= GMVHWD < 675 650 255 191 28 675 <= GMVHWD < 725 700 255 174 16 725 <= GMVHWD < 775 750 255 156 3 775 <= GMVHWD < 825 800 253 139 9 825 <= GMVHWD < 875 850 251 121 20 875 <= GMVHWD < 925 900 249 103 31 925 <= GMVHWD < 975 950 246 85 43 975 <= GMVHWD <= 1000 1000 244 67 54 For more information, see the Forest Inventory Standard of the Saskatchewan Environmental Code, Forest Inventory Chapter.

Softwood (PCTSWD) is an estimate of the proportional basal area in softwoods. Available here as a softwood per cent raster (GeoTIF) with a 10 m pixel resolution. Note: Hardwood (HWD) proportion is derived as 100 less softwood.Download: Here The Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment, Forest Service Branch, has developed a forest resource inventory (FRI) which meets a variety of strategic and operational planning information needs for the boreal plains. Such needs include information on the general land cover, terrain, and growing stock (height, diameter, basal area, timber volume and stem density) within the provincial forest and adjacent forest fringe. This inventory provides spatially explicit information as 10 m or 20 m raster grids and as vectors polygons for relatively homogeneous forest stands or naturally non-forested areas with a 0.5 ha minimum area and a 2.0 ha median area.  Softwood (PCTSWD) is an estimate of the proportional basal area in softwoods. PCTSWD is available here as a color-mapped 16-bit unsigned integer raster grid in GeoTIFF format with a 10 m pixel resolution. Note: Hardwood (HWD) proportion is derived as 100 less softwood. An ArcGIS Pro layer file (*.lyrx) is supplied for viewing PCTSWD data in the following 10 per cent categories. Domain: [NULL, 0…100]. RANGE LABEL RED GREEN BLUE 0 <= PCTSWD < 5 0 251 221 64 5 <= PCTSWD < 15 10 226 210 63 15 <= PCTSWD < 25 20 202 198 62 25 <= PCTSWD < 35 30 177 187 62 35 <= PCTSWD < 45 40 152 175 60 45 <= PCTSWD < 55 50 128 164 60 55 <= PCTSWD < 65 60 103 152 59 65 <= PCTSWD < 75 70 78 141 58 75 <= PCTSWD < 85 80 53 129 58 85 <= PCTSWD < 95 90 29 118 57 95 <= PCTSWD <= 100 100 4 106 56 For more information, see the Forest Inventory Standard of the Saskatchewan Environmental Code, Forest Inventory Chapter.

The spatial representation for a Pulpwood Agreement, which is a 25 year term agreement, replaceable every ten years, that allows the holder of a wood-fibre processing facility to harvest Crown pulp timber if sufficient quantities of raw material are not available to the holder from other sources. Covers a large area in one or more Timber Supply Areas or TFLs.

Productive forest land base is defined as the total Crown forest area, determined by subtracting the following from the total area of the Cariboo Natural Resource Region: * All non-Crown land * All Crown land committed to non-timber use through a Land Act designation * All non-forest Crown Land, and * All forest area classified as brush or non-commercial cover in the Forest Inventory. See the CCLUP Land Use Order Implementation Direction for more information: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/farming-natural-resources-and-industry/natural-resource-use/land-water-use/crown-land/land-use-plans-and-objectives/cariboo-region/cariboochilcotin-rlup/cclup_land_use_order_implementation_direction_companion.pdf

This map illustrates the distribution of soil parent material textures in the agricultural region of Alberta. Soil texture is defined by the relative proportions of the sand, silt and clay particles present. Soil textures are identified by classes using the Soil Texture Triangle illustrated below. The Soil Texture Triangle identifies the textural class of a soil at the intersection of the percent sand (x-axis) and the percent clay (y-axis). The percent silt of the soil is the remainder to add up to 100 percent. This resource was created in 2002 using ArcGIS.

Predicted Soil Great Group class as defined by the The Canadian System of Soil Classification (third edition).

Organic soils in the boreal forest commonly store as much carbon as the vegetation above ground. While recent efforts through the National Forest Inventory has yielded new spatial datasets of forest structure across the vast area of Canada’s boreal forest, organic soils are poorly mapped. In this geospatial dataset, we produce a map primarily of forested and treed peatlands, those with more than 40 cm of peat accumulation and over 10% tree canopy cover. National Forest Inventory ground plots were used to identify the range of forest structure that corresponds to the presence of over 40 cm of peat soils. Areas containing that range of forest cover were identified using the National Forest Inventory k-NN forest structure maps and assigned a probability (0-100% as integer) of being a forested or treed peatland according to a statistical model. While this mapping product captures the distribution of forested and treed peatlands at a 250 m resolution, open, completely treeless peatlands are not fully captured by this mapping product as forest cover information was used to create the maps. The methodology used in the creation of this product is described in:Thompson DK, Simpson BN, Beaudoin A. 2016. Using forest structure to predict the distribution of treed boreal peatlands in Canada. Forest Ecology and Management, 372, 19-27. https://cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/publications?id=36751 This distribution uses an updated forest attribute layer current to 2011 from:Beaudoin A, Bernier PY, Villemaire P, Guindon L, Guo XJ. 2017. Species composition, forest properties and land cover types across Canada’s forests at 250m resolution for 2001 and 2011. Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Laurentian Forestry Centre, Quebec, Canada. https://doi.org/10.23687/ec9e2659-1c29-4ddb-87a2-6aced147a990 Additionally, this distribution varies slightly from the original published in 2016 in that here slope data is derived from the CDEM: https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/7f245e4d-76c2-4caa-951a-45d1d2051333 The above peatland probability map was further processed to delineate bogs vs fens (based on mapped Larix content via the k-NN maps), as well as an approximation of the extent of open peatlands using EOSD data. The result is a 9-type peatland map with a more complete methodology as detailed in: Webster, K. L., Bhatti, J. S., Thompson, D. K., Nelson, S. A., Shaw, C. H., Bona, K. A., Hayne, S. L., & Kurz, W. A. (2018). Spatially-integrated estimates of net ecosystem exchange and methane fluxes from Canadian peatlands. Carbon Balance and Management, 13(1), 16. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13021-018-0105-5 In plain text, the legend for the 9-class map is as follows:value="0" label="not peat" alpha="0"value="1" label="Open Bog" alpha="255" color="#0a4b32"value="2" label="Open Poor Fen" alpha="255" color="#5c5430"value="3" label="Open Rich Fen" alpha="255" color="#792652"value="4" label="Treed Bog" alpha="255" color="#6a917b"value="5" label="Treed Poor Fen" alpha="255" color="#aba476"value="6" label="Treed Rich Fen" alpha="255" color="#af7a8f"value="7" label="Forested Bog" alpha="255" color="#aad7bf"value="8" label="Forested Poor Fen" alpha="255" color="#fbfabc"value="9" label="Forested Rich Fen" alpha="255" color="#ffb6db"This colour scale is given in qml/xml format in the resources below. The 9-type peatland map from Webster et al 2018 was further refined slightly following two simple conditions: (1) any 250-m raster cell with greater than 40% pine content is classified as upland (non-peat); (2) all 250-m raster cells classified as water or agriculture via the NRCan North American Land Cover Monitoring System (https://doi.org/10.3390/rs9111098) is also classified as non-peatland (value of zero in the 9-class map. This mapping scheme was used at a regional scale in the following paper: Thompson, D. K., Simpson, B. N., Whitman, E., Barber, Q. E., & Parisien, M.-A. (2019). Peatland Hydrological Dynamics as A Driver of Landscape Connectivity and Fire Activity in the Boreal Plain of Canada. Forests, 10(7), 534. https://doi.org/10.3390/f10070534 And is reproduced here at a national scale. Note that this mapping product does not fully capture all permafrost peatland features covered by open canopy spruce woodland with lichen ground cover. Nor are treeless peatlands near the northern treeline captured in the training data, resulting in unknown mapping quality in those regions.