Ministry of Natural Resources (Ontario) Totally Explained

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The Ministry of Natural Resources is a government agency of the Canadian province of Ontario that's responsible for managing and protecting its natural resources. Its offices are divided into Northwestern, Northeastern and Southern Ontario districts, headquartered in Thunder Bay, Timmins and Peterborough, respectively.
The current Minister of Natural Resources is Donna Cansfield.

Responsibilities:

MNR is responsible for managing the natural resources of Ontario: animals, plants, aquatic species, etc. A few examples of MNR's responsibilities include: running and maintaining provincial parks, issuing hunting and fishing licenses, enforcing hunting and fishing rules, forest fire management/suppression, and monitoring of endangered species. It also maintains databases (eg: Area of Natural and Scientific Interest) and spatial information as management and planning tools.

Forest Firefighting

The MNR has equipment to deal with forest fires in Ontario. From time to time the MNR lends out their aircraft to other jurisdictions dealing with forest fires.

Current

9 Bombardier Canadair CL-415 - firefighting
4 Bell 206 L-1 Long Ranger II
4 Eurocopter 350-B2s
de Havilland Twin Otters - firefighting
2 Beachcraft King Air 350

Retired

14 HS-2L Flying Boats

de Havilland Moth

Vickers Vedette

4 Hamilton mono seaplanes

4 Fairchild 71 cabin monoplanes

Fairchild KR-34

4 Buhl CA-6 Air Sedans

Stinson Reliant

Beechcraft Dove

CS2F-1 Grumman Tracker - firefighting

9 Bombardier Canadair CL-215 - firefighting

1 BK-117 twin engine helicopter

4 de Havilland Turbo Beavers - firefighting

Organization:

MNR is organized into divisions; within each division are sections, branches, and units. As of Apr 2006, the organization is::

Field Services Division

Aboriginal Affairs Unit
Aviation and Forest Fire Management Unit
Enforcement Unit

Forests Division

Forest Management Branch
Industry Relations Branch

Natural Resources Management

Fish and Wildlife Branch
Lands and Waters Branch
Ontario Parks

Science and Information Resources Division

Applied Research and Development Branch
Geographic Information Branch
Science and Information Branch]

Corporate Management Division

Finance and Business Services Branch
Human Resources Branch
Policy and Planning Coordination Branch

OMNR Image Gallery

Image:CL215andC-337.JPG|MNR Canadair CL-215 air tanker and Cessna 337 contract fire detection aircraft in Dryden, Ontario 1995 Image:CL215andC-310.JPG|MNR CL-215 and Cessna 310 birddog aircraft in Kenora, Ontario 1995 Image:Bell205AC-FJTG.JPG|A Bell 205A-1 on contract firefighting duty with Ministry of Natural Resources parked on the MNR's lower helipad at Nym Lake, ON, 1996 Image:HelitackCrew01.JPG|A contract Bell 205A-1 with its MNR helitack firefighting crew on standby at Sioux Lookout, Ontario, 1995 Image:S-58TC-GLOG.JPG|MNR contracts a variety of aircraft for fire fighting each year, such as this S-58T ready to deploy to a project fire, Dryden, Ontario, 1995 Image:S-58TBambiBucket.JPG|An MNR contract firefighting aircraft at work: a S-58T with bambi water bucket, near Dryden, Ontario, 1995 Image:deHavillandDHC2Mk3TurboBeavers03.JPG|Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources deHavilland DHC 2 Mk 3 Turbo Beavers on amphib floats in Dryden ON in 1995 Image:Bell205A-1andFireFighters03.JPG|Bell 205A-1 and Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources firefighters working on Fire 141 in 1995 Image:Bell204CandFireFighters04.JPG|Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources firefighters prepare to deploy on an arriving contract Bell 204B on Fire 141 in 1995 Further Information

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