__The link: * Access the data directory* is available in the section*Dataset description sheets; Additional information*__. The forest maps in the second inventory are available at a scale of 1/20,000. They cover almost all of the territory south of the 52nd parallel. Each file covers an area of approximately 250 km2. These digital cards correspond to the black and white paper cards with a dimension of 125 cm X 75 cm that have been scanned. They illustrate forest stands. They were prepared from the photo-interpretation of aerial photos on a scale of 1/15,000. Main components • outline of forest stands; • sub-groupings of species in all stands; • type of vegetation (forest species, density, height and stage of development, origin); • age class. • disturbances; • nature of the terrain (peatlands, gravel, etc.); • nature of the terrain (peatlands, gravel, etc.); • land types (peatlands, gravels, etc.); • territorial subdivisions; • territorial subdivisions; • hydrography; • hydrography; • transport network and bridges; • topography (level curves). • topography (level curves). • slope classes; • gravel fields, etc.); • nature of the terrain (peatlands, gravel, etc.); • territorial subdivisions; • territorial subdivisions; • hydrography; • hydrography; • transport network and bridges; • topography (level curves). defoliation;**This third party metadata element was translated using an automated translation tool (Amazon Translate).**

Height is an expression of the average height (m) of dominant and co-dominant trees of the leading species in the stand, expressed as Lorey’s mean height (LRY_HT). Available here as a height 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.  Lorey's mean tree height (LRY_HT) is an expression of the average tree height (m) of dominant and co-dominant trees of the leading species in the stand whereby individual trees are weighted in proportion to their basal area. LRY_HT 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 LRY_HT data in the following 5 m categories. Domain: [NULL, 0…35]. RANGE LABEL RED GREEN BLUE 0 <= LRY_HT < 3 0 NA NA NA 3 <= LRY_HT < 8 5 63 81 181 8 <= LRY_HT < 13 10 72 144 114 13 <= LRY_HT < 18 15 136 195 73 18 <= LRY_HT < 23 20 255 235 59 23 <= LRY_HT < 28 25 255 180 20 28 <= LRY_HT < 33 30 251 124 18 33 <= LRY_HT <= 35 35 244 67 54 For 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.

Diameter is an expression of the average diameter (cm) of trees at breast-height (1.3 m), calculated using a quadratic mean (QM_DBH). Available here as a diamter raster (GeoTIF) with a 20 m pixel resolution. Download: HereThe 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.  Diameter (QM_DBH) is an expression of the average diameter (cm) of trees at breast-height (1.3 m), calculated using a quadratic mean whereby individual trees are weighted in proportion to their basal area. QM_DBH 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 QM_DBH data in the following 5 cm categories. Domain: [NULL, 0…60]. RANGE LABEL RED GREEN BLUE 0 <= QM_DBH < 3 0 NA NA NA 3 <= QM_DBH < 8 5 63 81 181 8 <= QM_DBH < 13 10 68 115 144 13 <= QM_DBH < 18 15 72 149 108 18 <= QM_DBH < 23 20 92 180 78 23 <= QM_DBH < 28 25 157 202 70 28 <= QM_DBH < 33 30 222 224 63 33 <= QM_DBH < 38 35 255 220 48 38 <= QM_DBH < 43 40 255 190 27 43 <= QM_DBH < 48 45 255 160 5 48 <= QM_DBH < 53 50 252 129 15 53 <= QM_DBH < 58 55 248 98 34 58 <= QM_DBH <= 60 60 244 67 54 For more information, see the Forest Inventory Standard of the Saskatchewan Environmental Code, Forest Inventory Chapter.

Basal area - softwood (BA_SWD) is an expression of softwood 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 - softwood (BA_SWD) is an expression of softwood site occupancy based on the cross-sectional area (m2 at breast-height) of merchantable stems on a per-hectare basis. BA_SWD 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_SWD data in the following 5 m2/ha categories. Domain: [NULL, 0…90]. RANGE LABEL RED GREEN BLUE 0 <= BA_SWD < 3 0 NA NA NA 3 <= BA_SWD < 8 5 63 81 181 8 <= BA_SWD < 13 10 66 103 157 13 <= BA_SWD < 18 15 69 125 133 18 <= BA_SWD < 23 20 72 147 110 23 <= BA_SWD < 28 25 75 169 86 28 <= BA_SWD < 33 30 108 186 76 33 <= BA_SWD < 38 35 150 200 71 38 <= BA_SWD < 43 40 192 214 66 43 <= BA_SWD < 48 45 234 228 61 48 <= BA_SWD < 53 50 255 225 52 53 <= BA_SWD < 58 55 255 206 38 58 <= BA_SWD < 63 60 255 186 24 63 <= BA_SWD < 68 65 255 167 10 68 <= BA_SWD < 73 70 254 147 3 73 <= BA_SWD < 78 75 252 127 16 78 <= BA_SWD < 83 80 249 107 29 83 <= BA_SWD < 88 85 247 87 41 88 <= BA_SWD <= 90 90 244 67 54For more information, see the Forest Inventory Standard of the Saskatchewan Environmental Code, Forest Inventory Chapter.

Forest stands (FSTAND) is a vector delineation of relatively homogeneous forest stands or naturally non-forested areas as polygons with a 0.5 ha minimum area and a 2.0 ha median area. 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. Forest stands (FSTAND) is a vector delineation of relatively homogeneous forest stands or naturally non-forested areas as polygon with a 0.5 ha minimum area and a 2.0 ha median area. For more information, see the Forest Inventory Standard of the Saskatchewan Environmental Code, Forest Inventory Chapter.

Terrain contours (TRNCNT) is a vector delineation of areas of equivalent elevation, in 5 m classes, as contour lines. 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.  Terrain contours (TRNCNT) is a vector delineation of areas of equivalent elevation, in 5 m classes, as contour lines.  For more information, see the Forest Inventory Standard of the Saskatchewan Environmental Code, Forest Inventory Chapter.

Terrain contours (TRNCNT) is a vector delineation of areas of equivalent elevation, in 5 m classes, as contour lines in a zipped file geodatabase format. 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.  Terrain contours (TRNCNT) is a vector delineation of areas of equivalent elevation, in 5 m classes, as contour lines in a zipped file geodatabase format.  For more information, see the Forest Inventory Standard of the Saskatchewan Environmental Code, Forest Inventory Chapter.

Generalized land classification in one of eleven types. Available here as a land class raster (GeoTIF) with a 10 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. Land class - generalized (LC_GEN) describes land areas in one of the eleven types. LC_GEN is available here as a color-mapped 16-bit unsigned integer raster grid in GeoTIFF format with a 10 m pixel resolution.  Domain: [1…11]. CLASSIFICATION VALUE RED GREEN BLUE Water (WAT) 1 129 212 250 Upland Forest (FOR) 2 56 142 60 Shrubby Upland (SUL) 3 102 187 106 Treed Wetland (TWL) 4 123 31 162 Shrubby Wetland (SWL) 5 171 71 188 Open Wetland (OWL) 6 206 147 216 Treed Rock (TRK) 7 93 64 55 Rock or Sand (RKS) 8 188 170 164 Grass (GRS) 9 197 225 165 Agricultural Land (ALA) 10 230 238 156 Anthropogenic Unclassified (AUC) 11 189 189 189 Water (WAT): Water that is above the surface of land and in a river, stream, lake, creek, spring, ravine, coulee, canyon, lagoon, swamp, marsh or other watercourse or water body, permanently or intermittently. Upland Forest (FOR): Land that is currently growing, or capable of supporting, a treed upland forest community. Moisture regimes are dry through very moist. Shrubby Upland (SUL): Uplands containing a persistent cover of non-merchantable hardwood tree species and shrubs. This class does not include upland forest types expected to succeed to a treed community following disturbance. This class is distinguished from shrubby wetland on the basis of moisture regime: moisture regimes are dry through very moist. Treed Wetland (TWL): Wetlands containing ≥ 10% tree crown cover, typically greater than two metres tall in absence of recent disturbance. This class includes treed bogs, treed fens, and treed swamps. Moisture regimes are moderately wet to very wet. Shrubby Wetland (SUL): Wetlands and riparian areas containing a persistent cover of non-merchantable hardwood trees and shrubs. This class includes shrub swamps, shrubby bogs and fens. It does not include upland forest types expected to succeed to a treed community following disturbance. Open Wetland (OWL): Wetlands dominated by mosses, grasses, sedges, and small herbaceous plants, often associated with small areas of open water. This class includes marshes and open or graminoid bogs and fens. Moisture regimes are moderately wet to very wet. Treed Rock (TRK): Areas of exposed bedrock interspersed with trees, where tree crown cover ≥ 10% and < 30%. Areas of partially exposed bedrock where crown cover ≥ 30% are classified as upland forest. Areas of exposed bedrock where crown cover <10% are classified as rock or sand. Rock or Sand (RKS): Naturally occurring, barren or exposed, rock, sand, or gravel deposits with <10% of the area occupied by trees. Grass (GRS): Uplands containing a persistent cover of grass and herbs. This class is differentiated from open wetland on the basis of moisture regime. It does not include upland forest types expected to succeed to a treed community following disturbance. Agricultural Land (ALA): A land classification for lands which are cultivated for growing crops, including pasture, orchards and abandoned fields. Lands designated as provincial forests cannot be assigned this classification, however this class of land may be found within or adjacent to the mapped boundaries of provincial forests. Anthropogenic Unclassified (AUC): Areas which are non-forested due to vegetation clearing and/or building. This includes built-up areas, camps, roads, railways, mines, utility corridors, gravel pits, and similar human-caused disturbances. With the exception of permanent roads used to access timber, timber harvests are not included as anthropogenic unclassified. For more information, see the Forest Inventory Standard of the Saskatchewan Environmental Code, Forest Inventory Chapter.

Ungeneralized land classification in one of eleven types. Available here as a land class raster (GeoTIF) with a 10 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. Land class - ungeneralized (LC_RAW) describes land areas in one of the eleven types. LC_RAW is available here as a color-mapped 16-bit unsigned integer raster grid in GeoTIFF format with a 10 m pixel resolution.  Domain: [1…11]. CLASSIFICATION VALUE RED GREEN BLUE Water (WAT) 1 129 212 250 Upland Forest (FOR) 2 56 142 60 Shrubby Upland (SUL) 3 102 187 106 Treed Wetland (TWL) 4 123 31 162 Shrubby Wetland (SWL) 5 171 71 188 Open Wetland (OWL) 6 206 147 216 Treed Rock (TRK) 7 93 64 55 Rock or Sand (RKS) 8 188 170 164 Grass (GRS) 9 197 225 165 Agricultural Land (ALA) 10 230 238 156 Anthropogenic Unclassified (AUC) 11 189 189 189 Water (WAT): Water that is above the surface of land and in a river, stream, lake, creek, spring, ravine, coulee, canyon, lagoon, swamp, marsh or other watercourse or water body, permanently or intermittently. Upland Forest (FOR): Land that is currently growing, or capable of supporting, a treed upland forest community. Moisture regimes are dry through very moist. Shrubby Upland (SUL): Uplands containing a persistent cover of non-merchantable hardwood tree species and shrubs. This class does not include upland forest types expected to succeed to a treed community following disturbance. This class is distinguished from shrubby wetland on the basis of moisture regime: moisture regimes are dry through very moist. Treed Wetland (TWL): Wetlands containing ≥ 10% tree crown cover, typically greater than two metres tall in absence of recent disturbance. This class includes treed bogs, treed fens, and treed swamps. Moisture regimes are moderately wet to very wet. Shrubby Wetland (SUL): Wetlands and riparian areas containing a persistent cover of non-merchantable hardwood trees and shrubs. This class includes shrub swamps, shrubby bogs and fens. It does not include upland forest types expected to succeed to a treed community following disturbance. Open Wetland (OWL): Wetlands dominated by mosses, grasses, sedges, and small herbaceous plants, often associated with small areas of open water. This class includes marshes and open or graminoid bogs and fens. Moisture regimes are moderately wet to very wet. Treed Rock (TRK): Areas of exposed bedrock interspersed with trees, where tree crown cover ≥ 10% and < 30%. Areas of partially exposed bedrock where crown cover ≥ 30% are classified as upland forest. Areas of exposed bedrock where crown cover <10% are classified as rock or sand. Rock or Sand (RKS): Naturally occurring, barren or exposed, rock, sand, or gravel deposits with <10% of the area occupied by trees. Grass (GRS): Uplands containing a persistent cover of grass and herbs. This class is differentiated from open wetland on the basis of moisture regime. It does not include upland forest types expected to succeed to a treed community following disturbance. Agricultural Land (ALA): A land classification for lands which are cultivated for growing crops, including pasture, orchards and abandoned fields. Lands designated as provincial forests cannot be assigned this classification, however this class of land may be found within or adjacent to the mapped boundaries of provincial forests. Anthropogenic Unclassified (AUC): Areas which are non-forested due to vegetation clearing and/or building. This includes built-up areas, camps, roads, railways, mines, utility corridors, gravel pits, and similar human-caused disturbances. With the exception of permanent roads used to access timber, timber harvests are not included as anthropogenic unclassified. For more information, see the Forest Inventory Standard of the Saskatchewan Environmental Code, Forest Inventory Chapter.