This table was made using the most current public documents on Ontario Natural Resources Portal (Ontario’s Forest Management Plans repeatedly document, Public, First Nations and Métis opposition to herbicide spraying, calling for alternatives and an end to chemical tending.)
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| FOREST/COMPANY | 2026 Planned Herbicide Area | Herbicide | Details and notes *FMP = Forest Management Plan *AWS = Annual Work Schedule |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🛑 Abitibi River Abitibi River Forest Mgmt | 4,144 ha | Glyphosate | Timberline & Glysil July 10 – Sept. 30, 2026. Posted signs are to say when berries can be consumed: “the following year.” |
| 💚 Algoma – No Spray Clergue Forest Mgmt | 0 ha | None | (Last confirmed herbicide use: 2015) Current tending is being done manually with brushsaws, with no foreseeable plans to use herbicides. |
| 💚 Algonquin – No Spray Algonquin Forest Authority | 0 ha | None | No chemical tending documented since at least 2012 |
| 🛑 Bancroft Minden Bancroft Minden Forest Company INFO REQUESTED – JULY 16, & OCT 1, 2026 | 2026? | Unknown | Aerial chemical tending is referenced in the 2026–27 AWS. Treatment area/product/spray window not in AWS 2025 – 275 ha treated with glyphosate (VisionMAX) |
| 🛑 Black Spruce Domtar / Resolute FP Canada Inc. | 987.5 ha | Glyphosate | GlySil – August 1 to September 30, 2026 Untreated hardwood strips are being left within some spray areas to support diversity and potentially improve fire resiliency. |
| 🛑 Boundary Waters Boundary Waters Forest Mgmt | 1,894.8 ha | Glyphosate | GlySil – August 1 to September 30, 2026 Modified aerial spray patterns leave some hardwood bands/patches to increase diversity and potentially slow fire spread and improve fire resiliency. |
| 💚 Caribou – No Spray Domtar | 0 ha | None | The FMP gives caribou habitat priority over other management objectives. Uses mechanical cleaning, spacing, pre-commercial thinning and mechanical site preparation. |
| 🛑 Dog River-Matawin Domtar 📣 2026 HERBICIDE COMMENTS CLOSED | 1,337 ha | Glyphosate | GlySil – August 1 to September 30, 2026 Untreated hardwood strips are left within some spray areas to support diversity and potentially improve fire resiliency. |
| 🛑 Dryden Dryden Forest Mgmt Company | 0 ha | None | Last spray – 2025: 466.4 ha aerial, Timberline The 2026 AWS uses mechanical site preparation and manual tending, but herbicides remain part of the forest-management program. The FMP says aerial herbicides should be used only where “absolutely required,” and spraying may be delayed in identified blueberry-picking areas important to Wabauskang First Nation and local residents. |
| 🛑 English River Domtar INFO REQUESTED OCT 1, 2026 | 2,694 ha | Unknown | Aug. 10–Sept. 30, 2026 Final product not yet confirmed; another glyphosate- or triclopyr-based herbicide may be substituted. Berry pickers’ concerns are documented, with accommodations possible for identified picking areas. |
| 🛑 French-Severn Westwind Forest Mgmt INFO REQUESTED – JULY 16 & OCT 1, 2026 📣 10 YEAR 2029–2039 Forest Management Plan: Public Consultation OPEN until November 1, 2027. | 2026? | Unknown | Aerial herbicide treatment appears to be anticipated in the 2026–27 AWS; treatment area, product and spray window not found. 2025: 200 ha treated with Garlon RTU (triclopyr) [EMAIL – Tell them NO HERBICIDES in the 2029–2039 plan! BEFORE NOV 1] View official MNR Posting |
| 🛑 Gordon Cosens GreenFirst Forest Products | 4,122 ha | Glyphosate | Project area (including operational buffers): 5,406 ha Timberline – Aug. 1 to Sept. 15, 2026. 2023 Independent Forest Audit: found Ontario’s aerial herbicide application guidelines were outdated. |
| 🛑 Hearst Hearst Forest Mgmt 📣 10-YEAR PLAN COMMENT WAS OPEN, BUT NOW IT’S NOT? | 4,127 ha | Glyphosate | Timberline 540 and Timberline 360 – August 1 to September 15, 2026 The FMP says increased chemical tending is not favoured by First Nations, the Forest Stewardship Council or the general public, and identifies reducing herbicide use as a goal. (📣 Comment Posting is no longer online. 🙄) |
| 💛 Kenogami Ne-Daa-Kii-Me-Naan | 0 ha | None | Last confirmed Herbicide Treatment: 2024 Past First Nations and public concerns resulted in reductions or cancellation of planned herbicide treatments. |
| 💚 Kenora – No Spray Miisun Integrated Resource Mgmt | 0 ha | None | Last confirmed herbicide treatment: 2014 The Forest Management Plan specifically identifies Indigenous and public opposition to herbicides as a reason chemical tending declined. |
| 🛑 Lac Seul Ondaadiziwin Forest Mgmt 📣 2026 HERBICIDE COMMENTS OPEN | 1,326.8 ha | Glyphosate | GlySil/Timberline (no spray timeline found) Ground/manual treatment was considered for 2026 but rejected because of project size, travel distances, vegetation conditions and cost. 📣 [EMAIL YOUR 2026 COMMENT BEFORE MARCH 31, 2027] View Official MNR Posting |
| 🛑 Lakehead Greenmantle Forest Inc. | 513 ha | Glyphosate | GlySil – Aug. 10 – Sept. 15 The 2026 project considered alternatives including manual brushsaw tending and increased natural regeneration, but rejected them as not feasible for the planned program. |
| 💛 Lake Nipigon Lake Nipigon Forest Mgmt. | 0 ha | None | Last confirmed: 278 ha ground chemical treatment in 2024 The FMP says First Nation and Métis views could reduce or eliminate herbicide use, with herbicide use projected to be phased out by 2031. |
| 🛑 Mazinaw Lanark Mazinaw-Lanark Forest Inc. | 24 ha | Glyphosate | Timberline – Backpack glyphosate treatment, mid-Aug to mid-Sept 2026. (No Aerial Spraying) |
| 🛑 Missinaibi GreenFirst Forest Products | 1,400 ha | Glyphosate | Timberline/Timberline 360 Aug. 15 – Sept. 30, 2026. The 2024 audit says First Nations, Métis and other stakeholder concerns have driven efforts to reduce herbicide use, but says alternatives are considered too costly or less effective at the forest scale. |
| 🛑 Nagagami First Resource Mgmt. Group | 2026? | Glyphosate | GlySil planned, hectares not disclosed Aug. 5 – Sept. 30, 2026 The plan explicitly states that manual, mechanical and other alternatives exist, but says herbicides are considered the “most cost effective” method. |
| 🛑 Nipissing Nipissing Forest Mgmt | 1,940 ha | Glyphosate & Triclopyr | GlySil and Garlon XRT – August 20 to September 20, 2026 |
| 🛑 Northshore Northshore Forest Inc. | 2,705 ha | Glyphosate | Timberline – August 15 to September 30, 2026 TEK Elders of the North Shore of Lake Huron have opposed forestry herbicide spraying across Anishinaabek lands in the Robinson-Huron Treaty territory for over 40 years, including lands within and around the Northshore and Spanish forest management areas. |
| 💚 Ogoki – No Spray GreenForest Mgmt Inc. | 0 ha | None | Last confirmed herbicide treatment: 2012 Official audit specifically says First Nations concerns resulted in herbicides not being used for tending. |
| 🛑 Ottawa Valley Ottawa Valley Forest Inc. EMAIL SENT OCT 1, 2026 | 1,106 ha | Unknown | 2026 spray window and product not identified in the AWS. 2025 annual report lists Timberline 360 (glyphosate) for aerial spraying. No 2026 public notice has been located yet. |
| 🛑 Pic Nawiinginokiima Forest Mgmt 📣 2026 HERBICIDE COMMENTS OPEN | 4,531.7 ha | Glyphosate | GlySil – Aug. 17–Sept. 30, 2026 📣 [EMAIL YOUR 2026 COMMENT BEFORE MARCH 31, 2027] View Official MNR Posting |
| 🛑 Pineland Interfor | 1,207.5 ha | Glyphosate | Timberline – August 1 and September 30, 2026 Interfor has also tested motorized brush saws on Pineland as an alternative to herbicide tending. |
| 💛 Red Lake Red Lake Forest Mgmt | 0 Ha | None | Last confirmed herbicide treatment: 2024 Wabauskang First Nation community members documented concerns about forestry-related chemical spraying and impacts on wildlife. |
| 🛑 Romeo Malette GreenFirst Forest Products Inc | 2026? | Glyphosate | Timberline and GlySil – acreage not disclosed Alternatives are being explored, including a mycorrhizae seedling trial with Wahkohtowin. 2025 audit: spray areas of concern were withdrawn from the AWS. |
| 🛑 Spanish Interfor | 10,407.6 ha | Glyphosate | one of the largest documented 2026 areas found to date. Timberline – No spray window found. TEK Elders of the North Shore of Lake Huron have opposed forestry herbicide spraying across Anishinaabek lands in the Robinson-Huron Treaty territory for over 40 years, including lands within and around the Northshore and Spanish forest management areas. |
| 🛑 Sudbury Vermilion Forest Mgmt | 1,399 ha | Glyphosate | Glyphosate. (In 2025, both GlySil and Garlon XRT (triclopyr) were used.) August 15 to September 20, 2026 |
| 🛑 Temagami Temagami Forest Mgmt | 323 ha | Glyphosate | Glysil – August 5 to September 30 Temagami First Nation and Teme-Augama Anishnabai declared a ban on aerial herbicide spraying in their homeland in 2024 after a spill of more than 600 litres of GlySil concentrate |
| 🛑 Timiskaming Timiskaming Forest Alliance Inc. | 2,132 ha | Glyphosate | GlySil – July 10 – September 30 FMP documents First Nation, Métis and public concerns and ongoing efforts to reduce herbicide use; herbicide alternatives have also been trialed. |
| 🛑 Trout Lake Dryden Fibre Canada EMAIL SENT OCT 1, 2026 | 2026? | Unknown | Aerial spray plan confirmed for 2026-2027, but exact hectares and product not found. The latest Annual Report also says growing pressure from the public and local communities has resulted in more areas being dropped from spray applications each year. |
| 💚 Wabadowgang Noopming – No Spray Wabadowgang Noopming Management | 0 ha | None | No herbicide program since at least 2012 |
| 🛑 Wabigoon Dryden Fibre Canada | 778 ha | Glyphosate | Timberline – August 1 to September 30, 2026 |
| 💚 Whiskey Jack – No Spray Miisun Integrated Resource Mgmt | 0 ha | None | No herbicide program since 2014 |
| 💚 Whitefeather – No Spray Whitefeather Forest Community Resource Mgmt | 0 ha | None | Last confirmed herbicide treatment: 2012 2022–2032 FMP says future aerial herbicide tending may only occur if approved by Pikangikum Elders. |
| 🛑 White River Nawiinginokiima Forest Mgmt 📣 10-YEAR PLAN. PUBLIC COMMENTS OPEN | 3,086 ha | Glyphosate | Glysil – Aug. 17 – Sept. 30, 2026 📣 [EMAIL – Tell them NO HERBICIDES in the 2028–2038 plan! BEFORE OCT 31] View Official MNR Posting |
Lac Seul (1 YEAR ANNUAL WORK SCHEDULE)
maegan.ciurko@ontario.ca
Pic Forest (1 YEAR ANNUAL WORK SCEHDULE)
alaina.vandervoort@nfmcforestry.ca AND Parveet.kaur@ontario.ca
1-YEAR / ANNUAL WORK SCHEDULE -COPY/PASTE EMAIL
Subject: Public Comment – Forest Herbicide Use
I am writing to object to the use of chemical herbicides in this forest’s Annual Work Schedule.
Please remove herbicide spraying and chemical tending from the planned operations and use non-chemical vegetation management instead.
These are public forests, watersheds and wildlife habitat. People have opposed forestry herbicide use for decades, and unnecessary chemical exposure should not continue simply because spraying is considered cost-effective.
Please include this email as a formal public comment on the record for this forest.
WHITE RIVER – 10 YEAR –
alaina.vandervoort@nfmcforestry.ca
10-YEAR / FOREST MANAGEMENT PLAN – COPY/PASTE EMAIL
Subject: Public Comment – Remove Herbicide Use from the Forest Management Plan
I am writing to object to the use of chemical herbicides in this Forest Management Plan.
Please remove herbicide use from the plan and use non-chemical forest management methods instead.
A 10-year plan should reflect responsible forestry, protection of public forests and watersheds, respect for Indigenous rights and community concerns, and protection of fish, wildlife and future generations.
Chemical herbicide use should not be built into another decade of forest management simply because it is considered cost-effective.
Please include this email as a formal public comment on the record for this forest.
