Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations


FORT ST. JOHN PILOT PROJECT REGULATION
– Continued –

B.C. Reg. 278/2001
(last amendment: August 5, 2003)



Part 1 – Interpretation and Application

Part 2 – Participants

Part 3 – Basic Planning and Performance Requirements

Division 1 – Pre-existing Plans, Prescriptions and Permits

Division 2 – Forest Development Plans

Division 3 – Site Level Planning

Division 4 – Authorizations and Variances

Division 5 – Field Performance Requirements

Part 4 – Sustainable Forest Management Plans

Division 1 – Content

Division 2 – Approval Process

Division 3 – Effect of Approval of Sustainable Forest Management Plan

Division 4 – Amendments

Division 5 – Forest Operations Schedules

Part 5 – Public Accountability

Division 1 – Public Advisory Group

Division 2 – Pilot Project Monitoring and Evaluation

Division 3 – Enforcement

Division 4 – Public Access to Information

Part 6 – General

Schedule A – Balancing Competing Values and Interests

Part A1 – Management Zones and Their Objectives

Part A2 – Fort St. John Pilot Project Management Zone Map

Schedule B – Forest Development Plans

Part B1 – Preparation

Part B2 – Review and Comment

Part B3 – Approval

Schedule C – Preparing Forest Operations Schedules

Schedule D – Riparian Management

Schedule E – Green up

Schedule F – Reforestation

Schedule G – Maximum Administrative Penalties


  Schedule A – Balancing Competing Values and Interests
 
Part A1 – Management Zones and Their Objectives
 
    Item Column 1 Management Zones Column 2 Objectives

    1

    Agriculture Settlement

    • Maintain opportunities and access for oil and gas exploration, development and transportation. Area
    • Ensure future infrastructure requirements are considered when exploring for oil and gas.
    • Maintain timber harvesting and forest management opportunities.
    • Minimize losses to the timber harvesting land.
    • Provide a full range of recreation opportunities.
    • Maintain or increase land supply for agriculture including access to Crown land.
    • Minimize or mitigate wildlife impact on agricultural enterprises.
    • Provide opportunities for the growth of agriculture.
    • Provide opportunities for the growth and expansion of the agriculture and food production industries.
    • Maintain or enhance opportunities for livestock grazing.
    • Control the spread of noxious weeds.
    • Maintain existing access, coordinate industrial access development including linear development to minimize negative effects on other resource values.
    • Protect or enhance habitats for red and blue listed species.
    • Maintain habitat for priority furbearing species.
    • Maintain high capability ungulate winter habitat.
    • Maintain site specific habitats.
    • Maintain functioning and healthy ecosystems.
    • Maintain opportunities for mineral exploration and development particularly aggregates and industrial minerals and allow for access.
    • Maintain fish habitat and water quality for priority fish species.
    • Sustain natural stream flow regime.
    • Maintain groundwater quality and quantity.
    • Ensure that all land and resource management planning activities within the planning area provide for consultation with local municipal governments.

    2

    Aikman - Deadhorse

    • Maintain opportunities and access for oil and gas exploration, development and transportation.
    • Enhance timber harvesting and a sustainable long-term timber supply.
    • Minimize losses to the timber harvesting land base.
    • Provide quality public and commercial recreational opportunities and values.
    • Provide opportunities for the growth and expansion of the agriculture and food production industries.
    • Minimize or mitigate wildlife impact on agricultural enterprises.
    • Maintain or enhance opportunities for livestock grazing.
    • Maintain livestock grazing opportunities on existing tenures.
    • Coordinate access and linear development to minimize negative effects on other resource values.
    • Maintain habitat for priority furbearing species.
    • Maintain high capability ungulate winter habitat.
    • Maintain site specific habitats.
    • Maintain functioning and healthy ecosystems.
    • Restore and rehabilitate negatively impacted ecosystems.
    • Maintain opportunities for mineral exploration and development and allow for access.
    • Maintain fish habitat and water quality for priority fish species.
    • Sustain natural stream flow regime.
    • Maintain groundwater quality and quantity.

    3

    Alaska Highway Corridor

    • Maintain opportunities and access for oil and gas exploration, development and transportation.
    • Maintain timber harvesting and forest management opportunities.
    • Provide quality public and commercial recreational opportunities and values.
    • Maintain or enhance opportunities for livestock grazing.
    • Coordinate access and linear development to minimize negative effects on other resource values.
    • Maintain site specific habitats.
    • Maintain functioning and healthy ecosystems.
    • Maintain historical significance of the Alaska Highway.
    • Maintain opportunities for mineral exploration and development (particularly aggregates and industrial minerals) and allow for access.
    • Maintain fish habitat at highway stream crossings.
    • Ensure that all land and resource management planning activities within the planning area provide for consultation with local municipal governments.
    • Manage visually sensitive areas within the Alaska Highway area.

    4

    Besa- Halfway- Chowade

    • Maintain opportunities and access for oil and gas exploration, development and transportation.
    • Maintain timber harvesting and forest management opportunities.
    • Provide quality public and commercial recreational opportunities and values.
    • Maintain guide outfitting opportunities.
    • Maintain and enhance ecological integrity in areas subject to resource impacts from recreational use.
    • Provide a full range of wilderness recreation opportunities identified in the ROS as primitive, semi-primitive non-motorized and semi-primitive motorized.
    • Maintain opportunities for commercial and non-commercial livestock grazing associated with recreation.
    • Manage backcountry recreation and tourism opportunities in a natural or natural appearing condition.
    • Coordinate access and linear development to minimize negative effects on other resource values.
    • Maintain high capability ungulate winter habitat.
    • Maintain medium and high quality grizzly bear habitat.
    • Maintain caribou habitat.
    • Manage wildlife populations to provide opportunities for non-commercial hunting.
    • Maintain functioning and healthy ecosystems.
    • Minimize wildlife habitat fragmentation.
    • Maintain opportunities for mineral exploration and development and allow for access.
    • Maintain fish habitat and water quality for priority fish species.
    • Maintain high quality fisheries in natural settings.
    • Maintain the headwaters of major rivers and streams as a source of water for current and future generations.
    • Promote water stewardship to manage for other resources.
    • Maintain groundwater quality and quantity.
    • Manage visually sensitive areas along existing access corridors/trails and adjacent to protected areas.

    5

    Bluegrave- Horseshoe

    • Maintain opportunities and access for oil and gas exploration, development and transportation.
    • Enhance timber harvesting and a sustainable long-term timber supply.
    • Minimize losses to the timber harvesting land base.
    • Provide quality public and commercial recreational opportunities and values.
    • Maintain guide-outfitting opportunities.
    • Provide a full range of recreation opportunities.
    • Maintain and enhance ecological integrity in areas subject to resource impacts from recreational use.
    • Minimize or mitigate wildlife impact on agriculture enterprises.
    • Provide opportunities for the growth of agriculture.
    • Maintain livestock grazing opportunities on existing tenures.
    • Maintain or enhance opportunities for livestock grazing.
    • Coordinate access and linear development to minimize negative effects on other resource values.
    • Maintain high capability ungulate winter habitat.
    • Maintain medium and high quality grizzly bear habitat.
    • Maintain caribou habitat.
    • Maintain site specific habitats.
    • Maintain functioning and healthy ecosystems.
    • Minimize wildlife habitat fragmentation and maintain existing large mammalian predator-prey system.
    • Restore and rehabilitate negatively affected ecosystems.
    • Maintain opportunities for mineral exploration and development and allow for access.
    • Maintain fish habitat and water quality for priority fish species.
    • Sustain natural stream flow regime.
    • Promote water stewardship to manage for other resources.
    • Maintain groundwater quality and quantity.

    6

    Upper Cameron

    • Maintain opportunities and access for oil and gas.
    • Enhance timber harvesting and a sustainable long-term timber supply.
    • Provide quality public and commercial recreational opportunities and values.
    • Maintain or increase land supply for agriculture including access to Crown land.
    • Maintain or enhance opportunities for livestock grazing.
    • Coordinate access and linear development to minimize negative effects on other resource values.
    • Maintain habitat for priority furbearing species.
    • Maintain high capability ungulate winter habitat.
    • Maintain functioning and healthy ecosystems.
    • Maintain opportunities for mineral exploration and development and allow for access.
    • Maintain fish habitat and water quality for priority fish species.
    • Sustain natural stream flow regime.
    • Promote water stewardship to manage for other resources.

    7

    Cecil Lake and Boundary Lake

    • Maintain opportunities and access for oil & gas exploration, development and transportation.
    • Provide a full range of recreation opportunities.
    • Minimize or mitigate wildlife impact on agricultural enterprises.
    • Control the spread of noxious weeds.
    • Minimize or mitigate wildlife impact on agricultural enterprises.
    • Control the spread of noxious weeds.
    • Coordinate access and linear development to minimize negative effects on other resources.
    • Protect or enhance habitats for red and blue listed species.
    • Manage critical wetland habitats for waterfowl and other wildlife species.
    • Maintain functioning and healthy ecosystems.
    • Sustain natural stream flow regime.
    • Promote water stewardship to manage for other resources.

    8

    Charlie Lake Water Supply Area

    • Maintain opportunities and access for oil and gas exploration, development and transportation.
    • Maintain timber harvesting and forest management opportunities.
    • Provide quality public and commercial recreational opportunities and values.
    • Provide a full range of recreation opportunities.
    • Minimize or mitigate wildlife impact on agricultural enterprises.
    • Provide opportunities for the growth and expansion of the agriculture and food production industries.
    • Maintain or enhance opportunities for livestock grazing.
    • Coordinate access and linear development to minimize negative effects on other resource values.
    • Protect or enhance habitats for red and blue listed species.
    • Maintain habitat for priority furbearing species.
    • Maintain high capability ungulate winter habitat.
    • Manage critical wetland habitats for waterfowl and other wildlife species.
    • Maintain functioning and healthy ecosystems.
    • Protect heritage sites and trails.
    • Identify and provide for the protection of historical sites and trails.
    • Maintain opportunities for mineral exploration and development (particularly aggregates and industrial minerals) and allow for access.
    • Maintain fish habitat and water quality for priority fish species.
    • Sustain natural stream flow regime.
    • Protect water quality and quantity.
    • Promote water stewardship to manage for other resources.
    • Ensure that all land and resource management planning activities within the planning area provide for consultation with local municipal governments.

    9

    Chinchaga

    • Maintain opportunities and access for oil and gas exploration, development and transportation.
    • Maintain timber harvesting and forest management opportunities.
    • Provide a full range of recreation opportunities.
    • Minimize or mitigate wildlife impact on agricultural enterprises.
    • Coordinate access and linear development to minimize negative effects on other resource values.
    • Protect or enhance habitats for red and blue listed species.
    • Maintain habitat for priority furbearing species.
    • Maintain high capability ungulate winter habitat.
    • Maintain medium and high quality grizzly bear habitat.
    • Maintain caribou habitat.
    • Maintain functioning and healthy ecosystems.
    • Protect heritage sites and trials.
    • Identify and provide for the protection of historical sites and trails.
    • Maintain opportunities for mineral exploration and development (particularly aggregates and industrial minerals) and allow for access.
    • Maintain fish habitat and water quality for priority fish species.

    10

    Conroy

    • Maintain opportunities and access for oil and gas exploration, development and transportation.
    • Enhance timber harvesting and a sustainable long-term timber supply.
    • Provide quality public and commercial recreational opportunities and values.
    • Provide a full range of recreation opportunities.
    • Coordinate access and linear development to minimize negative effects on other resource values.
    • Protect or enhance habitats for red and blue listed species.
    • Maintain habitat for priority furbearing species.
    • Maintain high capability ungulate winter habitat.
    • Maintain site specific habitats.
    • Maintain functioning and healthy ecosystems.
    • Protect heritage sites and trails.
    • Identify and provide for the protection of historical sites and trails.
    • Maintain opportunities for mineral exploration and development (particularly aggregates and industrial minerals) and allow for access.
    • Maintain fish habitat and water quality for priority fish species.
    • Sustain natural stream flow regime.
    • Promote water stewardship to manage for other resources.
    • Manage visually sensitive areas within Tommy Lakes area.

    11

    Crying Girl

    • Maintain opportunities and access for oil and gas exploration, development and transportation.
    • Maintain timber harvesting and forest management opportunities.
    • Provide quality public and commercial recreational opportunities and values.
    • Maintain guide outfitting opportunities.
    • Provide a full range of wilderness recreation opportunities identified in the ROS as semi-primitive non-motorized.
    • Maintain opportunities for commercial and non-commercial livestock grazing that is associated with recreation.
    • Coordinate access and linear development to minimize negative effects on other resource values.
    • Manage access to protect significant fish and wildlife habitats, alpine areas and recreation values.
    • Maintain habitat for priority furbearing species.
    • Maintain high capability ungulate winter habitat.
    • Maintain medium and high quality grizzly bear habitat.
    • Maintain caribou habitat.
    • Maintain functioning and healthy ecosystems.
    • Minimize wildlife habitat fragmentation and maintain existing large mammalian predator/prey system.
    • Identify and provide for the protection of historical sites and trails.
    • Maintain opportunities for mineral exploration and development and allow for access.
    • Maintain fish habitat and water quality for priority fish species.
    • Promote water stewardship to manage for other resources.

    12

    Farrell Creek

    • Maintain opportunities and access for oil and gas exploration, development and transportation.
    • Enhance timber harvesting and a sustainable long-term timber supply.
    • Provide quality public and commercial recreational opportunities and values.
    • Provide a full range of recreation opportunities.
    • Maintain or increase land supply for agriculture including access to Crown land.
    • Minimize or mitigate wildlife impact on agricultural enterprises.
    • Provide opportunities for the growth and expansion of the agriculture and food production industries.
    • Maintain or enhance opportunities for livestock grazing.
    • Control the spread of noxious weeds.
    • Coordinate access and linear development to minimize negative effects on other resource values.
    • Maintain habitat for priority furbearing species.
    • Maintain high capability ungulate winter habitat.
    • Manage critical wetland habitats for waterfowl and other wildlife species.
    • Maintain functioning and healthy ecosystems.
    • Maintain opportunities for mineral exploration and development and allow for access.
    • Maintain fish habitat and water quality for priority fish species.
    • Promote water stewardship to manage for other resources.
    • Ensure that all land and resource management planning activities within the planning area provide for consultation with local municipal governments.

    13

    Graham South

    • Maintain opportunities and access for oil and gas exploration, development and transportation.
    • Enhance timber harvesting and a sustainable long-term timber supply.
    • Maintain timber harvesting and forest management opportunities.
    • Ensure that timber harvesting in the Graham River Watershed recognizes the watershed's other important resource values such as wilderness, guide outfitting, trapping, wildlife, fish, recreation, etc.
    • Provide quality public and commercial recreational opportunities and values.
    • Maintain guide outfitting opportunities.
    • Provide a full range of wilderness recreation opportunities identified in the ROS as semi-primitive non-motorized.
    • Coordinate access and linear development to minimize negative effects on other resource values.
    • Manage access to protect significant wildlife and recreation values.
    • Maintain habitat for priority furbearing species.
    • Maintain high capability ungulate winter habitat.
    • Maintain medium and high quality grizzly bear habitat.
    • Maintain functioning and healthy ecosystems.
    • Minimize wildlife habitat fragmentation.
    • Restore and rehabilitate negatively affected ecosystems.
    • Maintain opportunities for mineral exploration and development and allow for access.
    • Maintain fish habitat and water quality for priority fish species.
    • Sustain natural stream flow regime.
    • Promote water stewardship to manage for other resources.
    • Manage visually sensitive areas as scenic areas.

    14

    Graham North

    • Maintain opportunities and access for oil and gas exploration, development and transportation.
    • Enhance timber harvesting and a sustainable long-term timber supply.
    • Maintain timber harvesting and forest management opportunities.
    • Ensure that timber harvesting in the Graham River Watershed recognizes the watershed's other important resource values such as wilderness, guide outfitting, trapping, wildlife, fish, recreation, etc.
    • Provide quality public and commercial recreational opportunities and values.
    • Maintain guide outfitting opportunities.
    • Provide a full range of wilderness recreation opportunities identified in the ROS as semi-primitive non-motorized.
    • Coordinate access and linear development to minimize negative effects on other resource values.
    • Manage access to protect significant wildlife and recreation values.
    • Maintain habitat for priority furbearing species.
    • Maintain high capability ungulate winter habitat.
    • Maintain medium and high quality grizzly bear habitat.
    • Maintain functioning and healthy ecosystems.
    • Minimize wildlife habitat fragmentation.
    • Restore and rehabilitate negatively affected ecosystems.
    • Maintain opportunities for mineral exploration and development and allow for access.
    • Maintain fish habitat and water quality for priority fish species.
    • Sustain natural stream flow regime.
    • Promote water stewardship to manage for other resources.
    • Manage visually sensitive areas as scenic areas.

    15

    Grassy- Minaker

    • Maintain opportunities and access for oil and exploration, development and appropriate regulatory framework.
    • Maintain timber harvesting and forest management opportunities.
    • Provide a full range of recreation opportunities.
    • Maintain and enhance ecological integrity in areas subject to resource impacts from recreational use.
    • Maintain opportunities for commercial and non-commercial livestock grazing that is associated with recreation.
    • Coordinate access and linear development to minimize negative effects on other resource values.
    • Maintain high capability ungulate winter habitat.
    • Maintain medium and high quality grizzly bear habitat.
    • Maintain caribou habitat.
    • Maintain functioning and healthy ecosystems.
    • Minimize wildlife habitat fragmentation and maintain existing large mammalian predator-prey systems.
    • Maintain opportunities for mineral exploration and development and allow for access.
    • Maintain fish habitat and water quality for priority fish species.
    • Promote water stewardship to manage for other resources.
    • Maintain groundwater quality and quantity.

    16

    Grazing Reserves

    • Maintain opportunities and access for oil and gas exploration, development and transportation.
    • Maintain timber harvesting and forest management opportunities.
    • Integrate recreational activities with grazing and resource extraction.
    • Minimize or mitigate wildlife impact on agricultural enterprises.
    • Maintain or enhance opportunities for livestock grazing.
    • Control the spread of noxious weeds.
    • Coordinate access and linear development to minimize negative effects on other resource values.
    • Maintain high capability ungulate winter habitat.
    • Manage critical wetland habitats for waterfowl and other wildlife species.
    • Maintain functioning and healthy ecosystems.
    • Maintain opportunities for mineral exploration and development (particularly aggregates and industrial minerals) and allow for access.
    • Maintain fish habitat and water quality for priority fish species.
    • Sustain natural stream flow regime.
    • Promote water stewardship to manage for other resources.

    17

    Jedney

    • Maintain opportunities and access for oil and gas exploration, development and transportation.
    • Enhance timber harvesting and a sustainable long-term timber supply.
    • Provide a full range of recreation opportunities.
    • Provide opportunities for the growth of agriculture.
    • Maintain or enhance opportunities for livestock grazing.
    • Coordinate access and linear development to minimize negative effects on other resource values.
    • Maintain habitat for priority furbearing species.
    • Maintain high capability ungulate winter habitat.
    • Maintain functioning and healthy ecosystems.
    • Identify and provide for the protection of historical sites and trails.
    • Maintain opportunities for mineral exploration and development (particularly aggregates and industrial minerals) and allow for access.
    • Maintain fish habitat and water quality for priority fish species.
    • Sustain natural stream flow regime.
    • Promote water stewardship to manage for other resources.

    18

    Kobes Creek

    • Maintain opportunities and access for oil and gas exploration, development and transportation.
    • Enhance timber harvesting and a sustainable long-term timber supply.
    • Minimize losses to the timber harvesting land base.
    • Provide quality public and commercial recreational opportunities and values.
    • Maintain guide outfitting opportunities.
    • Provide a full range of recreation opportunities.
    • Maintain or increase land supply for agriculture including access to Crown land.
    • Provide opportunities for the growth and expansion of the agriculture and food production industries.
    • Coordinate access and linear development to minimize negative effects on other resource values.
    • Manage access to protect significant sensitive wildlife habitat areas adjacent to Butler Ridge.
    • Maintain habitat for priority furbearing species.
    • Maintain high capability ungulate winter habitat.
    • Maintain medium and high quality grizzly bear habitat.
    • Maintain caribou habitat.
    • Maintain functioning and healthy ecosystems.
    • Minimize wildlife habitat fragmentation and maintain existing large mammalian predator-prey system.
    • Restore and rehabilitate negatively affected ecosystems.
    • Maintain opportunities for mineral exploration and development and allow for access.
    • Maintain fish habitat and water quality for priority fish species.
    • Sustain natural stream flow regime.
    • Promote water stewardship to manage for other resources.

    19

    Osborn

    • Maintain opportunities and access for oil and gas exploration, development and transportation.
    • Enhance timber harvesting and a sustainable long-term timber supply.
    • Provide a full range of recreation opportunities.
    • Maintain or increase land supply for agriculture including access to Crown land.
    • Minimize or mitigate wildlife impact on agricultural enterprises.
    • Provide opportunities for the growth and expansion of the agriculture and food production industries.
    • Maintain or enhance opportunities for livestock grazing.
    • Coordinate access and linear development to minimize negative effects on other resource values.
    • Protect or enhance habitats for red and blue listed species.
    • Maintain habitat for priority furbearing species.
    • Maintain high capability ungulate winter habitat.
    • Maintain site specific habitats.
    • Manage critical wetland habitats for waterfowl and other wildlife species.
    • Maintain functioning and healthy ecosystems.
    • Protect heritage sites and trails.
    • Identify and provide for the protection of historical sites and trails.
    • Maintain opportunities for mineral exploration and development (particularly aggregates and industrial minerals) and allow for access.
    • Maintain fish habitat and water quality for priority fish species.
    • Sustain natural stream flow regime.

    20

    Peace River Corridor

    • Maintain opportunities and access for oil and gas exploration, development and transportation.
    • Manage for forest health.
    • Provide quality public and commercial recreational opportunities and values.
    • Provide tourism opportunities.
    • Recognize the high agricultural values within the Peace River corridor.
    • Maintain livestock grazing opportunities on existing tenures.
    • Coordinate access and linear development to minimize negative effects on other resource values.
    • Protect or enhance habitats for red and blue listed species.
    • Maintain high capability ungulate winter habitat.
    • Maintain site specific habitat.
    • Maintain functioning and healthy ecosystems.
    • Protect heritage sites and trails.
    • Maintain opportunities for mineral exploration and development (particularly aggregates and industrial minerals) and allow for access.
    • Maintain fish habitat and water quality for priority fish species.
    • Maintain water quality in the Peace River.
    • Promote water stewardship to manage for other resources.
    • Manage visually sensitive areas within the Peace River Valley.

    21

    Major River Corridors

    • Maintain opportunities and access for oil and gas exploration, development and transportation.
    • Maintain timber harvesting and forest management opportunities.
    • Manage for forest health.
    • Provide quality public and commercial recreational opportunities and values.
    • Provide a full range of recreation opportunities.
    • Provide opportunities for the growth and expansion of the agriculture and food production industries.
    • Maintain or enhance opportunities for livestock grazing.
    • Coordinate access and linear development to minimize negative effects on other resource values.
    • Manage access to protect significant riparian habitats, fish, wildlife and visual quality.
    • Maintain high capability ungulate winter habitat.
    • Maintain site specific habitats.
    • Maintain medium and high quality grizzly bear habitat.
    • Maintain functioning and healthy ecosystems.
    • Identify and provide for the protection of historical sites and trails.
    • Manage visually sensitive areas as scenic areas.

    22

    Lower Sikanni Fontas Valley

    • Maintain opportunities and access for oil and gas exploration, development and transportation.
    • Maintain timber harvesting and forest management opportunities.
    • Provide quality public and commercial recreational opportunities and values.
    • Provide a full range of recreation opportunities.
    • Coordinate access and linear development to minimize negative effects on other resource values.
    • Manage access to protect significant wildlife and riparian areas.
    • Maintain habitat for priority furbearing species.
    • Maintain high capability ungulate winter habitat.
    • Maintain site specific habitats.
    • Maintain functioning and healthy ecosystems.
    • Identify and provide for the protection of historical sites and trails.
    • Maintain opportunities-for mineral exploration and development (particularly aggregates and industrial minerals) and allow for access.
    • Maintain fish habitat and water quality for priority fish species.
    • Maintain high quality fisheries in natural settings.

    23

    Trutch Creek

    • Maintain opportunities and access for oil and gas exploration, development and transportation.
    • Maintain timber harvesting and forest management opportunities.
    • Minimize losses to the timber harvesting land base.
    • Maintain guide outfitting opportunities.
    • Provide a full range of recreation opportunities.
    • Maintain opportunities for commercial and non-commercial livestock grazing associated with recreation.
    • Maintain or enhance opportunities for livestock grazing.
    • Coordinate access and linear development to minimize negative effects on other resource values.
    • Maintain habitat for priority furbearing species.
    • Maintain high capability ungulate winter habitat.
    • Maintain medium and high quality grizzly bear habitat.
    • Maintain site specific habitats.
    • Maintain functioning and healthy ecosystems.
    • Minimize wildlife habitat fragmentation.
    • Protect heritage sites and trails.
    • Identify and provide for the protection of historical sites and trails.
    • Maintain opportunities for mineral exploration and development (particularly aggregates and industrial minerals) and allow for access.
    • Maintain fish habitat and water quality for priority fish species.
    • Manage visually sensitive areas as scenic areas.

    24

    Two Bit Creek

    • Maintain opportunities and access for oil and gas.
    • Maintain timber harvesting and forest management opportunities.
    • Provide quality public and commercial recreational opportunities and values.
    • Provide a full range of recreation opportunities.
    • Maintain and enhance ecological integrity in areas subject to resource impacts from recreational use.
    • Maintain or increase land supply for agriculture including access to Crown land.
    • Minimize or mitigate wildlife impact on agricultural enterprises.
    • Maintain or enhance opportunities for livestock grazing.
    • Maintain livestock grazing opportunities on existing tenures.
    • Coordinate access and linear development to minimize negative effects on other resource values.
    • Manage access to protect alpine areas.
    • Maintain high capability ungulate winter habitat.
    • Maintain medium and high quality grizzly bear habitat.
    • Maintain caribou habitat.
    • Maintain functioning and healthy ecosystems.
    • Minimize wildlife habitat fragmentation.
    • Maintain opportunities for mineral exploration and development and allow for access.
    • Maintain fish habitat and water quality for priority fish species.
    • Promote water stewardship to manage for other resources.

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