Engagement Summary The Boreal Caribou Implementation Plan (BCIP) has been in place since 2011 and was designed to slow the rate of caribou population decline while the necessary research and monitoring was being conducted to determine best options for recovering the species. The 2017 Science Review, along with a letter introducing this report have been …
Engagement Summary The Province invited feedback on proposed amendments to the 2004 Flood Hazard Area Land Use Management Guidelines. The Guidelines help local governments, land-use managers, and approving officers develop and implement land-use management plans, and make subdivision approval decisions in areas subject to flood hazards. The Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource …
Engagement Summary Feedback was invited on a discussion paper to enable the development of an Administrative Monetary Penalty (AMP) program under the Mines Act. In March 2016, the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia passed Bill 8: Mines Amendment Act, 2016 to enable the development of an AMP program under the Mines Act. AMPs provide …
Engagement Summary In efforts to protect critical moose habitat and to restore moose populations in the Murphy Watershed near Lac La Hache, the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations is proposing an access management plan, which includes blocking and deactivating select roads in the watershed. There are approximately 80 location proposals and …
Engagement Summary Between October 19 and November 30, 2016, we heard from British Columbians about innovative ways to better protect species at risk in B.C. Fruitful discussions occurred about the Principles for the Protection of Species at Risk. We heard your thoughts on how to increase protection of species at risk on private lands. Ideas were …
What was this engagement about? Comments were accepted until Feb. 28, 2017, on proposed amendments to the 2006 Land Use Objectives Order in the Kiteen (26,000 hectares) and Skeena Islands (4,500 hectares) portions of the Kalum Sustainable Resource Management Plan (SRMP) area in northwestern B.C. The Kalum SRMP area is 1,642,270 hectares in size …
This engagement is now closed. What was this engagement about? Feedback was invited on a public discussion paper as part of the timber supply review for the Arrowsmith timber supply area (TSA) until January 16, 2017. The Arrowsmith TSA is located on the southern half of Vancouver Island. The Arrowsmith TSA includes the communities in …
What was this engagement about? Feedback was invited on Narrows Inlet Hydro Holdings Corporations’ request for an amendment to the Environmental Assessment Certificate for the proposed Narrows Inlet Hydro Project until July 28, 2016. The Project is located approximately 50km north of Sechelt, BC. The Project is made up of three hydroelectric facilities located at Chickwat Creek, …
What was this engagement about? Feedback was invited on a public discussion paper as part of the timber supply review for the Quesnel timber supply area (TSA) until July 15, 2016. The Quesnel TSA is located in the northern part of the Cariboo Natural Resource Region, lying in the Fraser Basin and the Interior Plateau …
What was this engagement about? Feedback was invited on the Environmental Assessment of the proposed Kemess Underground Project until June 17, 2016. AuRico Metals Inc. is proposing to develop and operate the Kemess Underground Project (proposed Project), an underground copper-gold mine, located approximately 250 kilometres north of Smithers in north-central British Columbia. The proposed Project …
