West Babine Sustainable Resource Management Plan

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Xsu gwin lik’l’inswx: West Babine Sustainable Resource Management Plan Source Comments SRMP Resolution Great Bear Foundation Great Bear Foundation Great Bear Foundation Great Bear Foundation Maintaining a roadless core in the Shahnagh-Shenismike area is vital to the survival of this grizzly bear population and will remove the last true wilderness from the watershed. With a mandate to not diminish the grizzly population, it is unacceptable to consider developing the only area left that provides a natural pattern of unaltered behaviour and movement of the bears in this watershed. Creating access to remove small patches of commercially viable timber is a known detriment to population viability and also damages the ever-increasing economic value of a healthy wild population of grizzly bears (related to possible viewing opportunities). The management consideration to complete road building by July 31 in the Big Slide area is contradictory to minimizing the disruption to bear use of high value habitat as the spring season is vital to bears and other wildlife. Wildlife – Access Veltmeyer Two access control points should not be necessary to enter the Shelagyote/Shenismike Access Management Area. Bull Trout PIR Rationale for restricting access structures to be 750 m from known staging areas needs to be included. Objective is too constraining and probably unrealistic. Water Quality BRF Level of risk needs to be defined as it relates to sedimentation at steam crossings, and in particular turbidity as it relates to sedimentation. Social/Cultural/Heritage Page 94 March 2004 A roadless core would not meet the intent of the Babine LRUP or the Kispiox LRMP. A roadless core would not meet the intent of the Babine LRUP or the Kispiox LRMP. A roadless core would not meet the intent of the Babine LRUP or the Kispiox LRMP. Road dates for the Big Slide Chart are consistent with the Big Slide Agreement. MWLAP had considerable involvement in this process. Clarification added to ensure an access control point is not duplicated unnecessarily at the Shelagyote crossing. Rationale for distance of 750 m is based on advice received from WLAP. Based on the current Triton inventories, the proposed Shelagyote crossing would be acceptable. The objective has also been clarified to ensure that it only applies to the Shelagyote River and not to its tributaries. An objective calling for low risk to water quality within the highfishery value watersheds of Nichyeskwa, Babine Mainstem and Shelagyote watersheds has been added.
Source Comments SRMP Resolution BV Rod & Gun Club Do not support restricting or placing gates on roads that inhibits access to recreation users. Mike O'Neill The focus of document is on commercial tourism to the exclusion of resident access. Resident access values are not even addressed. Mike O'Neill The seven gates proposed to exclude non-commercial use of road systems, and exclude residents from the park is wrong. PIR CMTs are not 'physical infrastructure' and do not necessarily need to be maintained. Botanical Forest Products PIR The plan needs to address in more detail how burning to enhance or maintain berry production will occur. PIR It needs to be recognized that botanicals naturally vary in range and abundance over time and cannot be 'maintained' at any one level, but rather within a natural range. March 2004 Page 95 The plan does not change any existing access patterns. The Access Management Areas are intended to allow industrial access while minimizing the impact on grizzly bears. None of these Access Management Areas relate to recreational access to the river. Plan does not restrict public access. Resident use of the plan area has been emphasized in the tourism section and the executive summary. The plan does not change any existing access patterns. The Access Management Areas are intended to allow industrial access while minimizing the impact on grizzly bears. None of these Access Management Areas relate to recreational access to the river. Two access control points will be established where mainline roads enter the SMZ. These access control points are necessary to maintain the intent of the Babine LRUP for temporary access only , into the Babine SMZ. The Gitxsan disagree. Currently, this issue will need to be worked out operationally and on a block by block basis. The plan does not address in any detail, burning prescriptions for berries. If any burning is considered, it would occur post harvest. Clarification included in Final Draft. Visual Quality PIR Using percentages of maximum visual alteration can be unnecessarily constraining and may not truly reflect the objective from a visual satisfaction perspective. VQO objectives rewritten to be identical to Bulkley TSA LU plans. Collingwood Brothers The approved cut blocks in the Gunanoot Lake area are managed with respect to visual quality from the cabin at the north end of Gunanoot Lake (i.e. no more than 7% before 'greenup'). Babine River Valley SMZ VQO objectives within this area have been redone to reflect a partial retention objectives. The management here would be the same as within the Bulkley TSA.
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Foreword Xsu gwin lik’l’inswx:
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List of Maps Xsu gwin lik’l’ins
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1.0 Introduction The Babine River i
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1.1.3 Scope of the Plan The West Ba
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Management Zone, ensuring that valu
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around the world. The river is also
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Traditionally, the First Nations ap
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3.1.1.1 Biodiversity Elements a. Se
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The LRMP also contains the followin
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Objective (s) 11 Indicator(s) Targe
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. Habitat-related issues Grizzly be
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oads will be located and constructe
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Water quality is one of the primary
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The Kispiox LRMP contains the follo
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