West Babine Sustainable Resource Management Plan
West Babine Sustainable Resource Management Plan
West Babine Sustainable Resource Management Plan
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Xsu gwin lik’l’inswx: <strong>West</strong> <strong>Babine</strong> <strong>Sustainable</strong> <strong>Resource</strong> <strong>Management</strong> <strong>Plan</strong><br />
Source Draft # Date Comments SRMP Resolution<br />
GC Cultural<br />
Heritage<br />
Draft<br />
GC Cultural<br />
Heritage<br />
Draft<br />
January 8/03 Need to provide for moose winter range. Most of moose winter range is constrained by a number<br />
of different zonations including the park, the <strong>Babine</strong><br />
River SMZ and high-value grizzly habitat. 19% of highvalue<br />
range, 21% of medium value range and 19% of low<br />
value range is unconstrained and within the Integrated<br />
<strong>Management</strong> Area. Given these small numbers, little<br />
reduction to risk is expected from have moose winter<br />
range objectives, therefore, none have been developed.<br />
January 8/03 Will plan protect mountain goats that seem to be in a<br />
decline (Atna to Mt. Tommy Jack area)?<br />
Social/Cultural/Heritage<br />
GTO Draft 1 Sept. 19/02 Need to address ‘glaring deficiency’ that current &<br />
future interests of identified Gitxsan villages & houses<br />
are not given consideration (include resettlement of<br />
villages and pursuit of economic opportunities such as<br />
fisheries, tourism, mining, recreation etc.). Need to<br />
include appropriate, measurable, enforceable objectives<br />
to protect this interest.<br />
GTO Interim<br />
Draft<br />
July 7/03 Lack of management objectives around cultural<br />
heritage resources is unacceptable.<br />
GTO Draft 1 Aug. 26/02 Need to recognize that cultural heritage resources,<br />
features & cultural infrastructure belong to the Gitxsan.<br />
Page 112 March 2004<br />
The Atna/Shelagyote SMZ expansion will provide<br />
increased protection for mountain goats. The plan<br />
provides no objectives for managing mtn. goat habitat. If<br />
monitoring results indicate goats are at risk, the<br />
information can be used to develop objectives that can be<br />
amended into the plan at a latter date.<br />
Information about current and potential Gitxsan tourism<br />
opportunities have been included in section 3.3.2. If<br />
additional information is provided about Gitxsan<br />
opportunities in other sectors, this information can be<br />
included in the final document.<br />
Comments received from the Gitxsan chiefs, GTO, and<br />
information from the Gitxsan Sustainability plan for the<br />
<strong>Babine</strong> watershed have been incorporated into the plan.<br />
In most instances this information provides context and<br />
background and is not spatially explicit.<br />
Outside the scope of the SRMP.