West Babine Sustainable Resource Management Plan

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Xsu gwin lik’l’inswx: West Babine Sustainable Resource Management Plan Source Draft # Date Comments SRMP Resolution GC Cultural Heritage Draft GC Cultural Heritage Draft January 8/03 Need to provide for moose winter range. Most of moose winter range is constrained by a number of different zonations including the park, the Babine River SMZ and high-value grizzly habitat. 19% of highvalue range, 21% of medium value range and 19% of low value range is unconstrained and within the Integrated Management Area. Given these small numbers, little reduction to risk is expected from have moose winter range objectives, therefore, none have been developed. January 8/03 Will plan protect mountain goats that seem to be in a decline (Atna to Mt. Tommy Jack area)? Social/Cultural/Heritage GTO Draft 1 Sept. 19/02 Need to address ‘glaring deficiency’ that current & future interests of identified Gitxsan villages & houses are not given consideration (include resettlement of villages and pursuit of economic opportunities such as fisheries, tourism, mining, recreation etc.). Need to include appropriate, measurable, enforceable objectives to protect this interest. GTO Interim Draft July 7/03 Lack of management objectives around cultural heritage resources is unacceptable. GTO Draft 1 Aug. 26/02 Need to recognize that cultural heritage resources, features & cultural infrastructure belong to the Gitxsan. Page 112 March 2004 The Atna/Shelagyote SMZ expansion will provide increased protection for mountain goats. The plan provides no objectives for managing mtn. goat habitat. If monitoring results indicate goats are at risk, the information can be used to develop objectives that can be amended into the plan at a latter date. Information about current and potential Gitxsan tourism opportunities have been included in section 3.3.2. If additional information is provided about Gitxsan opportunities in other sectors, this information can be included in the final document. Comments received from the Gitxsan chiefs, GTO, and information from the Gitxsan Sustainability plan for the Babine watershed have been incorporated into the plan. In most instances this information provides context and background and is not spatially explicit. Outside the scope of the SRMP.
Source Draft # Date Comments SRMP Resolution GTO Draft 1 Sept. 19/02 Need to accommodate Gitxsan interest within the Babine River SMZ, especially in relation to proposed logging. GC Cultural Heritage Draft GC Cultural Heritage Draft GC Cultural Heritage Draft GC Cultural Heritage Draft GC Cultural Heritage Draft GC Cultural Heritage Draft GC Cultural Heritage Draft January 8/03 Need to address concerns about logging roads being placed on traditional trail locations, or too close to village sites, cache pits etc. January 8/03 Need to address logging block placements in relation to retention of Culturally Modified Trees, cremation sites, village sites, cache pits etc. January 8/03 Need to recognize importance of Damsumlo Lakes area (many Gitxsan trails, village sites and trapping grounds). Botanical Forest Products January 8/03 Need to address traditional harvest of 13 different species of mushrooms which could all be harvested commercially. January 8/03 Need to address protection of hemlock areas from logging as they are an important source of BFP. January 8/03 Need to address management of house territories for the gathering of medicine. January 8/03 Need to address burning for cultural purposes (to manage for berry production, animal habitat, forest health and access). March 2004 Page 113 Gitxsan have not clarified their interests with sufficient detail that specific plan adjustments can be made. The plan will be amended to consider FN cultural infrastructure when the information and management guidelines is available. Cultural Heritage Resource Guidelines are intended to reduce conflicting resource use and to guide development on and around cultural heritage features. As more detailed information is provided by GTO, management guidelines and strategies will be developed. No objectives have been provided by the Gitxsan for spatial objectives. Therefore, these issues will need to be addressed at the operational level. A core ecosystem (no logging) and high-value grizzly bear habitat has been established in the vicinity of Damsumlo Lake. More specific information is needed on these species in order to manage for them as part of the WB SRMP. Until then, an ecosystem based management approach should reduce risk to these species in the short term by ensuring the habitats that support mushrooms is maintained across the landscape. Significant hemlock areas are part of reserves and the inoperable and will never be harvested. More specific information is needed on these species in order to manage for them as part of the WB SRMP. Until then, an ecosystem based management approach should reduce risk to these species in the short term. Section 2.2.1 and 3.1.1.2 discuss the historical use of fire to maintain biodiversity. In Section 3.3.6.2 Management Considerations address the use of fire as a means for increasing berry productivity.
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Xsu gwin lik’l’inswx: West Babi
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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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1.1.2 Plan Goals The overall goal f
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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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Table 3: Percent of Forested Area L
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3.1.2 Wildlife and Fish Habitat The
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. Habitat-related issues Grizzly be
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Figure 1, Population estimates for
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Objective Indicator(s) Target/Measu
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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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including villages, home and camp s
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Objective Indicator(s) Target/ 2. T
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The Kispiox LRMP contains the follo
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ceremonial fishery at Kisgegas. Whe
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3.3.2.2 Tourism opportunities All t
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Issues of carrying capacity and lev
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The West Babine SRMP will support s
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3.3.4 Mineral and Energy Resources
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The Babine River is considered Clas
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juniper (Juniperus communis) (Gotte
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would allow a three to five-fold in
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