West Babine Sustainable Resource Management Plan

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Xsu gwin lik’l’inswx: West Babine Sustainable Resource Management Plan Babine LRUP Objectives Water Quality • Maintain existing water quality, clarity and hydrologic stability of the Babine River and its tributaries Forestry • Manage the forest land base outside the wilderness zone • Obtain a positive economic return for the forested land base outside the wilderness zone • Plan harvesting activity in consideration of other resource values and in a manner which minimize the impact on these values. • Improve access to the watershed to protect and manage forest health (bark beetle infestations) and control fire outbreaks. • Distribute the harvest proportionately over the Bulkley and Kispiox Timber Supply areas. Babine LRUP Strategies Water Quality/Hydrology Economic West Babine SRMP Objectives/Targets • ECAs established for each midsized watershed (triggers vary from 15 - 30% based on D. Wilford, 2002. • Low Risk threshold set for sensitive, high-value watersheds. • To provide sustainable and economically viable access to timber supply. Page 120 March 2004
Babine LRUP Objectives Tourism • Maintain wilderness quality of the Babine River wilderness corridor. • Maintain the Class 1 angling status of the river • Maintain fish habitat. Babine LRUP Strategies Wildness Zone • No Logging. • Visual quality objectives along Babine River Babine SMZ • Protection of river based resource values. • Defer harvesting subject to preparation of plan regulating small-scale forest management activities. • Rotation period of 200 years >30% to be 140 years or greater partial cutting systems to used. • Clear cuts
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Ministry of Sustainable Resource Ma
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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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Table 13: Management Direction in t
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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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3.3.7 Trapping 3.3.7.1 Value of tra
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4.0 Plan Implementation, Monitoring
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4.2 Monitoring The monitoring phase
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Maps Map 2: Plan Area March 2004 Pa
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Page 93 and 94: Davis, A. 2002. Draft Tourism Chapt
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Page 103 and 104: Public Consultation A large amount
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Page 133: Babine LRUP Objectives Wildlife •
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