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Crown Land: Indicators and 96 Statistics Report Box 4 Roads and Corridors on Crown Land The length and density of roads and corridors provide measures of the degree to which Crown land has been affected by human activity, since roads are constructed to provide access for urban and industrial development. There are a total of 821,848 kilometres of roads and corridors (including railways, transmission lines, pipelines and seismic lines) throughout BC, on both Crown and private land. Table 15 shows the length and density of roads and corridors, and seismic lines, in each sub-region. Increasing road and corridor length and density may have the following social, economic and environmental outcomes: • Providing access to resources; • Providing access to rural communities; • Fragmenting and altering wildlife habitat; • Isolating wildlife populations; • Changing water quality in nearby water bodies; and/or • Increasing the widespread distribution of exotic species. Table 15 Road and Corridor Length and Density by Sub-region Sub-region Road & Corridor Length (km) Seismic Line Length (km) Road & Corridor Density (km/ km 2 ) Seismic Line Density (km/ km 2 ) Peace 118,348 162,029 0.7 0.9 Thompson- Okanagan 99,838 0 1.3 0 Cariboo 93,184 0 1.1 0 West Coast 92,368 0 1.0 0 Omineca 88,090 2,411 0.6 0 Kootenay 73,776 418 0.9 0 Skeena 47,000 2,028 0.2 0 South Coast 42,356 0 1.0 0 TOTAL 654,960 166,886 0.7 0.2 Source: Hectares BC Table 15 makes the distinction between roads and corridors, and seismic lines, because seismic lines are more temporary. Seismic lines are linear clearings in forested areas that facilitate a method of oil and gas exploration that uses small explosive charges or seismic vibrators to create a pattern of shock waves that are reflected by the underground geology. The interpretation of the reflected shockwaves can identify petroleum-bearing geological zones. Seismic lines are generally used once and then allowed to revert back to the natural landscape (as much as possible). The Peace sub-region has the largest number of roads, corridors and seismic lines in the province, and also the greatest density. In the Peace, 58% or 162,029 kilometres of these linear features are seismic lines. Under the Land Act, tenures are issued for a variety of linear uses, including railways, roadways, power lines, transmission lines, and gas and oil pipelines. Between 2000 and 2009, roads and corridors accounted for 15,843 tenures, or 27% of all tenures issued in BC. These tenures encompass 255,980 hectares of Crown land, or 1% of all Crown land tenured during this period.
5.4 Grants by Sector Why is this Important? Crown grants are sales (or fee simple dispositions) of Crown land to private individuals, organizations, or other public agencies. They include sales at fair market value, lease to purchase agreements, and Sponsored Crown Grants (see Section 5.2, Historical Tenures and Grants, Table 12). All grants are made under the Land Act or the Ministry of Lands, Parks and Housing Act. This section presents data on which sectors have received Crown grants since 2000. Trends in the demand for Crown land have implications for Figure 27 Grants Issued by Sector, 2000/2001 to 2008/2009 Source: Tantalis government and ministry strategic planning, policy development and business planning, including workload management. Key Statistics A total of 2,943 Land Act Crown grants were issued between April 2000 and April 2009, encompassing approximately 65,736 hectares of land (Figure 27). Crown grants to the residential sector make up 53.3% of the total number of grants issued. Agriculture and related activities account for 23.6%. The sale of Crown land is not permitted for some uses such as grazing, log handling, roadways or utility purposes. Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations 97
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CROWN LAND: Indicators & Statistics
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Acknowledgements This project was l
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Report Highlights Land and Resource
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Table of Contents Acknowledgements
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Figure 25 Average Area of Current T
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1 Introduction
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Legislation Governing Crown Land Ma
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Section Key Statistics and Indicato
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Land and 2 Resources
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2.2 Crown Land Ownership by Provinc
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Additional Information • Informat
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how much of the lands in some of th
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Private (fee simple title) lands ar
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2.4 British Columbia Land Use and L
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The distribution of land uses and c
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3.1 Overview The continued well-bei
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First Nations are an important part
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The sub-region with the greatest nu
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Map 5 illustrates the dominant inco
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Brownfields are abandoned, vacant,
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Discussion Unemployment levels tend
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There are times when particular att
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Discussion Industries directly asso
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Manufacturing and commercial sector
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Utilities and pipelines sector Appr
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Table 6 Crown Land Tenured or Prote
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Protected areas, which support the
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