Crown Land: Indicators and Statistics - Ministry of Forests

Table 8 Approved Strategic Land and Resource Plans in British Columbia
Plan Theme Plan Theme Description Number Hectares
Regional Scale
Land and Resource
Management Plan (LRMP)
Crown Land:
Indicators and
58 Statistics Report
Provides broad strategic direction for the management
of Crown land and natural resources, and integrates a
diverse suite of values to reflect a balanced vision of how
the land will be managed.
17 52,189,150
Regional Land Use Plan (RLUP) 5 20,329,032
Coast Land Use Decision1 Represents regional level commitments through
1 6,486,643
Haida Gwaii Strategic Land
Use Agreement
agreements with First Nations, stakeholders and
communities to provide direction for the management
of Crown land and natural resources and establish an
ecosystem-based management (EBM) framework.
1 1,006,411
Sub-Regional Scale
Biodiversity/FRPA Focused on forestry activities and considers a range of
forest values including old growth retention, access
management, biodiversity, and wildlife.
Coastal and Marine Five multiple opportunity plans, three shellfish
aquaculture plans, one estuary management plan.
Comprehensive Considers a broad range of land and resource use
activities, including forestry, mining, tourism, recreation
access, agriculture, and biodiversity.
Crown Land Established agriculture development and settlement
reserve areas (in Prince George, Vanderhoof, Mackenzie,
Fort St James, Robson Valley forest districts) to address
mountain pine beetle harvesting activities.
Recreation Access
Management
Regional Old Growth
Retention Targets
Pre-tenure Oil
and Gas
Landscape Scale
Addresses conflicts, protects resource values, and provides
increased certainty for public and commercial recreation.
Establishes regional non-spatial old growth retention
targets, old growth management areas, and associated
biodiversity measures.
Guides environmentally responsible development of oil
and gas resources in Muskwa-Kechika Management Area.
Landscape Unit Focused on forestry activities regulated under the Forest
and Range Practices Act and primarily the establishment of
old growth management areas.
Watershed Guides forest planning in Clayoquot Sound watersheds
through identification of reserve and special management
areas, and rate-of-cut limits in harvest areas.
Source: GeoBC Geographic Warehouse
Total 24 80,011,236
6 3,845,277
9 913,333
9 8,720,132
5
Not
available
6 6,165,748
3 12,797,369
6 975,846
Total 44 31,667,350
59 4,220,594
11 203,948
Total 70 4,424,542
1 The Coast Land Use Decision encompasses what were originally the North and Central Coast and South Central Coast LRMP areas.