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Figure 20 shows the distribution of grants and tenures by type issued between 2000/2001 and 2008/2009. Figure 20 Total Grants and Tenures by Type, 2000/2001 to 2008/2009 Tenures 30.7% Source: Tantalis 0.2% 32.5% Crown Land: Indicators and 86 Statistics Report 6.6% 9.0% 21.0% Transfer Of Admin./Control Reserve/Notation Lease Permit Right‐Of‐Way Licence Grants 4.4% 13.5% 0.2% 82.0% Direct Sale Free Crown Grant Lease‐Purchase Option Land Exchange Table 13 shows the number and area of tenures and grants issued by natural resource sector sub-region. 60 Table 13 Total Tenures and Grants by Sub-region, 2000/2001 to 2008/2009 Sub-region Number Tenures Area (ha) Number Grants Area (ha) Peace 30,354 3,424,071 324 32,262 Thompson-Okanagan 7,584 2,511,278 656 1,471 Cariboo 1,933 7,982,444 344 6,569 Kootenay 2,288 3,768,614 159 853 Omineca 2,007 1,660,298 666 16,360 South Coast 6,249 3,408,870 333 2,548 West Coast 6,641 2,944,734 252 876 Skeena 2,477 8,695,827 209 4,797 TOTAL 59,533 34,396,136 2,943 65,736 Source: Tantalis 60 In Part 5 of this report, sub-regions have been identified based on the regional office administering the tenure and/or grant. In some instances this may skew the reporting of the number and area of tenures and grants by sub-region as there are some regional offices such as Kamloops (Thompson-Okanagan sub-region) and Prince George (Omineca sub-region) that administer a number of tenures and grants on behalf of other offices in the provinces for specific programs areas. For example, the Kamloops office in the Thompson- Okanagan sub-region handles all tenures and grants in the province for all season resorts and alpine skiing. This will impact regional breakdowns presented throughout Part 5 of this report.
Discussion Just over half (51%) of the total number of tenures issued between 2000 and 2009 were in the Peace sub-region, and 90% of the tenures issued in the Peace sub-region during this period were for the energy, and utilities and pipelines sectors. The Skeena and Cariboo sub-regions tenured the greatest total area (Table 13). The Omineca and Thompson-Okanagan sub-regions accounted for almost half of the total number of grants issued between 2000 and 2009, at 22.6% and 22.3%, respectively. The Peace sub-region accounted for 49.1% of the total area granted (32,262 hectares). Annual tenure and grant dispositions peaked between 2003 and 2006, and subsequently declined. A variety of factors contributed to these trends, including: • Strong economic growth in a number of sectors, notably energy and mining, agriculture and tourism in the 2001 to 2006 period; • Major efforts by the former Land and Water BC (LWBC) government agency, between 2001 and 2003, to eliminate a backlog of tenure and grant applications; Additional Information • General information on Crown land administration in BC. Available: http://www.al.gov.bc.ca/clad/index.html. • An LWBC emphasis (based on government direction and priorities at the time) to proactively seek out and promote land tenure and grant opportunities that would yield economic benefits; • Campaigns by LWBC to encourage tenure by commercial recreation businesses that had, prior to becoming legal tenure holders, been effectively trespassing on the land; • Campaigns by the government to expand resorts and encourage new resort developments, particularly in the 2001 to 2004 period, and the establishment of targets to double tourism in BC by 2015; • Increased First Nations concerns related to issuing tenures and grants within traditional territories, and the outcome of court decisions reconfirming First Nations’ land rights. Some of these factors will likely re-emerge in the future and produce similar fluctuations in demand. Over the past five years, the government’s priority to establish a New Relationship with First Nations, including the completion of treaties and the establishment of other agreements that recognize aboriginal interests, has influenced the number of tenure and grant dispositions made. • Detailed information on forms of tenures and grants is provided in the policy document, Land Policy: Form of Crown Land Allocation. Available: http://www.al.gov.bc.ca/clad/leg_policies/policies/crown_land_allocation.pdf. Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations 87
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