Bulkley Land and Resource Management Plan

Table of Contents

1.1 The Plan Area
1.1.1 Location
1.1.2 Forest Cover
1.1.3 Biogeoclimatic Zones
1.1.4 Fisheries Resources
1.1.5 Wildlife Resources
1.1.6 Mineral Resources
1.1.7 Agricultural Resources
1.1.8 Settlement and Communities
1.1.9 Economic Profile

1.2 The Process

1.2.1 Process Overview
1.2.2 First Nations Participation
1.2.3 Central Concepts
1.2.4 Management Principles

1.3 Initial Scenarios

2.0 Consensus Management Direction

2.1 General Management Direction

2.1.1 Biodiversity
2.1.2 Access
2.1.3 Timber Management
2.1.4 Water Quality
2.1.5 Fish and Wildlife Habitat
2.1.6 Visual Quality
2.1.7 Range Management
2.1.8 Outdoor Recreation and Tourism
2.1.9 Subsurface Resources
2.1.10 Cultural Heritage Resources
2.1.11 Future Planning Processes

2.2 Resource Management Zones
2.2.1 Protected (P)
2.2.2 Special Management (SMZ)
2.2.3 Integrated Resource Management (IRM)
2.2.4 Settlement (S)
2.2.5 Agriculture/Wildlife (A/W)

2.3 Directions to More Detailed Planning
2.3.1 Ecosystem Network (EN)
2.3.2 Enhanced Timber Development (ETD) Areas

2.4 Planning Unit Management Directions
2.4.1 Planning Unit 1: Upper Nilkitkwa
2.4.2 Planning Unit 2: Babine River
2.4.3. Planning Unit 3: Torkelsen Lake
2.4.4 Planning Unit 4: Harold Price
2.4.5 Planning Unit 5: Babine Mountains
2.4.6 Planning Unit 6: Deep Creek
2.4.7 Planning Unit 7: Bulkley Valley
2.4.8 Planning Unit 8: Corya
2.4.9 Planning Unit 9: Kitseguecla
2.4.10 Planning Unit 10: Hudson Bay Mountain
2.4.11 Planning Unit 11: Telkwa
2.4.12 Planning Unit 12: Copper (Zymoetz)

3.0 Socio-economic and Environmental Analysis

3.1 General Methodology
3.2 Timber Supply Analysis
3.3 Impact of Status Quo
3.4 Comparison of Base Case versus LRMP Impact
3.4.1 Economic Development Account
3.4.2 Environment Account
3.4.3 Community Account
3.4.4 First Nations Account

4.0 Implementation

4.1 Roles and Responsibilities
4.2 Legal Designations

5.0 Monitoring and Amendment

5.1 Monitoring Program Responsibility
5.2 Annual Report
5.3 Updates and Amendments
5.3.1 Updates
5.3.2 Scheduled Amendments
5.3.3 Unscheduled Amendments
5.3.4 Amendments to Protected and SM1 Zones
5.3.5 Interpretation and Appeal

Appendices

Appendix 1 Glossary of Terms

Appendix 2 List of Participants

Appendix 3 Community Resources Board Value Perspectives

Appendix 4 Community Resources Board Terms of Reference

Appendix 5 LRMP Process Communications with First Nations

Appendix 6 Cultural Heritage Resources

Appendix 7 Interagency Agreement in Principle

Appendix 8 Maps of Goal 2 Areas (Protected Areas Strategy)

List of Maps

Bulkley Plan Area

Timber Landbase