Resource Atlas for Planning Under the Atlin-Taku Framework Agreement
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RESOURCE ATLAS FOR PLANNING UNDER THE ATLIN-TAKU FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT Version 1.5 August, 2009 Resource Atlas Resource Atlas ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This Atlas was compiled with contributions from many people. Of particular note, maps were produced by Shawn Reed and Darin Welch with the assistance of Dave Amirault, Integrated Land Management Bureau. Descriptive information was mainly based on the report Atlin-Taku Planning Area Background Report: An Overview of Natural, Cultural, and Socio-Economic Features, Land Uses and Resources Management (Horn and Tamblyn 2002), Government of BC websites, and for wildlife the joint Wildlife Habitat Mapping Information Handout May 2009. Atlin-Taku Framework Agreement Implementation Project Page 3 of 87 Resource Atlas Atlin-Taku Framework Agreement Implementation Project Page 4 of 87 TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgements ....................................................................................................................................... 3 Table of Contents ......................................................................................................................................... 5 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................... 7 General Plan Area Description ................................................................................................................... 7 Map 1: Base Information ............................................................................................................................. 9 Road Inventory .................................................................................................................................... 9 Map 2: Satellite Image ................................................................................................................................ 11 Map 3: Hillshades ........................................................................................................................................ 13 Map 4: Land Status and Licenses ............................................................................................................. 15 Ownership ........................................................................................................................................... 15 Indian Reserves .................................................................................................................................. 15 Tenures ................................................................................................................................................ 15 Agricultural Tenures .......................................................................................................................... 15 Range Tenures .................................................................................................................................... 16 Environment and Conservation Map Reserves ............................................................................ 16 Water Licenses - Points of Diversion ............................................................................................. 16 Map 5: Guide Outfitter and Trapping Territories ................................................................................. 19 Guide Outfitter Territories ............................................................................................................... 19 Trapping Territories .......................................................................................................................... 19 Map 6: Wildlife Management Units ......................................................................................................... 21 Map 7: Recreation and Tourism ............................................................................................................... 23 Commercial Recreation Tenures and Permits ............................................................................... 23 Recreation Sites and Trails ............................................................................................................... 24 Use, Recreation for Enjoyment of the Public (UREP) ............................................................... 24 Atlin Recreation Area ........................................................................................................................ 24 Map 8: Traditional Territories ................................................................................................................... 27 First Nations Statement of Intents (SOIs) and Traditional Territories .................................... 27 Archaeological Sites ........................................................................................................................... 27 Ecological Classification Series ................................................................................................................. 29 Map 9: Biogeoclimatic Ecosystem Classification (BEC) ...................................................................... 29 Map 10: Ecoregion and Ecosection Classification ................................................................................ 31 Map 11: sensitive ecosystems and karst resources ............................................................................... 33 Sensitive Ecosystems ......................................................................................................................... 33 Map 12: Watersheds ................................................................................................................................... 36 Significant Watersheds ...................................................................................................................... 36 3rd Order Watersheds ........................................................................................................................ 36 Map 13: Forest Resources ......................................................................................................................... 38 Forest Administrative Areas ............................................................................................................ 38 Timber Harvesting Land Base ......................................................................................................... 38 Map 14: Geology ......................................................................................................................................... 40 Map 15: Mineral Potential and Occurrences .......................................................................................... 42 Map 16: Mining Exploration and Activity .............................................................................................. 44 Map 17: Community Values ...................................................................................................................... 46 Map 18: BC Protected Areas and The Protected Areas Strategy ........................................................ 50 Protected Areas .................................................................................................................................. 50 BC Protected Areas Strategy ............................................................................................................ 50 Map 19: International/national protected area connectivity ............................................................... 54 Atlin-Taku Framework Agreement Implementation Project Page 5 of 87 Resource Atlas Interim Measures ........................................................................................................................................ 56 Map 20: No Registration Reserves and No Commercial Harvest Zones ......................................... 56 No Registration Reserves ................................................................................................................. 56 No Commercial Harvest Zones ...................................................................................................... 56 Map 21: Land Act Designations Under the Framework Agreement ................................................. 58 Map 22: Known Fish Species Location ................................................................................................... 60 Map 23: Salmon Distribution and Spawning .......................................................................................... 60 Wildlife Habitat Suitability Maps .............................................................................................................. 63 Stone’s Sheep (Map 24 Summer Habitat & Map 25 Winter Habitat) ............................................ 64 Mountain Goat (Map 26 Summer Habitat & Map 27 Winter Habitat) ......................................... 68 Moose (Map 28 Summer Habitat & Map 29 Winter Habitat) ........................................................ 72 Woodland Caribou (Map 30 Summer Habitat & Map 31 Winter Habitat) .................................. 76 Grizzly Bear (Map 32 Spring, Map 33 Summer & Map 34 Fall Habitat) ...................................... 80 Appendix A – Types of Map Information.............................................................................................. 86 Descriptive Maps .................................................................................................................................... 86 Interpretive Maps ..................................................................................................................................