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Making Decisions Together on Haida Gwaii: Fall 2018 > FALL 2018 FOREST VIEWS MAKING DECISIONS TOGETHER ON HAIDA GWAII NEWS FROM THE HAIDA GWAII MANAGEMENT COUNCIL • The Timber Supply Review • Timber Harvesting Land Base • Forest Inventory and LiDAR • Public and Licensee Engagement HOW THE WORK GETS DONE GUD AD ISGUU - WORKING TOGETHER When the Haida Gwaii Management Council (HGMC) was first formed in 2011, it represented a new model for collaborative land and resource management. A joint decision-making body, comprised THE HAIDA GWAII MANAGEMENT COUNCIL of members from both an Indigenous government and the Province of BC, was a first - not only on The Haida Gwaii Management Council is a joint decision-making body that is made up of Haida Gwaii but in Canada as well. four members and one chairperson. Two members are appointed by the Haida Nation, two ver the past seven years, are appointed by the Province of British Columbia, and the neutral chairperson is jointly members of the HGMC have appointed. The members of the HGMC work collaboratively to achieve decisions by consen- worked together to reach sus. If a consensus cannot be reached, and if a vote amongst members is tied, it is the role of consensus on important land the chairperson to make the final decision. Omanagement decisions. Despite some differing perspectives between the CHAIR – WARREN MITCHELL Haida Nation and the Province, and Warren was appointed as chair of the HGMC in Spring notwithstanding the yet-unresolved 2016. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Botany matter of Haida Title, the HGMC has and is a retired professional biologist, professional managed to successfully commission forester and certified silviculturist. a Timber Supply Review in 2011, set the first Allowable Annual Cut (AAC) PROVINCE OF BC – BRIAN BAWTINHEIMER in 2012 and make amendments to the Brian was first appointed to the HGMC in December Land Use Objectives Order in both 2015. Brian has worked for the British Columbia Public PROVINCE OF BC – SHARON HADWAY 2014 and 2017, among other things. Service for over 25 years in protected areas, resource Sharon was first appointed to the HGMC in December The HGMC is now in the process of stewardship and land management. He is currently the 2013. She has a Master’s degree in Natural Resource Man- wrapping up a second Timber Supply Executive Director, Land Use Planning with the Minis- agement and is currently the Regional Executive Director Review process in preparation for a what we’ve been able to accomplish.” background, our experience, our con- try of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and for the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource new AAC determination. With such a broad mandate – nection to this land,” explains Haida Rural Development (FLNRORD). Operations and Rural Development in the West Coast “It’s important that the public covering everything from protected Nation representative Kung Xyaalas Region. know how we function as a team. areas management, to land use ob- Tyler Bellis. Kung Xyaalas, who was HAIDA NATION– HUUX PERCY CROSBY The HGMC is a successful model of jectives for forestry, and heritage site born and raised in Gaw Old Massett Percy was first appointed to the HGMC in April 2016. HAIDA NATION – KUNG XYAALAS TYLER BELLIS joint-decision making between the identification and conservation - the often emphasizes community con- He is currently in his third term as a HlGaagilda Skide- Tyler was first appointed to the HGMC in April 2016. Haida Nation and the Province of BC,” HGMC members rely on each oth- cerns at HGMC meetings. “Being Haida gate elected representative for the CHN. He works for He has worked in forestry and land planning on Haida says Brian Bawtinheimer, BC repre- er’s knowledge and expertise. “We and living on Haida Gwaii, Percy and FLNRORD as a First Nations Liaison; he is responsible Gwaii for over a decade. He is a Gaw Old Massett elected sentative on the HGMC. Bawtinheimer have a great deal of respect for one I both know that whatever decisions for developing the co-managed cultural wood access representative for the CHN. Tyler recently completed his was first appointed to the HGMC in another, and I think that is reflect- the HGMC makes, we will always have program and represents the province on the Haida Bachelor of Science degree, specializing in Community 2015. His extensive background in ed in the decisions we are able to to answer to our communities and to Gwaii Cultural Wood Advisory Board. and Aboriginal Forestry. protected areas, resource stewardship make,” says Sharon Hadway, who has the Haida Nation. That perspective and land management help to inform been a member of the HGMC since helps ground the discussions that many of the discussions that take 2013, and has worked alongside past happen at the HGMC table. These place during HGMC meetings. “We HGMC members such as Guujaaw, Skil aren’t decisions being made far off in don’t just sign off on these decisions. Hiilans Allan Davidson, and Monica Victoria, by people with no connection As members we take the time to sit Perry. “I think part of the success of to this place. All the members of the THE JOINT TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP down and really talk through the is- the HGMC comes down to the rela- Management Council know that our sues together - identify the parts that tionships that we as members have decisions have real implications.” The HGMC is conducting a Timber Supply Review (TSR) to support the determination of a new Allowable Annual Cut (AAC) later this we don’t necessarily see eye-to-eye built with each other throughout As the HGMC prepares to deter- year. To carry out the technical aspects of the TSR, the HGMC appointed a Joint Technical Working Group (JTWG) which is made up of on and figure out where we can find the time we’ve worked together,” mine the new AAC the four members technical representatives from both the Council of the Haida Nation and the Province of British Columbia. The JTWG also works with that common ground,” Bawtinheimer outside contractors who have expertise in certain areas like mapping, hydrology, and socio-economic analyses. The JTWG is co-led Hadway adds. Having worked for the are keeping this reality top of mind. by Christine Fletcher and Nick Reynolds. explains. Haida Nation representa- Province for the past 25 years in the “With decisions like this, there will tive Huux Percy Crosby agrees, “Even areas of Indigenous relations, forestry always be people who are happy with BC – CHRISTINE FLETCHER though we might not always agree on and natural resource management, the result, and those who are not. Christine is a Team Lead, Strategic Initiatives for the Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resources and Rural Development. everything, we have yet to come to a Hadway’s contributions to the HGMC But we can say with confidence that point of non-consensus. That speaks are bolstered by those of her fellow whatever number we arrive at for the CHN – NICK REYNOLDS volumes to how we work together.” HGMC members. They are, in-turn, AAC, the process of getting there was Nick is a registered professional forester with a Master’s degree in sustainable forest management. Huux would know; as a First Nations well versed in land planning, protect- a genuinely collaborative, joint effort, Liaison for the Ministry of Forests, ed area management, community and and it took into account the views of Lands, Natural Resource Operations Aboriginal forestry, heritage and nat- all members at the table,” Hadway and Rural Development, he is familiar ural resources, and importantly, Haida concludes. WWW.HAIDAGWAIIMANAGEMENTCOUNCIL.CA with negotiating between govern- laws and values. The Haida Gwaii Management ments. “It’s not easy, bringing two “We all bring something dif- Council is expected to make the new sides together like this. But look at ferent to the table in terms of our AAC determination early in 2019. • 2 3 THE TIMBER SUPPLY REVIEW Heritage Sites and Conservancies, for- tive, joint decision-making relationship mally protected 256,000 hectares, or within the HGMC that has continued to HOW IT HAS CHANGED OVER THE YEARS 25.16% of Haida Gwaii’s landmass. In form in the years that have followed. As questions about the future of logging on Haida Gwaii continue to grow and shift, the Haida Gwaii addition, the Province and the Haida Management Council is currently in the midst of a Timber Supply Review (TSR) in preparation for Nation formally passed the Land Use What’s Happening Now? determining the new Allowable Annual Cut (AAC) for the Islands. Objectives Order (LUOO) in late 2010. Since 2012, new forest inventory infor- The LUOO guides forestry practices mation has become available, which is he TSR is an in-depth, tech- followed, the federal and provincial the time of the introduction of British and ensures the implementation of providing more accurate data on which nical process that examines governments began to formally rec- Columbia’s TSR program there were ecosystem-based management; it to base a new AAC determination. In how current forestry manage- ognize and affirm Haida rights, and multiple management units on Haida constitutes some of the highest en- addition, continued concerns about ment practices and land use the Haida Nation began to once again Gwaii: vironmental standards and practices current harvesting practices, particular- Tdecisions affect an area’s timber sup- participate in the management of the •Tree Farm Licence (TFL) 39 (now TFL 60); regulating forestry in all of North ly in regards to the logging of old ts’uu ply, economy, environment and social Islands. In 2009, the Haida Nation and •TFL 24 (part of which was deleted with America.
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