Bulkley Land and Resource Management Plan (LRMP) Is a Sub- Regional Land Use Plan Covering Approximately 760,000 Hectares of North Central British Columbia

Bulkley Land and Resource Management Plan March 1998 (Please note that this document has undergone minor formatting since approval and as such page numbering has changed slightly.) Bulkley Land and Resource Management Plan Prepared by: Bulkley Valley Community Resources Board Interagency Planning Team March 1998 Table of Contents Summary......................................................................................................................... 1 1.0 Introduction ......................................................................................................... 6 1.1 The Plan Area ........................................................................................................7 1.1.1 Location .................................................................................................................7 1.1.2 Forest Cover ..........................................................................................................7 1.1.3 Biogeoclimatic Zones.............................................................................................9 1.1.4 Fisheries Resources ............................................................................................11 1.1.5 Wildlife Resources ...............................................................................................11 1.1.6 Mineral Resources...............................................................................................13 1.1.7 Agricultural Resources.........................................................................................16 1.1.8 Settlement and Communities...............................................................................16 1.1.9 Economic Profile..................................................................................................18 1.2 The Process.........................................................................................................22 1.2.1 Process Overview................................................................................................22 1.2.2 First Nations Participation....................................................................................26 1.2.3 Central Concepts .................................................................................................27 1.2.4 Management Principles .......................................................................................28 1.2.5 Initial Scenarios ...................................................................................................28 2.0 Consensus Management Direction ................................................................. 30 2.1 General Management Direction ...........................................................................30 2.1.1 Biodiversity ..........................................................................................................31 2.1.2 Access .................................................................................................................31 2.1.3 Timber Management............................................................................................33 2.1.4 Water Quality .......................................................................................................33 2.1.5 Fish and Wildlife Habitat ......................................................................................34 2.1.6 Visual Quality.......................................................................................................34 2.1.7 Range Management ............................................................................................35 2.1.8 Outdoor Recreation and Tourism ........................................................................35 2.1.9 Subsurface Resources ........................................................................................35 2.1.10 Cultural Heritage Resources................................................................................36 2.1.11 Future Planning Processes..................................................................................37 2.2 Resource Management Zones.............................................................................37 2.2.1 Protected (P)........................................................................................................39 2.2.2 Special Management Zones ................................................................................40 2.2.3 Integrated Resource Management (IRM) ............................................................41 2.2.4 Settlement Zone (S).............................................................................................42 2.2.5 Agriculture/Wildlife Zone (A/W)............................................................................42 2.3 Directions to More Detailed Planning...................................................................43 2.3.1 Ecosystem Network (EN).....................................................................................44 2.3.2 Enhanced Timber Development (ETD) Areas .....................................................47 2.4 Planning Unit Management Directions.................................................................50 2.4.1 Planning Unit 1: Upper Nilkitkwa .........................................................................50 2.4.2 Planning Unit 2: Babine River.............................................................................54 2.4.3 Planning Unit 3: Torkelsen Lake.........................................................................59 2.4.4 Planning Unit 4: Harold Price..............................................................................62 2.4.5 Planning Unit 5: Babine Mountains.....................................................................65 2.4.6 Planning Unit 6: Deep Creek ..............................................................................74 2.4.7 Planning Unit 7: Bulkley Valley ...........................................................................76 2.4.8 Planning Unit 8: Corya.........................................................................................84 2.4.9 Planning Unit 9: Kitseguecia................................................................................88 2.4.10 Planning Unit 10: Hudson Bay Mountain ............................................................90 2.4.11 Planning Unit 11: Telkwa ....................................................................................94 2.4.12 Planning Unit 12: Copper (Zymoetz) ................................................................102 3.0 Socio-economic and Environmental Analysis ............................................. 108 3.1 General Methodology.........................................................................................108 3.2 Timber Supply Analysis .....................................................................................108 3.3 Impact of Status Quo .........................................................................................109 3.4 Comparison of Base Case versus LRMP Impact...............................................109 3.4.1 Economic Development Account.......................................................................109 3.4.2 Environment Account.........................................................................................112 3.4.3 Community Account...........................................................................................112 3.4.4 First Nations Account.........................................................................................113 4.0 Implementation................................................................................................ 114 4.1 Roles and Responsibilities.................................................................................114 4.2 Legal Designations ............................................................................................115 5.0 Monitoring and Amendment........................................................................... 117 5.1 Monitoring Program Responsibility ....................................................................117 5.2 Annual Report ....................................................................................................118 5.3 Updates and Amendments ................................................................................118 5.3.1 Updates .............................................................................................................118 5.3.2 Scheduled Amendments....................................................................................118 5.3.3 Unscheduled Amendments................................................................................118 5.3.4 Amendments to Protected and SM1 Zones.......................................................119 5.3.5 Interpretation and Appeal ..................................................................................119 APPENDICES.............................................................................................................. 120 Appendix 1. Glossary Of Terms .................................................................................120 Appendix 2. List of Participants..................................................................................125 Appendix 3. Community Resources Board Value Perspectives * ..............................126 Appendix 4. Community Resources Board Terms of Reference ...............................127 Appendix 5. LRMP Process Communications with First Nations...............................133

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