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Anagement Plan M ANAGEMENT LAN P June 2008 – Revised Draft for Mount Robson Ministry of Environment Provincial Park Environmental Stewardship Division A World Heritage Site Mount Robson Provincial Park (Including a Zoning Plan for Mount Terry Fox Provincial Park) M ANAGEMENT LAN P Prepared by: Omineca Region Environmental Stewardship Division Ministry of Environment National Library of Canada Cataloguing in Publication Data British Columbia. Environmental Stewardship Division HQ planner obtains this information from the Legislative Library Mount Robson Provincial Park Management Plan Approved by: ______________________________ Date:_________________ Don Cadden, Regional Manager Environmental Stewardship Division ______________________________ Date:_________________ Nancy Wilkin Assistant Deputy Minister Environmental Stewardship Division Table of Contents Acknowledgements ________________________________________________________ iii Executive Summary _______________________________________________________ iv 1.0 Introduction___________________________________________________________ 1 1.1 Management Planning Process ________________________________________________ 1 1.2 Background Summary_______________________________________________________ 1 1.3 Relationship to Other Planning Processes _______________________________________ 2 2.0 Protected Area Attributes _______________________________________________ 5 2.1 Provincial and Regional Context ______________________________________________ 5 2.2 Roles of Mount Robson Provincial Park ________________________________________ 6 2.2.1 Conservation Role_______________________________________________________________6 2.2.2 Tourism and Outdoor Recreation Role______________________________________________7 2.2.3 Cultural Heritage Role ___________________________________________________________7 2.2.4 Economic Opportunities__________________________________________________________8 2.3 Relationship with First Nations _______________________________________________ 8 2.4 Relationship with Local Governments and Communities __________________________ 8 2.5 Management Issues ________________________________________________________ 10 3.0 Management Direction _________________________________________________ 11 3.1 Vision Statement___________________________________________________________ 11 3.2 Ecosystem Based Management _______________________________________________ 11 Conservation of Biodiversity__________________________________________________________12 Climate Change ____________________________________________________________________12 3.3 Aquatic Ecosystems ________________________________________________________ 14 3.3.1 Water ________________________________________________________________________14 3.3.2 Wetlands _____________________________________________________________________15 3.3.3 Fish __________________________________________________________________________15 3.4 Terrestrial Ecosystems______________________________________________________ 16 3.4.1 Geology_______________________________________________________________________16 3.4.2 Vegetation ____________________________________________________________________17 3.4.3 Wildlife_______________________________________________________________________19 3.4.4 Landscape Features ____________________________________________________________20 3.5 Cultural Resources_________________________________________________________ 21 3.5.1 First Nations __________________________________________________________________21 3.5.2 Yellowhead Pass _______________________________________________________________22 3.5.3 Early Mountain Recreation ______________________________________________________22 3.6 Tourism and Recreation Management_________________________________________ 24 3.6.1 Access ________________________________________________________________________24 3.6.2 Front Country Camping_________________________________________________________25 3.6.3 Backcountry Recreation and Accommodation_______________________________________26 3.6.4 Day Hiking____________________________________________________________________28 3.6.5 Angling_______________________________________________________________________29 3.6.6 Boating _______________________________________________________________________29 3.6.7 Horse Use _____________________________________________________________________30 3.6.8 Mountain Biking _______________________________________________________________31 3.6.9 Mountaineering and Caving______________________________________________________32 3.6.10 Winter Recreation_____________________________________________________________32 3.6.11 Commercial Recreation ________________________________________________________33 3.7 Management Services ______________________________________________________ 34 3.8 Visitor Information ________________________________________________________ 35 3.9 Land Uses and Interests Management _________________________________________ 36 3.9.1 Adjacent Land Use _____________________________________________________________36 3.9.2 Existing Alienations and Encumbrances____________________________________________37 3.9.3 Fraser Headwaters Wildland Area Designation______________________________________40 3.10 Protected Area Zoning_____________________________________________________ 42 Transportation Corridor Nature Recreation Zone (NR1) __________________________________42 Transportation Corridor Intensive Recreation Zones (IR) _________________________________43 Yellowhead Pass Special Feature Zone (SF) _____________________________________________43 Berg Lake Nature Recreation Zone (NR2) ______________________________________________43 Swift Current/Upper Holmes Wilderness Recreation Zone (WR1) __________________________44 Moose River Wilderness Recreation Zone (WR2) ________________________________________44 North Fraser Wilderness Recreation Zone (WR3) ________________________________________44 Yellowhead Mountain Wilderness Recreation Zone (WR4) ________________________________45 Mount Terry Fox/South Fraser Wilderness Recreation Zone (WR5)_________________________45 Mount Fitzwilliam Wilderness Recreation Zone (WR6) ___________________________________45 Fraser River Headwaters Wilderness Conservation Zone (WC1)____________________________46 Grant Brook Wilderness Conservation Zone (WC2) ______________________________________46 4.0 Key Performance Indicators ____________________________________________ 54 Appendices______________________________________________________________ 55 Appendix I: Biogeoclimatic Zone Representation___________________________________ 55 Appendix II: BC Parks Zoning Framework _______________________________________ 56 Appendix III: Key Performance Indicators________________________________________ 58 List of Figures Figure 1: Regional Context Map ........................................................................................... 4 Figure 2: Protected Area Attributes Map ............................................................................ 9 Figure 3: Management Issues Table ................................................................................... 10 Figure 4: Proposed Boundary Extension to Mount Robson Provincial Park ................. 39 Figure 5: Proposed Fraser River Headwaters Wildland Area Designation.................... 41 Figure 6: Zoning Plan for Mount Robson Provincial Park .............................................. 47 Figure 6a: Zoning Plan for Core Visitor Area ................................................................... 48 Figure 6b: Zoning Plan for Yellowhead Pass National Historic Site West ..................... 49 Figure 6c: Zoning Plan for Yellowhead Pass National Historic Site East....................... 50 Figure 7: Appropriate Activities and Facilities Matrix..................................................... 51 ii Acknowledgements iii Executive Summary Mount Robson Provincial Park is one of British Columbia’s oldest and best known provincial parks. It is part of the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site in recognition of natural heritage with outstanding value to humanity contributing to the protection of the largely undisturbed wilderness of the Rocky Mountains. Although, there is a major transportation corridor running through the middle of the park, the park greatly contributes to the protection of representative examples of British Columbia’s diverse ecosystems. Mount Robson Provincial Park protects a variety of landscape features and offers diverse recreation opportunities. It serves an important tourism role for travellers on the Yellowhead Highway, and is also a destination mountain wilderness park for visitors and regional residents. It conserves special features such as the headwaters of the Fraser River, the highest peak in the Canadian Rockies (Mount Robson), the deepest cave in North America north of Mexico (Arctomys Cave) and the Yellowhead Pass National Historic Site. An Ecosystem Based Management approach will be used in Mount Robson recognizing that environmental, social and economic considerations are required in decision making. The development of the management plan occurred over a 2 year period between 2006 and 2008 and incorporates a set of performance measures to guide the Environmental Stewardship Division of the Ministry of Environment in the implementation of the management plan. This management plan updates the 1992 Master Plan and links to the goals of the Ministry of Environment and the
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