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3Nation-BC Collaborative Stewardship Forum: Phase 2 Final Report On 3Nation-BC Collaborative Stewardship Forum: Phase 2 Final Report on Collaborative Governance Review and Research Jodi Gustafson & Kimberly Heinemeyer Round River Conservation Studies 9/28/20 Final Report September 2020, Prepared for The 3 Nations - British Columbia Collaborative Stewardship Forum 3Nation-BC CSF Co-Governance Phase 2 Final Report Round River Conservation Studies CONTENTS Report Summary .................................................................................................................................... iv Recommendations .............................................................................................................................. v Constructive Relationships: ............................................................................................................ v Identifying Shared Values: .............................................................................................................. v Information used in decision-making processes............................................................................ vi A regional framework and shared decision-making ...................................................................... vi Define and implement short term “pilot” projects ....................................................................... vi Acknowledgements ............................................................................................................................... vii 1 Introduction .................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 The Evolving Context............................................................................................................... 2 1.2 Different Types Of Decision-Making In Wildlife Stewardship ................................................. 2 1.3 Goals Of 3N-BC – Short Term, Long Term ............................................................................... 3 2 Methodology ................................................................................................................................... 4 3 Background and Context ................................................................................................................. 5 3.1 Provincial Decision-Making In Wildlife Stewardship............................................................... 5 3.1.1 What guides the Province ............................................................................................... 6 3.1.2 Changes to BC’s approach through Together for Wildlife .............................................. 7 3.2 How The Three First Nations Currently Engage In Shared Decision-Making For Wildlife Stewardship ........................................................................................................................................ 9 3.2.1 The Kaska Nation............................................................................................................. 9 3.2.2 The Tahltan Nation ........................................................................................................ 10 3.2.3 The Taku River Tlingit Nation ........................................................................................ 11 3.3 Current Bilateral Shared Decision-Making ............................................................................ 11 3.3.1 Other Bi-lateral Agreements ......................................................................................... 13 3.3.2 Interview feedback on the effectiveness of the current shared decision-making ....... 13 4 Research Results and Recommendations ..................................................................................... 16 4.1 Constructive Relationships.................................................................................................... 17 4.1.1 Engagement with communities .................................................................................... 17 4.1.2 Recommendations: ....................................................................................................... 17 4.1.3 Rationale for recommendations: Feedback from interviews ....................................... 18 4.2 Identifying Shared Values ..................................................................................................... 25 ii 3Nation-BC CSF Co-Governance Phase 2 Final Report Round River Conservation Studies 4.2.1 Recommendations: ....................................................................................................... 25 4.2.2 Rationale for recommendations: Feedback from interviews ....................................... 25 4.3 Information Used in Decision-Making Processes.................................................................. 27 4.3.1 Recommendations: ....................................................................................................... 27 4.3.2 Rationale for recommendations: Feedback from interview process ........................... 28 4.4 A Regional Framework and Shared Decision-Making ........................................................... 38 4.4.1 Finding common ground among the three Nations ..................................................... 38 4.4.2 Participation by other First Nations .............................................................................. 39 4.4.3 Recommendations: ....................................................................................................... 39 4.4.4 Rationale for recommendations: Feedback from interview process ........................... 40 4.5 Define and Implement “Pilot” Projects ................................................................................. 49 4.5.1 Recommendations: ....................................................................................................... 50 4.5.2 Rationale for recommendations: feedback from interviews ........................................ 51 4.6 Capacity ................................................................................................................................. 53 4.6.1 Addressing Capacity Issues Moving Forward ................................................................ 55 4.6.2 Funding of a regional framework .................................................................................. 56 5 Appendices .................................................................................................................................... 59 5.1 Appendix A: Interview Question Set ..................................................................................... 59 5.2 Appendix B: Progress Report to 3N-BC on May 20, 2020 ..................................................... 62 Appendix C: 3N-BC’s Depiction of the Various Areas of Decision-Making ....................................... 68 5.3 Appendix D: The Current Ministries of the BC Government. ............................................... 69 5.4 Appendix E: Provincial Legislation Relevant to Wildlife Stewardship in BC.......................... 70 5.5 Appendix F: The Province’s High Level Values ...................................................................... 72 5.6 Appendix G: Kaska Principles for Wildlife and Co-Management Considerations for Kaska . 74 5.7 Appendix H: Tahltan governing principles ............................................................................ 76 5.8 Appendix I: Taku River Tlingit First Nation’s Vision and Guiding Principles for the Management and Protection of their Territory and its Resources ................................................... 77 5.9 Appendix J: Shared Decision-Making and Engagement Matrices between each of the Three Nations and BC .................................................................................................................................. 78 5.10 Appendix K: Other Bi-lateral Agreements Relevant to Wildlife Stewardship ....................... 81 5.11 Appendix L: The Tahltan Nation’s Definition of Tahltan Knowledge .................................... 82 5.12 Appendix M: Other Resources .............................................................................................. 83 Cite as: Gustafson, J and K. Heinemeyer. 2020. 3Nation-BC Collaborative Stewardship Forum: Phase 2 Final Report on Co-Governance Review and Research. Prepared by Round River Conservation Studies, Bozeman, MT. iii 3Nation-BC CSF Co-Governance Phase 2 Final Report Round River Conservation Studies REPORT SUMMARY This report sets out recommendations on next steps to developing shared decision-making models for wildlife stewardship in the 3N-BC region; the ancestral territories of the Kaska, Tahltan and Taku River Tlingit Nations. It contains a summary of the feedback from the parties on key issues, and additional research that form the rationale for recommendations. The 3N – BC group is seeking recommendations on both short-term/ more immediate steps the group can take while working within current legislative systems and context, as well as mid-term and long-term recommendations on steps to take towards delivering the goal of joint authority. To that end, we have included in the Background and Context section of this report summaries of key aspects of the discussion, to assist in informing your consideration of the recommendations. That background includes, for example, the many layers of decision-making currently involved in shared stewardship, feedback on capacity issues confronting all of the parties, and summaries of current bilateral
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