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Copy of Final HFN Land Use Plan 2003 T E R R I T O R Y L A N D U S E P L A N HUPACASATH FIRST NATION JUNE 2003 Hupacasath First Nation TERRITORY LAND USE PLAN PART A: BACKGROUND 1.0 INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................1 1.1 Purpose of the Hupacasath Land Use Plan..............................................................1 1.2 Qualification of Hupacasath Land Use Plan ……………………………………………….4 2.0 HUPACASATH LANDS AND RESOURCES ...............................................................5 2.1 Location ................................................................................................................5 2.2 Land and Resources ..............................................................................................5 2.3 Salmon Resources.................................................................................................6 2.4 Forest Resources...................................................................................................8 2.5 Plants and Wildlife Resources...............................................................................13 2.6 Tourism + Recreation Resources ..........................................................................16 2.7 Water and Mineral Resources...............................................................................17 3.0 STATEMENT OF LAND AND RESOURCE OWNERSHIP..........................................17 3.1 Statement of Aboriginal Rights and Title ................................................................17 3.2 Muuhulthaht, Klehkoot and Ahahswinis Tribes .......................................................18 3.3 Present Hupacasath People .................................................................................19 PART B: THE PLAN 4.0 VISION FOR HUPACASATH LANDS AND RESOURCES .........................................23 4.1 Sustainable Resource Management ......................................................................23 5.0 HUPACASATH USE AREAS ...................................................................................25 5.1 Hupacasath Use Areas.........................................................................................25 5.2 Land and Resource Values ...................................................................................25 5.3 Management Objectives .......................................................................................26 5.4 Hupacasath Use Area Designations .....................................................................26 5.5 Details of Each Hupacasath Use Area ...................................................................26 1. Arbutus Summit ...................................................................................................26 2. Ash .....................................................................................................................27 3. Beaufort ..............................................................................................................29 4. Cameron.............................................................................................................31 5. China ..................................................................................................................32 6. Chuchakacook .....................................................................................................33 7. Coleman..............................................................................................................34 8. Corrigan Creek ....................................................................................................35 9. Cous Creek .........................................................................................................36 Hupacasath First Nation TERRITORY LAND USE PLAN 10. Doran...............................................................................................................37 11. Drinkwater/Della ...............................................................................................38 12. Grassy Mountain ..............................................................................................39 13. Great Central Lake ...........................................................................................40 14. Handy Creek ....................................................................................................41 15. Hywatches .......................................................................................................42 16. Lowry...............................................................................................................43 17. McCoy/Devil’s Den ...........................................................................................44 18. Maber/McBride .................................................................................................45 19. Mactush Creek .................................................................................................46 20. Museum ...........................................................................................................47 21. Nahmint ...........................................................................................................48 22. Oshinow...........................................................................................................50 23. Pocahontas Point .............................................................................................51 24. Roger Creek .....................................................................................................52 25. Shoemaker.......................................................................................................54 26. Sproat Lake......................................................................................................55 27. Taylor ..............................................................................................................57 28. Thunder Mountain .............................................................................................58 29. Barkley Sound and Offshore Rights ……………………………………………………59 PART C: IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY 6.0 PLAN IMPLEMENTATION.......................................................................................61 6.1 With Governments ...............................................................................................61 6.2 With Resource Users ...........................................................................................61 6.3 Consultation Protocols..........................................................................................62 7.0 PLAN REVISION .....................................................................................................63 PART D: PLAN ADOPTION PART A: BACKGROUND Hupacasath First Nation TERRITORY LAND USE PLAN 1.0 INTRODUCTION The Hupacasath stated during a Treaty Main Table session on May 1, 1998; “We as a First Nation in our territory, know the balance of all life cycles, how they affect one another, and how to keep harmony and balance. We know how the environment used to be and we can recover and restore our territory’s natural resources to what they once were. Our interest in the natural resources is not driven by economics, but by resource sustainability for all people of the lands. To be First Nations is to be part of the land, water, air and to respect it.” “We will give back to mother earth the respect and sanctity she rightfully deserves. We will make our lands, waters and air inviolable. We will spiritually cleanse the lands that have already been violated. We will take back our place as the rightful caretakers of our territory and far exceed the provincial and federal standards, for they are lax and inefficient.” Chief Judith Sayers stated in 2003, “This statement is as true today as it was five years ago. This Hupacasath Land Use Plan is our statement of how we will implement what was so wisely stated in May of 1998 and by our elders in years past.” 1.1 Purpose of the Hupacasath Land Use Plan The Hupacasath Land Use Plan is a strategic higher level plan that defines the Hupacasath First Nation’s land and forest values and management objectives at the territorial level. The plan defines Hupacasath cultural and resource values for 29 Hupacasath Use Areas (28 land based areas and 1 m arine based area), which are defined by one of the following three designations, which are shown on the map at the end of the Plan: 1. Protection from industrial development such as timber harvesting, mining, large scale tourism, hydro development or urbanization 2. Resource Development, which means timber harvesting, mining, tourism and other development can take place while respecting Hupacasath rights and title 3. Special Management, which means resource development can occur but there are special cultural or environmental features that take precedent over development Page 1 Hupacasath First Nation TERRITORY LAND USE PLAN Figure 1: Hupacasath Territory Page 2 Hupacasath First Nation TERRITORY LAND USE PLAN The Hupacasath Land Use Plan will give guidance to “lower” level plans including, but not limited to: Forest Development Plans, Timber Supply Reviews, mine, water use, tourism development plans and potential Non-Timber Forest Products plans. It will also provide important information for land claims and treaty negotiations. The overall purpose of the Hupacasath Land Use Plan (the Plan) is to enable the Hupacasath people to exert their rightful ownership and control over the lands and resources
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