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Volume 3A: Effects Assessment (Construction and Dry Operations) SPRINGBANK OFF-STREAM RESERVOIR PROJECT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT VOLUME 3A: EFFECTS ASSESSMENT (CONSTRUCTION AND DRY OPERATIONS) Assessment of Potential Effects on Traditional Land and Resource Use March 2018 Table of Contents ABBREVIATIONS ..................................................................................................................... 14.III 14.0 ASSESSMENT OF POTENTIAL EFFECTS ON TRADITIONAL LAND AND RESOURCE USE ............................................................................................................................... 14.1 14.1 SCOPE OF ASSESSMENT ................................................................................................. 14.1 14.1.1 Regulatory and Policy Setting ................................................................... 14.1 14.1.2 Engagement and Key Concerns .............................................................. 14.3 14.1.3 Potential Environmental Effects, Pathways and Measurable Parameters .................................................................................................... 14.9 14.1.4 Boundaries .................................................................................................. 14.15 14.1.5 Residual Environmental Effects Description Criteria ............................ 14.17 14.1.6 Significance Definition .............................................................................. 14.19 14.1.7 Assumptions and Assessment Limitations .............................................. 14.19 14.2 EXISTING CONDITIONS FOR TRADITIONAL LAND AND RESOURCE USE ................. 14.22 14.2.1 Methods ....................................................................................................... 14.22 14.2.2 Indigenous Groups .................................................................................... 14.23 14.2.3 Overview of Current Use ........................................................................... 14.38 14.2.4 Availability of Traditional Resources for Current Use ........................... 14.40 14.2.5 Access to Traditional Resources or Areas for Current Use .................. 14.51 14.2.6 Current Use Sites or Areas ......................................................................... 14.55 14.2.7 Indigenous Commercial Activities .......................................................... 14.60 14.3 ASSESSMENT OF RESIDUAL ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS ON TRADITIONAL LAND AND RESOURCE USE .......................................................................................... 14.60 14.3.1 Analytical Assessment Techniques ......................................................... 14.60 14.3.2 Change in Availability of Traditional Resources for Current Use ....... 14.61 14.3.3 Change in Access to Traditional Resources or Areas for Current Use ................................................................................................................ 14.73 14.3.4 Change in Current Use Sites or Areas .................................................... 14.76 14.3.5 Change in Indigenous Commercial Activities ...................................... 14.82 14.3.6 Summary of Project Residual Environmental Effects ........................... 14.82 14.4 DETERMINATION OF SIGNIFICANCE ........................................................................... 14.84 14.5 ABORIGINAL AND TREATY RIGHTS .............................................................................. 14.84 14.6 PREDICTION CONFIDENCE .......................................................................................... 14.85 14.7 EFFECTS ON INTANGIBLE COMPONENTS ................................................................... 14.85 14.8 PROJECT EFFECTS ON TRADITIONAL LAND AND RESOURCE USE BY INDIGENOUS GROUPS .................................................................................................. 14.87 14.8.1 Kainai First Nation ....................................................................................... 14.87 14.8.2 Piikani Nation .............................................................................................. 14.89 14.8.3 Siksika Nation .............................................................................................. 14.91 14.8.4 Stoney Nakoda Nations (Bearspaw First Nation, Chiniki First Nation and Wesley First Nation) .............................................................. 14.93 14.i SPRINGBANK OFF-STREAM RESERVOIR PROJECT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT VOLUME 3A: EFFECTS ASSESSMENT (CONSTRUCTION AND DRY OPERATIONS) Assessment of Potential Effects on Traditional Land and Resource Use March 2018 14.8.5 Tsuut’ina Nation .......................................................................................... 14.95 14.8.6 Ermineskin Cree Nation ............................................................................. 14.97 14.8.7 Foothills Ojibway ........................................................................................ 14.98 14.8.8 Ktunaxa Nation .......................................................................................... 14.98 14.8.9 Louis Bull Tribe ............................................................................................. 14.98 14.8.10 Montana First Nation ................................................................................. 14.99 14.8.11 Samson Cree Nation ............................................................................... 14.100 14.8.12 Métis Nation of Alberta, Region 3 ......................................................... 14.102 14.8.13 Métis Nation British Columbia ................................................................ 14.103 14.9 REFERENCES ................................................................................................................. 14.104 LIST OF TABLES Table 14-1 Potential Effects, Effects Pathways and Measurable Parameters for Traditional Land and Resource Use .............................................................. 14.13 Table 14-2 Characterization of Residual Effects on Traditional Land and Resource Use .................................................................................................... 14.17 Table 14-3 Traditional Resources within the RAA ........................................................... 14.41 Table 14-4 Trails and Travelways identified within the RAA .......................................... 14.53 Table 14-5 Current Use Sites and Areas within the RAA ................................................ 14.58 Table 14-6 Mitigation for Change in Availability of Traditional Resources for Current Use ........................................................................................................ 14.67 Table 14-7 Mitigation for Change in Current Use Sites or Areas .................................. 14.79 Table 14-8 Project Residual Effects on Traditional Land and Resource Use during Construction and Dry Operations .................................................... 14.83 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 14-1 Traditional Land and Resource Use Spatial Boundaries ............................ 14.16 Figure 14-2 Locations of First Nations................................................................................. 14.24 LIST OF ATTACHMENTS INFORMATION SOURCES 14.ii SPRINGBANK OFF-STREAM RESERVOIR PROJECT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT VOLUME 3A: EFFECTS ASSESSMENT (CONSTRUCTION AND DRY OPERATIONS) Assessment of Potential Effects on Traditional Land and Resource Use March 2018 Abbreviations ACO Aboriginal Consultation Office ACT Alberta Culture and Tourism CEA Agency Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency CEAA Canadian Environmental Assessment Act EA environmental assessment EIA environmental impact assessment GPS global positioning system HRA Historical Resources Act KWBZ Key Wildlife and Biodiversity Zone LAA local assessment area NRCB Natural Resources Conservation Board PDA project development area RAA regional assessment area RAP restricted activity period TLRU traditional land and resource use TOR Terms of Reference TUS traditional use studies VC valued component 14.iii SPRINGBANK OFF-STREAM RESERVOIR PROJECT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT VOLUME 3A: EFFECTS ASSESSMENT (CONSTRUCTION AND DRY OPERATIONS) Assessment of Potential Effects on Traditional Land and Resource Use March 2018 14.0 ASSESSMENT OF POTENTIAL EFFECTS ON TRADITIONAL LAND AND RESOURCE USE This section assesses potential changes in traditional land and resource use (TLRU) as a result of Springbank Off-stream Reservoir Project (the Project) activities. TLRU is a valued component (VC) because of the potential for the Project to affect traditional activities, sites and resources identified by Indigenous groups. The Project is predominately situated on private land that has been used for ranching and agriculture since the late 1800s. There are also several acreages and commercial developments within the Project area. There is a small portion of the Project that is located on Crown land; it includes rights-of-way (ROWs) for roads and road allowances and the bed and banks of the Elbow River and its tributaries. The Project area is wholly situated within the boundaries of Treaty 7. No First Nation reserves or Métis settlements under the Metis Settlements Act are intersected by the Project. In Alberta, First Nations have constitutionally protected rights to hunt, fish and trap for food on unoccupied Crown lands to which they have a right of access for such purposes. This assessment assumes that the exercise of traditional activities depends on the
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