Skeena_Region_Conservation Land Cancellations _Priorities_May 17, 2023.xlsx

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1	File #	Subtype	Purpose	Subpurpose	Client Name	Location	Total Area (ha)	Legal Description	FDistrict	Conservation Lands 2016 recommendations: Y=Keep N=Delete or Check	Requested Term Length	Conservation Lands Notes: Rationale/Overlaps/Authorizations Direction/Action Items:	Priority	Authorizations' Decision	Authorizations' Rationale	Len Vanderstar's Comments, Former Conservation Lands Biologist

2	6401277	SEC 17 DESIGNATED USE AREA	ENVIRONMENT, CONSERVATION, & RECR	ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION/CONSERVATION	Ministry Of Forests, Lands And Natural Resource Op	Stewart Harbour	169.2	Lot 40 Of Block 6, District Lot 4044, Together With Those Pa	Coast Mountains	Y	Indefinite	Rationale: foreshore and bed of Portland Canal in Stewart. Overlaps: 6401274 (S17/Misc/Marketing) along foreshore. Authorizations: Referrals required for foreshore development, particularly in-filling. Action: Needs strategic foreshore environmental and community access plan (Lands Title Act requirements).	H	Cancelled (Inactive)	?	Community of Stewart should comment to either continuing to support the rationale or not.
3	0059246	SEC 16 MAP RESERVE	ENVIRONMENT, CONSERVATION, & RECR	FISH AND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT	Ministry Of Forests, Lands And Natural Resource Op	Haney Lake	124.8	District Lots 5000 And 5001, Range 5, Coast District.	Nadina	Y		Value -Key Moose winter habitat (previously winter game feeding based on L drive F&W Reserve file)	H	Cancelled	Crticial habitat has been set aside through legal designation (UWR shown in the BCGW).	Ther is no existing Moose UWR Order for Nadina NRD
4	0331541	SEC 16 MAP RESERVE	ENVIRONMENT, CONSERVATION, & RECR	ECOLOGICAL RESERVE	Ministry Of Environment	Nilkitkwa River	661.0	All That Unsurveyed Crown Land In The Vicinity Of Nilkitkwa	Skeena Stikine	Y	Indefinite	Specific ecological benchmark value which needs to be managed for within Babine R Park. Very high Grizzly Bear use area. Referral to Parks needed for any activity. This area is a missing piece of the LRMP connectivity corridor which was supposed to continue through Babine Park but was, in error, missed during the mapping. It is important to keep the Ecological Reserve (personal comment Darren Fillier, Parks)	H	Cancelled	Partially within Babine R. Park Corridor. Critical habitat has been set aside through legal designation. The legal order will need to be amended in order to address the area missed for Grizzly Bear. Through the status, referrals will be sent for any activity.	Authorizations' rationale needs to be followed up.
5	0331546	SEC 16 MAP RESERVE	ENVIRONMENT, CONSERVATION, & RECR	ECOLOGICAL RESERVE	Ministry Of Environment	Nadina Mtn	1939.0	All That Unsurveyed Crown Land In The Vicinity Of Nadina Mou	Nadina	Reduce in size		Eco Reserve largely replaced by Nadina Park, but S16 Eco Reserve boundary is ecosystem-based whereas the Nadina park boundary has a straight-edge. The small area not covered by the park still needs Lands Act S16 protection. Action: Make note of previous Eco Res status in Nadina Park Plan and ensure it is zoned for environmental protection in park plan zones. Flag the small remaining Lands Act S16 for forest-management as an environmental value or adjust Park Boundary to include area.		Cancelled	?	Conservation staff recommendations in column L should have been followed up prior to cancellation.
6	0347121	SEC 16 MAP RESERVE	ENVIRONMENT, CONSERVATION, & RECR	ECOLOGICAL RESERVE	Ministry Of Environment	Tutshi River	1906.8	Unalienated & Unencumbered Crown Land ^000	Skeena Stikine	Y	Indefinite	Proposed 1985 ,Parks file 85706		Cancelled	Within Atlin-Taku Land Use Plan. Crticial habitat has been set aside through legal designation. Additional measures to preserve more habitat requires consultation with the public.	Pre-mature to cancel? Likely the SRMP table thought that the proposed ER would remain in place and made decisions based on this assumption, or that better protection designation now covers the area?
7	6400557	SEC 16 MAP RESERVE	ENVIRONMENT, CONSERVATION, & RECR	FISH AND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT	Ministry Of Forests, Lands And Natural Resource Op	Fishpan Lake	184.3	The Remainder Of Of District Lot 296, Together With Blocks B	Nadina	Y	Indefinite	Wildlife Management Area/ contiguous with UREP ?/ BMP for Wildlife Management Areas including adjacent access impacts/ Action: Boundary adjustment needed to include UREP x area and change of agency and purpose. (Nancy White email June 8)	H	Cancelled	Wildlife Management Area (should read F&W Reserve), in the Bulkley LRMP will be picked up through the land status process.	This F&W Reserve is not within the Bulkley LRMP area. Cancellation results in dropping from the spatial records that Authorizations uses for development referrals. Cancellation has resulted in elimination of the F&W Reserve with faulty rationale.
8	6401458	NOTATION OF INTEREST	ENVIRONMENT, CONSERVATION, & RECR	FISH AND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT	Ministry Of Forests, Lands And Natural Resource Op	Ne Of Round Lake	194.0	The East 1/2 And The Southwest 1/4 Of Section 30, Township 7	Skeena Stikine	Y	Indefinite	This area is part of the Bulkley LRMP Wildlife-Agriculture process. It is still relevant on Crown Land to help fine-tune Wildlife Habitat Management Area boundaries or future tenures.	H	Cancelled	Potential fine tuning of estimated WMA (should read WHMA), boundaries is not a good enough rationale for keeping this reserve. If at some point it is determined, with public consultation, that the boundaries need to be adjusted then a reserve can be established to hold the land until the boundary is properly adjusted. Referrals would be sent to F & W through the land status process.	Presently completing the boundary adjustments of the WHMAs for near future submission for re-designation or preferably alternate protection/conservation designation.
9	6401677	SEC 16 MAP RESERVE	ENVIRONMENT, CONSERVATION, & RECR	FISH AND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT	Ministry Of Forests, Lands And Natural Resource Op	S Of Telkwa	64.7	The Southwest 1/4 Of District Lot 409, Range 5, Coast Distr	Skeena Stikine	Y	Indefinite	Fish & Wildlife Reserve, S of Telkwa R, Telkwa S. Candidate for Regional Conservation Lands area. Was originally a moose habitat enhancement area (S12,Telkwa SW 1/4 DL 409 R5 CD) File 83684 from 4/2/83. Village of Telkwa is interested in a joint management role for recreation and/or trails.	H	Cancelled	Established in 1983. Rationale for area is not specific enough therefore needs to be cancelled. Rationale provided here speaks to many different potential interests. Appears to be in place out of speculation of something happening in the area. Until such time as a specific purpose has been established and a client applies for the area, the current reserve is to be cancelled.	This should have required follow-up discussion with Conservation staff before making a decision, as was the expectation of Conservation staff. Parcel was expected to be retained as a S.16 until transfer of authority to a Wildlife Mgt. Area under the Wildlife Act.
10	6402069	SEC 16 MAP RESERVE	ENVIRONMENT, CONSERVATION, & RECR	FISH AND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT	Ministry Of Forests, Lands And Natural Resource Op	Klinger Lake	1242.4	Unsurveyed Crown Land In The Vicinity Of Klinger Lake, Toget	Skeena Stikine	Y	Indefinite	Fish & Wildlife Reserve, Klinger L, Telkwa. F&W Reserve for wildlife habitat (L Summary doc) Candidate for Regional Conservation Lands areas.	H	Cancelled	Established in 1984. Within WHA and will be picked up through the land status process. There currently is no process to establish new conservation lands. Until such time as a formal request from the society comes forward for considering these areas as conservation lands, the reserve should be cancelled. Holding something indefinintely on the chance that a society may deem it useful to acquire is no reason to restricting access to these lands.	This is a seriously flawed rationale. Conservation staff were in process of a proposed Transfer of Authority from the Lands Act to the Wildlife Act for the collective suite of WHMAs and F&W Reserves in the Bulkley Valley for a WMA (Wildlife Mgt. Area designation)...this is standard provincial procedure for long-term security of nonadministered conservation lands to administered conservation lands. The set of Klinger F&W Reserves were established as part of a public planning process, and management direction of such a designation is different from that of a Caribou WHA; i.e. no permissible Land Act authorized development is allowed in a S.16 F&W Reserve.
11	6402159	SEC 16 MAP RESERVE	ENVIRONMENT, CONSERVATION, & RECR	FISH AND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT	Ministry Of Forests, Lands And Natural Resource Op	Tchesinkut Lake	316.6	District Lot 6691, Together With Those Portions Of District	Nadina	Y		Value - moose habitat enhancement area with investment. File 85717 1985 F&W S12 Tchesinkut Lk DL 6690-3.	H	Cancelled	Established in 1985. This should be preserved under another piece of legislation such as a UWR or WHA. No need to use the land act to serve as a surrogate for protection of this area. Referrals will be sent to F & W through the land status process.	This is a seriously flawed rationale. There were no GAR Orders at the time of establishment of the S.16 F&W Reserve; BC Lands was accommodating to establish a S.16 in 1985, so the reasoning was fine at that time. In addition, having this land parcel re-designated as either a UWR or WHA requires specific criteria that may or may not be met by this land parcel. Re-designation should be the first step before a S.16 cancellation.
12	6402396	NOTATION OF INTEREST	ENVIRONMENT, CONSERVATION, & RECR	GREENBELT	Ministry Of Forests, Lands And Natural Resource Op	Mt. Morse	1634.0	All That Unsurveyed Crown Land In The Vicinity Of Mt. Morse	Coast Mountains	Check		This is 1,634 ha along Pr Rupert waterway, overlapped by pipeline r/ws. Possibly worthy of development permit comment to try to preserves some greenbelt features such as public use, connectivity and visuals. Seems to be more of a municipal issue than MOE.		Cancelled	The client in this case has not justified the need for the reserve therefore there is not sufficient enough rationale to keep it. No values have been identified that warrant protection through a Land Act reserve. Referral will be sent through the land status process.	A greenbelt would indicate the need for possible municipal consultation in this case. There is no explanation why the greenbelt was established, so its rationale for establishment needs to be considered prior to cancellation.
13	6402647	SEC 16 MAP RESERVE	ENVIRONMENT, CONSERVATION, & RECR	FISH AND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT	Ministry Of Forests, Lands And Natural Resource Op	Quick	30.4	That Part Of District Lot 2131, Range 5, Coast District, Con	Skeena Stikine	Y	Indefinite	Fish & Wildlife Reserve, Quick (by Hwy 16). Rationale is wildlife strategic spatial habitat.	H	Cancelled	Established in 1986. Not sufficient enough rationale to keep it. If it's critical or habitat worth preserving it should be preserved under legal designation through other legislation (UWR or WHA).	This is a seriously flawed rationale. There were no GAR Orders at the time of establishment of the S.16 F&W Reserve. UWR & WHA designations under FRPA are very specific and do not cover the suite of F&W Reserve values. This F&W Reserve is adjacent to the Quick Outdoor Education Centre across the highway.
14	6402757	SEC 16 MAP RESERVE	ENVIRONMENT, CONSERVATION, & RECR	FISH AND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT	Ministry Of Forests, Lands And Natural Resource Op	S Of Dease Lake	7.0	That Portion Of District Lot 3203, Cassiar District, Contain	Skeena Stikine	Y		Value is Wildlife Habitat File #86926	H	Cancelled	Established in 1986. Not sufficient enough rationale to keep it. If it's critical or habitat worth preserving it should be preserved under legal designation through other legislation (UWR or WHA).	This is a seriously flawed rationale. There were no GAR Orders at the time of establishment of the S.16 F&W Reserve. UWR & WHA designations under FRPA are very specific and do not cover the suite of F&W Reserve values (not presently covered by a GAR Order).
15	6402782	NOTATION OF INTEREST	ENVIRONMENT, CONSERVATION, & RECR	FISH AND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT	Ministry Of Forests, Lands And Natural Resource Op	Skeena River	0.4	All That Unsurveyed Crown Land In The Vicinity Of The Skeena	Coast Mountains	Check		There is no polygon under this location. It is 1 of 4 sites on Skeena Rive, near Kasiks R. There are parks and Eco Reserves in area but the have their own labels. Check files.	H	Cancelled	The client in this case has not justified the need for the reserve therefore there is not sufficient enough rationale to keep it. No values have been identified that warrant protection through a Land Act reserve. Referral will be sent through the land status process.	Without a follow-up conversation with Conservation staff, it seems that cancellation is based on minimal consideration, especially in light of Skeena R. valued floodplain ecosystems.
16	6402810	SEC 16 MAP RESERVE	ENVIRONMENT, CONSERVATION, & RECR	FISH AND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT	Ministry Of Forests, Lands And Natural Resource Op	Telkwa / Bulkley River	193.0	Those Parts Of Sections 33, 34 And 35, Township 5, Range 5,	Skeena Stikine	y	Indefinite	Fish & Wildlife Reserve. Bulkley/Telkwa River across from Donaldson Dump -Section 31-34 for habitat purposes. Document 926029. Value is Bulkley R floodplain, rare ecosystems, LRMP connectivity corridor, ungulate winter range.	H	Cancelled	Established in 1986. Not sufficient enough rationale to keep it. If it's critical or habitat worth preserving it should be preserved under legal designation through other legislation (UWR or WHA). Referrals will be sent through the land status process.	This is a seriously flawed rationale. There were no GAR Orders at the time of establishment of the S.16 F&W Reserve. UWR & WHA designations under FRPA are very specific and do not cover the suite of F&W Reserve values. Conservation staff were in process of a proposed Transfer of Authority from the Lands Act to the Wildlife Act for the collective suite of WHMAs and F&W Reserves in the Bulkley Valley for a WMA (Wildlife Mgt. Area designation)...this is standard provincial procedure for long-term security of nonadministered conservation lands to administered conservation lands. Was established under a Land Use Plan.
17	6402976	SEC 16 MAP RESERVE	ENVIRONMENT, CONSERVATION, & RECR	FISH AND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT	Ministry Of Forests, Lands And Natural Resource Op	Emerson Creek	6.0	All That Unsurveyed Crown Land In The Vicinity Of Emerson Cr	Nadina	Y		Emerson Cr W of Klinger Lk. Wildlife Management Area with sensitivity to access. Identified as moose winter range. Authorizations: flag for access sensitivity and adjacent development. Affects Telkwa Caribou Recovery area.	H	Cancelled	Established in 1987. Not sufficient enough rationale to keep it. If it's critical or habitat worth preserving it should be preserved under legal designation through other legislation (UWR or WHA). Referrals will be sent through the land status process.	This is a seriously flawed rationale. There were no GAR Orders at the time of establishment of the S.16 F&W Reserve. UWR & WHA designations under FRPA are very specific and do not cover the suite of F&W Reserve values. Conservation staff were in process of a proposed Transfer of Authority from the Lands Act to the Wildlife Act for the collective suite of WHMAs and F&W Reserves in the Bulkley Valley for a WMA (Wildlife Mgt. Area designation)...this is standard provincial procedure for long-term security of nonadministered conservation lands to administered conservation lands. This parcel is part of the greater Klinger Lake F&W Reserve package.
18	6403020	SEC 16 MAP RESERVE	ENVIRONMENT, CONSERVATION, & RECR	FISH AND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT	Ministry Of Forests, Lands And Natural Resource Op	Fish Lake	889.0	That Part Of District Lot 4682, Together With All That Unsur	Skeena Stikine	Y	Indefinite	Sensitive fish & wildlife habitat at confluence of river and Gladys Lk.	H	Cancelled	Indian Lake Hitchcock Ck. Conservancy overlaps the majority of this reserve. If it's critical or habitat worth preserving it should be preserved under legal designation through other legislation (UWR or WHA).	Noted spawning grounds for Gladys Lk char and high value arctic grayling habitat; very sensitive to jet boat traffic due to shallow depth of spawning gravel. Protection may be afforded by Conservancy designation, but this needs to be looked into further.
19	6403799	SEC 16 MAP RESERVE	ENVIRONMENT, CONSERVATION, & RECR	FISH AND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT	Ministry Of Forests, Lands And Natural Resource Op	S Of Quick	75.1	That Part Of Section 18, Township 9, Range 5, Coast Distric	Skeena Stikine	Y	Indefinite	Wildlife Habitat Management Areas from Bulkley LRMP, originally identified for ungulate winter range values. It still has redundant overlap of 6407548 NOI/Misc/Marketing, which needs to be removed.	H	Cancelled	Remove overlaps. These WHAs are already in the BCGW and will be identified in the status. The direction for what is allowed used within them is part of the LRMP direction.	This is a seriously flawed rationale. This is not a WHA but a F&W Reseve. Cancellation results in dropping the spatial layer that Authorizations' uses for development referrals. Conservation staff were in process of a proposed Transfer of Authority from the Lands Act to the Wildlife Act for the collective suite of WHMAs and F&W Reserves in the Bulkley Valley for a WMA (Wildlife Mgt. Area designation)...this is standard provincial procedure for long-term security of nonadministered conservation lands to administered conservation lands.
20	6405344	NOTATION OF INTEREST	ENVIRONMENT, CONSERVATION, & RECR	PROTECTED AREA STRATEGY	Ministry Of Forests, Lands And Natural Resource Op	Tutshi / Skagway	79800.0	All That Unalienated And Unencumbered Crown Land In The Vici	Skeena Stikine	Check		This area may be redundant because of Tutshi Lake Conservancy but needs checking. Different boundaries and only some overlap.		Cancelled
21	6405346	NOTATION OF INTEREST	ENVIRONMENT, CONSERVATION, & RECR	PROTECTED AREA STRATEGY	Ministry Of Agriculture And Lands	Kawdy Plateau	260611.0	All That Unalienated And Unencumbered Crown Land In The Vici	Skeena Stikine	Check	Indefinite	Many overlapping NOI over this area.	H	Cancelled		Highly valued wildlife area; requires some protection conservation/designation.
22	6405347	NOTATION OF INTEREST	ENVIRONMENT, CONSERVATION, & RECR	PROTECTED AREA STRATEGY	Ministry Of Agriculture And Lands	Jennings Lake	186180.0	All That Unalienated And Unencumbered Crown Land In The Vici	Skeena Stikine	Check			H	Cancelled		Cancellation is pre-mature before a Land Use Plan is establsihed for the subregion.
23	6405415	NOTATION OF INTEREST	ENVIRONMENT, CONSERVATION, & RECR	BUFFER ZONE	Ministry Of Forests, Lands And Natural Resource Op	Sauls Creek	1409.0	All That Unsurveyed Crown Land In The Vicinity Of Sauls Cree	Nadina	Check		There are several overlaps here. ID the rationale for this 'buffer' to see if it has been made redundant by other protections or if it has separate environmental reason for remaining. If needed is there better designation? Is it LRMP zone?		Cancelled	Partially within a Park Designation. The client in this case has not justified the need for the reserve therefore there is not sufficient enough rationale to keep it. No values have been identified that warrant protection through a Land Act reserve. Referral will be sent through the land status process.	Perhaps a follow-up discussion with Conservation staff would have been preferable. Intensive land development has taken place within this land parcel.
24	6405426	NOTATION OF INTEREST	ENVIRONMENT, CONSERVATION, & RECR	ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION/CONSERVATION	Ministry Of Agriculture And Lands	Babine Lake	1.0	All That Unsurveyed Crown Land Lying South Of Donald Landing	Nadina	Y	Indefinite	Recreation site (1ha) SE of Donal Landing with no overlapping protection. Keep and consider transfer to Trails & Rec Sites.		Cancelled	Not required by F & W.	Insufficient rationale; no indication of follow-up with B.C. Rec. Site & Trails.
25	6405428	NOTATION OF INTEREST	ENVIRONMENT, CONSERVATION, & RECR	ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION/CONSERVATION	Ministry Of Agriculture And Lands	Babine Lake	18.0	All That Unsurveyed Crown Land Situated Approximately 5 Km W	Nadina			Keep (18 ha) and consider transfer. Between Donald Landing and Sutherland Prov Park.		Cancelled	There is not sufficient enough rationale to keep. No values have been identified that warrant protection through a Land Act reserve.	Insufficient rationale; no indication of follow-up with respective agency (client).
26	6405581	NOTATION OF INTEREST	ENVIRONMENT, CONSERVATION, & RECR	ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION/CONSERVATION	Ministry Of Agriculture And Lands	Babine Lake	704.2	All That Unsurveyed Crown Land Lying Adjacent To District Lo	Unknown	Y	Indefinite	Partial overlap with Conservancy but this NOI extends beyond and includes south-facing slopes important for connectivity and ungulate winter range. Authorizations direction is to include lakeshore protection, connectivity and ungulate winter range and Best Management Practices.		Cancelled	NOI is not required as referral process is already in place to client. File 0211856 - BC Parks UREP fully overlaps this NOI. - change Client from MOTI to F & W.	Rather confusing - client is cited to be Ministry of Agriculture & Lands. There appears to be a discrepancy between UREP & NOI overlap. Follow-up discussion seems to be warranted prior to cancellation.
27	6405614	NOTATION OF INTEREST	ENVIRONMENT, CONSERVATION, & RECR	ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION/CONSERVATION	Ministry Of Agriculture And Lands	N Of Mckendrick Island, Babine Lake	13.8	That Part Of District Lot 1367, Cassiar District, Containing	Nadina	Check		This could be deleted providing 0211847 S16/ECR/UREP is kept. The S16 provides stronger protection and includes an additional island.	H	Cancelled		NOI should be placed on the portion that had moose forage enhancement work conducted, along with the Old Fort Mtn portion, totalling 652 ha.
28	6405850	SEC 16 MAP RESERVE	ENVIRONMENT, CONSERVATION, & RECR	FISH AND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT	Ministry Of Forests, Lands And Natural Resource Op	Eofsmithers	130.0	Northwest 1/4 Of District Lot 881, Range 5 Coast District;	Skeena Stikine	Y	Indefinite	Static S16. A Wildlife Habitat Management Area from the Bulkley LRMP. East (should read west) of Frederick Lk.	H	Cancelled	Direction from the Bulkley LRMP will guide the activities that can take place in these areas. This will be picked up in the land status process. The technical reviewer and decision maker will consider any proposed activity relative to the LRMP direction.	This is a seriously flawed rationale. Cancellation results in dropping the spaital layer that Authorizations uses for development referrals. Management direction was detailed in the guidance document that was attached to the S.17 Land Act approval for WHMAs (included F&W Reserve mgt. direction), since up-dated. Conservation staff were in process of a proposed Transfer of Authority from the Lands Act to the Wildlife Act for the collective suite of WHMAs and F&W Reserves in the Bulkley Valley for a WMA (Wildlife Mgt. Area designation)...this is standard provincial procedure for long-term security of nonadministered conservation lands to administered conservation lands.
29	6406941	SEC 16 MAP RESERVE	ENVIRONMENT, CONSERVATION, & RECR	GREENBELT	Ministry Of Forests, Lands And Natural Resource Op	Aldemere/Telkwa	30.5	That Part Of Parcel A Together With Blocks 3, 5, 6, 6a, 7, 8	Skeena Stikine	Y		Values: Cultural and recreation and part of Village of Telkwa trails.	H	Cancelled	?	Telkwa town council requires input.
30	6407549	NOTATION OF INTEREST	ENVIRONMENT, CONSERVATION, & RECR	FISH AND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT	Ministry Of Environment	Telkwa	1224.6	All That Parcel Or Tract Of Land In The Vicinity Of Round La	Skeena Stikine	Y	Indefinite	Multiple tenures under this file: Fish & Wildlife Reserve, Gibson Cr, Telkwa S near McQuarry L. Candidate for Regional Conservation Lands area.		Cancelled	There currently is no process to establish new conservation lands. Until such time as a formal request from the society comes forward for considering these areas as conservation lands, the reserve should be cancelled. Holding something indefinintely on the chance that a society may deem it useful to acquire is no reason to restricting access to these lands.	This NOI may be obsolete based on the Agric/Wildlife mapping for the Bulkley Valley SRMP that resulted in WHMA & ADA mapping. Requires further investigation.
31	6407551	SEC 17 DESIGNATED USE AREA	ENVIRONMENT, CONSERVATION, & RECR	FISH AND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT	Ministry Of Forests, Lands And Natural Resource Op	Various Locations Per Bulkley Valley Lrmp	4062.2	Southeast 1/4 Of Section 32, Township 5, Range 5, Coast Dist	Skeena Stikine	Y	Indefinite	Multiple Wildlife Habitat Management Areas from the Bulkley LRMP. Canyon Cr area site-specific option is to add to Fossilbeds Park as it is adjacent to it. This would give more protection and less management time.	H	Cancelled	If there are critical wildlife values to be preserved then they should be done so using proper legislation and be run through a public process. Using reserve in this manner is not a transparent process and circumvents publics input into the need to keep these lands protected from development. These WMAs (should read WHMAs) will also be picked up through the status and the tech review and decision maker can decide how a proposed activity is consistent with the LRMP direction.	This is a seriously flawed rationale. WHMAs were established via an extensive public process with B.C. Lands (Authorizations) establishing the S. 17 Land Act designations for these 'nonadministered' conservation lands. To state that the Land Act is not appropriate for designation contradicts the provincial standard for interim designation until Transfer of Authority to the Wildlife Act takes place so that the lands can be considered as 'administered' conservation lands. Conservation staff were in process of a proposed Transfer of Authority from the Lands Act to the Wildlife Act for the collective suite of WHMAs and F&W Reserves in the Bulkley Valley for a WMA (Wildlife Mgt. Area designation). Cancellation results in dropping the respective spatial information that Authorizations' uses for development referrals. Management direction was detailed in the guidance document that was attached to the S.17 Land Act approval for the WHMAs, since up-dated.
32	6407734	SEC 16 MAP RESERVE	ENVIRONMENT, CONSERVATION, & RECR	ECOLOGICAL RESERVE	Ministry Of Forests, Lands And Natural Resource Op	Hubert Hill	13.2	Lot A Of District Lot 1142, Range 5, Coast District, Plan 11	Skeena Stikine	y		Hubert Hill Ecological Reserve. Rare ecosytems, spring deer range. Purchased with public funds from fee simple.	H	Cancelled	?	It is important to do a Transfer of Authority out of the Land Act given $120,000 investment to re-purchase the property for conservation purposes, as well as significant restoration work via volunteers and HCTF funded contracts. Red-listed juniper-slender wheatgrass ecosystem with high indigenous cultural values.
33	6407736	SEC 16 MAP RESERVE	ENVIRONMENT, CONSERVATION, & RECR	FISH AND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT	Ministry Of Forests, Lands And Natural Resource Op	Barrett Lake	72.4	That Part Of District Lots 743 And 736, Range 5 Coast Distri	Nadina	y		Wildlife Habitat Area and part of caribou area.	H	Cancelled	Already covered by WHA. No need to have a reserve in place. The WHA will be picked up in the status and the technical review and decision maker will have to consider avoidance, mitigation or cancelling the application.	Faulty rationale based on the assumption the objectives & mgt. direction for this F&W Reserve represents that of the Telkwa Caribou WHA. They are distinctly different, yet compatible; the Barrett Lk F&W Reserve is focused on conservation of forests surrounding a stocked trout fisheries.
34	6407737	NOTATION OF INTEREST	ENVIRONMENT, CONSERVATION, & RECR	FISH AND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT	Ministry Of Forests, Lands And Natural Resource Op	Barrett Lake	102.2	That Portion Of District Lot 743, Range 5, Coast District.	Nadina	Y		This NOI needs to be added to S16 6407736 for one consolidated unit. Wildlife, caribou area.	H	Cancelled	?	Not sure how this dove-tails with the F&W Reserve that was cancelled. F&W Reserve has been logged over without consultation with conservation personnel; not sure about overlap of NOI with F&W Reserve.
35	6408468	NOTATION OF INTEREST	ENVIRONMENT, CONSERVATION, & RECR	ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION/CONSERVATION	Ministry Of Forests, Lands And Natural Resource Op	Pine Creek Area Srmz	209.0	All That Unalienated And Unencumbered Crown Land In The Vici	Skeena Stikine	Check		There are some S16 sections but a lot of the area of the NOI has no overlap to show more specific plan.		Cancelled	Area identified as the Pine Ck. Area Specific Resource Mgt. Zone in the Atlin Taku Land Use Plan.	Location of the popular Atlin campground; consultations with Atlin community residents would have been advisable prior to cancellation.
36	6408492	SEC 16 MAP RESERVE	ENVIRONMENT, CONSERVATION, & RECR	FISH AND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT	Ministry Of Forests, Lands And Natural Resource Op	Canyon Creek	212.7	District Lots 268, 875 And 1026, Range 5, Coast District, Co	Skeena Stikine	Y	Indefinite	Wildlife Habitat Management Area from Bulkley LRMP, Canyon Cr.	H	Cancelled	These WMAs (should read this F&W reserve), will be picked up through the status and the technical review and decision maker can decide how a proposed activity is consistent with the LRMP direction.	This is a seriously flawed rationale. Cancellation results in dropping the spaital layer that Authorizations uses for development referrals. Management direction was detailed in the guidance document that was attached to the S.17 Land Act approval for WHMAs (included F&W Reserve mgt. direction), since up-dated. Cancellation results in deletion of relevant spatial information and associated documents within ready access to personnel. Conservation staff were in process of a proposed Transfer of Authority from the Lands Act to the Wildlife Act for the collective suite of WHMAs and F&W Reserves in the Bulkley Valley for a WMA (Wildlife Mgt. Area designation)...this is standard provincial procedure for long-term security of nonadministered conservation lands to administered conservation lands.
37	59246	SEC 16 MAP RESERVE	ENVIRONMENT, CONSERVATION, & RECR	FISH AND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT	Ministry Of Forests, Lands And Natural Resource Op	Haney Lk	125	District Lots 5000 & 5001, Range 5, Coast District	Nadina	Y		Key moose winter habitat	H	?		Requires investigation; does not show up on publically accessible files.
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39	7653 ha of conservation lands of concern in the Bulkley Valley cancelled						7653.4
40	544,726 ha of conservation lands of concern across the Skeena Region cancelled; note: Stewart Estuaries of 170 ha cancellations do not show on this excel sheet, file # 6401277, but included in ha count here.						544726.3
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42	Note: This list may not be inclusive, but it is the best information that could be obtained through the Freedom of Information process given that Skeena RMT would not provide what was cancelled and associated rationales.
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