Common use of Southern Mountain Caribou Habitat Protection Clause in Contracts

Southern Mountain Caribou Habitat Protection. Scope: All Southern Mountain Caribou (Central, Northern & Southern Groups) Actions Target Timeline Lead Party Planned • Develop a plan for the reduction of Southern Mountain Caribou habitat disturbance which includes short and long-term management objectives and best management practices for various sectors and that will work towards increasing Southern Mountain Caribou habitat over the term of this Agreement. • 2019 -2020 British Columbia • Re-evaluate conditions of park use permits in provincial protected areas where heli- skiing is permitted in Southern Mountain Caribou habitat. • 0000-0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx • Develop, test, and implement best management practices for forestry activities and other sectors as needed and appropriate, in matrix Southern Mountain Caribou habitat. • Winter 2019 – Fall 0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Table 2. Southern Mountain Caribou Habitat Management, cont. Activity Sub-Category: Southern Mountain Caribou Habitat Protection Scope: Central Group Actions Target Timeline Lead Party Planned • Seek to bring forward regulatory measures to establish a moratorium for high elevation winter and summer ranges, and additional specified areas in the Pine River local population unit, prohibiting statutory decision makers from adjudicating applications for all resource development activities, with some exceptions. • Xxxxxx /Xxxxxx 0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx • Seek to bring forward regulatory measures to identify and put in place a protected area expanding the Klinse-za Park, following engagement with Indigenous peoples, local communities, industry and stakeholders. • Winter 2019 - Winter 0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx • Develop Caribou Recovery Related Land Use Objectives, using best available scientific and traditional knowledge, and seek to bring these forward through appropriate regulatory measures and practices. Objectives will be considered by Statutory Decision Makers and will therefore help govern resource development activities in areas where sustainable resource activities will continue. • Xxxxxx/Xxxx 0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx • Develop a plan which demonstrates the measures British Columbia will take to begin achieving net decreases in the overall percentage of disturbed Southern Mountain Caribou habitat within the Central Group. • Winter/Winter 0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx • Engage on winter motor vehicle use in the Central Group and identify potential conflicts. • Spring/Summer 0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx • Develop a Southern Mountain Caribou habitat mitigation and offset program for the Central Group that builds on the provincial Environmental Mitigation Policy that will work towards demonstrating a net-neutral or positive effect on caribou. • Winter 2019 – Winter 0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Table 2. Southern Mountain Caribou Habitat Management, cont. Activity Sub-Category: Southern Mountain Caribou Habitat Protection Scope Northern Group Actions Target Timeline Lead Party Planned • Explore opportunities to develop reserves under the Land Act, Mineral Tenures Act, and Coal Act for select Northern Group herds. • 0000 - 0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx • Assess utility and opportunity to implement motor vehicle closures for select Northern Group herd ranges. • Winter 2019 -Winter 2020 British Columbia Scope: Southern Group Actions Target Timeline Lead Party Planned • Conduct Southern Mountain Caribou habitat analysis and make recommendations for additional Southern Mountain Caribou habitat protection for the Xxxxx Xxxx - Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx Highlands, Upper Fraser, Xxxx Ranges, and Revelstoke – Shuswap LPUs. • Fall 2018 - Fall 0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx • Acquire Next Creek land as part of the overall objectives to protect Southern Mountain Caribou habitat from disturbances. • Fall 0000- Xxxxxx 0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx /Xxxxxx /Nature Conservancy of Canada • Look for opportunities for other land purchases located within the habitat of the Southern Group and elsewhere in B.C. that could support caribou recovery and assess feasibility, needed support and funding requirements. • 2019 -2021 British Columbia /Canada Table 2. Southern Mountain Caribou Habitat Management, cont.

Southern Mountain Caribou Habitat Protection. Scope: All Southern Mountain Caribou (Central, Northern & Southern Groups) Actions Target Timeline Lead Party Planned • Develop a plan for the reduction of Southern Mountain Caribou habitat disturbance which includes short and long-term management objectives and best management practices for various sectors and that will work towards increasing Southern Mountain Caribou habitat over the term of this Agreement. • 2019 -2020 British Columbia • Re-evaluate conditions of park use permits in provincial protected areas where heli- skiing is permitted in Southern Mountain Caribou habitat. • 00002019-0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx 2020 British Columbia • Develop, test, and implement best management practices for forestry activities and other sectors as needed and appropriate, in matrix Southern Mountain Caribou habitat. • Winter 2019 – Fall 0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx 2020 British Columbia Table 2. Southern Mountain Caribou Habitat Management, cont. Activity Sub-Category: Southern Mountain Caribou Habitat Protection Scope: Central Group Actions Target Timeline Lead Party Planned • Seek to bring forward regulatory measures to establish a moratorium for high elevation winter and summer ranges, and additional specified areas in the Pine River local population unit, prohibiting statutory decision makers from adjudicating applications for all resource development activities, with some exceptions. • Xxxxxx /Xxxxxx 0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Winter /Summer 2019 British Columbia • Seek to bring forward regulatory measures to identify and put in place a protected area expanding the Klinse-za Park, following engagement with Indigenous peoples, local communities, industry and stakeholders. • Winter 2019 - Winter 0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx 2020 British Columbia • Develop Caribou Recovery Related Land Use Objectives, using best available scientific and traditional knowledge, and seek to bring these forward through appropriate regulatory measures and practices. Objectives will be considered by Statutory Decision Makers and will therefore help govern resource development activities in areas where sustainable resource activities will continue. • XxxxxxWinter/Xxxx 0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Fall 2019 British Columbia • Develop a plan which demonstrates the measures British Columbia will take to begin achieving net decreases in the overall percentage of disturbed Southern Mountain Caribou habitat within the Central Group. • Winter/Winter 0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx 2020 British Columbia • Engage on winter motor vehicle use in the Central Group and identify potential conflicts. • Spring/Summer 0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx 2019 British Columbia • Develop a Southern Mountain Caribou habitat mitigation and offset program for the Central Group that builds on the provincial Environmental Mitigation Policy that will work towards demonstrating a net-neutral or positive effect on caribou. • Winter 2019 – Winter 0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx 2021 British Columbia Table 2. Southern Mountain Caribou Habitat Management, cont. Activity Sub-Category: Southern Mountain Caribou Habitat Protection Scope Northern Group Actions Target Timeline Lead Party Planned • Explore opportunities to develop reserves under the Land Act, Mineral Tenures Act, and Coal Act for select Northern Group herds. • 0000 2019 - 0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx 2020 British Columbia • Assess utility and opportunity to implement motor vehicle closures for select Northern Group herd ranges. • Winter 2019 -Winter 2020 British Columbia Scope: Southern Group Actions Target Timeline Lead Party Planned • Conduct Southern Mountain Caribou habitat analysis and make recommendations for additional Southern Mountain Caribou habitat protection for the Xxxxx Xxxx - Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx Highlands, Upper Fraser, Xxxx Ranges, and Revelstoke – Shuswap LPUs. • Fall 2018 - Fall 0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx 2019 British Columbia • Acquire Next Creek land as part of the overall objectives to protect Southern Mountain Caribou habitat from disturbances. • Fall 0000- Xxxxxx 0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx /Xxxxxx 2018- Spring 2019 British Columbia /Canada /Nature Conservancy of Canada • Look for opportunities for other land purchases located within the habitat of the Southern Group and elsewhere in B.C. that could support caribou recovery and assess feasibility, needed support and funding requirements. • 2019 -2021 British Columbia /Canada Table 2. Southern Mountain Caribou Habitat Management, cont.