Partnership Agreement Caribou

48. In addition, British Columbia, West Moberly and Saulteau will discuss and explore a consensual co-management framework for caribou restoration, preservation of Saulteau and West Moberly cultural values, and sustainable management of land and resources within Area B for caribou recovery. That`s why Environment and Climate Change Minister Jonathan Wilkinson announced today that Canada has concluded two final conservation agreements with British Columbia and the West Moberly and Saulteau First Nations to accelerate the recovery of the southern Caribou Mountain. He was accompanied at the signing in Vancouver by Chief Ken Cameron of the Saulteau First Nations; Chief Roland Willson of the West Moberly First Nations and Minister No. Columbia, including Minister of Honour Doug Donaldson, Minister of Forestry, Land, Conservation and Rural Development; George Heyman, Minister for the Environment and Climate Change; Bruce Ralston, Minister of Energy, Mining and Petroleum Resources. 81. There is nothing in this agreement to create a legal partnership between the contracting parties under the Partnership Act or otherwise. Chief Roland Willson of the West Mobery First Nations said his people have deep spiritual and survival ties to caribou, and now that the species is struggling for survival, it`s time to help endangered animals. „We welcome the spirit of cooperation and cooperation shown by First Nations, B.C and Canada in the development of this historic agreement,“ said Candace Batycki, B.C. and Yukon Program Director at Y2Y. 37. BC will develop and implement a motorized recovery management plan to achieve the common recovery goal for the central group of the Southern Caribou Mountain.

The development and implementation of the management plan will be conducted in conjunction with representatives of the other contracting parties and in consultation with technical experts, First Nations, local governments and snowmobile clubs. The management plan may include limiting access to recreational vehicles in regulated residential areas, improving recreational facilities in appropriate areas, and other measures consistent with similar plans in British Columbia. […] The road is to support indigenous-led initiatives and proposals for conservation, such as the partnership agreement signed this year to protect two million hectares of Caribou ha…. By speaking out, you can contribute to the wild places, animals and landscapes we all love […] The parties agree that the preservation of the central southern mountain caribou group should include the review of new approaches to landscape management in the area of LPUs Pine, Narraway and Quintet, and that each LPU (or sub-zone within a LPU) should be managed for specific results to support caribou recovery. The identification of adequate and effective objectives for the operation of Caribou`s recovery objectives is necessary to define the management criteria for each LPU or subzone. The objectives set by the Technical Working Group for the Use of Caribou`s Recovery Activities are being reviewed by the BC government with a view to adopting an appropriate regulatory measure in accordance with the Partnership Agreement. 43. The interest of the maternal maternal rest program is regularly assessed by the contracting parties. In November 2017, a draft conservation agreement between the governments of Canada and British Columbia for the Southern Mountain Caribou Central Group was published.