Ministry of Environment

Documents

General Information 

FAQs for Landowners, QEP’s and Local Governments: October 2008 (PDF 178KB)
RAR Pamphlet (PDF 2.6MB)

Legislation

Fish Protection Act
Riparian Areas Regulation (PDF 150KB)
Riparian Areas Regulation Amendment: May 2006 (PDF 222KB)
The Assessment Methods: version 3.3, April 2006 (PDF 1.42MB)

QEP Resources

FAQ: October 2008 (PDF 178KB)
RAR Notification System User's guide: (February 2008) (PDF 490KB)
Assessment Report Guidelines: September 2008 (PDF 53KB)
Forms - Word Templates

Form 1 - Assessment Report (189KB)
Form 2 - Additional QEP (34KB)
Form 3 - Detailed Assessment (134KB)
Form 4 - Simple Assessment (76KB)
Form 5 - Photos (28KB)

Simple Assessment sample report (PDF 529KB)
Detailed Assessment sample report (PDF 820KB)
Permanent Structures and the Simple Assessment (PDF 24KB)
Implementation Guidebook (PDF 6.46MB)

Local Government Resources

Implementation Guidebook (PDF 6.46MB)
Database of Local Governments with RAR bylaws (XLS 43KB)
Municipalities and Regional Districts (PDF 496KB)
DFO Areas (PDF 3.7MB)
MOE Regions (PDF 182KB)
Overlay of all Three Borders on RAR Map (PDF 595KB)
SMS Legal Opinion (PDF 700KB)
RAR Response to SMS Legal Opinion (PDF 72KB)
RAR Pamphlet (PDF 2.6MB)
Pilot Studies
MOE and DFO direction on ERCs (PDF 128KB)
Protocol of Interaction for Responding to a Non-compliance (PDF 114KB)

Joint Agreements

Intergovernmental Cooperation Agreement (PDF 1.14MB)
MOE and DFO joint direction of ERCs (PDF 128KB)

Science and Research

A review of empirical source distance data for the recruitment of large woody debris to forested streams (446KB PDF)
RAR Scientific rationale: The technical basis of zone of sensitivity determinations under the detailed assessment procedure of the Riparian Areas Regulation (PDF 364.7KB)