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Notices - FPPR Section 7 and WLPPR
Section 9
Objective Set By Government
For Wildlife
Section
7 of Forest Planning and Practices Regulation (FPPR) and section
9 of the Woodlot Licence Planning and Practices Regulation
(WLPPR) identify the objective
set by government for wildlife for the purposes of
Forest Stewardship Planning and Woodlot Licence Planning
under the Forest and Range Practices Act.
A person preparing a Forest Stewardship Plan or Woodlot
Licence Plan is required to address the objective
if the Minister responsible for the Wildlife
Act,
the
Minister of Environment or delegate, notifies the
person of the applicable species and indicators
of the amount,
distribution and attributes of the wildlife habitat
applicable to the objective.
Providing Notices
On December 30, 2004 the
Ministry of Environment notified all affected Forest
Act agreement holders that Notices had been produced
to provide indicators of the amount of area, distribution
of areas and attributes for the survival of species
at risk and the winter survival of specified ungulate
species. Notice were produced at the Forest district
level for species at risk and for ungulates at the
TFL or TSA level. Notices will not be provided for
Regionally Important Wildlife until the category
of Regionally Important Wildlife is completed. Each
Notice was accompanied by supporting information
which provides background information on how the
indicators of the amount, distribution and attributes
of wildlife habitat included in the Notice were derived.
Its purpose is to provide additional information
for consideration by delegated decision makers and
by those persons required to prepare results and
strategies consistent with the objective set by government
for wildlife. Notices are periodically updated when new
information is made available. Forest Act agreement
holders are notified of any revisions to the Notices.
Notices and supporting information can be accessed
through
the Ministry
of Environment’s ftp site. The Supporting
Information is not part of the legal Notice, but
contains background
information to the Notice indicating how amounts
were derived. The Supporting Information provides
additional
information for consideration by delegated decision
makers and by those persons required to prepare results
and
strategies consistent with section 7(1) of the Forest
Planning and Practices Regulation or act in a manner
consistent with section 9(2) of the Woodlot Licence
Planning and Practices Regulation.
Exemptions
The Minister responsible for the Wildlife
Act must
exempt a person required to prepare a Forest Stewardship
Plan or a Woodlot Licence Plan from the obligation
to address the objective set by government for wildlife,
in whole or in part, to the extent that a wildlife
habitat area, ungulate winter range, general wildlife
measure or wildlife habitat feature has addressed
the intent of the objective. For species included
in the Notices, orders establishing wildlife
habitat areas or ungulate
winter ranges and associated general
wildlife measures or objectives include a section
that speaks directly to this exemption.
Tracking Notices for Species
at Risk
Tracking Notices for Ungulates
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