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Wildlife
Guidelines for Backcountry Tourism/Commercial Recreation
| Activity |
Description |
Habitats |
| Aerial-based recreation |
Includes the portion of any recreation activity
that involves the use of helicopters or fixed-wing
aircraft |
• All
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| Motorized recreation (winter) |
Includes all motorized vehicles intended or
used for travel on snow |
• Alpine/Tundra
• Forest
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| Motorized recreation (snow-free) |
Includes motorized vehicles intended for use
off public roadways during the snow-free season,
including “quads”, 4x4 trucks, sport
utility vehicles and trail bikes |
• Alpine/Tundra
• Forest
• Grasslands
• Foreshore
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| Non-motorized recreation (winter) |
Includes skiing, snowshoeing or other mechanized
or non-mechanized methods of travelling on snow
in the backcountry |
• Alpine/Tundra
• Forest
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| Non-motorized recreation (snow-free) |
Includes hiking, mountain-biking, horse-back
riding, camping or other mechanized or non-mechanized
recreational activity in the backcountry that occurs
during the snow-free season |
• Alpine/Tundra
• Forest
• Grasslands
• Foreshore
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| Boating |
Includes any activity using a motorized or
non-motorized vessel intended for travel on water |
• Freshwater
• Foreshore
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