Atlin-Taku Land Use Plan Resource Chapters Update

1. Presentation to Multiparty Workshop #6 Atlin Rec Centre, Nov 27-28, 2009 Atlin-Taku Land Use PlanResource Chapters Update

2. Purpose • Review status of each of the resource chapters • Highlight key issues: • Emerging Agreement • Issues under Discussion • Show linkages between chapters • Help frame small group discussion today • Key documents: • Atlin Taku Land Use Plan ‘Rolling Draft’, Nov 27, 2009 • Management Direction: Compilation of Community and Stakeholder Input to the Atlin Taku Land Use Plan (handout)

3. Development & Status • Chapters developed by the TWG as ‘drafts in progress’ • Based on: • Stakeholder comments from previous workshops • TWG developed analysis and reports through this process • BC and TRTFN legislative, policy and planning context • Status: • Draft ‘work in progress’ • Some key issues yet to resolve • Other areas substantive agreement (see editing convention) • Not endorsed by JLF or Parties at this stage, pending stakeholder and community input

4. Chapter Structure • 7 Chapters • Access • Aquatic and Riparian Habitats • Biodiversity and Wildlife Habitat • Culture and Heritage • Forestry • Mineral Exploration and Development • Recreation and Tourism

5. Chapter Structure • Each chapter contains: • Context • Management Issues • Goals • Objectives • Implementation Direction

6. Access General Themes: • Providing reasonable access for diverse uses/opportunities • Mitigating impacts of roaded access on other values • Maintaining approx current access conditions in Atlin East • Emphasizing lake-based access to Atlin West Issues Under Discussion: - Access opportunities and conditions in the Taku Watershed

7. Aquatic and Fish General Themes: • Strategies to avoid impacts to water quality, riparian and aquatic habitats • Possible reclamation of priority streams Issues Under Discussion: • ‘World-class’ management for salmon habitat and water quality • Salmon and Aquatic Conservation Areas (SACA) • How to address climate change • Water control structure on Atlin River

8. Biodiversity and Wildlife General Themes: • Maintain biodiversity and wildlife habitat through combination of ‘coarse’ filter (ecosystem) and ’fine’ filter (species) approaches • Fine filter focus on sheep, goats, woodland caribou, moose, grizzly bear, rare and sensitive ecosystems Issues Under Discussion: • Representation of ecosystems in protected area reserves • Addressing connectivity across landscapes

9. Culture and Heritage General Themes: • Sustaining Tlingit Khustiyxh (way of life) across the Plan Area • Identification and mapping of specific cultural areas & developing appropriate mgmt direction for these areas Issues Under Discussion: • Links to Tlatsini/land use zoning discussions

10. Forestry General Themes: • Providing ongoing opportunities for local forest sector • Establishing 2 zones: • Commercial Forest Harvest Zone (CFHZ) • selective, small block • No Commercial Forest Harvest Zone (NCFHZ) • Small volume, non-commercial harvesting for local needs permitted Issues Under Discussion: • None

11. Mineral Exploration and Development General Themes: • Access to the landbase to support viable sector • Mechanisms to avoid impacts to Tlingit khustiyxh and other values. Issues Under Discussion: • Extent of access to the landbase; links to Tlatsini/land use zoning discussions • Collaboration with sector to develop AT ‘sustainability’ standards

12. Recreation and Tourism General themes: • ensure continued access • promote environmentally and culturally responsible commercial and public recreation to minimize impacts Issues under discussion: • Identification of areas which requiring more detailed management direction

13. Next Steps • Review of draft chapter material at this workshop • Review by TRTFN community through family and community meetings • Further refinement by TWG to resolves remaining issues under discussion • Compilation of updated ‘Rolling draft” in Jan 2010 for JLF review • Further stakeholder review of complete draft at next workshop.