North Coast Land & Resource Management Plan

• Great Bear Rainforest Land Use Decision - 2016
• Central and North Coast Biodiversity, Mining and Tourism Area Order (Order-In-Council 0002-2009) (PDF)
  • Overview Map of North Coast Biodiversity, Mining and Tourism Areas (BMTAs) (PDF)
    • Alwyn Lake BMTA Map (PDF)
    • Banks/Principe BMTA Map (PDF)
    • Citeyats BMTA Map (PDF)
    • Gits'oohl BMTA Map (PDF)
    • Ksi Galsgiist BMTA Map (PDF)
    • Kswan BMTA Map (PDF)
    • K'waal-Ecstall BMTA Map (PDF)
    • Porcher BMTA Map (PDF)
    • Rachael Islands BMTA Map (PDF)

• North Coast Land and Resource Management Plan: Final Recommendations (PDF, 2.2MB)
  • North Coast Land Resource Management Plan Land Use Zoning (PDF, 5.4 MB)
  • North Coast Parks / Protected Areas / Conservancies (PDF)
  • Map and Inventory Handbook (PDF)
  • Figure 1 Visual representation of the application of visual management classes (PDF)
  • Map 1 Plan Area (PDF)
  • Map 2 Nisga'a Land Interests (PDF)
  • Map 3 Recommended Land Use Designations (PDF)
  • Map 4 Watershed Boundaries (PDF)
  • Map 5 Landscape Units (PDF)
  • Map 6 Grizzly Bear Occupied Area (PDF)
  • Map 7 Grizzly Bear Management Area (PDF)
  • Map 8 Tourism Areas (PDF)
  • Map 9 Mountain Goat Winter Range (PDF)
  • Map 10 Visual Management Areas (PDF)
  • Land and Resource Management Plan Sector Statement - Nisgaa Lisims Government Map (PDF)

• North Coast Current Conditions - 2001 (PDF)
• Base Case - Environmental Risk Assessment Reports Synopsis - 2002 (PDF)

• An Introduction to Adaptive Management 2000 (PDF, 1.5MB)
• Implementing Adaptive Management Through the North Coast LRMP 2000 (PDF)
• Criteria and Indicators 2001 (PDF)
• An Ecosystem-Based Management Planning Framework for the North Coast LRMP (R. Holt) 2001 (PDF)
• Assessing Social and Economic Considerations in Ecosystem Based Management 2002 (PDF)

Aquatic, Riparian & Fish

• Hydroriparian Ecosystems of the North Coast 2001 (PDF)
• Aquatic and Riparian Habitat and Values in the North Coast 2003 (PDF)
• Freshwater and Anadromous Fish and Fish Habitat in the North Coast 2003 (PDF)
  • Appendix I: DFO Salmon Escapement Database (PDF)
  • Appendix II: Freshwater Fish Database (PDF)
• The Ranking of North Coast Coho Streams for Rearing Productivity and Biodiversity:  Supplemental Fisheries Report for the North Coast Land Resource Management Plan 2003 (PDF)
• Eulachon in the North Coast 2001 (PDF)
• Testing the Hydroriparian Planning Guide Report 2003 (PDF)
  • Maps (ZIP 4.9MB)

Biodiversity & Ecosystems

• Forest Successional Dynamics, Forest Disturbance, and Forest Succession Modeling for the North Coast Forest District 2002 (PDF)
• Natural Disturbance Dynamics on the North Coast 2003 (PDF)
• Terrestrial Ecosystem Mapping of CDC-listed Ecosystems in the North Coast LRMP Area 2002 (PDF)
• Base Case - Coarse Filter Biodiversity ERA Summary 2003 (PDF)
• Base Case - Coarse Filter Biodiversity ERA Report 2003 (PDF)

Black Bear & Grizzly Bear

• Base Case - Grizzly ERA Reports
• Information Circular - Black Bears in the North Coast 2003 (PDF)

Marbled Murrelet

• A Radar Based Inventory of Marbled Murrelets 2002 (PDF)
• Base Case - Marbled Murrelets ERA Report 2003 (PDF, 1.8MB)

Northern Goshawk

• Northern Goshawk Habitat in NCFD - Foraging Areas and Nesting Habitat Suitability Models (T. Mahon) 2003 (PDF)

Protected Areas

• Protected Areas:  Supporting Information 2003 (PDF)

Traditional Ecological Knowledge

• Methodological Review and Approaches for Local/Traditional Knowledge Research 2002 (PDF)

Ungulates

• Goat Winter Range Mapping Report 2002 (PDF)
• Moose Winter Range Mapping Report (B. Pollard) 2001 (PDF)
  • Figure 1 (JPEG)
  • Figure 2 (JPEG)
• Base Case - Mountain Goat ERA Report 2003 (PDF)

• Economic Operability Implications of Stand Level Retention Recommendations Developed for the Central Coast and North Coast Land Use Planning Processes 2007 (PDF)
• BC Central Coast and North Coast Timber Harvesting & Processing Employment Survey 2006 (PDF)

General Socio-Economic Information

• Base Case Socio-Economic Analysis 2002 (PDF, 1.1MB)
• SEA Appendix A: Potential Role for the LRMP for Advancing Economic Development (PDF)
• The Place of the Informal Economy in the North Coast LRMP Process 2003 (PDF)
• Economic Development Action Plan 2003 (PDF, 1MB)

Minerals & Energy

• Mineral Resources of the North Coast Region 2003 (PDF)
• Mineral and Energy Resource Analysis Report 2002 (PDF)

Non-Commercial Recreation

• Review of Public Use in the North Coast LRMP Area 2002 (PDF)
• Recreation Analysis Report 2003 (PDF)

Timber

• An Overview of Water Based Log Handling on the North Coast of British Columbia 2001 (PDF)
• Description of Data Input and Assumptions for Timber Supply Analysis 2002 (PDF)
• Benchmark Scenario Timber Supply Analysis Report (FSSIM) 2002 (PDF)
• Benchmark Scenario Landscape Model (SELES) 2002 (PDF)
• Analysis of Woodflow in the Coast Region 2003 (PDF)
  • Coast Forest Region Fibre Flows (charts) (PDF)
• Woodshed Analysis Report 2003 (PDF)
• Review of Woodshed Analysis Input Data and Results (Lynx) 2003 (PDF)

Tourism

• Forest and Fisheries Tourism Opportunities Study for the North Coast Forest District 2000 (PDF)
• Tourism Analysis Report 2003 (PDF, 6.5MB)
• Multi-Day Nature-Based Tourism Study 2003 (PDF)
• Potential Spatial and Management Implications of Cruise Ship Passenger Activity on the Development of the North Coast LRMP
  • Executive Summary 2003 (PDF)
  • Full report 2003 (PDF, 9.9MB)
• Value of Nature Based Tourism to the North Coast LRMP 2004 (PDF)

Visual Management

• Visual Quality Analysis Report 2003 (PDF)
• North Coast Visual Quality Modelling, Assessments and Planning Support 2002 (PDF, 21.6MB)
• Estimated Cost Impacts to the Forest Industry of Implementing New Visual Management Direction 2004 (PDF)
• Examples of Visual Management Classes (Western Forest Products) 2003 (PDF, 3.2MB)

LRMP Experiments & Scenario Analysis

• Static (GIS) Experiments 2003 (PDF)
  • Appendices (PDF)
• North Coast Landscape Model (Morgan, et al) 2002 (PDF)
• North Coast Landscape Model, Temporal Experiments (Morgan, et al) 2003 (PDF)
• Environmental Risk Assessment: Implementing Variable Retention on the North Coast LRMP Area 2003 (PDF)
• North Coast Landscape Model, Scenario Exploration (Morgan, et al) 2004 (PDF)
• NCLRMP - Impact Assessment Recreation Opportunities Spectrum Classes 2003 (PDF)

Analysis of Interim Table Recommendations to March 31, 2004

A final analysis was conducted of the draft LRMP as it existed at the end of Meeting #20 on March 29, 2004.  This analysis was presented at Meeting #21 to ratify the plan on June 11-12, 2004.

• Timber Supply Analysis 2004 (PDF)
• Environmental Risk Assessment 2004 (PDF)
• Socio-Economic Analysis 2004 (PDF)

Coast Information Team

The Coast Information Team, an independent body, produced information and analysis to support the Central Coast LRMP, the North Coast LRMP, and the Queen Charlotte Islands / Haida Gwaii Land Use Plan.  The Coast Information Team did its work using a regional, coast-wide perspective.

• Coast Information Team

“The Coast Information Team, an independent body, also produced information and analysis to support the Central Coast Land and Resource Management Plan, the North Coast Land and Resource Management Pland, and the Queen Charlotte Islands / Haida Gwaii Land Use Plan.  The Coast Information Team used a regional, coast-wide perspective in its approach to support the development and implementation of ecosystem-based management.

Coast Forest Conservation Initiative

 The Coast Forest Conservation Initiative is finding new approaches to forest conservation and management in B.C.'s Central and North Coast.

• Coast Forest Conservation Initiative