Book Description

This guide is intended to assist applicants for commercial recreation tenures over British Columbia Crown land in preparing an application that addresses potential impacts of their operations on sensitive wildlife resources. The introduction reviews the management of commercial recreation in the province, the purpose of the guidelines, the approach for addressing wildlife issues through the land tenure process, the preparation of management plans to minimize the impact of recreation activities, and sources of information. Chapters 2 to 5 set out guidelines for specific species groups (amphibians & reptiles, birds, mammals, plant communities) on preventing or mitigating the potentially adverse effects of commercial recreation activities on wildlife & habitats in the backcountry. Each chapter begins with general guidelines for all species, then discusses issues of concern related to sensitive species and presents mitigation guidelines & indicators of success. The last chapter contains guidelines related to minimization of impacts from sources of human-caused disturbance such as roads, off-road access, boating, skiing, snowmobiling, and aircraft.