Inner Coast Natural
Resource Centre (ICNRC)
Research ↵ Education ↵ Information
To provide a forum that recognizes social,
cultural, economic and environmental values
To unite knowledge and perspectives of local
residents with the outside research/academic
communities
To encourage responsible land and resource use
decisions in partnership with First Nations and
other governments, industry and community
groups
Conference Purpose
• Learn about past and future plans for our
area
• Discuss and reflect on lessons learned from
our past
• Hear about lessons learned elsewhere
• Make recommendations for future planning
efforts, e.g. CCIM
Coastal Planning Initiatives
Provincial:
1. CORE (1992-1994)
2. CC Land and Coastal
Resource Management
Plan (1996 - ?)
3. North Island Straits
Coastal Plan (2002)
4. Quatsino Sound
DFO Central Coast Integrated Management
Pilot Project (2001 - ?)
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The red boundary lines are based on
BCMEC Ecounits. The blue lines are based
on a portion of the BC CCLRMP boundary.
The green lines are based on DFO Central
Coast Area inland boundaries which appear
to be based on watershed boundaries. The
purple lines are areas where compromise was
made between different boundary systems.
• First Nations planning processes
• Municipal and regional government
planning
• Stewardship & conservation planning
North Island Straits Coastal Plan
Provincial consultation process:
- “fast track”, consultation vs. consensus
- selected government databases
- community advisory committee and openhouse
sessions
- little First Nations participation
ICNRC:
- reference to existing mapped data
- additional information to and dialogue with local
residents in Alert Bay, Echo Bay, MTTC (Sept.
2002)
Learning from our Experiences
& Building a Better Future
THE BIG PICTURE
Why coastal plan?
What issues and questions are to
be adressed?
Whose coastal plan?
What are the characteristics of a
FABULOUS coastal plan?
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Ccim bnd 1d.shp
Ccim bnd 1c.shp
Ccim bnd 1b.shp
Ccim bnd 1a.shp
Bc_fill
The red boundary lines are based on
BCMEC Ecounits. The blue lines are based
on a portion of the BC CCLRMP boundary.
The green lines are based on DFO Central
Coast Area inland boundaries which appear
to be based on watershed boundaries. The
purple lines are areas where compromise was
made between different boundary systems.
Wet'suwet'en
Nation
Haisla
Nation
Carrier Sekani
Tribal Council
Cheslatta Carrier
Nation
Tsimshian
Nation
Council of Haida
Nation
Laich-Kwil-Tach K'omoks Mamalillikulla
Tlowitsis Council of Chiefs
Heiltsuk
Nation
Gwa'Sala-'Nakwaxda'xw Nation
Tlatlasikwala
Nation
Oweekeno Da'naxda'xw
Nation Awaetlatla Nation
Homalco
Indian Band
Esketemc
First Nation
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Klahoose Indian Band
Kwakiutl Nation
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Sliammon Indian Band
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Quatsino
First Nation
'Namgis Nation
Nuu-chah-nulth
Tribal Council
Sechelt Indian
Band
Population
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Total: 54,000
Outside of Campbell River: 20,128
37 communities, pop. size: 5 - 4,574
Central Coast Regional District: 3,781
Decline in all 3 regional districts:
– 10.2% in Mount Waddington RD
– 3.5% in Central Coast RD
Ecological Wealth and Diversity
• Variety of biophysical conditions
• 4 ecoregions, 7 ecosections, 8 biogeoclimatic
zones
• Over 200 species of marine fish
• Seabird colonies, shorebirds, eagles, herons
• Mammals: grizzly, mountain goat, elk etc.
• Highly productive forests
• Globally unique sponge reefs
Economic and Environmental
Pressures
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High unemployment
Dependence on resource industries
Declines in forestry and fishing sectors
Declines in the public sector
Search for new alternatives
Aquaculture, tourism and oil and gas
Demands for increased environmental
protection
• Conflicts of increasing diversity of uses