Ministry of Environment Authorities under the Forest and Range Practices Act

One of the primary objectives of the Forest and Range Practices Act (FRPA) is to maintain and protect environmental values. The Act and associated regulations provide statutory authority for the Minister of Environment or delegate to take a number of actions to ensure the maintenance and protection of environmental values. These include:

• Establishing categories of species
• Designating ungulate winter ranges and associated objectives or general wildlife measures
• Designating wildlife habitat areas and associated objectives or general wildlife measures under the Identified Wildlife Management Strategy
• Designating fisheries sensitive watersheds and associated objectives
• Providing notices to trigger the objective set by government for wildlife
• Identifying wildlife habitat features
• Designating temperature sensitive streams
• Designating community watersheds