Identified Wildlife Management Strategy
Wildlife Habitat Areas
Wildlife
habitat areas (WHAs) are areas managed for selected species
and plant communities
that have been designated under the Forest Practices Code
as "Identified Wildlife". For more information
on Identified Wildlife or WHAs refer to the Identified
Wildlife Management Strategy documents.
The status of a WHA can be obtained
by choosing one of the following:
or SEARCH
WHAs by WHA Number, Forest District, MoE Region or Species
Name.
Information on Proposed WHAs can be obtained from the Forest
Planning and Practices Regulations Section 7 Notices available
from the Ministry
of Environment FTP site and from the Ministry of Environment
Regional Biologists.
Summary
of Steps followed during the establishment of a wildlife habitat
area (WHA):
Step
1. Site is proposed for designation as WHA. Anyone
may propose a WHA by completing a WHA
Data Form.
Step
2. Technical Review by MOE regional IWMS designate.
Verify for: consistency with Accounts and Measures for
Managing Identified Wildlife; verify land status; boundary
changes as necessary.
Step
3. Review and comment. MOE regional designate coordinates
review and comment of proposed WHA(s) with affected parties
(tenure holders, government agencies, First Nations). Request
for voluntary establishment of interim protection for candidate
WHAs.
Step
4. Preparation of final WHA package (IWMS data
coordinator).
Step
5. Review by Provincial WHA Technical Committee.
Step
6. Decision by MOE delegated decision maker whether
to designate site as WHA.
Step
7. Notice of decision, impact tracking and warehousing of
approved boundaries. All approved WHAs are published
in the BC Gazette and a letter of notification sent to applicable
parties.
For
more details on these steps, refer to Procedures
for Managing Identified WIldlife Version 2004.
