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MacKinnon Esker Draft management Plan BC Parks 2011

Posted May 16, 2011 | Categories : 36,Management,Reports |

This document replaces the Carp lake and Mackinnon Esker Purpose statement  :

See the full PDF here: draft_mackinnon_esker_mp_may11

Introduction ………………………………………………………………………………………..4

Management Plan Purpose ………………………………………………………………………. 4 Planning Area …………………………………………………………………………………………. 4 Legislative Framework …………………………………………………………………………….. 4 Relationship with First Nations …………………………………………………………………. 5 Relationship with Ecological Reserve Warden …………………………………………….. 5 The Planning Process……………………………………………………………………………….. 5

Values and Roles of the Ecological Reserve ……………………………………………….7

Significance in the Protected Areas System………………………………………………… 7

Natural Heritage Values …………………………………………………………………………… 7

Management Direction ………………………………………………………………………….9

Objective

Strategies

Gain a better understanding of climate change impact on vegetation composition in the pine lichen- woodland.
  • ▪  Encourage the Friends of Ecological Reserves and post-secondary institutions to monitor and research vegetation composition in the pine lichen-woodland and the effects of climate change on this ecosystem type.
  • ▪  Work with the Friends of Ecological Reserves to appoint and maintain a volunteer warden presence in the ecological reserve.

Avoid impacts associated with the old logging road on the Mackinnon Esker.
  • ▪  Ensure the ecological reserve boundary is well signed.
  • ▪  In order to manage the activities and use on the old logging road/trail,

    incorporate a 10 meter corridor on either side of the old logging road into

    the boundary of Carp Lake Park.

  • ▪  Monitor use of the old logging road (trail) to ensure use is confined to the

    travel portion of the trail. If use is observed off of the travel portion of the trail, implement measures to avoid impacts.

Vision …………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 9

Biological Diversity and Ecosystem Management ……………………………………….. 9

4.0 Performance Measures:

Key Performance Measures

Key performance measures based on the concept of adaptive management will guide the Ministry of Environment in the implementation of the Mackinnon Esker Ecological Reserve Management Plan. Priority management objectives will be monitored and evaluated in an adaptive management process. The use of performance measures also provides a mechanism to report out on performance. As a living document, managers may decide to improve upon the targets or add indicators as more baseline information becomes available and provincial priorities change. The performance measures are provided in Appendix 1.

 

5.0 References …………………………………………………………………………………………….13 Appendix 1 – Performance Measures ………………………………………………………………14

Performance Measures………………………………………………………………………..12

Figure 1: Regional Context Map…………………………………………………………………………….. 6 Figure 2: Ecological Reserve Proposed Boundary ………………………………………………….. 11