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and [icensing BranchManitoba ConservationSuhe 160- 123 Main Sireet

PHONE NO.: 945-4413

SUBJECT: Environment Act Proposal — Duck Mountain ATV Trail Project

The attached development proposal has been prepared by Parks and Natural Areas Rranchin accordance with Manitoba Regulation 164/88. the Classes oIoevelopnient regulation. Theproposal is a class 2 development, being an area designated for all terrain vehicle use underThe Prot’uicial Parks 1c(. The purpose of the project is to reduce the environmental impact ofoflroad vehkle use in Duck Mountain Provincial Park by estabtishi a system oFdesigEtedATV trails,

Thank you hr your assistance.

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Environment Act Proposal Form llenilobatConn,vation

A complete Environment Act Proposal (EAP)consists of the fo!Icwing ccrrponents:

• Cover letter• Environment Act Proposal Form• Reportslplans supporting the EAP (see

information Bulletin - Environment ActProposal Repsi Guidelnes for reqiiredinformation and number of copies)

• Application fee (Cheque! payable to Ministerof Finance, for the appropriate fee)

Per Ensircnmen: Act Fees Regulation(Manitoba Regulation 168/96)

Class I Developments $500Class 2 Developments $5,000Class 3 Deveooments:

TransoortaPon and Transmission Lines. ... $5 000Water Ceseopments $50000

—. Ener9yand Mining $100000

Submit the complete EAP to:

DirectorEnvironmental Assessment and Licensing BranchManitoba ConservationSuite ‘60, 123 Mar SveetWinnipeg, Manitoba R3C 1A5

For more information:Phone: (204) 945-7100Fax: (204) 945-5229Toll Free: -B00-282-B069, cxl 7100mlp:Itwv,w.gov mb.calconservationieal

Name of the deveFopment: Duck Mountain ATV Trail Project

Type ol development per C;asses of Development Regulation (Manitoba Regulation ffi8f8aRV11l3Ciass 2

Legal name of the proponent of the development:

Manitoba Conservation, Parks and Natural Areas Branch

APR 132011•.0

Location (street address, city. town. municicality. ‘egal descrption) 0! the deveopwer.t: . U

Duck Mountain Provincial Park.

Name of proponent contact person for purposes of the env;ronmental assessment.Cathy Rumrnelt, Park Planner

Phone:(204) 945-3697 Mailing address:

Box 53, 200 Satilteaux CrescentFax: (204) 945-0012 Winnipeg MB. R3J 3W3

Email address cathy.hummelt@gov.rnb.ca

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Webpage address: www.manitobaparks.com

Date: Signature of proponent, or corporate principal of corporateproponent

APR 127011

Pri2a:BarBentha’

January 2009

ENVIRONMENT ACT PROPOSAL (EAP)

1.0 Executive Summary

The purpose of this project is to reduce the environmental impact of off-road vehicle u5ein Duck Mountain Provincial Park by establishing a system of designated ATV trails. Thisdocument describes the scope of the project to be undertaken and the environmentalassessment process that will be used to guide traU development.

Environmental concerns related to ATV use include potential impacts to natural features,native plant communities, aquatic environments and wildlife habitat, Fragmentation of!andscapes by roads and trails. ntroducton of invasive species and poentia1 firehazards are also concerns

The Management Plan for Duck Mountain Provincial Park requires that the park trailsystem be reviewed and guidelines for ATV use developed. A community-based Trails‘JJorlKing Group was esabUshed in 2008 to assist with this task and to providerecommendations to Manitoba Conservation for ATV management.

A report from the Trails Working Group was presented to Manitoba Conservation in2010. The key recommendation from the report is that ATV use should continue to bepermitted in the park, but that immediate actior’ should De taken to manage the actMtyand halt unsustainable AT’) riding practices, A deaicated ATV trai system wasproposed.

Under The Environment Act. Classes of Development Regulation 164188. ATV tradevelopment in a provincial park is a Class 2 development. This project wir utilizeexisting trai!s as much as possible, but some new trail development vAl be required tolink existing trails and re-route trails away from sensitive areas. An environmental reviewprocess has been developed to address these requirements.

The project is scheduled to begin in the summer of 2011 and be completed in phasesover a period of 5 to 10 years. As the project proceeds, ATV trails wifl be designated inappropriate areas and trails that are not part of the trail system will be closed torecreational ATV use. Overall, the number of trails used by ATVs in the park willdecrease as a resut of this initiative.

Due to the ongoing nature of this project, approval to proceed with trail developmentactivities over the entire project lifespan is requested.

2.0 Introduction and Background

2.1 Park Description

Duck Mountain Provincial Park (DMPP) is located in western tanitoba, on the edae ofthe Manitoba escarpment. The main purpose of the park is to preserve areas that arerepresentative of the Western Upland Natural Region and to accommodate a diversity of

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recreational opportunities and resource uses (A System P/an for Manitoba’s ProvincialParks, revS 2308).

The park has tour main recreational development areas; Childs, Singush, Last Blue andWejlman/Glad lakes. Each of these areas provides facilities and services for cottagingand camping. There are three commercial lodges in the park.

Boating, fishing and trails-based activities are an important part of the recreationalexperience at Duck Mountain. Tr&ls have been designated in the pack for hiking,interpretation, canoeing. cross-country skung. snowmobiling and ATV riding. Runting,rappng, horse riding and cycling also occurs on some of these trails. Many of the trailsin the park are multi-use

2.2 History of ATV Use

When ATVs first acrived on the Duck Mountain andscape. they were used to provideaccess to remote areas for hunting. trapping! fishing and forest harvest activWes. Inrecent years, recreational ATV riding has grown in popularity and there has been asignificant increase in the number of ATVs operating in the park.

The total number of ATVs that access DMPP trails each year is not known, but theupward trend in ATV registrations provincially suggests a significant increase over thepast ten to fifteen years. ATV registrations are illustrated in Figure 1

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The Park Activfties Regulation 141/96 limits the recreational use of ATVs in provincialparks to designated trails. In DMPP there is one designated ATV trail, the Mossberrytrail, and a number of designated hunting routes where ATV use is permitted.

In adaition to the traPs whe’e ATV use is permitted, many non-designated trai!s andolder forest access roads are also used by ATVs. These non-designated trails representa large proportion of the trails in the park and ATV use on these trails is largelyunmanaged. Newer forest access roads, developed for commercial timber harvest, arenow closed or decommissioned after use.

The current network of trails in DMPP was not designed for recreational ATV riding andmany of the trais are in poor condition, With increasing numbers of ATVs operating nthe park, both on and off of designated trails, physical damage to park landscapes hasbecome increasingly apparent. Wet weather conditions in recent years have acceleratedthe deterioration of trails in some areas.

Examples of impacts that have occurred on park landscapes as a result of unmanagedATV use are illustrated in Figure 2 on page 4. Increased trail access irto remote regionsof the park is a’so be’ieved to be a contributing factor to the aecline of local moosepopulations by allowing a greater harvest of moose in these areas,

2.3 Trails Working Group

As directed by the Management Plan for Duck Mountain Provincial Park in 2007. acommunity-based Trails WorkThg Group (TWG) for DMPP was created in 2006 tofacilitate open and transparent consultation on off-road vehicle use in the park and toprovide recommendations to Manitoba Conservation for ATV management.

The TWG represents approximately twenty recreationaL cottaging, tourism business.nature-appreciation. First Nation and governmental orgarizations. Together. the TWGhas established a shared understanding of ATV ssues. reviewed scientific reports andtrail plannng concepts, conducted exploratory field work ana hosted pub;ic consuitationmeetings.

A Report cii ATV Trail Use: Recommendations and Actions was released by the TWG inFebruary 2010 which recommended that a system of dedicated A,TV trais be de&gnaledin the park, in conjunction wTh new enforcement aqd public education strategies. Asummary of recommendations and actions from the repo’t is included as Appendx A ofthis proposal.

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3.0 Description of Proposed Development

3.1 Legal Description of Land

Duck Mojntain ProvnciaI Park is described as;

All those portions of Townships 29 to 33, Ranges 23 to 28 W.P.M. shown on Plan19808. that are designated by Manitoba ReguiaUon 37197 as Duck Mountain ProvincialPark. The park is 1424 sq. km. (142.430 hectares) in size.

C3.2 Owner and Existng Land Use

The area s designate-i Crown land owned by the Provnce of Manitoøa.

Duck Mountain Provincial Park preserves areas that are representative of the WesternUpland Natural Region and accommodates a diversity of recreational opportunities andresource uses. The park;

Provides nature-oriented recreational opportunities such as hiking] canoeing andother Pail-based activities in a argely undisturbed environment:

• Provides high-quality cottaging, camping and fishing opportunities;

• Accommodates associated facilities and services:

• Promotes public appreciation and understanding of the park’s natural features andcultural herage; and

• Accommodates commercial resource uses such as forest harvest, where suchactivities do not compromise other park purposes.

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3.3 Land Use Designation

Duck Mountain Provincial Park s classified as a Natural Park. Park Jands arecategorized into Backcountcy (33% of park). Recreational Development (6% of park).Resource Management (61% of park) and Access (<1% of park) Land Use Categories.Park boundaries and land use categories are i’lustrated in Figure 3.

3.4 Previous Studies and Activities

Public consultations on outdoor recreation and trail use were conducted in 2001 and2003 as part of the review process in the development of a management plan forDuck Mountain Provincial Park.

The Sustanable Development Innovations Fund suppDrted research stud:es from2004 to 2006 by students from the universities of Brandon and Manitoba to measureconditions which could contribute to long-term physical impacts of ATVs on parklands.

The T’NG held a trails planning workshop in December 2005 with the principal authorof the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Trail Planning. Design, andDevelopment Guidelines.

• An exploratory hike was conducted by a contingent of the TWG in 2009 to test thefeasibility of the proposed trai development p’an. A damaged seotion of trail that ;stargeted for potential re-routing was examinea.

• The Mixedwood Forest Society and the Ecological Reserves Advisory Committeehave provided Manitoba Parks and Natural Areas with information on trails that passthrough sensitive vegetation such as orchds and remnant prairies.

3.5 Description of Proposed Development

The proposed development is a system of de&gnated ATV trails that is environmentallysustainable and improves trail conditions for all park users. The development wi’l reducethe impact of recreational ATV riding by directing ATVs to areas that can support suchan activity.

The ATV trails concept plan links major recreation areas in the park and provides ATVaccess to selected destinations such as flshng lakes. The plan uses existing tralswhere possthle, requires trails to be routed to protect sensitive areas, and c’osesunsustainable portions of trails.

A concept plan map prepared by the TWG is shown in Figure 3a. Please note that theroutes shown on the map are hycothetical and do not depict actual or proposed tra}ls inthe park. WWellman Lake; B=East Blue Lake; C=Childs Lake and Ssingush Lake)

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3.6 Funding

• Includes trail links between majorcenters (including Chiids. EastBlue, Wenman and Singush lakes);

• Acknowledges existing localaccess from -outlying communities(Swan River, Pine River, Ethe!bert,San Clara, Grandview eto);

• Provides short links to popular‘destinations (angling lakes pointsof interest);

• Includes a series of loop trafls atmajor centers with vaing levelsof difficulty/challenge;

• Includes signage at each trailhead:

• Incorporates ATV rider education.organization, trail maintenanceand enforcement:

a- E • Uses existing trails in areas wherethey will be sustainabe and self-maintaining;

• Requires trails to be de&gned androuted to protect sensitive areas:and

• Closes unsustainable portions oftrails.

Funding by the Province of Manitoba is anticipated for the first five years of the project.Additional funding from other groups or agencies may be sought as required.

3.7 Other Approvals

Manitoba Conservation will work in cooperation with the federal Department of Fisheriesand Oceans (DFQ). Dauphin office, to ensure adherence to stream crossing guidelinesand other requirements.

3.3 Public Consultations

Marrtoba Conservation will work with the TWG to provide opportunities for public inputinto trail routing and selection. This may be done using newsletters, website postings.online pubhc feedback forms and in-person infomialion sessions as required.

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4.0 Description of Existing Environment in the Project Area

4.1 Landscape

Duck iountain Provincial Park is an area of lakes and his, encompassing over 142.430hectares of land in the Western Upland Natural Region of Manitoba It is part of a seriesof highlands in western Manitoba known as the Manitoba escarpment which inc’udesDuck Mountain, the Porcupine Hills to the north and Riding Mountain to the south. Thisregion has the highest and most visually apparent relief in the province and forms theeastern margin of the Saskatchewan Plains.

4.2 Topography

The topography of Duck Mountain reflects glacial origins. When the last glacier retreatedit left an accumulation of clay, gravel, sand and boulders on the shale core. The irregulardeposits have left “the Ducks with a hilly terrain interspersed by pothole lakes andponds. Same of these lakes and ponds have since flied In with vegetation to becomeblack spruce bogs. Others, fed by springs and spring run-off, have remained clear.

4.3 Hydrology

Water drains down the escarpment to rivers and lakes in the surrounding lowland.Streams and creeks merge to form such rivers as the Sr-eli, Valley, Pine, Duck, Faveland Roaring rivers. During the spring melt they run at full force, and over the years theyhave carved deep channels along their courses. By midsummer, however, manybecome dry riverbeds. Heavy rainfall in recent years has kept water levels high.

4.4 Vegetation

The park has Three distinct plant communities including boreal forest, deciduous forestand upland meadow- From higher latitudes, there is a southward extension of the borea!forest - a mixture of white spruce, jack pine, bal5am fir and deciduous trees like aspenand birch. Ground cover includes bearberry, wintergreen. club moss and sarsaparilla.and poorly drained areas are characterized by black spruce interspersed with tamarack.Deciduous trees such as bur oak, elm and Manttoba maple are found along the easternslopes- Grassy upland meadows in the Roaring and Shell River valleys are fringed byshrubs ike chokecherry. Saskatoon and snowberry. and highlighted by wildfiowersthroughout spring and summer.

4.5 Fish

Duck Mountain supports a wde range of native and stocked fish species includingwalleye, northern pike, yellow perch, bass, whitefish, lake trout, brown trout, brook trout,rainbow trout. splake, smallrnouth bass. muskekunge and Arctic char. Local fishenhancement groups promote sport fishing through educational programs. fish and fishhabitat enhancement projects and sponsorship of local sport fishing activities.

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4.6 Wildlife

The varying randscapes of Duck Mountain support wHdlife such as elk, moose, white-tailed deer, black bear, fox, lynx, coyote and timber wolf. A variety raptors, waterfowl andsongbirds nest in the marshes and forests. Hunting and trapping both occur in the park.In recent years, moose popurations have declined significantly and efforts to restorepopulaons have been iritiated.

5.0 Description of Environmental Effectsof the Proposed Development

This project will be phased over a number of years, and the environmental effects of theproposed development will be reviewed on an ongoing basis. This section outlines theprocess that will be used to assess and minimize the environmental effects of ATV traildevelopmert in the park.

5.1 Mapping

Geographic information system (GlS) mappng of ecological values will be compiled toclearly define sensitive areas and to ensure they are protected as trail alignments areconsidered. Destinations to be accessed by ATV trails will arso be identified, such asstocked fishing lakes and commercial establishments.

The mapping will serve as a large-scare filter to target general areas where ATV traildevelopment wil be cons:dered. and areas where potenta environmental impacts wouldnrecude ATV tra I designation The dataoase will include. bjt not be limited to:

• stocked fishing akes• built up areas (cottage subdivisions, campgrounds)• existing designated ATV trails• designated hunting routes• existing access trails• forest harvest areas• areas of cultural significance• recreation trals (hikng, interpretative! sking etc• Snomar’ trails• slope/topography• soil type• surface lakes, streams and rivers• sub-surficial water ayers• critical wildlife habitat• sensitive landscapes (prairies, wetlands)• rare species• species at risk• archaeological sites

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5.2 Preliminary Trail Routing

Basea on the mapping described in section 5 1, preliminary ATV trail rouUng wHI beidentified. Using existing trails as much as possibe and focusing n areas a’readyinfluenced by human activity, annual project areas will then be selected on the basis ofpriority, beginning with trails in the poorest physica’ condition.

For example, in Figure 4 a portor, of the Mossberry trail has been identified forimprovement. Based on mapped information, a preliminary trail realignment has beenproposed. No construction work wifl occur until an on-site assessment has beencond’jcted to evaluate the sutabili:y of this routing as outlined in section 53.

Existing trail sections that could be utilizedPossible trail section re-routing

— — — Existing trail that would be closed to ATV use as a result of re-routing.

Figure 2: Prelimnary Trail Routing based on GIS mapping

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5.3 On-Site Assessment

An onsite assessment will be conducted following the preflminary sejection of each trailsegment. The purpose of the on-site assessment is to visualy evaluate loc& conditions,and to identify any significant smaller-scale features which would pose a barrier to A1Vtrai development. The on-site assessrner. will focus on:

53.1 LandscapeSensitive areas such as grasslands and wetlands

5.3.2 Topographyo Soilso Steep slopeso Geological features prone to d’sturbance

5.3.3 Hydrologyo Riparian areaso Stream crossingso Surface water

5.3.4 Vegetationo Unique or unusual plant communitieso solated specimens of unigue or unusual plants

5,3.5 Fisho Fish habitat and aquatic communities

5.3.6 WildIfeo Presence of endangered or at-risk wildlifeo Habitat suitability for at-risk wildlife

5.3.7 Human Influenceso Cu.’tural or archeologic& featureso Buriai or historic sites

On-site assessments will be conducted by qualified field staff. Proposed trail routes willbe marked with flagging tape and navigated in their entirety. eased on the presence orabsence of features noted above, the proposed trail route will be revised or approved. Ifwater crossings or minor wet areas are identified, appropriate crossing or trail hardeningtechniques may be incorporated into the resulting trail plan.

5.4 Public Review

Newsletters, websitas and public information meetings will be used to communicate traildevelopment plans Public feedback will be reviewed with the TWO at scheduled trailplanning meetings. Information to the public on trail closures, if applicable, will beposted.

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5.5 Trail Development

New trail development will be focused in areas where a new trail is required to by-pass asensitve area or a heavily damaged segment & trail. or to link o an existing tra1.Where more than one existing trail leads to a destination area, only one trail will bedesignated and the multiple tais cosed.

Best practices for ATV trail development, such as the Trail Planning, Design, andDevelopment Guidelines prepared by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources(2306) will be consulted and adapted as approprate for the ocal Duck Mountan terrainFor exampe:

Trail Hardening: Use of geosynthetic materials such as illustrated in Figure 5 willbe considered for crossing low areas where there is no reasonable alternative toreroute the trail in a sustainable way,

Stream Crossings: DFO guidelines for stream crossings will be followed. Directcrossings, hardened tread crossings. cuiverts and built structures will be used tominimize impact on rish habitat, depending on site specific conditions.

Vegetation Clearing: Where clearing is required to accommodate new trail,vegetabon removal wi!l be limited to a minimum width unless additional clearings required for visibility and safe operation of ATVs in heavily forested areas

Trail Closures: Gates, berms, ptantings, re-naturalization and other techniqueswill be used to reduce the visibility of decommissioned traHs, depending on thesite specific conditions

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Figure 5: Trail construction with geogrid panels allows natural vegetation to reestablish.

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5.6 Follow- up

On completion of each annual project, the ATV trail segment(s) will be designated andsigned. Trails in the vicinity of the newly designated ATV trail that are in sensitive areas,physically unsustainabe trails, and trails that do not lead to identified destination areaswill be closed or decommissioned.

Trail cond!tions will be monitored and impact thresholds will be used for deci&on-makingregarding the relative sustainability of designated AT’] trails in the park For example:

• Level I - Impact as anticipated - no action requred The trail is performing asanticipated

• Level II - Questionable level of impact - action required. Higher level ofrnonitorng and enforcement required to reverse trend towards becoming anunacceptab’e level of impact.

• Level Ill - Unacceptable level of impact, action mandated. Increasing level ofimpact requires reclassification of trail (change of use - eg. to non-motorized),jse res:riclions. or decommissoning of trail to protect the e’vironment,

6.0 Mitigation Measures and Residual Environmental Effects

Residual effects of API trail development are expected to be low, but may include:

• Noise, vehicle ernssions, garbage and fire hazard concerns may be higher inareas with designated ATV trails. Public education strategies will be used toinform ATV riders of these concerns to reduce these effects.

• Trail creep. soi! cornpacton and displacement of the trail route may occur as aresult of storm events and heavy rainfall. This will be mitigated by proper trailplanning and construction techniques. Trails that cannot be reasonably improvedwill be closed. Temporary closure of designated ATV trails during wet periods willbe nitiated.

• Continued public use of trails Ihat have been closed may occur. This will bemitigated by obscuring trails with slash, organic matter and berms, and by publiceducation and enforcement strategies.

7.0 Follow-up Plans, including Monitoring and Reports

Measures That will be used to assist in mar’aging MV trails and monitoring trailconditions include:

• Park staff will visually monitor and assess trail conditions on an annual basis.District occurrence reports will also be used to determine if trail use issustainable.

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• An enforcement strategy will be developed to ensu’e that ATVs are operated incompliance with existing regulations, thus reducing potential for environmentalimpact.

• Public education programming will focus on responsible ATV use andenvronrnental stewardship

• Trails will be closed in areas where regulatory conipliance is poor or damage toATV trails is apparent.

• Opportunities to work in cooperation with ATV Manitoba and/or local ATV groupswill be pursued.

• Establishment of a volunteer Tra] Ambassador progam will be considered toassist with trail rnantenance, publJc education and monitoring of trail conditions.

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