Caribou Landscape Management

Association (CLMA)

FtMF AGM 2006

What is the CLMA?

Volunteer membership operating under

the umbrella of the Foothills Model Forest

Support from FtMF in GIS,

Communications, accounting and

administration

Self funded by membership dues. (4

Forest, 8 Energy, and 1 aboriginal)

How do we support the

FtMF goals? • We operate outside the boundaries

•Development of proactive approaches

to issues management

•Influence policy

•Reduce impact on other resource

values (sustainability)

•We are an example of successful

integrated land management (ILM)

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Caribou Range

W illmore W ilderness Park

Hydropolys

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Map Legend

CLMA LTAP Geographic area

Little Smoky and A la Peche Caribou Ranges (supplied by ASRD)

Geographic area

•West Central Alberta

•5000 sq. KM area

•Active industrial development

•Two caribou herds: A La Peche and Little Smoky

CLMA progress: Key Areas

IIAP corridors identification and refinement to

reduce footprint

Development of a Reclamation Plan

Development of a Monitoring report to measure

effectiveness

Data maintenance initiative

Best practices review

Support Population management

Integrated Industrial Access

Plan

Integration to reduce industrial

“footprint”

Development of common corridors

Orderly development rather than “ad-

hoc”

Reclaim roads to return to caribou

habitat sooner

Reclamation Plan

Active roads 1,566 km’s

Deactivation: e.g. Temporarily retire, pull

crossings, seeding, rollback, install water

bars, prevent on high way use

Planned deactivation 137 km

Reclamation: Return to previous productive

state

Planned Reclamation 40 km

Monitoring report

Total caribou

habitat

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Hypothetical

comparison

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developed IIAP

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township 4,375 3,412 1,788

Data maintenance

FtMF hired a forest tech to maintain the

data sets.

Confirm and track “as built” roads for all

sectors

Track and report on deactivation and

reclamation projects

Develop monitoring project

IIAP next steps

CLMA is not seeking approval for plans.

CLMA is seeking support for the process.

“The IIAP is a process not an end product”.

Driven by the initial endorsement of last years product , the CLMA intends to make this an iterative process of continual update based on new and better information. This will be resubmitted at least annually.

Web site development to serve products to members

Best Practices review

Hired Golder and Associates to:

Complete a review of operational practices for effectiveness for caribou.

Develop recommendations for improvement (what should we stop doing vs. what we should start doing)

Will be complete early December 2006

Will be used to influence policy development to get best value

Population Management

Wolf control (SRD underway)

Caribou Cow/Calf Survival project (SRD

led: CLMA members, Husky, BP, and ACC

provided funding support

Caribou Calf Project

Ten pregnant cows captured early March 2006 by SRD

Kept in pens (protected from predators)

Previous work from Yukon increased one year old calf survival by 7 times

Released in June 06 after the last calf was two weeks old.

Results were favorable however influenced by last years wolf control program

What are the next steps

Continue to work with government to develop proactive solutions to have caribou and development

Provide the province with an example of a success in ILM

Monitor for effectiveness

Continually improve to add value to members and government

Communicate to others (web site, quick notes and presentations)

Expand the program

Acknowledgments

FtMF Lisa Jones, Melissa Pattison, Denise Lebel, Fran Hanington

Alberta government Staff: Significant and active Advisory role: Bill Tinge, Mark Storie, Kirby Smith, Wayne Johnson, Brad Lloyd

Industry

Forestry: Foothills Forest Products, Alberta Newsprint, West Fraser Hinton, and Canfor

Gas & Oil Members: CNRL, ConocoPhillips, Encana, Suncor,

Devon, Talisman, TransCanada Pipelines

Aboriginal: AWN Dave McPhee