Central and North Coast EBM Implementation
Land Use Zones
There are 3 land use zones within the CC and NC plan areas: protected areas which include newly established conservancies as well as existing protected areas like parks; biodiversity, mining and tourism areas; and EBM operating areas. There are also recently established “no hunting” areas for grizzly and black bears.
- Map of Land Use Zones - July 2009
- Conservancy Areas
- North and Central Coast Protected Area Planning
- Map of North and Central Coast Conservancies - July 2009
- Maps of 70 Conservancies of the Central Coast and 46 Conservancies of the North Coast
- Documents
- Biodiversity Areas
- Grizzly Bear and Black Bear “no hunting” areas
- “More protected Areas announced for bears in BC” - March 2009
- "BC Government Expands “No Hunting” areas for Bears” - July 2009
- For more information go to Hunting news and the 09/10 Hunting and Trapping synopsis
- 3 additional no hunting areas for grizzly bears (470,000 additional hectares effective June 16, 2009 ; 1.9 million hectares in total in CC and NC)
- Nass/Skeena Grizzly Bear No Hunting Area
- Khutz-Kitlope-Kimsquit Upper Dean-Tweedsmuir No Hunting Area
- Ahnuhati No Hunting Area
- New Black bear hunting closures within the kermode bear range (>122,000 ha) effective July 1, 2009 (maps unavailable at this time)
- Gribbell Island, north of Princess Royal Island
- Kitasoo Spirit Bear Conservancy on Princess Royal Island
- The Whalen Creek estuary and 1km surrounding the estuary (located within the Moksgm’oli/Chapple-Cornwall Conservancy on Princess Royal Island)
