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The Government Actions Regulation
provides the criteria and processes for the creation of localized areas
that require special management of certain forest values. These
values include wildlife, fish, water quality, visual quality, stream and
lake sides and recreation. The regulation also provides for the
creation of objectives for managing these areas.
Specific resource
features protected by GAR Orders are:
| (a) |
a surface or
subsurface element of a karst system; |
| (b) |
a range
development; |
| (c) |
Crown land used for
research or experimental purposes; |
| (d) |
a permanent sample
site used as a snow course by or on behalf of the federal or
Provincial government for the purpose of measuring the water
content of the snow pack on a given area; |
| (e) |
a cultural heritage
resource that is the focus of a traditional use by an aboriginal
people and that is not regulated by the Heritage Conservation
Act; |
| (f) |
an interpretative
forest site, recreation site or recreation trail; |
| (g) |
a trail or other
recreation facility referred to in section 57 of the Act that is
authorized by the minister or under another enactment; |
| (h) |
a recreation
feature that the minister considers to be of significant
recreational value. |
Other resource features may include:
- wildlife habitat area
- fisheries sensitive zone
- lakeshore management area
- scenic area
- community watershed
- an interpretative forest site,
recreation site or recreation trail
- visual quality objective
- species at risk
- regionally important wildlife.
For other Ministerial
Orders please follow this link:
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