Livingstone - Porcupine Hills Footprint and Recreation Planning
The Livingstone-Porcupine Hills area is known internationally for its rich biodiversity, iconic viewscapes, and diversity of climate regimes and ecosystems. The South Saskatchewan Regional Plan (SSRP 2014, amended 2017) establishes the long-term vision for the region and identifies the need for subregional planning to improve the management of cumulative effects of human disturbance on public land. SSRP identified this area of public land in southwestern Alberta as a priority for Land Footprint and Recreation Management planning.
Southern Alberta’s Eastern Slopes are highly valued landscapes for their natural resources, biodiversity and are the source of most of the region’s drinking water. Forestry, energy and mining, tourism, recreation, and grazing are among the primary uses around rural communities in this part of the province. Growing population pressure and the diverse interests that converge on this landscape have led to a need to focus resource and environmental management for its long-term health and use.
This land has also provided shelter, food, medicine and enabled a way of life for Indigenous Peoples. It continues to be culturally significant to a number of First Nations communities for a variety of traditional uses, ceremonies and exercising Treaty Rights.
Managing this part of Alberta has implications far beyond its borders. The Livingstone and Porcupine Hills, along with the Castle, are subregions of the Eastern Slopes that form important components of the Crown of the Continent landscape. The Crown of the Continent includes the headwaters of the South Saskatchewan, Missouri and Columbia River systems and is critical for providing clean water for downstream use. Understanding how these subregions connect, and how to accommodate an appropriate mix of uses and activities are important dimensions of landscape management. In recognition of these multiple values, the Castle area became part of the province’s network of conservation areas, and the Livingstone and Porcupine Hills continue to be multiple-use public lands.
Why is the Government of Alberta Consulting Now?
The provincial government began engaging with stakeholders and First Nations in 2015 to develop the draft Livingstone-Porcupine Hills Land Footprint and Recreation Management Plans. A number of information meetings and workshops have been held with participants from multiple sectors and communities (e.g. First Nations, municipalities, landowners, recreationists, industry, NGOs). The feedback and information gathered has been used to inform the development of the draft plans. Treaty 6 and Treaty 7 First Nations were engaged through the SSRP Implementation Table and through one-on-one meetings to gather their ideas and perspectives.
Your feedback is important to us as we continue to better understand how cumulative effects will shape our social, environmental and economic values on this multiple-use landscape. This is a shared responsibility!
Please take the time to complete the surveys and provide your thoughts on the draft Livingstone-Porcupine Hills Land Footprint and Recreation Management plans. By registering to take the surveys, you will be able to save your progress and return later as needed. Each survey takes a minimum of 30 minutes to complete if you try all the questions. The surveys have been prepared with all questions being optional, giving you the opportunity to skip questions that you are not interested in, or do not have the expertise to respond. If you are working off of a phone or tablet, we recommend you print off the plans to make it easier to reference.
*Please note: Near the end of each survey you will have an opportunity to provide detailed comments in an essay box with unlimited space.
Surveys will be open until 4:00 pm on Thursday April 26, 2018.
Supporting Documents
The draft Livingstone-Porcupine Hills Land Footprint and Recreation Management Plans can be found in the Document Library to the right of the survey. In addition, a narrative about public land in Alberta has been prepared to provide additional context for the planning area and to describe the challenges of managing such a diverse and important landscape.
https://talkaep.alberta.ca/livingsto...ation-planning
More eastern slopes changes
Because after the OHV enthusiasts are banned who is next?
Maybe the OHV folk will want hunting banned too. Hunters don't want them in the bush. No different than what's going on in the firearms community. Ban hand guns. then semis, them magnums etc, etc,etc.
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Hybrid Mode
