Kwel Management Plan
· Lasqueti Island · Reports & Publications · 2017
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Topics: Marine & foreshore · Aquaculture & shellfish · Fresh water & aquifers · Forestry & trees · First Nations & reconciliation · Transportation & ferries · Governance & budget — our classification, not the Trust's.
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Kwe Lasqu Prope Doug el Nature ueti Island, B erty Manage Hopwood R Reserve BC ement Plan RPF e 2017 Intentionally blank Kwel Nature Reserve Lasqueti Island, BC Property Management Plan 2017 Doug Hopwood RPF 603 Hemlock Street, Qualicum Beach, BC V9K 1H8 Approved by: Trust Fund Board ‐ April 4, 2017 Nanaimo and Area Land Trust (NALT) ‐ May 15, 2017 TLC The Land Conservancy of British Columbia – May 17, 2017 Executive Summary The Kwel Nature Reserve is a 21.6 hectare (53.4 acres) protected area at the northwest corner of Main Road and Tucker Bay Road on Lasqueti Island. The land was donated to the Islands Trust Fund in 1997 by Amelia Humphries. A Section 219 Conservation Covenant and Section 218 Statutory Right of Way Agreement, dated December 18, 2001, between the Trust Fund Board, TLC The Land Conservancy of British Columbia, and Nanaimo and Area Land Stewards Society prohibits any uses on the land which will impair or interfere with its natural state. Nanaimo and Area Land Stewards Society is now known as Nanaimo and Area Land Trust (NALT). The Kwel Nature Reserve is within the asserted traditional territory of several First Nations and Treaty Groups. For over 10,000 years local First Nations have had an integral connection to the islands in the Trust area and the surrounding waters. The Islands Trust Fund has reached out to local First Nations to improve its understanding of the historical and current connection of First Nations with Lasqueti Island, and to learn how the Islands Trust Fund’s management of protected areas can acknowledge and respect the cultural significance and traditional uses. While specific input has not been received to incorporate into this plan, the Islands Trust Fund will continue to research the cultural significance and traditional use/management of the property. The objectives for management of the Kwel Nature Reserve are: • to protect the natural character of the property and provide a place for quiet contemplation and nature appreciation; • to protect the natural ecological, scenic, and human restorative values of the property; • to allow natural ecological processes to function without human interference, except processes such as large‐scale wildfire that may cause significant threat to ecosystem values or human life or property; • to ensure that permitted uses will not significantly impair the natural condition of the land or interfere with natural processes on the land; and • to allow minimal impact, non‐consumptive human use of the property related to contemplation and nature appreciation and nature study. The Kwel Nature Reserve is located within the Coastal Douglas‐fir moist maritime (CDFmm) Biogeoclimatic subzone, an area where natural ecosystems have been heavily impacted by human develop
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