Fairy Fen Management Plan
· Bowen Island Municipality · Reports & Publications · 2011
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Topics: Marine & foreshore · Aquaculture & shellfish · Fresh water & aquifers · Forestry & trees · First Nations & reconciliation · Transportation & ferries · Climate & environment — our classification, not the Trust's.
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0 FA 1 km AIRY F M White m ISLAND Bo FEN N ANAG head Envir J DS TRUST owen Isla NATU GEMEN ronmental C uly 29, 201 T FUND nd RE RE NT PLA Consultant 1 ESERV AN ts Ltd. VE ISLANDS TRUST FUND Bowen Island FAIRY FEN NATURE RESERVE MANAGEMENT PLAN Prepared for Islands Trust Fund 200 – 1627 Fort Street, Victoria, B.C. V8R 1H8 Prepared by Whitehead Environmental Consultants Ltd. P.O. Box 41, Bowen Island, B.C. V0N 1G0 29 July 2011 Management Plan: Fairy Fen Nature Reserve, Bowen Island. Islands Trust Fund. July 29 2011 p.i Whitehead Environmental Consultants Ltd. 604-947-0144 – alanjw@telus.net Executive Summary This document presents a management plan for the Islands Trusts Fund’s Fairy Fen Nature Reserve on Bowen Island. The 18 hectare (44 acre) property was acquired through the Province of British Columbia’s Free Crown Grant Program on March 25 th 2010. The main reason for the establishment of the Reserve was to protect the regionally significant wetland known as Fairy Fen. The property, which was protected in partnership with the Bowen Island Conservancy, is one of three nature reserves and three covenant areas protected by the Islands Trust Fund on Bowen Island. These protected areas complement the 397 hectare Ecological Reserve 48, established by the provincial government in 1973. The management planning process documented in this report has included identification of the purpose and management objectives for the Reserve, a compilation of property information, an ecological inventory, consultation with the public regarding their interest in and wishes for the Reserve, and development of an action plan covering tasks to be completed in the immediate future (18 months to 2 years), as well as short term (3 –to 5 years) and long term (5 to 10 years). The purpose of the Reserve is to preserve the area’s ecosystems in their natural state, in accordance with the Islands Trust Fund Board’s Five Year Plan (2008-2012) and the Bowen Island Official Community Plan. The Reserve’s main management objectives are to: protect the plant and animal communities and ecosystem processes of Fairy Fen and its headwaters forest in perpetuity; allow the natural ecological processes and functions to proceed without human interference, except in the case of wildfire or other situations where remediation is considered imperative; accommodate the continued low-impact use of the Reserve for pedestrian visitation, nature appreciation, education and scientific research; permit only uses that do not significantly impair the natural condition of the Reserve or its special features. The Reserve is
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