Letter of Understanding BC Parks - Galiano LTC (Bodega)

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Letter of Understanding

Between
BC Parks, West Coast Region and Galiano Island Local Trust Committee

The purpose of this letter of understanding, signed by BC Parks, West Coast Region and the Galiano
Island Local Trust Committee, is to confirm and affirm the management direction BC Parks has for
Bodega Ridge Provincial Park. Should the Dewinetz lands (Islands Trust File GL-RZ-2011.2), presently
under consideration, be rezoned and the resulting Nature Protected (NP) lands are transferred to BC
Parks, those lands would be designated as an addition to Bodega Ridge Provincial Park under the
Protected Areas of British Columbia Act, to be managed under the Park Act.

Islands Trust has the mandate ‘to preserve and protect the trust area and its unique amenities and
environment for the benefit of the residents of the trust area and of the province generally’.

BC Parks mission, and mandate is to meet the dual mandates of conservation and recreation as set out in
the BC Parks Mission Statement:

BC Parks Mission Statement:

As a public trust, BC Parks' mission is to protect representative and special natural places within the
province's Protected Areas System for world-class conservation, outdoor recreation, education and
scientific study.

BC Parks is committed to serving British Columbians and their visitors by:

e Protecting and managing for future generations a wide variety of outstanding park lands which
represent the best natural features and diverse wilderness environments of the province.

e Providing province-wide opportunities for a diversity of high quality and safe outdoor recreation
that is compatible with protecting the natural environment.

Inherent in this mandate is the requirement to maintain a balance between BC Parks' goals for protecting
natural environments and outdoor recreation.

In order to meet the dual mandate of conservation and recreation, management plans are used by BC
Parks as the guiding tool for park managers and operations staff to meet the goals of protecting natural
environments while providing outdoor recreation that is compatible with the natural environment, The
management plans guide management actions and set parameters and conditions around activities,
development and protection of the protected area values. Management plans are developed with
consultation with First Nations and the public.

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Letter of Understanding — BC Parks, West Coast Region and Galiano Island Local Trust Committee

Bodega Ridge Provincial Park has preliminary management direction set out in the Bodega Ridge
Provincial Park Purpose Statement and Zoning Plan, March 2003 (attached). Additional lands have been
acquired and designated as part of Bodega Ridge Provincial Park, since March 2003. Bodega Ridge
Provincial Park is managed under the direction of the existing purpose statement. The purpose statement
sets out the environmental.and conservation values of the park, identifies the need for control 

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