Land Use Management & Remote Sensing
Beaverhills Land Management Framework
The Beaver Hill's Land Use Planners Working Group commissioned an analysis of the environmental sensitivities....
Project Summary
The Beaver Hills Initiative (BHI) is a collaborative partnership with three levels of government, environmental non-governmental organizations (ENGOs), research institutions, and industry groups who promote cooperative solutions to conserve and sustain the Beaver Hills Moraine. The moraine is a regionally significant environmental area that provides recreational opportunities and a unique rural lifestyle valued by residents and visitors alike. It lies within the jurisdiction of five municipalities and contains protected areas managed by federal, provincial, and municipal agencies and ENGOs.
Project Legacy
In 2006, the BHI’s Land Use Planners Working Group commissioned an analysis of the environmental sensitivities of the moraine and legislative tools for sustainable development within the moraine. The resulting Land Management Framework document provided municipal planners with information about the moraine’s environmental resources and best management practices to help them coordinate land use policies among all jurisdictions. In 2014, they commissioned an update to that report; a study that required renewal of GIS constraints analyses of environmental sensitivities, review of current environmental policy, and a survey of current implementation of the LMF.Solstice also completed a separate project to address data gaps in vegetation and wetlands mapping. The update informed recommendations
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land acknowledgment
Solstice Environmental Management resides and works in Treaty 6, Treaty 7, and Treaty 8 territories.
Out of respect, truth, and reconciliation, we acknowledge that these regions are home to First Nations, Cree, Blackfoot, Nakota Sioux, Dene, Inuit, and Metis peoples, both past and present. We honour the intimate connection that the First Peoples of Canada share with this traditional territory and wish to further empower the Indigenous sovereignty of land management through a partnership grounded in a mutual respect of the Earth. We believe we have much to learn and share in our desire to protect the natural landscapes and sacred lands that were first cared for by the First Peoples of Canada.
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