It’s been eight years and the province is still trying to establish greater protections for the Campbell River Estuary.
The ministry of forests, lands and natural resource operations has recently applied to Front Counter BC to amend a section of the Crown wildlife reserve to designate all 80 hectares of the untenured foreshore in the estuary as a Wildlife Management Area.
Such a designation seeks to protect fish and wildlife habitat through the province’s Wildlife Act. The creation of a Wildlife Management Area is a joint process between the city, the province and its partners such as the Nature Trust of BC.
Terri Martin, the city’s environmental specialist, said the creation of a Wildlife Management Area “builds on the work of the last Estuary Management Plan completed in 2002 and complements recent works to restore Baikie Island.”
Kristen Douglas – Campbell River Mirror – May 4, 2017.
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