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Caribou Mountain Sub-regional Plan public survey

Albertans can provide input on the draft Red Earth Sub-regional Plan and its regulatory details.

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Introduction

The Government of Alberta wants to hear what you think about the draft Red Earth Sub-regional Plan, its regulatory details and its approval under the Alberta Land Stewardship Act.

The Caribou Mountains sub-region is located in the Lower Peace Region, which currently does not have an approved regional plan.

Recent amendments to the Alberta Land Stewardship Act enable the government to establish sub-regions and approve stand alone sub-regional plans without the need for inclusion in a regional plan in these circumstances. The draft Caribou Mountains Sub-regional Plan and its regulatory details are proposed to be approved as a standalone plan under the Alberta Land Stewardship Act until a regional plan in this area comes into effect.

This draft plan and its regulatory details are intended to guide land and resource management in the Caribou Mountains sub-region of northeastern Alberta. The Caribou Mountains Sub-regional Plan brings together approaches for land management, including landscape restoration, energy, forestry, access management, and recreation and tourism to achieve the following outcomes:

  • Outcome 1 – Support economic opportunities that provide benefits to local municipalities, Indigenous peoples, and all Albertans.
  • Outcome 2 – Consolidate and manage development to support landscape intactness and self-sustaining plant and wildlife populations, with a focus on species at risk.
  • Outcome 3 – Support recreational, cultural and traditional land uses, including the practice of constitutionally recognized rights in the sub-region, for the benefit of local people, Indigenous people, and all Albertans.

Your feedback will help us understand how the proposed approaches may affect you and identify opportunities to improve the plan before it is finalized and approved under the Alberta Land Stewardship Act.

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All questions are optional. Please answer the ones most relevant to you. 

The survey takes approximately 15 to 30 minutes to complete.

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Section 1 – Your feedback on specific aspects of the plan and its regulatory details

Landscape restoration

The Caribou Mountains sub-region contains a high density of legacy seismic lines and other disturbances. The draft plan relies on clear restoration outcomes and timelines, with a focus on restoring legacy, abandoned, and inactive footprint to support caribou and bison recovery and a variety of future land uses.

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How supportive are you of managing landscape restoration in this way?

Well-based energy and minerals

In the Caribou Mountains sub-region, the draft plan uses zonation to enable future energy developments and provides flexibility for well-based energy resources development, including petroleum and natural gas and other emerging well-based energy resources. It emphasizes managing the amount of footprint, reducing fragmentation, and requiring restoration of seismic lines, roads, and well sites over time to support caribou habitat recovery.

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How supportive are you of managing the energy industry this way?

Forestry

The draft plan provides direction for forest management in the Caribou Mountains, including encouraging aggregated harvesting, restoring temporary footprint, and requiring timely restoration. These approaches are intended to reduce long term fragmentation and support caribou habitat and other wildlife values while allowing continued forestry operations.

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How supportive are you of managing forestry this way?

Access management

The plan manages access in the Caribou Mountains sub-region by reducing inactive roads. This approach aims to reduce landscape fragmentation while continuing to support economic activity and maintain flexibility for disposition and tenure access.

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How supportive are you of the proposed access management approach?
Place pins on the map to identify any road classification concerns you have with the primary road network. Roads within in situ project areas or within the White area are not included in the road network.
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Recreation and tourism

The draft plan supports a wide range of outdoor recreation opportunities, including year-round recreation like hunting, fishing, camping, off-highway vehicle use, and nature-based tourism. The plan identifies recreation management areas and a new Public Land Use Zone within the Caribou Mountains sub-region. These measures are intended to provide ongoing access for recreation and provide protection for unique and sensitive landscapes.

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How supportive are you of managing recreation and tourism this way?

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Section 2 – Tell us about you

The following questions will help us better understand the input that we receive.

Of the following sources of information about the draft Caribou Mountains Sub-regional Plan, which one has been your primary source of information?
What is your connection to the Caribou Mountains sub-regional planning area?
Are you completing this survey as a representative of your company, organization or community?
Do you identify as Indigenous?
How was your experience sharing your input today?
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