Kitsumkalum Agreement-in-Principle
respecting the establishment of a process or institution with respect to the applicable areas
within watersheds as set out in Appendix H of the Final Agreement.
13.
Nothing in the Final Agreement will preclude Kitsumkalum from participating in, or benefiting
from, provincial benefits-sharing programs of general application in accordance with the
general criteria established for those programs from time to time.
14.
Nothing in the Final Agreement will preclude Kitsumkalum from entering into arrangements for
economic opportunities with third parties, provided that these arrangements are consistent with
the Final Agreement.
Parks and Protected Areas
15.
Kitsumkalum may make proposals to British Columbia to establish a Provincial Protected Area
within the Kitsumkalum Area.
16.
Nothing in the Final Agreement will obligate British Columbia to establish a Provincial
Protected Area within the Kitsumkalum Area.
17.
Any Provincial Protected Area established after the Effective Date will not include
Kitsumkalum Lands without the consent of Kitsumkalum.
18.
Subject to paragraph 19, Kitsumkalum Members may exercise the Kitsumkalum Right to Gather
Plants, the Kitsumkalum Right to Harvest Migratory Birds, and the Kitsumkalum Right to
Harvest Wildlife within Provincial Protected Areas, in accordance with the Final Agreement.
19.
For greater certainty, the Kitsumkalum Right to Gather Plants in Provincial Protected Areas is
subject to negotiating a Gathering Area.
20.
Before the Final Agreement, British Columbia and Kitsumkalum will attempt to reach an
agreement with respect to provincial parks that addresses:
a)
park planning;
b)
management and operations;
c)
economic opportunities; and
d)
other matters agreed to by British Columbia and Kitsumkalum.
21.
Before the Final Agreement, British Columbia and Kitsumkalum will attempt to address the
outcomes of the Great Bear Initiative and the applicable Land and Resource Management Plans
as they relate to provincial parks.
22.
British Columbia will Consult with Kitsumkalum in respect of:
a)
the establishment of new Provincial Protected Areas or Wildlife Management Areas;
b)
the preparation or modification of any management plan for a Provincial Protected Area
wholly or partly within the Kitsumkalum Area;
c)
the disposition of or modification of boundaries of existing Provincial Protected Areas
or Wildlife Management Areas; and
d)
changes in the use or designation of existing Provincial Protected Areas or Wildlife
Management Areas,
that may affect the Kitsumkalum Right to Gather Plants, the Kitsumkalum Right to Harvest
Wildlife or the Kitsumkalum Right to Harvest Migratory Birds.
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