5-12B shut down for motor vehicles
Just got this email.
Dear Hunter,
You are receiving this email because you are a holder of a LEH authorization for bull moose in Zone B of 5-12.
This email is to inform you that a regulation has been enacted that prohibits the use of Motor Vehicle for the purpose of hunting, effective September 10 to November 15, within Zone B of 5-12, excluding the Chilanko Main Forest Service Road, Smokey Lake Forest Service Road, Dusty Lake Forest Service Road, Morrison Meadow (200) Forest Service Road, and Lehman Forest Service Road. Hunters may still use motor vehicles for the purpose of hunting on these mainlines, however, the operation of all motor vehicles for the purpose of hunting, to transport wildlife, to transport equipment, firearms and supplies which are intended for or in support of hunting or to transport hunters to and from the location of wildlife is prohibited on any other road within this LEH Zone. Please refer to the attached map for details of the Motor Vehicle for Hunting Prohibited Areas.
The Motor Vehicle for Hunting Prohibition is a result of deliberations between First Nations and the Province to address concerns related to decreasing moose populations over the past decade and increased vulnerability of moose to hunting due to extreme wildfires, especially the wildfires from the summer of 2017. The Province has made a commitment to reconciliation and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People, and this closure moves towards fulfillment of that commitment.
In addition to these actions, the province and First Nations will be working together to operate game checks and enforce cow moose hunting bans for those first nation bands that have signed communal Memorandum of Understandings restricting their own band members from harvesting cow moose, which is anticipated to significantly increase the rate of population growth. Actions are also being taken to reduce access and restore important moose habitat in alignment with wildfire recovery activities. Over the long term the province plans to work collaboratively to develop a long-term management plan for moose in the region with input from stakeholders.
This decision is for this year's hunting season and future year decisions will be informed by data collected through the enhanced enforcement, inventory and the management planning process.
In addition to the measures described above, the Province has also closed portions of Management Unit 5-03, 5-06 and Zone B of 5-04 to moose hunting, closed the October 1 to October 14 moose LEH seasons in Zone A of 5-13, Zone C of 5-13, and Management Unit 5-14, and implemented Motor Vehicle for Hunting Prohibitions in portions of Zone A of 5-12.
We apologize for any inconvenience these changes may have caused.
Regards,
Wildlife and Habitat Branch
Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations, and Rural Development
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