Sub Unit CHIN-010-187730
u-9-009
General Wildlife Measures
No perm all weather high grade roads only low impact secondary roads.
Forest disturbance to create large openings
UWR to protect and conserve boreal caribou habitat.
Roads to be built to lowest standards on existing disturbance. Limit impact to forest cover.
Minimize disturb caribou in late winter, pre-calving, calving, post calving and rutting.
Maintain contiguous unfragmented habitat. Prevent habitat loss, alteration and degradation. Prevent fragmentation and maintain large leave areas. Maintain drainage patterns.
Minimize impacts to terrestrial and arboreal lichen (pine leading forest on sunny aspects).
Limit predator mobility and attractants.
Avoid:
· Large -treed fen-bog complexes
· Pine leading forest
· Black spruce bogs
· Bog-fen & peatland complexes
· Lake clusters
Promote natural regeneration
Planning Measures:
Applicants proposing works within Boreal Caribou areas will continue to refer to the guidance within the IOP (Interim Operating Practices for Oil and Gas Activities in Identified Boreal Caribou Habitat).
Operational Measures:
Please refer to the IOP (Interim Operating Practices for Oil and Gas Activities in Identified Boreal Caribou Habitat) for additional information