WHA-9-114
- Region: Peace - 9
- Legal under OGAA: Yes
- Legal under FRPA: Yes
General Information
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General Wildlife Measures
No roads and no impacts to forest cover.
Established to conserve and protect Connecticut Warbler and their habitat.
No new access structure
No impacts to forest cover or structure
Maintain
Mature and old growth aspen, trembling aspen, deciduous trees
Lush herbs and low understory
Key herb and forb species
Patch size no less than 4ha.
Structural character of mature/old forest
Avoid disturbance during breeding season May01-Jul31. Delay activity till August.
Planning Measures:
Do not construct roads, trails or access.
No impacts to forest cover.
No water structures or dugouts
Avoid Connecticut Warbler habitat when planning activity:
Mature and old deciduous forest (esp. aspen/trembling aspen >40 years old)
Herb/forb communities (tall bluebell, geranium, rose, timothy, wildrye, paintbrush, fireweed and bunchberry)
Low shrub communities (rose, willow, baneberry, red-osier and dogwood)
Intact forested areas
Tree canopy with lush understory and complex structural character
Operational Measures:
Minimize disturbance during breeding season May01-July31. Plan activity for after July31
Do not use pesticides except for spot application of herbicide to control invasive plants or noxious weeds outside of breeding season (May 1 – July 31).
Maintain plant community of old growth aspen forests, including the herbaceous