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The objective of regional land use planning is to provide guidance for the integrated management of lands and resources in order to ensure sustainable development and sound environmental stewardship while minimizing land use conflicts.
As an overall management approach, the Peel Watershed Planning Commission recommends a “best use” approach to land use within the region, recommending one or more types of protected Special Management Areas (SMAs), each with an emphasis on specific values.
The Commission recommends that 80.6% of the region (16 of 21 Landscape Management Units (LMUs)) be withdrawn from new mineral or oil and gas activities, and be designated as Special Management Areas (SMAs).
The Peel Watershed Land Use Planning Commission has incorporated a range of conservation values and principles that apply throughout the planning region. These principles include watershed-level protection, landscape connectivity, wilderness, focal species preservation, key habitats, ecosystem services, eco-region representation, and ecological integrity.
The Recommended Peel Watershed Regional Land Use Plan proposes that surface access in the region be managed in a variety of ways.
The Plan recommends dividing the Peel watershed into 21 Landscape Management Units (LMUs). The size, shape, and designation Specific attributes of each LMU are presented of the LMUs are based on drainage patterns, land based values, and management intent. The zones range in size from 157 km2 to 18,678 km2.
The purpose of a Regional Land Use Plan is to provide clear guidance for the use and management of land and resources. The Recommended Peel Watershed Regional Land Use Plan is currently over 350 pages with a sizeable amount of background narrative, and appendices.
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