Human
Needs
A number
of human needs exist in the license area, such as food harvesting,
forestry, mining, tourism and recreation. Moose hunting is highly
valued and strategies to maintain moose populations are being
developed and implemented.
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Definitions:
The Committee
for Moose Management: The committee is of the Manitoba
Model Forest and made up of First Nation and other communities,
hunting associations, industry (including Tembec) and government.
The committee has been proactive at developing moose management
strategies.
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Human
needs in the FML include the following:
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Food
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Moose, whitetailed deer,
blueberries, labrador tea, mushrooms, high bush cranberry
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| Wataer Quality |
Drinking water is obtained
from the Winnipeg, Black, Manigotagan and Wanipigow rivers. |
Local Economy
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Wild rice, baitfish operations,
tourism, employment from mining and forestry
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| Recreation |
Canoeing, hunting, fishing,
skiing, snowmobiling, camping, cottaging.
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Focus on Water
Quality
- Buffer strips along rivers and lakes also protect
water quality. Buffers are generally 100m along rivers and lakes
unless there is additional protection for the area (such as the
Manigotagan which has a buffer of 250m in the park area).
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Hunting
pressures and increased access have caused some moose
populations to decline. In Game Hunting Area 17A, located at
the northern tip of FML01, moose have declined from 1560 to
571 between 1996 and 2002. This is likely because of greater
hunting access and increased hunting pressure. During the same
time period, moose populations have increased in Game Hunting
Area 26 from 850 to 2350 moose.
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Moose
harvest is controlled by use of limits, short hunding
seasons, hunting closures and use of designated routes. Tembec
is working towards a combination of hunting closures and reduced
access. Tembec views current efforts as successful in controlling
moose harvest and areas currently closed to hunting may re-open
once the forest is several meters tall.
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First
Nations can hunt freely (any time and any place), except
for the Chief George Barker Wildlife Refuge, where a band council
resolution was reached with Hollow Water First Nation and Manitoba
Conservation..
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Moose
management strategies, developed by the Committee for
Moose Management of the Manitoba Model Forest, have helped bring
about provincial moose policy in the eastern region.
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