{"id":801261,"date":"2026-07-14T12:21:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T12:21:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/801261\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T12:21:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T12:21:20","slug":"province-establishes-protected-area-larger-than-city-of-surrey-in-northeast-b-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/801261\/","title":{"rendered":"Province establishes protected area larger than city of Surrey in northeast B.C."},"content":{"rendered":"

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The province says roughly 450 square kilometres of Crown land in northeastern B.C. is being set aside as a protected area for the next 10 years, covering an area larger than the city of Surrey.<\/p>\n

The new K’ih tsaa\u0294dze Protection Area is within Treaty 8 territory and stems from a 2021 B.C. Supreme Court case ruling<\/a> that the cumulative impacts of multiple industrial developments in the region infringed on the treaty, signed in 1899.<\/p>\n

Following that ruling, the province and seven Treaty 8 First Nations agreed to work collaboratively on land-use management in the area.<\/p>\n

The new protection area is part of that agreement, resulting from talks with the Doig River First Nation.<\/p>\n

Doig River First Nation-B.C. Joint Land Use Planning area:<\/p>\n

According to the province, the K’ih tsaa\u0294dze Protection Area will help protect caribou habitat and boreal ecosystems. <\/p>\n

While existing industrial activity will be allowed to continue, no new disturbances will be allowed to take place.<\/p>\n

Additionally, forestry activity will not be allowed in the area for the next four years.<\/p>\n

The province and Doig River are continuing to work on a joint land-use plan for the wider area that could cover up to 26,000 square kilometres<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Subscribe to CBC\u2019s Fort St. John Weekly<\/a> for a roundup of the best news and stories from B.C.\u2019s Peace and Northern Rockies.<\/p>\n

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