Special Management Area - Old Crow Flats

Purpose

To protect fish and wildlife and their habitat and the natural evolution of the ecosystem as a priority while recognizing the traditional and continuing use of the area's resources by Vuntut Gwitchin.

Management regime

• maintain the integrity of the area as one ecological unit.
• recognize and protect the traditional and current use of the area by the Vuntut Gwitchin.
• protect and conserve fish and wildlife and their habitats, in particular the Porcupine Caribou Herd and migratory birds.
• protect the full diversity of fish and wildlife populations and their habitats from activities which could reduce the land's capability to support them.