Wallace Bay National Wildlife Area Management Plan: chapter 9


9 Plan implementation

The management plan will be implemented over a 10-year period. Annual work plans will be developed in accordance with priorities and budgets and the details of management plan implementation will be developed through Environment and Climate Change Canada’s annual work planning process and will be implemented as human and financial resources allow. An adaptive management approach will be favoured for the implementation of the management plan. The implementation of the plan will be evaluated five years after its publication, on the basis of the actions identified in Table 8.

Table 8: Implementation Strategy Timeline
Activity 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Site inspections for health and safety (April-May) x x x x x x x x x x
Maintenance and monitoring of public use area (May-August) x x x x x x x x x x
Boundary maintenance and posting of regulatory signage (October-March) x x x x x x x x x x
Impoundment Monitoring x x x x x x x x x x
Aerial photography of freshwater wetlands (August-September) x x x x x x x x x x
Freshwater wetlands management meeting (February) x x x x x x x x x x
Botanical survey - - - - x - - - - -
Mature Acadian Forest management x x x x x x x x x x
Acquisition of lands x x x x x x x x x x

9.1 Management authorities and mandates

The Canadian Wildlife Service of Environment and Climate Change Canada, Atlantic region, is responsible for site management of Wallace Bay National Wildlife Area (NWA).

9.2 Management plan review

This Management Plan will be reviewed 5 years after its formal approval by Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Wildlife Service and every 10 years thereafter.

Additions of new information may be appended to the document as required to aid in site management and decision-making.

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