Kneehill County Environmentally Significant Areas Report 2010

Kneehill County Environmentally Significant Areas Report 2010

Report prepared to be used by Kneehill County to aid in the planning process by identifying and managing sensitive and significant areas within the County. The report was adopted by Kneehill County

“In order to meet the environmental objectives of Kneehill County and work towards the Government of Alberta’s recently adopted Land-Use Framework, planners should use the management goals to preserve the most significant ESAs (ESA-1 and ESA-2) and limit disturbance to or improve less signifcant ones (ESA-3 and -4).

“Generally, development within an ESA-1 or -2 should be avoided or minimized”