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The Muskwa-Kechika Management Area (M-KMA), situated in northern British Columbia, Canada, is a globally significant area of wilderness, wildlife and cultures, to be maintained in perpetuity, where world class integrated resource management decision-making is practiced ensuring that resource development and other human activities take place in harmony with wilderness quality, wildlife and dynamic ecosystems on which they depend. The M-KMA was designated in legislation (M-KMA Act, 1998).

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		6.4 million hectares
		Approximately the size of Ireland
		Pronounced (musk-quah-ke-chee-kah)
		Translated, Muskwa means Bear and Kechika means long inclining river
		The M-KMA includes Parks and Protected Areas where resource extraction is prohibited, and management zones where resource extraction may occur, according to higher standards than elsewhere in the province (e.g. best management practices for oil and gas development).
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2010-11 Expenditure Plan Approved

2009 M-K Youth Camp report(posted April 2010

2008 M-K Youth Camp report (posted Dec 2009)

2007-09 Northern SRMC Report-- M-KMA (posted Dec 2009)

M-K Wildlife Strategy:

http://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/eirs/viewDocumentDetail.do?fromStatic=true&repository=BDP&documentId=10050

M-K Wildlife Technical Document:

http://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/eirs/viewDocumentDetail.do?fromStatic=true&repository=BDP&documentId=10051

Older Items:

Winter 2009 Newsletter

State of the Muskwa-Kechika Management Area report (Request printed copies from the M-K Secretariat)

Cover letter for State of the M-K Report

2007-08 M-K Annual Report to the Premier and the Public (Request printed copies from the M-K Secretariat

New M-KMA brochure (request printed copies from the M-K Secretariat)

2008 Public Survey Results

***M-K/UNBC Partnership Award Film***

M-KAB Approved Wilderness Definition

GENERAL INFORMAION:

Muskwa-Kechika Information Office
Located in the Fort St. John Visitor Centre
Suite 200, 9523- 100th Street
Fort St. John, BC V1J 4N4
Phone: (250) 262-0065

Tom Briggs of Mackenzie B.C. was appointed in May 2007 as the Chair of the Muskwa-Kechika Advisory Board (M-KAB).

The M-KAB is supported by way of a professional service agreement for an M-KAB Secretariat. Contact for the M-KAB Secretariat by way of email at:

REMUNERATION DISCLOSURE:

The M-KAB Chair, appointed by the Premier is provided an honorarium of $2000 per month to fulfill the duties and responsibilities on behalf of the M-KAB.

There is no remuneration for other M-KAB members except for travel costs for M-KAB meetings and business. Travel claims are based on current BC Government rates for Boards and Commissions.