Who participates in land and resource management planning?
All parties with a key interest or stake in the plan must be invited and encouraged to participate. The major groups of participants include industry, environmental groups, local/regional government, aboriginal groups and government agencies. Their participation, cooperation and commitment to resolve land use issues are essential for the planning process to work. Participating groups appoint a person or persons to represent them in negotiations and consensus building. Representatives must be selected to reflect the full range of land use and resource interests for an area. Periodic consultation with the general public is also required. The LRMP process is without prejudice to land claims. Status of other LRMPS With the Okanagan-Shuswap, there are now thirteen LRMPs completed or under way across the province. On May 18, 1995 the province gave approval-in-principle to the Kamloops Land and Resource Management Plan and made decisions on issues where final consensus was not reached. The pl
