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British Columbia's Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR) is a collection of land where agriculture is designated as the priority use. [1] Farming is encouraged and non-agricultural uses are restricted. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] : 16
The Site C project will result in the largest exclusion of land in the 40-year history of BC's Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR). Of the land to be flooded, there are 2,601 hectares (6,430 acres) of Class 2 ALR land within the project activity zone.
Located east of the Rockies, the regional district is characterized by rolling hills with grain and cattle farms. About 40% of the province's Agricultural Land Reserve is situated within the regional district. The Peace River flows west-to-east through the middle of the eastern half of the regional district. West of the Rockies the terrain is ...
Pages in category "Agriculture in British Columbia" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. ... Agricultural Land Reserve; Alliance Grain Terminal; B.
Pitt Meadows, an agricultural town, is over 68% within a floodplain with 86% of Pitt Meadows lying within the BC Agricultural Land Reserve as protected farmland. Lands designated as environmentally sensitive include wildlife conservation areas such as Pitt-Addington Marsh and Codd Wetland Ecological Conservancy Area, and the banks of the Fraser ...
The British Columbia Parks and Protected Areas System is a collection of physical properties managed by BC Parks. The system encompasses 1,035 park units covering an area of about 14.1 million hectares (54,440 mi 2 )—about 14.4% of the entire province—with over 6,000 km (3,700 mi) of hiking trails and approximately 12,700 campsites.
When owners couldn't get farmers to lease the land, they put hundreds of beehives on it. Now it will have hundreds of residences. Palm Beach County Agricultural Reserve farmland sells for $24 ...
The entire archipelago, comprising Kirkland, Woodward, Barber, Duck, Rose, Gunn and Williamson Islands, falls within the Agricultural Land Reserve and is under the administration of the British Columbia Ministry of Environment, designated as the South Arm Marshes Wildlife Management Area.