T H E TA H LTA N P L A N TO P ROT E C T O N E M I L L I O N H E C TA R E S O F TERRITORY, INCLUDING SHESLAY

As the Nation continues to enforce its rules on the territory, it is also working on plans to permanently protect Sheslay. In 2019, the federal government committed $3.9 million through the Canada Nature Fund to support the Nation’s land use plans, which include setting up Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas on the territory. Tahltan stewardship planning identified three areas the Nation would focus on: Klappan, Ice Mountain (Mount Edziza) and Sheslay. In total, the proposed protection would span over one million hectares.

The Tahltan Nation is hoping to establish Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas in several areas including Sheslay and Ice Mountain (Mount Edziza), shown here, part of which is already protected as a provincial park

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