Agreements provide hundreds of millions of dollars for land restoration and resource revenue sharing, framework for land use management, conservation, and wildlife planning.
The B.C. government has reached new agreements with four Treaty 8 First Nations to address the cumulative impacts and future planning of industrial development in the northeast.
The agreements were signed with the Doig River, Halfway River, Fort Nelson, and Saulteau First Nations. Work to finalize agreements with the West Moberly and Prophet River First Nations, as well as the McLeod Lake Indian Band is “progressing positively”, government officials said. "We always want to make sure that our treaty rights are protected, there’s always land protected, and we want to play a real role in resource development," he said, "and when I speak of resource development, I mean wildlife, oil and gas, even access to water.”
Saulteau Chief Justin Napoleon called the agreements a first step in addressing cumulative impacts and reconciliation with Treaty 8 nations, with lots of work to be done to implement.
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