- There are legally protected Conservation Lands in the Project area that are managed by the BC Government on behalf of The Nature Trust of British Columbia. This consists of the Big Ranch/Grave Prairie Conservation Complex (Rankin/ Musil/ Big Ranch). The Project utility corridor would cross these Conservation Lands. There are no other Project facilities proposed for legally protected Conservation Lands.
- In 2013 Teck purchased lands in the Project area and in 2020 Teck and the KNC entered into an agreement to manage those lands for conservation purposes. NWP began exploring and making plans for the Crown Mountain Coking Coal Project prior to Teck purchasing those lands. NWP has consulted with Teck and the KNC about the Project’s use of a portion of those lands for the Project’s rail load-out (which would be in a previously disturbed area). To date, no agreement has been reached.
- NWP supports the concept of Conservation Lands and will work with the BC government and the KNC to evaluate the purchase of additional Conservation Lands.
