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You can find your activity using the alphabetical index or the Popular Activities list. Hover over a title to see a description of the activity. Click the title to see a list of guidance available for your activity.

Popular Activities

    Industrial use of forest roads, works and connecting to Forest Service Roads (FSRs) and Forest Road construction.
  • Forest Roads
    • Wells, pumps, drilling in specified areas as well as registering for a well driller or pump installer.
  • Groundwater and Drilling
    • Applications for a Mines Act Permit under the Mines Act, in order to explore and develop the Province's mineral, coal, placer, quarry and aggregate resources.
  • Mining

    • Hunting big game, limited entry hunts, hunter registration and applying for a permission to hunt.

    The Province provides hunters with the opportunity to get out into British Columbia’s (B.C.) world-renowned backcountry and enjoy the natural wonders of our province. All hunters must be familiar with hunting laws and regulations before hunting in B.C. If you plan to hunt in B.C., review the Hunting and Trapping Regulations Synopsis.

    You are required to register for a Fish and Wildlife ID before you can apply for hunting, species and special area licences, limited entry hunting and a permit to accompany a non-resident or non-resident alien to hunt big game.

  • Recreational Hunting
    • Roads constructed on Crown land, including industrial, commercial and residential roads.
  • Roads
    Short- and long-term use of surface water for domestic and non-domestic purposes, as well as information on how to change an existing water licence.
  • Surface Water
    • Decked timber, private timber marks and scaling licences.
  • Timber Administration
    • Harvesting (cutting) timber for a variety of purposes and volumes.
  • Timber Harvesting
    • Allows you to request changes to your water licence.
  • Water Licence Administration
    • Information on importing, transporting and releasing of wildlife.
  • Wildlife Import, Export, Transport and Release

A

    Crown land use where no application is required as long as the use meets criteria and follows guidelines in place.
  • Access Crown Land - No Application
    • Tourism guiding, tourism lodges and special event permits on Crown land.
  • Adventure Tourism
    • Agricultural producers can apply to use Crown land for the cultivation and production of crops, and hay cutting and grazing.
  • Agriculture
    • Private and public airstrips.
  • Airstrips
    • Angling information.
  • Angling
    • Archaeological Permit Tracking System (APTS), archeological field work notification and applications for field directors and archeological permit holders.
  • Archaeology Administration
    • Archaeological inspection permits, site alteration permits, permit amendments and requests for archaeological site data.
  • Archaeology Permits and Requests
    • Reporting new archaeological sites, updating sites and archaeological impact assessment reports.
  • Archaeology Reports

B

    Anyone keeping bees in B.C. must be registered, and apiary locations where bees are kept must be registered.
  • Bees
    • Commercial business on Crown land whether on land or water, seasonal or year round.
  • Commercial Business

C

    New communication sites and additions to existing sites on Crown land.
  • Communication Sites
    • Community non-profit organization request for Crown land to provide services.
  • Community Services
    • Water power, wind power, ocean, biomass and solar energy investigative applications.
  • Investigate Clean Energy

D

    Dam information
  • Dams
    • Private docks, marinas and yacht clubs.
  • Docks and Marinas

E

    Environmental assessment certificate information.
  • Environmental Assessment

F

    Filming on Crown land. For filming in provincial parks, see Park Filming.
  • Filming
    • Capture or collect fish specimens for scientific, non-recreational or non-commercial harvesting purposes.
  • Fish Collection
    • To simplify the approval process for the aquaculture sector The Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations (FLNR), Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) and Transport Canada (TC) work together to review aquaculture applications.
  • Fish and Aquatic
    • Guide Outfitter Licences and Territory Certificates, Transporter Licence and Angling Guide Licences, including information about exams, renewals and transfers.
  • Fish and Wildlife Guiding
    • Trout pond or applying for a permit to teach people to fish.
  • Fishing Ponds and Schools
    • Licences that are not available for application, but may be available through a competitive, invitation, sale or direct award process. This includes tenures such as: Forest Licence, Tree Farm Licence, Woodlot Licence, Community Forest Agreement, First Nations Woodland Licence and Timber Sale Licence.
  • Forest Licencing
    • Creation of trails and facilities as well as commercial use of recreation sites and trails.
  • Forest Recreation
    • Industrial use of forest roads, works and connecting to Forest Service Roads (FSRs) and Forest Road construction.
  • Forest Roads
    • Special Use Permits (SUPs) which allow for non-exclusive use and occupation of Crown land within the Provincial Forest for industrial, education or research purposes.
  • Forest Use
    • Fossil ownership and collection.
  • Fossils

G

    Game bird club information.
  • Game Bird Club
    • Game farm licencing helps to minimize the risk of disease, illegal trade of wildlife and domestic livestock, and helps to foster industry development.
  • Game Farm
    • Golf course on Crown land.
  • Golf Course

H

    Hunting big game, limited entry hunts, hunter registration and applying for a permission to hunt.

    The Province provides hunters with the opportunity to get out into British Columbia’s (B.C.) world-renowned backcountry and enjoy the natural wonders of our province. All hunters must be familiar with hunting laws and regulations before hunting in B.C. If you plan to hunt in B.C., review the Hunting and Trapping Regulations Synopsis.

    You are required to register for a Fish and Wildlife ID before you can apply for hunting, species and special area licences, limited entry hunting and a permit to accompany a non-resident or non-resident alien to hunt big game.

  • Recreational Hunting

I

    Learn about the responsible and efficient use of Crown land for surface activities associated with industrial uses. Making Crown land available for sustainable economic growth and public benefit contributes value to the people and province of British Columbia.
  • Industrial Operations

L

    Living on Crown land (only available for very specific circumstances).
  • Live on Crown Land
    • Livestock dealer licencing in British Columbia is legislated by the Animal Health Act and its Livestock licencing regulation.
  • Livestock Sales
    • Aquatic log sorts or storage and booming grounds.
  • Log Handling

M

    Under the Milk Industry Act, dairy farms are inspected and dairy farmers are required to provide facilities that ensure safe and clean milk production and handling. They must also provide adequate housing and waste handling facilities.
  • Milk and Dairy
    • Free Miner Certificates, including lease application and administration, transfers, mineral title and claim administration, coal information as well as information on reporting and records.
  • Mineral Tenure Administration
    • Applications for a Mines Act Permit under the Mines Act, in order to explore and develop the Province's mineral, coal, placer, quarry and aggregate resources.
  • Mining

P

    Guiding, lodge construction, research, investigative activities and filming in provincial parks.
  • Parks
    • Power lines for the purpose of power distribution as well as smaller power lines for residences or small commercial businesses.
  • Power Lines

R

    Grazing, haycutting and range structures on Crown land.
  • Range
    • Roads constructed on Crown land, including industrial, commercial and residential roads.
  • Roads

T

    Decked timber, private timber marks and scaling licences.
  • Timber Administration
    • Harvesting (cutting) timber for a variety of purposes and volumes.
  • Timber Harvesting
    • Traplines and fur trader licences.
  • Trapping and Fur

U

    Utilities of an industrial scale.
  • Utilities

V

    The sale of veterinary drugs in specially licenced businesses, under the Veterinary Drugs Act, began in 1968 mainly to provide livestock producers in remote areas of the provinces access to pharmaceuticals where there was no service.
  • Veterinary

W

    Activity in or about a stream. Note: Stream includes: a natural watercourse or source of water supply (whether usually containing water or not), lake, river, creek, spring, ravine, swamp or gulch.
  • Change in or about water
    • Wells, pumps, drilling in specified areas as well as registering for a well driller or pump installer.
  • Groundwater and Drilling
    • Hunting, trapping, killing, moving or destroying wildlife for a variety of purposes. Information about transporting, releasing and or possession of dead wildlife in relation specific activities (e.g. research) is also included.
  • Hunt, Trap or Kill Wildlife
    • Possessing dead wildlife for a variety of purposes, as well as information regarding possession of live wildlife, alien species and wildlife for sustenance purposes.
  • Possess Wildlife
    • Short- and long-term use of surface water for domestic and non-domestic purposes, as well as information on how to change an existing water licence.
  • Surface Water
    • Liquid effluent discharge, refuse or air discharge.
  • Waste Discharge
    • Allows you to request changes to your water licence.
  • Water Licence Administration
    • Information on importing, transporting and releasing of wildlife.
  • Wildlife Import, Export, Transport and Release
    • Wildlife rehabilitation centre information.
  • Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre