Burns Bog - Ecological Protection

Ecological Protection

The four parties have completed the Burns Bog Ecological Conservancy Area Management Plan to effectively protect the special attributes of the Bog.

Burns Bog is owned and managed by the Province, Metro Vancouver, and the Corporation of Delta. A legally binding conservation covenant placed on the property will ensure that Burns Bog is protected, and managed effectively as a natural ecosystem. All levels of government have agreed to: "maintain in perpetuity a large, contiguous, undeveloped natural area for the purpose of protecting the flora and fauna that depend on the Bog; manage the Bog as a functional raised bog ecosystem as understood by the best science of the time; maintain the extent and integrity of the water mound and the peat that encloses it, and in particular the upper porous acrotelm, upon which the persistence of the ecosystem depends; and prevent any occupation or use of the Bog that will impair or interfere with the current state of the Bog or the Amenities..."

Metro Vancouver is the lead agency to ensure collaboration with all funding partners in the planning and management of the area, as defined in the Management Agreement. Burns Bog will be managed as an "Ecological Conservancy Area" or ECA. The priority will be ecological protection, not public use.