The British Columbia protected areas system is guided by planning processes that establish goals for the overall management of protected areas and identifies potential lands and waters to be added to the system

System Planning

BC Parks participates in interagency planning initiatives focussed on regional land use planning and marine protected areas planning and management.

Management Planning

BC Parks prepares management plans to guide how a protected area will be managed over the next ten to twenty years. The plan sets out objectives and actions for conservation, development, interpretation and operation of a protected area. A management plan relies on current information relating to such subjects as natural values, cultural values, and recreation opportunities within a protected area and resource activities occurring on surrounding lands.

This Planning Section of BC Parks' website provides information on the process used to prepare management plans, current plans, management direction statements and background reports.