About this Survey

The Kaska-B.C. Land Use Planning project area includes the 9.9 million hectares of Kaska Ancestral Territory in British Columbia. It also intersects with Treaty 8 territories, and the territories of several other rights-holding First Nations.

In 2024, Kaska First Nations and the B.C. government (the project team) entered into a formal process agreement to work together on two project goals within the plan area: 

• Establish an Indigenous-led conservation area called Dene K’éh Kusān
• Complete land use planning (reviewing and updating) in areas outside Dene K’éh Kusān and existing parks, protected areas and conservancies

The purpose of this survey is to gather feedback on:

• Updated boundary and intent of the Dene K’éh Kusān conservation area
• Proposed updates to the Dease-Liard Sustainable Resource Management Plan (SRMP) in the Northwest sub-area

To ensure your feedback is informed, we encourage you to review the Kaska-B.C. Land Use Planning Project Update (PDF, 23.2MB, opens in a new tab) prior to sharing your feedback. Because you will need to refer to different sections of the report while taking the survey, we recommend that you do this on a desktop or laptop computer.

The survey includes three sections and all questions are optional. Your responses will remain confidential, and you may skip questions that you do not have specific feedback on or prefer not to answer.

The time required to complete this survey will vary based on the level of feedback you wish to share. The survey will close on August 4, 2026, at 4 pm PT, 5 pm MT.
We appreciate your interest.

Kaska First Nations means Dease River First Nation, Kwadacha Nation, Ross River Dena Council, and Liard First Nation, including Daylu Dena Council.