Stakeholders

Main stakeholder interest groups may include, but are not limited to, the following with information and links to their associations.

• Local businesses
  
  
• Tourism industry – link to Ministry of Tourism and Recreation
  
  
• Tourism (remote, semi-remote and drive-in resource-based) – link to Northern Ontario Tourist Outfitters Association (NOTO)
  
  
• Anglers and hunters – link to Ontario Federation of Anglers & Hunters
  
  
• Other Crown land recreational users including trail users – links to Ontario Federation of All Terrain Vehicle Clubs, Canada Trails, Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs
  
  
• Forest industry – link to The Ontario Forestry Association
  
  
• Naturalists and environmental groups – link to, Ontario Environmental Directory
  
  
• Mineral exploration industry – link to MNDM-related web links page
  
  
• Mine Operators – link to Ontario Mining Association
  
  
• Municipalities, local service and planning boards – link to Association of Municipalities of Ontario
  
  
• Aboriginal communities – link to Chiefs-of-Ontario
  
  
• Trappers – links to Fur Institute of Canada, or Ontario Fur Managers Federation
  
  
• Prospectors – links to Ontario Prospectors Association, Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada and other resource users
  
  
• Utilities
  
  
• Transportation industry (railway)
  
  
• Industry unions

Stakeholders’ values may include:

• Access impacts (i.e., access to previously remote lakes and rivers)
  
  
• Visual impacts (i.e., activities visible from resource-based tourism lakes)
  
  
• Sound impacts (i.e., noise from equipment, haulage trucks heard at remote tourism camps)
  
  
• Cultural/heritage values to be preserved and protected
  
  
• Environmental considerations (parks and protected areas, ecological values)
  
  
• Socio-economic value of resources
  
  
• Land-use planning considerations