Recreational Access to Forest Land Use Zones (FLUZ)
Albertans across the province enjoy a diversity of recreational opportunities, including (but not limited to) camping, hiking, quadding, snowmobiling, horseback riding, paddling, hunting, fishing, skiing, and mountain biking.
No matter how you enjoy Alberta’s public lands, your presence has an impact on natural landscape, vegetation, wildlife, waterways, and other users. Visitors are encouraged to enjoy their recreational activities in a safe manner that respects the environment and other users. Using public land responsibly will help to ensure your recreational access to Alberta’s public lands now and in the future.
Alberta is facing increasing demands on the landscape. Forest Land Use Zones are one way the department manages land uses to help ensure that Alberta’s public lands are healthy, productive, and sustainable, while enabling access to recreation opportunities.
What is a Forest Land Use Zone?
A Forest Land Use Zone (FLUZ) is an area of public land to which legislative controls apply under authority of the Forests Act, Forest Recreation Regulation (343/1979) to assist in the management of industrial, commercial, and recreational land uses and resources.
- A FLUZ is created for a specific land base and the unique conditions that exist within that land base.
- FLUZs are established to better manage Alberta’s busy landscape and the land use activities, including recreation that occurs in a specific area.
- FLUZ conditions are designed primarily to protect areas containing sensitive resources and manage conflicting land-use activities.
- FLUZs are not designated as parks or protected areas.
Currently, there are 19 FLUZs covering approximately 11,200 km² of public land in Alberta.
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