Provincial Land and Resource Management Initiative Esri Canada User Conference November 6, 2013 Gretchen Pohlkamp, Executive Director Land Services Department of Natural Resources
The Problem Like most of the rest of Canada, the provincial government is largest land owner in Nova Scotia Unlike rest of Canada, province owns only 35% of land There are growing demands on the land (e.g. protection of land, aboriginal land claims) Information on land assets is difficult to access Land is managed by many departments Little or no coordination of efforts or tools Government is looking for new sources of revenue Crown land only generates $5 M in revenue
Crown Lands Across Canada 350 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 231 219 120 98 84 91 9 3 0 <--West to East --> (Rounded to the Nearest Million Acres) BC Alta Sask Man Ont Que NL NB NS PEI 94% 60% 58% 75% 87% 92% 91% 48% 35% 09%
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Overview of Initiative Components The Provincial Land and Resource Management (PLARM) Initiative includes both policy and technology projects, which are establishing processes and systems to allow the government to more effectively use its land and resources Subprojects include: 1. Land Asset Management (LAM) Policy Pilot 2. Provincial Land Ownership Project 3. Mineral and Petroleum Rights Registry System - NovaROC 4. Land Services System - CrownLINC 5. GIS Link Project
1. LAM Policy Pilot (completed) Conducted extensive consultations with stakeholders from the wind and agriculture industries and promoted Crown land as an available resource indicating that we are open for business Assessed the wind-energy resource on Crown land and developed a series of maps showing the wind-energy conversion potential on Crown land Assessed the maple sugar resource on Crown land Revised the Special Leasing Policy to create a new Crown Land Leasing Policy and Application Guide Issued a Request for Proposal for leasing maple sugar stands on Crown lands Closed project activities in April 2013
Wind Energy Suitability Analysis
Blueberry Production Maple Sugar Production Crown Land NS Environment Land Sugar Maple Stand Candidate Protected Area
2. Land Ownership Project TIR FLB NSE DNR
3. Mineral & Petroleum Rights Registry System Awarded the contract in February 2012 to Pacific GeoTech Systems (PGTS) Limited Solution deployed in the Provincial Data Centre Map Viewer designed by staff at the Mineral Resources Branch Launched on August 26, 2013 novaroc.novascotia.ca
3. Mineral & Petroleum Rights Registry System Client NovaROC Log in Identify Client Business Function Select Function Display List of Functions Display Map Spatial Database Initiate Submission Complete Submission Select Payment Method Validate Submission Payment Operational Database Print Confirmation Update Registry Geoprocessing
4. Land Services System https://crownlands.gov.ns.ca/clo/index.html Enterprise geodatabase editing environment in CGI Flex Viewer (migrating to Java Script) ArcGIS Server 10 (upgrading to 10.2) SQL Database AMANDA, Provincial standard for issuing business licenses Interface using a proprietary CSDC connector and Web Services
4. Land Services System CrownLINC AMANDA Framework
5. GIS Link Project Goals Facilitate sharing and linking of land and resources related data Develop technology tools to support the implementation of an ecosystem based approach to natural resource management and land use planning Working closely with Geographic Information Services at SNSMR Corporate GIS Office Corporate Geospatial Infrastructure (CGI) is the common GIS platform for government Preparing for migration of DNR data to the CGI Project planning & initiation activities are underway
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Questions and Comments Gretchen Pohlkamp Executive Director, Land Services Branch Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources 902-424-4267 pohlkagg@gov.ns.ca Eli Elias Director, Provincial Land and Resource Management (PLARM) Initiative Department of Natural Resources 902-424-1190 eliase@gov.ns.ca