- enjoy access for primitive recreation uses:
These include such things as study of wildlife, hunting, fishing, trapping, canoeing and canoe portaging, cross-country skiing and snowshoeing. Harvesting of wild crops by non-motorized mechanical means is also permitted.
- operate a motorized vehicle on an existing provincial highway;
- survey and post signs;
- carry out emergency operations conducted for public health, safety or general welfare;
Included are natural resource protection, law enforcement and search and rescue operations;
- use, rebuild, maintain, renovate or make additions to existing single-family and existing multiple-family dwellings;
However, existing single-unit residences may not be converted into multiple-unit dwellings. Where and existing dwelling has been damaged or destroyed to the point where it is unsafe or unsuitable for human habitation, it may be rebuilt, after notifying the Minister, provided it is no closer to the watercourse, is not expanded beyond 150% the original useable floor area or 185 square metres, and no additional buildings are built. Measures to prevent the discharge of contaminants into the watercourse must be undertaken.
Routine residential property maintenance may be carried out. Additional landscaping may also be carried out, provided the landscaping is at least 5 metres from the banks of the watercourse and no trees are cut within 15 metres from the banks of the watercourse. Landscaping does not include major structures such as garages, swimming pools and ponds. Maintenance or upgrading of existing septic systems is also permitted with approval from the Department of Health and Wellness.
- on residential properties only, remove dead and blown down trees within 15 metres of the banks of a watercourse;
- Within 1 kilometer upstream of a surface water supply intake, carry out tree planting activities between 30 and 75 metres from the banks of a watercourse;
- At a distance greater than 1 kilometer upstream of a surface water supply intake, carry out tree planting activities between 15 and 75 metres from the banks of a watercourse;
- Within 1 kilometer upstream of a surface water supply intake, selection cut by mechanical or non-mechanical means between 30 and 75 metres from the banks of a watercourse;
No more than 30 percent of the total stems or volume of trees can be harvested. The selection harvesting may only take place every 5 years, and shall be done only between November 1 and the next following March 31, inclusive, in a protected Area B north of 46 degrees latitude, except in designated watersheds for Bath and Perth-Andover. In protected Area B in watersheds south of 46 degrees latitude, selection cutting will only be done between January 1 and the next following March 31, inclusive, and in the designated watersheds for Bath and Perth-Andover.
- At a distance greater than 1 kilometer upstream of a surface water supply intake, selection cut by mechanical or non-mechanical means between 15 and 75 metres from the banks of a watercourse;
No more than 30 percent of the total stems or volume of trees can be harvested. The selection harvesting may only take place every 5 years or in accordance with a forest management plan signed by a Registered Professional Forester, and shall be done only between November 1 and the next following March 31, inclusive, in a protected Area B north of 46 degrees latitude, except in designated watersheds for Bath and Perth-Andover. In protected Area B in watersheds south of 46 degrees latitude, selection cutting will only be done between January 1 and the next following March 31, inclusive, and in the designated watersheds for Bath and Perth-Andover.
- Carry out existing agricultural activities within 1 kilometer upstream of the intake of a surface water supply intake, between 30 and 75 metres from the banks of a watercourse;
Plowing or tilling must be contoured across any slope, and shall not be done on slopes greater than 5 horizontal to 1 vertical. No surface runoff from a field shall flow directly into a watercourse, no fertilizing other than inorganic fertilizing and green manuring shall be conducted, and fields used for livestock grazing must have a suitable fence constructed so livestock cannot approach within 30 metres of the banks of any watercourse.
- At a distance greater than 1 kilometer upstream of a surface water supply intake, carry out existing agricultural activities between 15 and 75 metres from the banks of a watercourse;
Plowing or tilling must be contoured across any slope, and shall not be done on slopes greater than 5 horizontal to 1 vertical. No surface runoff from a field shall flow directly into a watercourse, no fertilizing other than inorganic fertilizing and green manuring shall be conducted, and fields used for livestock grazing must have a suitable fence constructed so livestock cannot approach within 15 metres of the banks of any watercourse.
- Carry out hay removal at a distance greater than 1 kilometer upstream of a surface water supply intake, no closer than 5 meters from the banks of a watercourse;
- Apply pesticides within 1 kilometer of a surface water supply intake, between 30 and 75 meters from the banks of a watercourse, provided the persons spraying the pesticides hold the appropriate certificate, permit or both under the Pesticides Control Act;
- Apply pesticides at a distance greater than 1 kilometer of a surface water supply intake, between 15 and 75 meters of a surface water supply intake, provided the persons spraying the pesticides hold the appropriate certificate, permit or both under the Pesticides Control Act;
- Construct roads at approved watercourse crossings provided the guidelines as specified in the Watershed Protected Area Designation Order are followed:
These guidelines help prevent the direct discharge of sediment into a watercourse by specific construction methods designed to minimize the ground disturbance and prevent erosion;
An approved watercourse crossing is a watercourse crossing which has been approved by the Minister of Environment under the Watercourse Alteration Regulation;
- Install and operate electrical pump stations, provided they conformto the standards specified in the Watersheld Protected Area Designation Order.
- Intall and operate fuel powered pumps, provided they conform to the standards specified in the Watershed Protected Area Designation Order, only between 30 and &5 meters of a watercourse;
- Construct and operate substations, terminal stations and any part of atransmission line at permitted watercourse crossings;
- Undertake surface mineral exploration;
- Undertake underground mineral exploration at sufficient depth where it can be shown not to have a negative impact on any watercourse;
(aa) Construct and operate the intake structure and conveyance works associated with an aquaculture operation, with the proper authorization;
(bb) Undertake a sugar bush operation, between 30 and 75 metres from the banks of a watercourse, if no mechanical equipment is operated and no sap processing is conducted.
(cc) Drive motorized recreational vehicles at permitted watercourse crossings;
(dd) Use existing public boat launching areas and swim at public beaches, in the Loch Lomond, Chamcook Lake, Dennis Stream and East and West Musquash watersheds;
(ee) Conduct shoreline protection activities, subject to the provisions within the Watercourse Alteration Regulation - Clean Water Act.