Leq’á:mel First Nation Natural Resources Department The Leq’á:mel First Nation Natural Resources Department is responsible for the protection, management, and sustainable use of lands, waters, and resources within the Leq’á:mel traditional territory. The Department leads environmental stewardship and resource management through science-informed decision-making, Indigenous knowledge, and Nation-to-Nation collaboration. Its work reflects Leq’á:mel’s commitment to ensuring that development and conservation efforts align with the community’s cultural values, Treaty rights, and long-term environmental resilience. Our team works across multiple disciplines, including Fisheries, Forestry, GIS and Drone Operations, Guardianship, Referrals and Consultation, and Flood Mitigation, Risk Analysis. And Climate Solutions. Together, these programs strengthen the Nation’s capacity to steward its territory, safeguard the environment, and uphold the rights and responsibilities of future generations. Assertion By this Notice of Assertion, Leq’á:mel First Nation affirms its inherent rights, title, and responsibilities for its territory — encompassing everything above and below the land, from Leq’á:mel south to the Nooksack River, east to the Harrison Knob, northwest to the north shore of Stave Lake, and southwest to the northern shores of Alouette Lake and along the west side of Silver Creek. Leq’á:mel gives formal notice to the Province of British Columbia, the Government of Canada, municipal and other governments, resource users and developers, and the general public that its inherent rights are currently, and will continue to be, asserted over its territory. These rights include, but are not limited to, those reaffirmed by Section 35 of the Constitution of Canada and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP). Leq’á:mel has never ceded, surrendered, or abandoned its rights and responsibilities to its territory. Guided by traditional law and the teaching Letsémot Kwes Yoyestset (“work together with one heart and one mind”), the Nation continues to exercise its authority to manage, protect, and benefit from all resources within its lands and waters. Leq’á:mel will engage in good faith dialogue with governments, developers, and the public to support understanding of their duty to enquire, engage, consult, and accommodate, consistent with the standard of free, prior, and informed consent. This Notice of Assertion was formally adopted by Leq’á:mel Chief and Council on March 8, 2017. Natural Resources Services Forestry Fishery GIS / Drones (UAV) Guardians Referrals