The Kaska Dena in British Columbia have been engaged in a multitude of planning processes that include: 1) the Muskwa Kechika Management Area, 2) British Columbia Strategic Land and Resources Management Plans, and importantly 3) community plans that incorporate cultural values and Kaska law The proposed Kaska Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area has been incorporated around these land use plans and their management direction that allow for the engagement of ecosystem-based management in the extraction of resources, where much needed employment is located, while ensuring large, intact, contiguous landscapes are protected from resource extraction