Harvest Cards

Métis Nation BC Harvesting Card Application Instructions

All Applicants

• If you do not have an MNBC Citizenship Card you will not be issued an MNBC Harvesting Card. If your citizenship application is pending approval, you must wait until your card has been received to be eligible to apply for the Harvesting Card.
• You must complete the application in full. Failure to provide the signed application and appropriate consent forms will increase the application processing time.
• Be sure to provide your name exactly the same as it appears on your Citizenship Card
• If you have moved since you received your Citizenship Card, use your new address and your Citizenship file will be updated.
• You are encouraged to sign the "Consent Form" authorizing the MNBC Ministry of Natural Resources to use your information for management purposes. MNBC is fully compliant with the Canadian Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA). Your individual information will be kept confidential.
• You must sign the "Agreement to adhere to the Métis Nation BC Natural Resource Act Articles and Regulations pertaining to the use of the MNBC Harvester Card".
• You must provide a passport size photo or a digital photo (head and shoulders) for use on your Harvesting Card.

Harvesting Card

Harvesting Card Without Hunting

1. No further information is required
2. Use Full Harvester Card Application Form

Harvesting Card With Hunting

Adult Applicant (18 years of age or older)

• Adult applicants must provide proof of Hunter Safety Training or,
• Hunters born before 1960 may provide a "Declaration of Harvesting History"
  This form must be completed by Citizens applying for MNBC Harvesting Cards - with hunting if:
1. They have not supplied proof of Hunter Safety Training in the form of a photocopy of a Hunter Safety Training Course certificate or BC Hunter Number Card or BC Hunting Licence and
2. If they were born before 1960 (all citizens born after 1960 are required to have proof of Hunter Safety Training as noted above)

Youth Applicant (10 or older and under 18)

• Youth applicants must provide proof of Hunter Safety Training.
• Youth applicants (10 or older and under 18) must provide a fully completed and signed "Acknowledgement of Responsibility" from their parent or guardian.

Note: Youth Applicants who apply at age seventeen will be issued an adult harvesting card upon turning eighteen without requiring a new application.

Send completed Applications to:
Harvesting Card C/O MNBC
30691 Simpson Road
Abbotsford BC V2T 6C7

Harvesting Cards to be issued for Migratory Bird Harvesting

Upon passage of the Métis Nation British Columbia - Natural Resource Act, the BCMANR Captains Assembly forwarded a motion to the 2008 MNBC Annual General Meeting regarding issuance of MNBC Harvesting Cards for use in Migratory Bird harvesting.

Unanimous vote of the delegates and MNBC Citizens of the AGM passed this motion.

What this means...

• Métis Nation BC will issue Harvester Cards to qualifying applicants beginning in 2008,
• Harvesting Cards will only be authorized to replace the Federal Migratory Bird Stamp (licence),
• All federal and provincial regulations pertaining to migratory bird harvesting must be followed,
• No other harvesting is authorized for the card at this time,
• It is important for Métis harvesters to be aware that if they attempt to use the card for harvesting that is not authorized by MNBC regulation,
1. They are committing an offence under the Métis Nation British Columbia - Natural Resource Act,
2. They will be open to charges by government enforcement officers.