The Fort McKay First Nation band has entered into an agreement with the province to protect Moose Lake lands. The area in question is considered culturally important to the band, and objections against the development near Moose Lake was dropped over a year ago. Recently a letter of intent was signed by the province for the Fort McKay First Nation that pledges a plan for access management for the area which surrounds the lake. This area is situated roughly 100 km to the north of Fort MacMurray. Development of the plan will take place over the next year. A regulatory appeal was filed by the band in 2013 against the Dover Commercial Product, and the project in question was expected to produce 250,000 barrels of oil per day.

Initially the Fort McKay First Nation band asked for a buffer zone in exchange for support for the project, but the joint review panel approved the project application and rejected a request concerning Moose Lake by the band. After the rejection the band argued that their charter rights were violated by the Alberta Energy Regulator, but this and other objections to the project were dropped when an agreement was reached with PetroChina and Athabasca Oil Corp. Both companies were running the Moose Lake project that the Fort McKay First Nation objected to. Details of the agreement have not been released to the public, but all of the parties involve agree that there needs to be a plan in place to ensure that no environmental harm occurs if the project development continues.