Ministry of Labour and Citizens' Services
Frequently Asked Questions
Endangered Species and Ecosystems
- What do Rare and Endangered really mean?
- How can you tell if a species or ecological community is truly rare or just hasn't been found very often?
- Why should we care about rare invertebrates?
- Why are we concerned about elements whose range just barely reaches into B.C. but may be common elsewhere?
- Where can I find the rank of a species or ecological community elsewhere in North America?
BC Species and Ecosystems Explorer
- Where does the data in BC Species and Ecosystems Explorer come from?
- When I do an ecological community search in BC Species and Ecosystems Explorer for a specific Forest District (FD) (or Ecosection, Ministry of Environment (MoE) Region, or Regional District), why do the results list Biogeoclimatic (BGC) units that don't occur in the FD I selected?
- Why don't some species show up in distribution searches when I know they occur in a particular jurisdiction?. For example, why isn't the Western Grebe on the South Island Forest District Lists? I've seen this species at Saanich Inlet.
Red, Blue and Yellow Lists
- What are Red and Blue and Yellow lists?
- How do species or ecological communities get on the Red or Blue list?
- Where can I get more information on Red- and Blue-listed species and ecological communities?
- Why are there periodic changes in the Red and Blue lists?
- What is an ecological community?
- Why conserve ecosystems?
- Why doesn't BC Species and Ecosystems Explorer list an ecological community I found?
- Does the B.C. Conservation Data Centre want my ecological inventory data and, if so, how do I submit it?
- Can mid-seral stages contribute to conservation of ecosystems at risk?
- What is the relationship between ecological community and site series?
- Where can I find descriptions of ecological communities at risk?
- What's in a name?
Known Locations of Species and Ecosystems
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