Ministry of Environment
Environmental Stewardship Division
In Brief...
Sunshine Coast SEI: Air photo interpretation is now underway for the Sunshine Coast study area (Howe Sound to Desolation Sound). Islands in the Howe Sound, including Bowen and Gambier, have already been inventoried as part of the Vancouver Island and Gulf Islands SEI (in order to provide complete coverage of the Islands Trust area). Maps for the Howe Sound islands are available from Clover Point Cartographics (see below).
Georgia Basin Ecosystem Initiative: A Georgia Basin Ecosystem Conservation Partnership (GBECP) has been formed as part of the GBEI. Its members – including several government agencies and non-government organizations – are identifying sites with high conservation value within the Georgia Basin.
Conservation Data Centre staff are cataloguing information on sites proposed by members of the GBECP. All sites will be fully described, digitally mapped, and will include ratings given for biodiversity significance, connectivity, representativeness, protection urgency, management urgency, cultural/heritage and other values (e.g. recreational, aesthetic, etc.). This standardized, comprehensive compilation of site information will assist the GBECP in establishing priority areas for acquisition and/or stewardship. Both SEI and CDC data have been extensively used in the preparation of the Site Catalogue.
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This issue of the SEI Update is #5 in a series. For copies of previous issues, please contact Judith Cullington at (250) 391-8772, e-mail jcullington@pacificcoast.net |
For more information, contact:
- on the SEI project, change forms and groundtruthing:
Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks
Conservation Data Centre
Jan Kirkby
Ph. (250) 387-0732
Fax: (250) 387-2733
e-mail: Jan.Kirkby@gems9.gov.bc.ca - on the SEI project and digital data:
Environment Canada,
Canadian Wildlife Service
Peggy Ward
Ph. and fax: (250) 752-9611
e-mail: Peggy.Ward@ec.gc.ca - on the SEI project and consultants:
Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks
Vancouver Island Region, Nanaimo
Marlene Caskey or Trudy Chatwin
Ph: (250) 751-3100
Fax: (250) 751-3103
e-mail: mcaskey@nanaimo.env.gov.bc.ca
tachatwn@nanaimo.env.gov.bc.ca
To order maps, please contact:
Clover Point Cartographics
Ph.: (250) 384-3537
Fax: (250) 384-2679
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